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My Father's Tears and Other Stories (Hardback)
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Short Description for My Father's Tears and Other StoriesA collection of short stories that include "Fiftieth", "The Full Glass", and "Varieties of Religious Experiences".
Full description- Publisher: Hamish Hamilton Ltd
- Published: 02 July 2009
- Format: Hardback 304 pages
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- Categories: Contemporary Fiction | Short Stories
- ISBN 13: 9780241144596 ISBN 10: 0241144590
- Sales rank: 309,675
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Full description for My Father's Tears and Other Stories
A beautiful, moving collection of short stories, in many of which Updike revisits the haunts of his childhood from the vantage point of old age. In "Fiftieth" old friends reconnect at a class reunion, and one of them is left wondering, 'What does it mean: the enormity of having been children and now being old, living next to death.' In the story "The Full Glass" the protagonist describes somewhat ruefully the rituals of old age. Before going to bed, he raises his nightly water glass 'drinking a toast to the visible world, his impending disappearance from it be damned.' In "Varieties of Religious Experiences" a grandfather, visiting his daughter in Brooklyn Heights, watches the tower of the World Trade Centre fall, and his view of a God is forever altered. Again and again in these memorable stories, Updike strikes to the heart, giving words to what is so often left unsaid. He is at once witty, devastatingly observant, touching - and, of course, a consummate storyteller. This is a collection that will be admired and cherished.
