Bech at Bay (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: John Updike
- First Published: 1998
- Type of Work: Novel
- Time of Work: 1986-1999
- Setting: Czechoslovakia, New York City, Los Angeles, and Sweden
- Principal Characters: Henry Bech, Isaiah Thornbush, Edna, Morris Ohrbach, Rachel Teagarten, Orlando Cohen
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: Traveling or travelers, Love or romance, Authors or writers, Literature, Writing, Jews or Jewish life, Criticism, Popular culture
- Locales: New York, NY, Los Angeles, CA, Sweden, Czechoslovakia
A master stylist, poet, short-story writer, novelist, and critic, John Updike has come to dominate the American literary scene since his first novel The Poorhouse Fair (1959). More than two dozen critical books have been written about his works, not to mention the many articles and essays published about him yearly. Specializing in sex, religion, and middle-class American mores, Updike has written nearly a book a year in an easy profligacy reminiscent of Joyce Carol Oates. His strong, painterly descriptive ability was developed in part from his artistic training at the Ruskin...
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