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In The Poorhouse Fair, an old people’s home becomes a sociological cosmos in which the principal fact is death. But though the poorhouse is, by definition, a place to die, it is important to notice that physical death is not the cause of dread for the inmates…this death consciousness is a mark of their intelligence and independence.
- John Updike
- 1959
The Poorhouse Fair, John Updike’s first novel written when he was 26 years old, is of the “a-day-in-the-life-of” variety. But rather than just one person, this short tale features the residents of a county poorhouse living out their remaining days in everything from fatalistic bliss to boiling frustration.
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- Paperback
The action of the novel unfolds over a single summer’s day, the day of the poorhouse’s annual fair, a day of escalating tensions between Conner and the rebellious Hook. Its climax is a contest between progress and tradition, benevolence and pride, reason and faith.
- Paperback
13 mar 2012 · The action of the novel unfolds over a single summer’s day, the day of the poorhouse’s annual fair, a day of escalating tensions between Conner and the rebellious Hook. Its climax is a contest between progress and tradition, benevolence and pride, reason and faith. Praise for The Poorhouse Fair.
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- 1959
- John Updike
13 mar 2012 · The action of the novel unfolds over a single summer’s day, the day of the poorhouse’s annual fair, a day of escalating tensions between Conner and the rebellious Hook. Its climax is a contest...
The Poorhouse Fair. "On the third Wednesday of every August the inhabitants of a mansion-turned-poorhouse in central New Jersey hold their annual fair; this novel describes a fair that occurs...
His world is a poorhouse—a county home for the aged and infirm—overseen by Stephen Conner, a righteous young man who considers it his duty to know what is best for others. The action of the novel unfolds over a single summer’s day, the day of the poorhouse’s annual fair, a day of escalating tensions between Conner and the rebellious Hook.
