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Rabbit Angstrom : The Four Novels : Rabbit, Run, Rabbit Redux, Rabbit Is Rich, Rabbit at Rest (Everyman's Library) | 
| Author: John Updike
Publisher: Everyman's Library
Category: Book
List Price: $32.00
Buy New: $21.12
You Save: $10.88 (34%)
Rating:  23 reviews
Sales Rank: 38371
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 1552
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.4
Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.5 x 2.2
ISBN: 0679444599
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780679444596
ASIN: 0679444599
Publication Date: October 17, 1995
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
Four works in one volume
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| Customer Reviews: Read 18 more reviews...
 Great American Literature November 2, 2008
David H. Robinette
Updike's masterpiece. Not easy to read, there's so much to absorb; it takes some work. These are not Tom Clancy novels -- this is great literature. Some day Updike will receive the Nobel Prize he so richly deserves. In my opinion the best are (in order) "Rabbit is Rich" (the 3rd) and "Rabbit, Run" (the 1st.)
"Reduxing Rabbit" July 31, 2007
Frat Boy (Tokyo)
Like other readers I read the Rabbit novels as they were first published. I won't dwell on the story lines and spoil your reading. They are poignant, crisply written stories well worth reading and rereading, with Updike's poetic touch on the narrative and excellent dialogue. I first read the books as sheer entertainment, and indeed these books will entertain you, even as they jog your senses with the saga of their tragic anti-hero. On rereading the novels the entertainment was still there, but I focused on deeper meaning. The Rabbit novels inimitably get you thinking about yourself and whether you learned from mistakes, yours or others. The delight about any novel and these in particular is that you can pause, ponder, rewind, or fast forward if you are bored. I was never bored with these books. And whatever your age, neither will you.
When a novel becomes a friend April 23, 2007
Michelle Leotta
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
There is always that sad feeling at the end of a great character-based novel. It's as if you just got to know and love someone and they vanish. This series is spectacular for so many reasons, but I particularly love how well I know Rabbit by now (I'm in the 3rd book), as if he were a friend of many years. Updike does an impressive job of weaving details throughout the entire series that makes the reader understand, and believe.
 a labor of love... August 31, 2006
Globohobo (Lincoln, RI)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
as a primarily non-fiction reader, i was drawn to the rabbit series by the NYT list of top fiction novels of all time.. I decided to give Mr. Updike a try, and lugged around this behemoth of a series!
updike's novels are interesting especially when you consider the historical context of the times in which they were written. for example, his references to sex and overt sexual language were highly controversil at the time of his writing.
Reading the series allows you a seat of the passenger train of the 60s, 70s, and 80s, each which their overriding "isms". An enjoyable read.
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