TheBestseller
Observatory
1988
S.
John Updike

S.

A Novel

by John Updike

Knopf · 1988

Peak rank

#10

Weeks on list

6

Debuted

March 1988

Chart History

#1510151988

6 weeks on the Hardcover Fiction list, peaking at #10

New Englander Sarah Worth goes west to join a Hindu commune in Arizona. There she mingles with the other sannyasins (pilgrims) in the difficult attempt to subdue ego and achieve salvation and release from illusion.

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Published
1988
Pages
296
Publisher
Knopf
Categories
Fiction

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