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The Witches of Eastwick
- A Novel
- Narrateur(s): Kate Reading
- Durée: 12 h et 9 min
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“John Updike is the great genial sorcerer of American letters [and] The Witches of Eastwick [is one of his] most ambitious works.... [A] comedy of the blackest sort.” (The New York Times Book Review)
Toward the end of the Vietnam era, in a snug little Rhode Island seacoast town, wonderful powers have descended upon Alexandra, Jane, and Sukie, bewitching divorcées with sudden access to all that is female, fecund, and mysterious. Alexandra, a sculptor, summons thunderstorms; Jane, a cellist, floats on the air; and Sukie, the local gossip columnist, turns milk into cream.
Their happy little coven takes on new, malignant life when a dark and moneyed stranger, Darryl Van Horne, refurbishes the long-derelict Lenox mansion and invites them in to play. Thenceforth scandal flits through the darkening, crooked streets of Eastwick - and through the even darker fantasies of the town’s collective psyche.
“A great deal of fun to read...fresh, constantly entertaining.... John Updike [is] a wizard of language and observation.” (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
“Vintage Updike, which is to say among the best fiction we have.” (Newsday)
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“John Updike is the great genial sorcerer of American letters [and] The Witches of Eastwick [one of his] most ambitious works.... [A] comedy of the blackest sort.” (The New York Times Book Review)
“A great deal of fun to read... fresh, constantly entertaining... John Updike [is] a wizard of language and observation.” (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
“Vintage Updike, which is to say among the best fiction we have.” (Newsday)
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Au global1 out of 5 stars
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Histoire1 out of 5 stars
- Georgia
- 2017-09-26
Misogynistic Drivel Dressed up in Feminism
One of the biggest disappointments I have ever read. Unfortunately this book is one of those sad cases where the movie far outstrips the book. Half the time I could not decide whether Updike loves or hates women and settled for the realization that he does not understand them. The whole thing was a weird fetishization and fantasy of women. I'm disappointed with myself for bothering to finish it. Kate Reading's work was fantastic, however, in spite of the terrible material.
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