Bech : a book / John Updike.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Updike, John.

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bech, Henry (Fictitious character)--Fiction.

Bech, Henry (Fictitious character).

Jewish authors--Fiction.

Jewish authors.

Jewish men--Fiction.

Jewish men.

Novelists--Fiction.

Novelists.

Short stories.

Manners and customs--Fiction.

Local Subjects:

Manners and customs--Fiction.

Genre:

Fiction.

Jewish fiction.

Humorous fiction.

Short stories.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copies 1-3)

Updike, John (autograph) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy 3)

Physical Description:

vi, 206 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1970.

Summary:

Updike's most irresistible hero since Rabbit Angstrom is an author famous for his writer's block, a Jew adrift in a world of gentiles. As he roams from one adventure to the next, he view life with a blend of wonder and cynicism that will make readers laugh with delight and wince in recognition.

Contents:

Rich in Russia

Bech in Rumania

The Bulgarian poetess

Bech takes pot luck

Bech panics

Bech swings?

Bech enters heaven.

Notes:

"A Borzoi book."

"Of the first edition ... five hundred copies have been printed on special paper and specially bound. Each copy is signed by the author and numbered. No. ..."--Preliminary leaf.

"Five of these [seven] stories first appeared in the New Yorker."

"Bibliography": pages 201-206.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Livezey Fund bookplate.

Gotham Book Mart Collection copies 2 & 3 have dustjacket retained.

Gotham Book Mart Collection copy 3 signed by the author.

Other Format:

Online version: Updike, John. Bech.

OCLC:

83506