Marry Me: A Romance
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 1st us trade ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
A quietly devastating work of literary fiction, Marry Me chronicles the emotional and moral unraveling of Jerry Conant, a married man caught between his devoted wife and a passionate affair with his best friend's wife in the sun-drenched suburbs of 1960s America. Updike renders the push and pull of desire, guilt, and indecision with his signature lyrical precision, turning what might seem like a conventional love triangle into a profound meditation on commitment, faith, and the American dream of reinvention. The novel's tone is at once tender and melancholic, suffused with the aching awareness that every choice carries an irreversible cost. Updike illustrates how ordinary people, bound by social convention and their own contradictory longings, can inflict extraordinary pain on one another — and on themselves. Originally written in the 1960s but published in 1976, Marry Me stands as one of Updike's most personal and emotionally transparent works, offering readers an intimate portrait of mid-century marriage in quiet crisis.
Author: John Updike
Format: Hardback
Published: 1976, Alfred A. Knopf
Edition: 1st us trade ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
A quietly devastating work of literary fiction, Marry Me chronicles the emotional and moral unraveling of Jerry Conant, a married man caught between his devoted wife and a passionate affair with his best friend's wife in the sun-drenched suburbs of 1960s America. Updike renders the push and pull of desire, guilt, and indecision with his signature lyrical precision, turning what might seem like a conventional love triangle into a profound meditation on commitment, faith, and the American dream of reinvention. The novel's tone is at once tender and melancholic, suffused with the aching awareness that every choice carries an irreversible cost. Updike illustrates how ordinary people, bound by social convention and their own contradictory longings, can inflict extraordinary pain on one another — and on themselves. Originally written in the 1960s but published in 1976, Marry Me stands as one of Updike's most personal and emotionally transparent works, offering readers an intimate portrait of mid-century marriage in quiet crisis.