My father's tears and other stories /

My father's tears and other stories /

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Updike's first collection of new short fiction since the year 2000, "My Father's Tears" finds the author in a valedictory mood as he mingles narratives of his native Pennsylvania with stories of New England suburbia and of foreign travel.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Updike, John
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Short stories, American > 21st century.
Short stories > Fiction.
Short stories, American
Short stories.
Short stories, American.
Online Access:Additional Information at Google Books
Table of Contents:
  • Morocco
  • Personal archaeology
  • Free
  • Walk with Elizanne
  • The Guardians
  • The Laughter of the gods
  • Varieties of religious experience
  • Spanish prelude to a second marriage
  • Delicate wives
  • The Accelerating expansion of the universe
  • German lessons
  • The Road home
  • My father's tears
  • Kinderszenen
  • The Apparition
  • Blue light
  • Outage
  • The Full glass.