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 487th greatest book of all time
- Published
- 1990
- Nationality
- American
- Type
- Fiction
- Pages
- 450-500
- Words
- 156,000
- Original Language
- English
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This book is on the following 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))
- 570th on Our Users' Favorite Books of All Time (The Greatest Books Users)
- The 75 Best Books of the Past 75 Years (Parade Magazine)
- National Book Critics Circle Award - Fiction (National Book Critics Circle)
- 110 Best Books: The Perfect Library (The Telegraph)
- Best Foreign Work of Fiction Chosen by Francophone Writers (French literary magazine Transfuge)
- The Modern Library: The Two Hundred Best Novels in English Since 1950 (The Modern Library (Book))
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (Pulitzer Prize)