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In a small Pennsylvania town in the late 1940s, schoolteacher George Caldwell yearns to find some meaning in his life. Alone with his teenage son for three days in a blizzard, Caldwell sees his son grow and change as he himself begins to lost touch with his life. Interwoven with the myth of Chiron, the noblest centaur, and his own relationship to Prometheus, The Centaur is one of John Updike''s most brilliant and unusual novels.

The Centaur

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
      Published 26 October 1978
      ISBN-13 9780140023404
      978-0140023404
      ISBN-10 0140023402
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      Books by John Updike

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      Book Synopsis

      In a small Pennsylvania town in the late 1940s, schoolteacher George Caldwell yearns to find some meaning in his life. Alone with his teenage son for three days in a blizzard, Caldwell sees his son grow and change as he himself begins to lost touch with his life. Interwoven with the myth of Chiron, the noblest centaur, and his own relationship to Prometheus, The Centaur is one of John Updike''s most brilliant and unusual novels.

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