Of the Farm : A Novel

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Insights into family dynamics on Pennsylvania farmland.

Of the Farm explores family dynamics, intergenerational memory and tradition in a modern world. The short novel is a beautiful exploration of the relationships between family members, and the struggle to maintain one's convictions. The book is perfect for those who are interested in deep introspection, family tradition, and exploring how to maintain one's sense of self in a world that is always changing.

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Of the Farm : A Novel

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ISBN: 9780345468222
Authors: John Updike
Date of Publication: 2004-03-30
Format: Paperback
Related Topics: Literature, Classics
Goodreads rating: 3.49
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“A small masterpiece . . . With Of the Farm , John Updike has achieved a sureness of touch, a suppleness of style, and a subtlety of vision that is gained by few writers of fi ction.”— The New York TimesIn this short novel, Joey Robinson, a thirty-five-year-old New Yorker, describes a visit he makes, with his second wife and eleven-year-old stepson, to the Pennsylvania farm where he grew up and where his aging mother now lives alone. For three days, a quartet of voices explores the air, making confessions, seeking alignments, quarreling, pleading, and pardoning. They are not entirely alone: ghosts (fathers, lovers, children) press upon them, as do phantoms from the near future (nurses, lawyers, land developers). Of the Farm concerns the places people choose to live their lives, and the strategies they use to stand their ground.
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Insights into family dynamics on Pennsylvania farmland.

Of the Farm explores family dynamics, intergenerational memory and tradition in a modern world. The short novel is a beautiful exploration of the relationships between family members, and the struggle to maintain one's convictions. The book is perfect for those who are interested in deep introspection, family tradition, and exploring how to maintain one's sense of self in a world that is always changing.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.