A Month of Sundays (Masterplots II: American Fiction Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: John Updike
- First Published: 1975
- Type of Plot: Theological romance
- Time of Work: The mid-1970’s
- Setting: Primarily the midwestern United States
- Principal Characters: The Reverend Tom Marshfield, Jane Marshfield, Alicia Crick, Ned Bork, Mrs. Harlow, Ms. Prynne
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
- Subjects: 1970’s, Self-discovery, Love or romance, Sex or sexuality, Midwest, Writing, Adultery, Ethics, Clergy, Lent
- Locales: Midwest (U.S.)
The Novel
A Month of Sundays takes its title from the thirty-one days the Reverend Tom Marshfield is ordered to spend in enforced rest and recreation in a motel retreat somewhere in the Southwestern United States. He is on a strict schedule, enforced by Ms. Prynne, the tight-lipped manager, requiring a full morning of writing to be followed by games in the afternoons and evenings. Thus, A Month of Sundays is divided into thirty-one sections, each one representing a morning’s prose, and together they make up an autobiographical sketch of Tom Marshfield in prose...
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