Brazil by John Updike (English) Paperback Book

Description: Brazil by John Updike Tristao Raposo, a nineteen-year old black child of the Rio slums, spies Isabel Leme, an eighteen-year-old upper-class white girl, across the hot sands of Copacabana Neach, and presents her with a ring. Their flight into marriage takes them from urban banality to the farthest reaches of Brazils wild west.... FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description First time in PMCTristao Raposo, a nineteen-year old black child of the Rio slums, spies Isabel Leme, an eighteen-year-old upper-class white girl, across the hot sands of Copacabana Neach, and presents her with a ring. Their flight into marriage takes them from urban banality to the farthest reaches of Brazils wild west.... Author Biography John Updike was born in 1932 in Shillington, Pennsylvania. He is the author of over fifty books, including The Poorhouse Fair; the Rabbit series (Rabbit, Run; Rabbit Redux; Rabbit Is Rich; Rabbit At Rest); Marry Me; The Witches of Eastwick, which was made into a major feature film; Memories of the Ford Administration; Brazil; In the Beauty of the Lilies; Toward the End of Time; Gertrude and Claudius; and Seek My Face. He has written a number of collections of short stories, including The Afterlife and Other Stories and Licks of Love, which includes a final Rabbit story, Rabbit Remembered. His essays and criticism first appeared in publications such as the New Yorker and the New York Review of Books, and are now collected into numerous volumes. Collected Poems 1953-1993 brings together almost all of his verse, and a new edition of his Selected Poems is forthcoming from Hamish Hamilton.His novels, stories, and non-fiction collections have won have won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the PEN/Faulkner Award, the American Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Rosenthal Award and the Howells Medal.Updike graduated from Harvard College in 1954, and spent a year at Oxfords Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art. From 1955 to 1957 he was a member of staff at the New Yorker, and he lived in Massachusetts from 1957 until his death in January 2009. Details ISBN0141188944 Author John Updike Pages 272 Publisher Penguin Books Ltd Year 2006 ISBN-10 0141188944 ISBN-13 9780141188942 Format Paperback Publication Date 2006-10-26 Imprint Penguin Classics Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 813.54 Birth 1932 Media Book Death 2009 Series Penguin Modern Classics Language English UK Release Date 2006-10-26 Alternative 9780141921815 Audience General NZ Release Date 2006-11-23 AU Release Date 2006-11-23 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:14686520;

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