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Couples is a 1968 novel by American author John Updike . Overview. The novel depicts the lives of a promiscuous circle of ten couples in the small Massachusetts town of Tarbox. (When he composed the book, the author was living in Ipswich, Massachusetts .)
13 de mar. de 2012 · It chronicles the interactions of ten young married couples in a seaside New England community who make a cult of sex and of themselves. The group of acquaintances form a magical circle, complete with ritualistic games, religious substitutions, a priest (Freddy Thorne), and a scapegoat (Piet Hanema).
About Couples. The provocative novel about sex in suburbia, striking in its complete sexual frankness and rightly praised as an artful, seductive, savagely graphic portrayal of love, marriage and adultery in America.
27 de ago. de 1996 · It chronicles the interactions of ten young married couples in a seaside New England community who make a cult of sex and of themselves. The group of acquaintances form a magical circle, complete...
John Updike (Author), Ari Fliakos (Narrator), & 1 more. The provocative novel about sex in suburbia, striking in its complete sexual frankness and rightly praised as an artful, seductive, savagely graphic portrayal of love, marriage, and adultery in America.
An intoxicating yet sensitive novel about the sexual experiences of ten couples from Tarbox, New England. Well-to-do, sociable, articulate but dangerously unfulfilled; they play word games in the evening and adultery all year round.
Couples is a 1968 novel by American author John Updike . Contents. 1Summary. 2Plot and characters. 3Reception. 4Cultural significance. 5Updike on Couples. 6References. 7External links. Summary. The novel depicts the lives of a promiscuous circle of ten couples in the small Massachusetts town of Tarbox.
