by John Updike · Plaza-Janés · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788401381867
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«S.» is the novel by American writer John Updike, published by Plaza-Janés in paperback (224 pages, in Spanish).
A forty-two-year-old woman leaves her suburban life behind and settles in an ashram in Arizona. Organized around letters and recordings, the novel follows her quest for enlightenment and self-realization, offering a satirical look at self-help culture and the search for meaning in contemporary society, with Updike's ironic tone.
Published in 1991, this Spanish edition features a translation by Ana Ma. Lafuente. The work falls within contemporary fiction.
For readers of John Updike and satirical fiction about spiritual quest and contemporary society.
John Hoyer Updike was an American novelist, poet, short-story writer, art critic, and literary critic. One of only four writers to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction more than once, Updike published more than twenty novels, more than a dozen short-story collections, as well as poetry, art and literary criticism and children's books during his career.
