- Published: 15 April 2013
- ISBN: 9780812984903
- Imprint: Random House US Group
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 256
- RRP: $32.99
Buchanan Dying
A Play
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- Published: 15 April 2013
- ISBN: 9780812984903
- Imprint: Random House US Group
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 256
- RRP: $32.99
“An abundant, even opulent, creative act . . . Very often Mr. Updike’s fantastic talent for mimicry produces quite marvelous results.”—Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., The Atlantic Monthly
“Using the excuse of nineteenth-century speech, Updike has indulged his love of beautiful, ornate prose; we can sink deep into sentences balanced like mobiles and turned like pots on the wheel.”—Chicago Tribune
“In the real-life figure of the too hastily judged James Buchanan . . . Updike has at last found vehicles for his gifts of compassion and capacity to create characters ‘in the round.’ ”—Financial Times
Buchanan Dying is "an abundant, even opulent, creative act...very often Mr. Updike's fantastic talent for mimicry produces quite marvelous results."--Arthur Schlesinger Jr., The Atlantic Monthly "Using the excuse of 19th century speech, Updike has indulged his love of beautiful, ornate prose; we can sink deep into sentences balanced like mobiles and turned like pots on the wheel."--Joyce B. Markle, The Chicago Tribune "In the real-life figure of the too hastily judged James Buchanan...and in the unusual form of the 'play meant to be read'...John Updike has at last found vehicles for his gifts of compassion and capacity to create characters 'in the round.'"--Martin Seymour-Smith, The Financial Times (London)