The Complete Henry Bech (Everyman’s Library)
The Complete Henry Bech by John Updike, published by Everyman’s Library on March 27, 2001, is a first edition collection that spans 544 pages. This volume brings together the charming stories of Henry Bech, Updike’s irreverent alter-ego, who has captivated readers since his debut in The New Yorker over thirty years ago. The narratives follow Bech’s journey from his birth in 1923 through various exploits, showcasing his unique blend of cynicism and naïveté as he navigates the literary world.
Readers will find a rich tapestry of experiences as Bech travels the globe, mingling with dignitaries and engaging in the complexities of life as a writer. The collection features a final story that caps off Bech’s adventures, presenting a humorous and insightful look at the literary life in America. With themes of authorship and identity, The Complete Henry Bech serves as a notable exploration of the human experience through the lens of Updike’s distinctive prose.
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From a master of American letters and the author of the acclaimed Rabbit series comes his charming Henry Bech stories—collected in one volume for the first time, and featuring a final, series-capping story.
Since tales of his exploits began appearing in The New Yorker more than thirty years ago, Henry Bech, John Updike’s playfully irreverent alter-ego, has charmed readers with his aesthetic dithering and his seemingly inexhaustible libido.
From his birth in 1923 to his belated paternity and public apotheosis as a spry septuagenarian in 1999, Bech plugs away, globetrotting in the company of foreign dignitaries one day and schlepping in tattered tweeds on the college lecture circuit the next. By turns cynical and naïve, wry and avuncular, and always amorous, he is Updike’s most endearing confection—a Lothario, a curmudgeon, and a winsome literary icon all in one. A perfect forum for Updike’s limber prose, The Complete Henry Bech is an arch portrait of the literary life in America from an incomparable American writer.
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