Book description
In a moment of sudden inspiration Sarah Worth - S. - has walked out on
her husband to join the Ashram Arhat. Famous for his transcendent wisdom
and divine immobility, the Arhat has transferred his ahram from India to
Arizona, where he and his enthusiastic entourage are attempting to make
the desert fruitful. John Updike was born in 1932 in Shillington,
Pennsylvania. John Updike's first novel, The Poorhouse Fair, was
published in 1959. It was followed by Rabbit, Run, Rabbit is Rich (1981)
and Rabbit at Rest (1990) were awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
Other novels by John Updike include Marry Me, The Witches of Eastwick,
which was made into a major feature film, Memories of the Ford
Administration, Brazil, In the Beauty of the Lilies and Toward the End
of Time.
