An edition of The centaur
(1962)
The centaur.
[1st ed.]
by John Updike
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In a small Pennsylvania town in the late 1940s, schoolteacher George Caldwell yearns to find some meaning in his life. Alone with his teenage son for three days in a blizzard, Caldwell sees his son grow and change as he himself begins to lost touch with his life. Interwoven with the myth of Chiron, the noblest centaur, and his own relationship to Prometheus, The Centaur is one of John Updike's most brilliant and unusual novels.
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Fiction, Literature, National Book Award Winner, award:national_book_award=1964, award:national_book_award=fiction, Fiction in English, High school teachers, Centaurs, Fantasy, Chiron (Greek mythology), Fathers and sons, Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 12, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Teachers, fiction, Fathers and sons, fiction, Pennsylvania, fiction, Teacher-student relationships, Teachers, BlizzardsShowing 3 featured editions. View all 22 editions?
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