Rabbit at Rest by John Updike
The novel is a final look into the life of Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom, a former high-school basketball star, now in his mid-fifties, overweight and grappling with several health issues. Despite his success in business, his personal life is in shambles, with his wife addicted to alcohol and his son to drugs. Harry, struggling with his mortality, is trying to understand his past and make sense of his future, while dealing with the changing American society and the consequences of his own choices.
The 793rd greatest book of all time
- Published
- 1990
- Nationality
- American
- Length
- Moderate
- Pages
- 450-500
- Words
- 156,000
- Original Language
- English
- Alternate Titles
- None
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This book is on the following 15 lists:
- 4th on What Is the Best Work of American Fiction of the Last 25 Years? (New York Times)
- 8th on Entertainment Weekly's Top 100 Novels (Entertainment Weekly)
- 18th on The New Classics - 100 Best Reads from 1983 to 2008 (Entertainment Weekly)
- 43rd on The Telegraph’s 100 Novels Everyone Should Read (Telegraph)
- 52nd on The Top 10: The Greatest Books of All Time (The Top 10 (Book))
- 294th on Our Users' Honorable Mention Favorite Books of All Time (The Greatest Books Users)
- 110 Best Books: The Perfect Library (The Telegraph)
- 50 Essential Reads by Contemporary Authors (Orange Prize for Fiction)
- Best Foreign Work of Fiction Chosen by Francophone Writers (French literary magazine Transfuge)
- Everything You Should Read without Being a Library Rat (Book by Luiz Carlos Lisboa)
- National Book Critics Circle Award - Fiction (National Book Critics Circle)
- NY Times Editors Choice 1990-1999 (NY Times)
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (Pulitzer Prize)
- The 75 Best Books of the Past 75 Years (Parade Magazine)
- The Modern Library: The Two Hundred Best Novels in English Since 1950 (The Modern Library (Book))