Bücher von Jack De Bellis

John Updike's Early Years reveals for the first time the young Updike's developing personality and precocious creativity. Relying upon interviews with classmates and friends, and offering extensive connections to his mature work, De Bellis shows how his school years incubated his mature work.

Through several hundred alphabetically-arranged entries, this volume provides a guide to the life and work of John Updike. It summarizes Updike's books, describes the major characters, explains allusions, identifies major symbols, analyzes principal subjects, and discusses Updike's career.