John Updike reading "Lifeguard" from Pigeon feathers and other stories
(2014)
By:
Updike, John
Fiction
eAudiobook
Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : Calliope Author Readings : Made available through hoopla, 2014
EDITION
Unabridged
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource (1 audio file (17 min.)) : digital
ISBN/ISSN
9781483019437 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) MWT11081575, 1483019438 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 11081575
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Read by the author
This well-known short story appears in Pigeon Feathers and Other Stories, one of John Updike's earliest books and is narrated by a divinity student at his summer job. From the heights of his wooden throne, the fastidious and aloof young narrator delivers a silent sermon addressed to the beachgoers-"the middle-aged, burdened with children and aluminum chairs." Though full of himself and his mission, he appeals to us by virtue of his earnestness and promise, and the call for which he waits. Updike reads with a tender, ironic understanding of his haughty hero
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