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“Pigeon Feathers” is a work of short fiction by John Updike which first appeared in The New Yorker on April 27, 1956. The story was collected in Pigeon Feathers and Other Stories (1962) by Alfred A. Knopf. [1] “Pigeon Feathers” was listed among the recipients of the O. Henry Award in 1962. [2]
Pigeon Feathers and Other Stories is a collection of 19 works of short fiction by John Updike. The volume is Updike's second collection of short stories, published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1962. [ 1 ] It includes the stories "Wife-Wooing" and " A&P (short story) ", which have both been anthologized.
Olinger Stories: A Selection is a collection of 11 works of short fiction by John Updike published by Vintage Books in 1964. [1]The short stories, set in the fictional town of Olinger, Pennsylvania are in large part autobiographical, about a boy growing up in a small town in Pennsylvania, and his experiences as he reaches adolescence and manhood.
Problems and Other Stories is a collection of 23 works of short fiction by John Updike.The volume was published in 1979 by Alfred A. Knopf.The stories were first carried in literary journals, 17 of which appeared in The New Yorker.
Pages in category "Short story collections by John Updike" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. ... Pigeon Feathers and Other Stories;
“The door as a metaphor of communication is physically or figuratively present in all of the stories of the collection. It can function literally [or] it can be the symbolic door between husband and wife, between old friends, or between chance acquaintances…The image of the door, a familiar object of everyday life, is fitting and effective for Updike’s purpose: to show that the formative ...
One type of “pigeon” you are probably familiar with is the broad-tailed all-white dove often released to mark ceremonies or as a symbol of peace. That’s right, folks, doves are also pigeons.
Updike provides the trigger that introduces the central theme of the story in the vignette “A Traded Car.” Biographer Adam Begley writes: “[A] highly charged flirtation with another woman sparks a religious crisis not dissimilar to the one he suffered the first time he appeared as Updike’s alter ego, as a teenager in “ Pigeon Feathers ...