Author : John Updike
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141033118
Total Pages : 932 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (41 download)
Book Synopsis Due Considerations by : John Updike
Download or read book Due Considerations written by John Updike and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2008-10-30 with total page 932 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of John Updike�s non-fiction writings includes a delightful preface, �Everything Considered�, in which he tells of his lifelong love affair with words; essays on travel, and on faith; introductions to some of the classics; reviews of lesser known foreign writers and new books by English and American contemporaries; as well as non-fiction topics from the sinking of the Lusitania to Coco Chanel's �unsinkable career�; tributes to legendary New Yorker figures, and much more. A cruise through the cultural waters of the past decade with as delightful, witty, sensitive and articulate a guide as you could hope for, Due Considerations is a voyage not to be missed.