Physical description; vi, 206 p.; 21 cm. Notes; "Five of these [seven] stories first appeared in the New Yorker" --P. [iv]. Originally published, New York: Knopf, 1970. Subjects; Bech, Henry (Fictitious character) - Fiction. Jewish authors - Fiction. Jewish men - Fiction. Novelists - Fiction. Jewish men - United States - Fiction. Novelists, American - Fiction.
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"Updike's most delightful book . . . Truly entertaining."
--Harper's
"JOHN UPDIKE HAS WRITTEN HIS MOST APPEALING NOVEL."
--The Boston Sunday Globe
"BECH SUCCEEDS MARVELOUSLY. . . . One falls into the book and through it and out the other side of it as effortlessly as one might slide through a polished aluminum tube in a funhouse. . . . A deft poke at what it means to be a writer in America."
--The New York Times
"ONE OF UPDIKE'S BEST CREATIONS."
--Life
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- PublisherDeutsch
- Publication date1970
- ISBN 10 0233962700
- ISBN 13 9780233962702
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages206
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