| Rabbit at Rest Contributor(s): Updike, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 0449911942 ISBN-13: 9780449911945 Publisher: Random House Trade OUR PRICE: $16.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 1996 Annotation: In John Updike's fourth and final novel about ex-basketball player Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom, the hero has acquired heart trouble, a Florida condo, and a second grandchild. His son, Nelson, is behaving erratically; his daughter-in-law, Pru, is sending out mixed signals; and his wife, Janice, decides in mid-life to become a working girl. As, though the winter, spring, and summer of 1989, Reagan's debt-ridden, AIDS-plagued America yields to that of George Bush, Rabbit explores the bleak terrain of late middle age, looking for reasons to live. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Psychological - Fiction | Sagas |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2012372644 |
| Lexile Measure: 1120 |
| Series: Rabbit |
| Physical Information: 1.4" H x 5.5" W x 8.2" (1.10 lbs) 608 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 10843 Reading Level: 6.8 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 31.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the Howells Medal, and the National Book Critics Circle Award In John Updike's fourth and final novel about Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom, the hero has acquired a Florida condo, a second grandchild, and a troubled, overworked heart. His son, Nelson, is behaving erratically; his daughter-in-law, Pru, is sending him mixed signals; and his wife, Janice, decides in midlife to return to the world of work. As, through the year of 1989, Reagan's debt-ridden, AIDS-plagued America yields to that of the first George Bush, Rabbit explores the bleak terrain of late middle age, looking for reasons to live and opportunities to make peace with a remorselessly accumulating past. |