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In a small Pennsylvania town in the late 1940s, schoolteacher George Caldwell yearns to find some meaning in his life. Alone with his teenage son for three days in a blizzard, Caldwell sees his son grow and change as he himself begins to lost touch with his life. Interwoven with the myth of Chiron, the noblest centaur, and his own relationship to Prometheus, The Centaur is one of John Updike's most brilliant and unusual novels.
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In a small Pennsylvania town in the late 1940s, schoolteacher George Caldwell yearns to find some meaning in his life. Alone with his teenage son for three days in a blizzard, Caldwell sees his son grow and change as he himself begins to lost touch with his life. Interwoven with the myth of Chiron, the noblest centaur, and his own relationship to Prometheus, The Centaur one of John Updike's most brilliant and unusual novels.
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- Title The Centaur
- Author John Updike
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reissue
- Pages 304
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Random House Trade, Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A
- Date August 27, 1996
- Features Index
- ISBN 9780449912164 / 0449912167
- Weight 0.5 lbs (0.23 kg)
- Dimensions 8.2 x 5.4 x 0.7 in (20.83 x 13.72 x 1.78 cm)
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Themes
- Topical: Family
- Library of Congress subjects Domestic fiction, Fathers and sons
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 96096690
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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