A Month of Sundays | A Month of Sundays

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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.)

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...

A Month of Sundays | A Month of Sundays

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