About the book
A riveting novel that takes place in one day about an elderly painter and the New Yorker interviewing her—from one of the most gifted American writers of the twentieth century and the author of the acclaimed Rabbit series. • “A brief novel of deep feeling.”—Time
On a day that contains much conversation and some rain, the seventy-eight-year-old painter Hope Chafetz, who in the course of her eventful life has been Hope Ouderkirk, Hope McCoy, and Hope Holloway, answers questions put to her by a New York interviewer named Kathryn, and recapitulates, through the story of her own career, the triumphant, poignant saga of postwar American art. In the evolving relation between the two women, the interviewer and interviewee move in and out of the roles of daughter and mother, therapist and patient, predator and prey, supplicant and idol. The scene is central Vermont; the time is the early spring of 2001.
Editions of Seek My Face
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9780375414909
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780345460868
- EBook
- ISBN 9780307416599
- Audiobook
- ISBN 9780736688451
- AudioStreaming
- ISBN 9780553756586
- AudioStreaming
- ISBN 9781415919675
- AudioStreaming
- ISBN 9781415952009
- AudioDisc
- ISBN 9780553756579
- AudioDisc
- ISBN 9780736688468
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A riveting novel that takes place in one day about an elderly painter and the New Yorker interviewing her—from one of the most gifted American writers of the twentieth century and the author of the acclaimed Rabbit series. • “A brief novel of deep feeling.”—Time
On a day that contains much conversation and some rain, the seventy-eight-year-old painter Hope Chafetz, who in the course of her eventful life has been Hope Ouderkirk, Hope McCoy, and Hope Holloway, answers questions put to her by a New York interviewer named Kathryn, and recapitulates, through the story of her own career, the triumphant, poignant saga of postwar American art. In the evolving relation between the two women, the interviewer and interviewee move in and out of the roles of daughter and mother, therapist and patient, predator and prey, supplicant and idol. The scene is central Vermont; the time is the early spring of 2001.
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What is Seek My Face about?
A riveting novel that takes place in one day about an elderly painter and the New Yorker interviewing her—from one of the most gifted American writers of the twentieth century and the author of the acclaimed Rabbit series. • “A brief novel of deep feeling.”—Time
On a day that contains much conversation and some rain, the seventy-eight-year-old painter Hope Chafetz, who in the course of her eventful life has been Hope Ouderkirk, Hope McCoy, and Hope Holloway, answers questions put to her by a New York interviewer named Kathryn, and recapitulates, through the story of her own career, the triumphant, poignant saga of postwar American art. In the evolving relation between the two women, the interviewer and interviewee move in and out of the roles of daughter and mother, therapist and patient, predator and prey, supplicant and idol. The scene is central Vermont; the time is the early spring of 2001.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Seek My Face?
Fiction > Fiction: literary and general non-genre
Where can I read a sample of Seek My Face?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9780375414909
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Seek My Face?
John Updike
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
Seek My Face is available as hardcover(ISBN 9780375414909) and paperback(ISBN 9780345460868) and ebook(ISBN 9780307416599) and audiobook(ISBN 9780736688451) and audiostreaming(ISBN 9780553756586) and audiostreaming(ISBN 9781415919675) and audiostreaming(ISBN 9781415952009) and audiodisc(ISBN 9780553756579) and audiodisc(ISBN 9780736688468)
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