The Poorhouse Fair
Edición de la obra The Poorhouse Fair
| Autor | John Updike |
|---|---|
| Editorial | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Fecha de publicación | 2006-06-01 |
| Número de Cutter | U66p |
"On the third Wednesday of every August the inhabitants of a mansion-turned-poorhouse in central New Jersey hold their annual fair; this novel describes a fair that occurs about twenty years from now [1958], when the United States itself is heading downhill ... While 'The Poorhouse Fair, ' insofar as it regrets the decline of patriotism, handcraft, and religion, carries a conservative message, its technique is unorthodox; without so much regard for fictional conventions, the author attempts to locate, in the ambiguous area between farce and melodrama, reality's own tone."