Rabbit Is Rich

novel by Updike

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Rabbit Is Rich is a novel by John Updike, published in 1981. It is the third book in the series that follows the life of Harry (\u201cRabbit\u201d) Angstrom, a former high-school athletic star who struggles with disillusionment and a search for meaning. The novel, which won a Pulitzer Prize, continues Rabbit's story through the decades, exploring themes of middle-class American life, responsibility, and the search for grace. The series began with Rabbit, Run (1960) and continued with Rabbit Redux (1971), followed by Rabbit Is Rich (1981) and Rabbit at Rest (1990).12

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…subsequent novels, Rabbit Redux (1971), Rabbit Is Rich (1981), and Rabbit at Rest (1990)—the latter two winning Pulitzer Prizes—follow the same character during later periods of his life. Rabbit Remembered (2001) returns to characters from those books in the wake of Rabbit’s death. The Centaur (1963) and Of the Farm…
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…subsequent novels, Rabbit Redux (1971), Rabbit Is Rich (1981), and Rabbit at Rest (1990)—the latter two winning Pulitzer Prizes—follow the same character during later periods of his life. Rabbit Remembered (2001) returns to characters from those books in the wake of Rabbit’s death. The Centaur (1963) and Of the Farm…
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Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
John Kennedy Toole 1982 Rabbit Is Rich John Updike 1983 The Color Purple Alice Walker 1984 Ironweed William Kennedy 1985 Foreign Affairs Alison Lurie 1986
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John Kennedy Toole 1982 Rabbit Is Rich John Updike 1983 The Color Purple Alice Walker 1984 Ironweed William Kennedy 1985 Foreign Affairs Alison Lurie 1986
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