内容简介
Thefirstone-volumehardcovereditionoftheelevenautobiographicalstoriesthatwereclosesttoUpdike'sheart.Withfull-clothbindingandasilkribbonmarker.EVERYMAN'SPOCKETCLASSICS.Inaninterview,Updikeoncesaid,"IfIhadtogiveanybodyonebookofme,itwouldbethe"OlingerStories.""Thesestorieswereoriginallypublishedin"TheNewYorker"andtheninvariouscollectionsbeforeVintagefirstputthemtogetherinonevolumein1964,asapaperbackoriginal.Theyfollowthelifeofonecharacterfromtheageoftenthroughmanhood,inthesmallPennsylvaniatownofOlinger(pronounced,accordingtoUpdike,withalongOandahardG),whichwaslooselybasedonUpdike'sownhometown."Allthestoriesdrawfromthesameautobiographicalwell,"Updikeexplained,"theonlychild,thesmalltown,thegrandparentalhome,themoveinadolescencetoafarm."TheselectionwasmadeandarrangedbyUpdikehimself,andwasprefacedbyalovely1,400-wordessaybytheauthorthathasneverbeenreprintedinfullelsewhereuntilnow.
作者简介
JOHNUPDIKEwasborninShillington,Pennsylvania,in1932.HegraduatedfromHarvardCollegein1954andspentayearinOxford,England,attheRuskinSchoolofDrawingandFineArt.From1955to1957hewasamemberofthestaffofTheNewYorker.HisnovelshavewonthePulitzerPrize,theNationalBookAward,theNationalBookCriticsCircleAward,theRosenthalFoundationAward,andtheWilliamDeanHowellsMedal.In2007hereceivedtheGoldMedalforFictionfromtheAmericanAcademyofArtsandLetters.JohnUpdikediedinJanuary2009.,,