The Maples Stories

by John Updike

Book Overview

Eighteen classic short stories that form a luminous chronicle of the life and times of one marriage in all its rich emotional complexity--from one of the most gifted American writers of the twentieth century and the author of the acclaimed Rabbit series.

In 1956, Updike published a story, "Snowing in Greenwich Village," about a young couple, Joan and Richard Maple, at the beginning of their marriage. Over the next two decades, he returned...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B00A2M8EJ0
• ISBN13: 9780307271761
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: Everyman's Library
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.9" x 7.2"