TY - BOOK N2 - John Updike had already made a name as a contributor of stories and poems to The New Yorker when, in January 1959, at the age of twenty-six, he published his first novel, The Poorhouse Fair, launching one of the most extraordinary literary careers in American letters. Now, Library of America inaugurates a multi-volume edition of Updike's novels with this volume gathering his first four novels, including the landmark Rabbit, Run, chosen in 2010 by TIME Magazine one of the best 100 novels published in English since 1923. AB - John Updike had already made a name as a contributor of stories and poems to The New Yorker when, in January 1959, at the age of twenty-six, he published his first novel, The Poorhouse Fair, launching one of the most extraordinary literary careers in American letters. Now, Library of America inaugurates a multi-volume edition of Updike's novels with this volume gathering his first four novels, including the landmark Rabbit, Run, chosen in 2010 by TIME Magazine one of the best 100 novels published in English since 1923. T1 - John Updike :novels, 1959-1965 : The Poorhouse Fair; Rabbit, Run; The Centaur; Of the Farm / AU - Updike, John, AU - Carduff, Christopher, AU - Updike, John. AU - Updike, John. AU - Updike, John. AU - Updike, John. VL - 311 CN - PS3571.P4 CN - PS3571.P4 N1 - "Library of America inaugurates its multivolume edition of John Updike's novels with this gathering of his first four achievements in the form." ID - 852328 KW - Older people KW - Poor KW - Fairs KW - Angstrom, Harry (Fictitious character) KW - Middle class men KW - Grief KW - Chiron (Greek mythology) KW - Farm life KW - Families KW - American fiction SN - 9781598535815 SN - 1598535811 TI - John Updike :novels, 1959-1965 : The Poorhouse Fair; Rabbit, Run; The Centaur; Of the Farm / ER -