Endpoint And Other Poems

A stunning collection of poems that John Updike wrote during the last sevenyears of his life and put together only weeks before he died for this hisfinal book. ... » 

A stunning collection of poems that John Updike wrote during the last sevenyears of his life and put together only weeks before he died for this hisfinal book. The opening sequence Endpoint is made up of a series ofconnected poems written on the occasions of his recent birthdays and culminatesin his confrontation with his final illness. He looks back on the boy that hewas on the family the small town the people and the circumstances that fedhis love of writing and he finds endless delight and solace in turning theoddities of life into words. Other Poems range from the fanciful what wouldit be like to be a stolen Rembrandt painting? he muses to the celebratorycapturing the flux of life. A section of sonnets follows some inspired bytravels to distant lands others celebrating the idiosyncrasies of nature inhis own backyard. For John Updike the writing of poetry was always a specialjoy and this final collection is an eloquent and moving testament to the lifeof this extraordinary writer. «