second installment of the four that make up the adventures of Harry Angstrom, the most famous character from those created by John Updike.
It is essential to read the first novel in the series ( Run, Rabbit ) to continue this. It helps to understand reading on the fly certain attitudes and certain criticisms that drop characters. But as I say, who has not read the earlier novel will have no problem to enjoy Rabbit's return.
The depth to which Updike tells his knowledge of the characters to levels almost unnecessary, the description of landscape, the streets of Brewer, how to take care of your picture and its evolution over time, and all superimposed on the complex social background The author dissects without affectation or prudery, make Rabbit's return a true work of art. It is understood, reading this novel, John Updike is considered one of the greatest American novelists of the twentieth century. And I say this knowing that the two novels that I have left to read in the series are two separate Pulitzer Prizes. That is, it is expected that the level is rising, but can it be?
The man reaches the moon, the Soyuz's out there dancing, a few months ago that Nixon has vowed as president of the U.S. and the war in Vietnam is still active. Rabbit, a man belonging to the middle class, tight fit, almost inadvertently, in an underworld known but distant. Its closest approach was the look they threw from the window of the bus as it passes through certain neighborhoods. And is that just a small stride, security is transferred from the surroundings and you enter another's worst nightmare or dream had been crossed. So closely is the worst. Dimensions inhabited by characters from newspaper and news players events.
And besides, those small details, unnecessary, stupid, that stands in the middle of an action, they become genuine colored pins that draw our attention to the importance. These pins, despite its apparent fragility, are what keep the force of the passage. On the other hand, the evolution of the characters throughout the story is the evolution of his thinking, the defeat of their prejudices, we can not perceive the story along, only when we have closed the book and reflect on what they read. Writing
dense. Time moves slowly. The continuing introspection of the characters, are erratic and blackouts to throughout the novel. Narrative is perfection almost insurmountable. However, at certain times it becomes saturated, the product of my proven failure as a reader.
At the end of the novel, the conversation between Harry and Mim, her sister, leaving the clear path for the next installment. I'm dying of impatience.
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