The Resource Rabbit at rest, John Updike
Rabbit at rest, John Updike
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The item Rabbit at rest, John Updike represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
Resource Information
The item Rabbit at rest, John Updike represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
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- Summary
- "Ex-basketball player Harry 'Rabbit' Angstrom has acquired heart trouble, a Florida condo and a second grandchild. His son, Nelson, is behaving erratically and his wife, Janice, decides in mid-life to become a working girl. As, through the winter, spring and summer of 1989, Reagan's debt-ridden, AIDS-plagued America yields to that of George Bush, Rabbit explores the bleak terrain of late middle age, looking for reasons to live."
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st trade ed.
- Extent
- 512 pages
- Isbn
- 9780394588155
- Label
- Rabbit at rest
- Title
- Rabbit at rest
- Statement of responsibility
- John Updike
- Subject
-
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueMidlife crisis in men
- Angstrom, Harry (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
- Middle class men -- Fiction
- trueFlorida -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
- true1980s -- 1980 -- 1989
- Roman américain
- trueBrewster (Pa. : Imaginary place)
- Angstrom, Harry (Fictitious character) | Fiction
- truePsychological fiction
- trueFather and child
- trueAging
- trueMortality
- truePennsylvania -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
- trueCocaine addicts
- trueModern classics
- Middle class men | Fiction
- trueMiddle-aged men
- trueAngstrom, Harry (Fictitious character)
- trueSmall town life
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Ex-basketball player Harry 'Rabbit' Angstrom has acquired heart trouble, a Florida condo and a second grandchild. His son, Nelson, is behaving erratically and his wife, Janice, decides in mid-life to become a working girl. As, through the winter, spring and summer of 1989, Reagan's debt-ridden, AIDS-plagued America yields to that of George Bush, Rabbit explores the bleak terrain of late middle age, looking for reasons to live."
- Summary
- Ex-basketball player Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom, now living in a Florida condominium, faces middle age, heart trouble, and a wife who has suddenly gone to work
- Award
-
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, 1990.
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 1991.
- Awards note
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 1991.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 060146
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Updike, John
- Dewey number
- 813/.54
- Index
- no index present
- Interest level
- UG
- LC call number
- PS3571.P4
- LC item number
- R23 1990
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile
- 1120
- Literary form
- fiction
- Reading level
- 6.8
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Series statement
- Rabbit Angstrom novels
- Series volume
- 0004
- Study program name
- Accelerated Reader AR
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Angstrom, Harry (Fictitious character)
- Middle class men
- Roman américain
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Rabbit at rest, John Updike
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocm54047366
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- 1st trade ed.
- Extent
- 512 pages
- Isbn
- 9780394588155
- Lccn
- 90052953
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)54047366
- Label
- Rabbit at rest, John Updike
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocm54047366
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- 1st trade ed.
- Extent
- 512 pages
- Isbn
- 9780394588155
- Lccn
- 90052953
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)54047366
Subject
- true1980s -- 1980 -- 1989
- trueAging
- trueAngstrom, Harry (Fictitious character)
- Angstrom, Harry (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
- Angstrom, Harry (Fictitious character) | Fiction
- trueBrewster (Pa. : Imaginary place)
- trueCocaine addicts
- trueFather and child
- trueFlorida -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
- trueLiterary fiction
- Middle class men -- Fiction
- Middle class men | Fiction
- trueMiddle-aged men
- trueMidlife crisis in men
- trueModern classics
- trueMortality
- truePennsylvania -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
- truePsychological fiction
- Roman américain
- trueSmall town life
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