pulated with interesting people - whether ultimately, you hate Rabbit Angstrom or love him, you'll find someone there who agrees with you. Top of FormAs an author with my debut novel in its initial release, I am amazed by works like John Updike's RABBIT, RUN that seem fresh forever. Published originally over four decades ago, it captures its time and its place with utter accuracy yet the novel still applies to our society that has been transformed in many significant ways since Rabbit Angstrom first appeared on the literary scene. While he is destined for greater material success in Updike's later Rabbit novels, Rabbit is a salesman living a marginal life with an alcoholic wife in RABBIT, RUN. Brilliant prose stylist that he is, Updike spins a winning story about these characters, and it is a story that will seemingly survive upon the American literary landscape for as long as there are readers of fine books. Top of FormI was glancing through a time-life "history of the last century" book during a job interview and came across john updike in the 1960's section. he was praised for his great american novel " rabbit, run". they went on to explain how it's about alienation and confusion of suburbia etc, etc. being a musician, i love stuff about alienation and following your heart and freedom and all of that stuff. i love springsteen and dylan but i didn't enjoy this book. it took me nearly 2 months to read a book that is only 280 pages! that's how slow this book is. it started off great. i'm from a small town in PA so i can relate to the setting. harry angstrom was just far to marose. it was like he was a complete pessimistic, childish, cry baby. i can understand leaving an alcoholic wife who's not your intillectual equivilant, but leaving your 3 year old son? what did he ever do? what was wrong with Ruth? he treated her like a common whore and complaining about her weight and acting like he was entitled to do whatever he wanted to to her. ...
