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Rabbit, Run
I.
Introduction
II.
John Updike
III.
Plot Summary
IV.
Characters
V.
Themes
VI.
Construction
VII.
Historical Perspective
VIII.
Questions
IX.
Compare and Contrast
X.
Further Reading
Literature Guide - Rabbit, Run
Updike, John Published 1960
I Introduction
Who likes Rabbit, apart from his author? Hermione Lee asks in The New Republic.
Sexist, dumb, lazy, illiterate (he spends the whole novel not finishing a book on American history), a terrible father . . . an inadequate husband, an unreliable lover, a tiresome lecher, a failing businessman, a cowardly patient, a typically territorial male: What kind of moral vantage point is this? ...
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