Author:John Updike
'There, in Russia five years ago, when Cuba had been taken out of the oven to cool and Vietnam was still coming to a simmer, Bech did find a quality of life - impoverished yet ceremonial, shabby yet ornate, sentimental, embattled, and avuncular-reminiscent of his neglected Jewish past.'
In these two short stories, Updike's brilliant observational acuity is matched by a light, comic touch. The writer Henry Bech travels to Europe on a hapless cultural exchange, first to Russia, where he struggles to spend his money when everything - from his meals to his bugged hotel room - is already paid for, and then to Rumania.
This book includes Rich In Russia, Foreword, Bech in Rumania, Appendix A and Appendix B.
No one ever wrote better about the power struggles of sex and love
—— Doris LessingA masterpiece
—— GuardianDoes for D H Lawrence what Jack the Ripper did for Gladstone bags and stovepipe hats
—— Neil GaimanHe was a big influence on me - I loved the seriousness and intensity he brought to his studies of human relationships, and the boldness with which he pushed the boundaries of what could be said and thought and written about in the novel
—— Andrew DaviesMixes vividly detailed history, enchanting speculation, and time-travel fantasy. A splendid debut of careful research and sparkling imagination, creating a love story and kingdom that never was... or was it?
—— William Dietrich, author of The Dakota CipherAbsorbed by the twists and turns of the story, I felt like applauding every new idea, every conversation, every mystery and every revelation.
—— Michael MoorcockOutstanding
—— Vanity FairJean Plaidy conveys the texture of various patches of the past with such rich complexity
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