Rabbit Run Book Review

Since reading this book, I did not take into account the sentence of the summary, states that the “Rabbit, Run” – perhaps the most violent book Updike. “Why are cruel like, Updike is not so bloodthirsty writer?” – I thought, based on the impression from reading to “Rabbit”, “Centaur” and “Let’s get married.” En-no! Rights was the author of the summary …

The beginning of the book does not portend anything wrong. On the contrary, even exciting. Updike tells about the events in real time.

Personally, I really like this technique – in my opinion, is the most effective means to make the reader a direct participant in the action. And now, behold, the feeling is, if you walk in the tracks of Harry-Rabbit. More precisely, do not go, and you run. Yes, the title chosen very precisely. All events here – this is a big race. And on top, this race still looks like a baton – from one point to another, but in the end no longer resembles ulepotyvanie -.

To nowhere

Harry Angstrom 26 years, but his life has seemed over. He has a wife and child. But his wife an alcoholic, and Harry despises her. He has a job. But the work is to promote a “miracle-grater,” and Harry feels there myself completely at ease. And, yet, there, all he’s got! But there is one thing – the future. This is something one day and realizes Rabbit and begins to run. On the whole, Harry – utterly unremarkable, ordinary man. But he has a talent – he likes people

“-. Yes, everything you love – suddenly declares Ruth -. I’d like to know what

-. I created to love me

-. What the hell was you What you so special

-? I am a mystic, I give people confidence “

But. me mysticism Rabbit had no effect. At first I sympathized with Harry (confused people are tired of this life), and then at some point ceased to understand it, and then did the hero began to call me a sharp antipathy. And read a book, which you wildly annoying main character, you see, hard. While reading this work difficult in principle. I love Updike for his observation, for how subtly he notices the smallest features, signs of a condition of the person. But this talent with a light hand of the master turns into his arms. Already from the middle of the book begins environment “heavier”. The apogee of the death of a newborn baby gets from his own mother’s hands.

adds fuel to the fire and ambiguous description Updike attraction Harry to his women. It may, of course, the whole point of my limitations, but I was not easy to perceive the tender feelings of the hero to the woman, expressed his admiration for the fact that “she was lying under a blanket as a large dead animal” ….

Of course, in any case can not be hung on the book labels “good” or “bad.” Of course, “Rabbit, Run” deserves attention (no matter how how, it is the recognition Updike began with Rabbit). But probably you need to be pretty cool person to read it and do not experience the “moral implications”. I was going to read the entire tetralogy, but enough for me only this, the first part. And then, and then I had to “treat” from the doldrums these “mood podnimatelyami” as “Anything is possible, baby” and “Notes of the bride of the programmer.” Like departed:)