The afterlife and other stories / John Updike.

Author/creator Updike, John
Other author Wright, Stuart, 1948- former owner.
Other author Updike, John former owner.
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1994.
Description316 pages ; 21 cm
Subjects
Middle-aged persons--Fiction.
Married people--Fiction.
Domestic fiction, American.

Contents The afterlife -- Wildlife -- Brother grasshopper -- Conjunction -- The journey to the dead -- The man who became a soprano -- Short Easter -- A sandstone farmhouse -- The other side of the street -- Tristan and Iseult -- George and Vivian. I. Aperto, chiuso ; II. Bluebeard in Ireland -- Farrell's caddie -- The rumor -- Falling asleep up north -- The brown chest -- His mother inside him -- Baby's first step -- Playing with dynamite -- The black room -- Cruise -- Grandparenting.
Local noteInscribed on front fly-leaf "for Stuart Wright ... John U[pdike]." Includes dust jacket. Stuart Wright Book Collection #158.4. See also related manuscript material in the Stuart Wright Collection, #1169, John Updike Papers, in Joyner Library Special Collections.
References De Bellis, J. John Updike, A152a
Other formsAlso issued online.
Acquisitions source Joyner Wright Coll. copy Purchased from Stuart Wright, 2012
Issued in other formOnline version: Updike, John. Afterlife and other stories. 1st ed. New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1994
LCCN 94009818
ISBN0679435832
ISBN9780679435839

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner Stuart Wright Collection PS3571.P4 A6 1994 ✔ Available Request Material