# The Centaur

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- Book: [The Centaur](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-updike/the-centaur) ([The Centaur.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-updike/the-centaur.md))
- Authors: [John Updike](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-updike)
- Publisher: random_house_trade_paperbacks
- ISBN: 978-04-4991-216-4
- Pages: 304
- Published: 1996-08-27
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD AND THE PRIX DU MEILLEUR LIVRE ÉTRANGER The Centaur is a modern retelling of the legend of Chiron, the noblest and wisest of the centaurs, who, painfully...