Philadelphia, March 12, 2019 - Critic and cultural historian Adam Gopnik discusses the work of novelist John Updike (1932-2009) in a program commemorating the release of the Library of America volume "John Updike: Novels 1959-1965," which includes "Rabbit, Run" (1960), the first of the famous four novels centered on the American Everyman Rabbit Angstrom. Gopnik delves into the many facets-comic, lyrical, erotic, and more-of Updike's enormous literary output.
Gopnik's talk is introduced by Benito Cachinero-Sánchez, a trustee of Library of America and the Rosenbach, and by Library of America President and Publisher Max Rudin. (1 hr., 7 min.)
Presented by Library of America and the Rosenbach.
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5 июн 2019
