Updike distills the modern couple

Posted on August 28, 2012 | Leave a comment

A great exchange of dialogue in John Updike’s Rabbit, Run:

“You’re supposed to look tired. You’re a modern house-wife.”

“And meanwhile you’re off in the alley playing like a twelve-year-old?”

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