The Witches of Eastwick - A novel
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| Verlag | Ballantine |
| Auflage | 2008 |
| Seiten | 352 |
| Format | 21 cm |
| Gewicht | 364 g |
| Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
| Reihe | New York Times Bestseller |
| ISBN-10 | 0449912108 |
| EAN | 9780449912102 |
| Bestell-Nr | 44991210EA |
John Updike is the great genial sorcerer of American letters [and] The Witches of Eastwick [is one of his] most ambitious works. . . . [A] comedy of the blackest sort. The New York Times Book Review
Toward the end of the Vietnam era, in a snug little Rhode Island seacoast town, wonderful powers have descended upon Alexandra, Jane, and Sukie, bewitching divorcées with sudden access to all that is female, fecund, and mysterious. Alexandra, a sculptor, summons thunderstorms; Jane, a cellist, floats on the air; and Sukie, the local gossip columnist, turns milk into cream. Their happy little coven takes on new, malignant life when a dark and moneyed stranger, Darryl Van Horne, refurbishes the long-derelict Lenox mansion and invites them in to play. Thenceforth scandal flits through the darkening, crooked streets of Eastwick and through the even darker fantasies of the town s collective psyche.
A great deal of fun to read . . . fresh, constantly entertaining . . . JohnUpdike [is] a wizard of language and observation. The Philadelphia Inquirer
Vintage Updike, which is to say among the best fiction we have. Newsday
Rezension:
John Updike is the great genial sorcerer of American letters [and] The Witches of Eastwick [one of his] most ambitious works. . . . [A] comedy of the blackest sort. The New York Times Book Review
A great deal of fun to read . . . fresh, constantly entertaining . . . John Updike [is] a wizard of language and observation. The Philadelphia Inquirer
Vintage Updike, which is to say among the best fiction we have. Newsday
