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product_id: 12005356
title: "Olinger Stories (Everyman's Library Pocket Classics Series)"
brand: "john updike"
price: "€ 55.33"
currency: EUR
in_stock: true
reviews_count: 9
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# Olinger Stories (Everyman's Library Pocket Classics Series)

**Brand:** john updike
**Price:** € 55.33
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

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- **What is this?** Olinger Stories (Everyman's Library Pocket Classics Series) by john updike
- **How much does it cost?** € 55.33 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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Olinger Stories (Everyman's Library Pocket Classics Series)

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Updike's Favorite
  

*by O***S on Reviewed in the United States on August 21, 2008*

I felt it was my duty to read Updike since he provided the authentic sounding of Olinger, long "O" and hard "g." What I found was a writer who struck so close to home in regard to my rural family upbringing that I would cringe. But, the pain was worthwhile, and there was always redemption in the end, however slight. This set of short stories reveal Updike at his glorious best.In a interview, Updike once said, "they are dear to me, and if I had to give anyone one book of me it would be the Vintage OLINGER STORIES." Arguably Updike's two greatest short stories are found in this collection, "Pigeon Feathers" and "Packed Dirt, Churchgoing, a Dying Cat, a Traded Car." These are stories of his youth with a strong theological bent, and yet so powerful.Author Lorrie Moore wrote of "Packed Dirt":"I was stunned, held paralyzed by the story's beauty, as if by some genius Doberman pincher. I could not move to read anything else. Surely, I would never read anything else, only this. I held the book so long, I got a paper cut and bled on the page."Well worth the time, and a great place to start if you have never read Updike before.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Memorable Updike Stories
  

*by J***R on Reviewed in the United States on August 24, 2021*

A fine new edition of John Updike's famous autobiographical stories of his youth - writings HE treasures.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Beginnings
  

*by J***S on Reviewed in the United States on May 21, 2014*

Beautiful John Updike takes you back to his beginnings as only he can with fluid images and superb writing that pulls you in like no other writer.

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*Last updated: 2026-02-27*