{"product_id":"olinger-stories-john-updike-9780375712500","title":"Olinger Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom one of the most gifted American writers of the twentieth century--and the author of the acclaimed Rabbit series--the first one-volume hardcover edition of the eleven autobiographical stories closest to his heart. With full-cloth binding and a silk ribbon marker. EVERYMAN'S POCKET CLASSICS.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn an interview, Updike once said, \"If I had to give anybody one book of me, it would be the Olinger Stories.\" These stories were originally published in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e and then in various collections before Vintage first put them together in one volume in 1964, as a paperback original. They follow the life of one character from the age of ten through manhood, in the small Pennsylvania town of Olinger (pronounced, according to Updike, with a long O and a hard G), which was loosely based on Updike's own hometown. \"All the stories draw from the same autobiographical well,\" Updike explained, \"the only child, the small town, the grandparental home, the move in adolescence to a farm.\" The selection was made and arranged by Updike himself, and was prefaced by a lovely 1,400-word essay by the author that has never been reprinted in full elsewhere until now.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Updike\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 037571250X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780375712500\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Everyman's Library\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/07\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.20h x 4.80w x 0.80d","brand":"John Updike","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43946559668479,"sku":"9780375712500","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_5ca7e750-3c3c-4ca4-9629-b302497f4fc6.jpg?v=1681513841","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/olinger-stories-john-updike-9780375712500","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}