S. A Novel
by John Updike
S. is Sarah Worth -- doctor's wife, North Shore matron, loving mother, and now (suddenly!) ardent follower of a Hindu religious leader known as the Arhat. As this brilliant and very funny novel opens, Sarah is fleeing the confinement of her suburban life to become a sannyasin (pilgrim) at her guru's Arizona ashram.
In the letters and audiocassettes that Sarah sends to her husband, daughter, mother, brother, best friend -- to her psychiatrist and her hairdresser and her dentist -- master novelist John Updike gives us a witty comedy of manners, a biting satire of life on a religious commune, and the story -- deep and true -- of an American woman in search of herself.
Andre Deutsch 1988 ISBN 0233982558 244pp
First edition HC with DJ, DJ has edgewear and scratches, book has lightly bumped corners.
24 x 16 x 2.4. 539g
I combine postage for items purchased within a few (negotiable) days of each other
