Title: Higher gossip
Description: A collection of the eloquent, insightful, and beautifully written prose works that Updike was compiling when he died in January 2009, this book opens with a self-portrait of the writer in winter--a Prospero who, though he fears his most dazzling performances are behind him, reveals himself in every sentence to be in deep conversation with the sources of his magic.
Subjects: Essays (single author), Literature, modern, history and criticism, American essays, American prose literature, Modern Literature, History and criticism
People: John Updike (1932-2009)