An edition of The centaur
(1962)
Centaur
by John Updike
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In a small Pennsylvania town in the late 1940s, schoolteacher George Caldwell yearns to find some meaning in his life. Alone with his teenage son for three days in a blizzard, Caldwell sees his son grow and change as he himself begins to lost touch with his life. Interwoven with the myth of Chiron, the noblest centaur, and his own relationship to Prometheus, The Centaur is one of John Updike's most brilliant and unusual novels.
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Fiction, Literature, National Book Award Winner, award:national_book_award=1964, award:national_book_award=fiction, Fiction in English, High school teachers, Centaurs, Fantasy, Chiron (Greek mythology), Fathers and sons, Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 12, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Teachers, fiction, Fathers and sons, fiction, Pennsylvania, fiction, Teacher-student relationships, Teachers, Blizzards| Edition | Availability |
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The Centaur
August 27, 1970, Penguin Books Ltd
Paperback
- New Impression edition
0140023402 9780140023404
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| January 2, 2023 | Edited by MARC Bot | import existing book |
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