The Rabbit Books

Over four novels (Rabbit, Run, Rabbit Redux, Rabbit is Rich, Rabbit at Rest) and one novella (Rabbit Remembered), John Updike created one of 20th-century literature’s most memorable characters. Harry “Rabbit” Angstrom, a former star basketball player for his small-town Pennsylvania high school, is the protagonist of the series. Published at almost exact ten-year intervals, the Rabbit books each incorporate the concerns of their respective decades while bringing us deeper into the life of a sometimes appalling, but always authentic, American man. Updike won Pulitzer Prizes for both Rabbit is Rich and Rabbit at Rest.
The Early Stories: 1953-1975

In addition to his prodigious output as a novelist, Updike also wrote more than his share of short stories, especially early in his career. 102 of them appear in this 864-page volume. Many were originally published in The New Yorker, where Updike had originally worked as a staff writer. It’s stunning to see how fully in control of his storytelling abilities he was at such a young age.




























