# The Afterlife

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- Book: [The Afterlife](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-updike/the-afterlife) ([The Afterlife.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-updike/the-afterlife.md))
- Authors: [John Updike](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-updike)
- Publisher: random_house_trade_paperbacks
- ISBN: 978-04-4991-201-0
- Pages: 336
- Published: 1996-08-27
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

“Marvelously moving . . . These tales evoke a certain peace and a definite wonder at what an astonishingly graceful writer Updike is.”—USA Today To the hero of the title story of this...