# Toward the End of Time

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- Book: [Toward the End of Time](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-updike/toward-the-end-of-time) ([Toward the End of Time.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-updike/toward-the-end-of-time.md))
- Authors: [John Updike](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-updike)
- Publisher: random_house_trade_paperbacks
- ISBN: 978-04-4900-041-0
- Pages: 352
- Published: 1998-08-25
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Set in the near future of 2020, this disconcerting philosophical fantasy depicts an America devastated by a war with China that has left its populace decimated, its government a shambles, and its natural...