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The Centaur

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"A triumph of love and art."--THE WASHINGTON POST In a small Pennsylvania town in the late 1940s, schoolteacher George Caldwell yearns to find some meaning in his life. Alone with his teenage son for three days in a blizzard, Caldwell sees his son grow and change as he himself begins to lose touch with his life. Interwoven with the myth of Chiron, the noblest centaur, and his relationship to the Titan Prometheus, "The Centaur" is one of Updike's most brilliant novels

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The Centaur, John Updike

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1983
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Lingua
Inglese
Editore
Fawcett
Pubblicato
1983
Formato
In brossura
Pagine
222
ISBN10
0449203719
ISBN13
9780449203712
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Prima pubblicazione
1963
Titolo originale
The Centaur
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"A triumph of love and art."--THE WASHINGTON POST In a small Pennsylvania town in the late 1940s, schoolteacher George Caldwell yearns to find some meaning in his life. Alone with his teenage son for three days in a blizzard, Caldwell sees his son grow and change as he himself begins to lose touch with his life. Interwoven with the myth of Chiron, the noblest centaur, and his relationship to the Titan Prometheus, "The Centaur" is one of Updike's most brilliant novels