"Rabbit Is Rich" by John Updike follows the life of Harry Angstrom, known as Rabbit, in the late 70s and early 80s. Rabbit is now a prosperous owner of a Toyota dealership, navigating the world of upper-class America while dealing with his dysfunctional relationship with his family. The novel delves deep into Rabbit's inner narrative, articulating his emotions and flaws expertly for the reader's delight.
The story captures the domestic angst of Rabbit as he reconciles with his wife, manages the car dealership inherited from his father-in-law, and deals with the challenges of raising a wayward son. Updike's writing style is praised for its meticulous observations, realistic dialogues, and stream of consciousness narrative that portrays the complexities of Rabbit's life and the world around him during a time of rampant inflation and societal malaise.
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Content warnings include explicit sexual content, themes of infidelity, dysfunctional family dynamics, and emotional distress.
From The Publisher:
It's 1979 and Rabbit is no longer running. He's walking, and beginning to get out of breath. That's OK, though - it gives him the chance to enjoy the wealth that comes with middle age. It's all in place: he's Chief Sales Representative and co-owner of Springer motors; his wife, at home or in the club, is keeping trim; he wears good suits, and the cash is pouring in. So why is it that he finds it so hard to accept the way that things have turned out? And why, when he looks at his family, is he haunted by regrets about all those lives he'll never live?
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About the Author:
John Updike was born in 1932, in hillington, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Harvard College in 1954, and spent a year in Oxford, England, at the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art. From 1955 to 1957 he was a member of the staff of The New Yorker, and since 1957 has lived in Massachusetts. He is the father of four children and the author of more than fifty books, including collections of short stories, poems, essays, and criticism. His novels have won the Pulitzer Prize (twice), the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Rosenthal Award, and the Howells Medal. A previous collection of essays, Hugging the Shore, received the 1983 National Book Critics Circle Award for criticism.
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