The Resource Bech at bay : a quasi-novel, John Updike
Bech at bay : a quasi-novel, John Updike
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- Summary
- Follows the continuing adventures of moderately well-known Jewish-American writer Henry Bech, now in his seventh decade, as he pursues fame and fortune in the literary world
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 240 pages
- Isbn
- 9780375403682
- Label
- Bech at bay : a quasi-novel
- Title
- Bech at bay
- Title remainder
- a quasi-novel
- Statement of responsibility
- John Updike
- Subject
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- trueIntellectual life -- New York City -- 20th century
- trueJewish American authors
- trueJewish men
- Jewish men -- United States -- Fiction
- trueLibel and slander -- United States
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueMen/women relations
- trueMiddle-aged men
- trueMortality
- trueNobel Prize winners
- Novelists, American -- Fiction
- truePrague, Czech Republic
- trueSatirical fiction
- trueSelf-esteem in men
- trueShort stories
- trueVoyages and travels
- trueNew York City
- trueAuthors
- trueBech, Henry (Fictitious character)
- Black humor (Literature)
- Humorous fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Follows the continuing adventures of moderately well-known Jewish-American writer Henry Bech, now in his seventh decade, as he pursues fame and fortune in the literary world
- Summary
- Septuagenarian Jewish American writer Henry Bech confronts new challenges in his life, including a much-coveted Nobel Prize, an honor that stuns him
- Award
-
- Booklist Editors' Choice, 1998.
- New York Times Notable Book, 1998
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 060127
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Updike, John
- Dewey number
- 813/.54
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3571.P4
- LC item number
- B43 1998b
- Literary form
- fiction
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- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Jewish men
- Novelists, American
- Target audience
- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- a quasi-novel
- Label
- Bech at bay : a quasi-novel, John Updike
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 14313963
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 240 pages
- Isbn
- 9780375403682
- Lccn
- 98027868
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
-
- (PPL)86D5719D551311D380AE0090275B7366
- (IMchF)fol05177794
- Label
- Bech at bay : a quasi-novel, John Updike
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 14313963
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 240 pages
- Isbn
- 9780375403682
- Lccn
- 98027868
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
-
- (PPL)86D5719D551311D380AE0090275B7366
- (IMchF)fol05177794
Subject
- trueIntellectual life -- New York City -- 20th century
- trueJewish American authors
- trueJewish men
- Jewish men -- United States -- Fiction
- trueLibel and slander -- United States
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueMen/women relations
- trueMiddle-aged men
- trueMortality
- trueNobel Prize winners
- Novelists, American -- Fiction
- truePrague, Czech Republic
- trueSatirical fiction
- trueSelf-esteem in men
- trueShort stories
- trueVoyages and travels
- trueNew York City
- trueAuthors
- trueBech, Henry (Fictitious character)
- Black humor (Literature)
- Humorous fiction
Genre
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueSatirical fiction
- Black humor (Literature)
- trueShort stories
- Fiction
- Humorous fiction
Included in
- trueBooklist Editors' Choice - Best Fiction Books: 1998
- trueNew York Times Notable Books - Fiction and Poetry: 1998
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