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Villages
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Author
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John Updike.
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Publisher
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Knopf
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Format
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hardcover
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Product Dimensions
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8.2
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5.5
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1.25
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ISBN
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9781400042906
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Pages/Publication Date
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321/2004
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Daedalus Item Code
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23537
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List Price:
$25.00
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$5.98
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$19.02
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Description
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In this wry novel of sentimental education and sexual pursuit, the 21st from the author of the Pulitzer Prize winners Rabbit Is Rich and Rabbit at Rest, we follow Owen Mackenzie from cradle to grave—and from bed to bed—in a life defined by the women of three villages. In Willow, Pennsylvania, the young Owen is transfixed by his first glimpses of female beauty. In Middle Falls, Connecticut, he marries, becomes an early computer programmer, and discovers the grownup pleasures of serial adultery. Finally, married for a second time, he retires with his memories, illusions, and fantasies to the somewhat geriatric community of Haskells Crossing, Massachusetts. John Updike turns Owen's personal odyssey into a fable of the seasons of a man's life and the acquiring of wisdom in America.
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