John Updike on Wikipedia

John Updike (1932-2009) was a prolific writer, he published 15 collections of short stories, 24 novels, including the famous ‘Rabbit’ series, children’s books, poetry collections, essays, memoirs and criticism as well as a play. Amongst his many awards were a Pulitzer Prize. He was a staff writer at the New Yorker.




Short Story Collections

My Father's Tears
(Penguin, 2009)

reviewed by James Murray-White

The Carpentered Hen (1958)

The Same Door (1959)

Pigeon Feathers (1962)

Olinger Stories (1964)

Assorted Prose (1965)

The Music School (1966)

Museums and Women (1972)

Problems (1979)

Trust Me (1987)

The Afterlife (1987)

Forty Stories (1988)

Selected Stories (1988)

A Friend From Philadelphia (1995)

licks of Love (2000)

The Early Stories (2003)

Three Stripes (2005)

 
                     
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