Rich In Russia

In these two short stories, Updike's brilliant observational acuity is matched by a light, comic touch. The writer Henry Bech travels to Europe on a hapless cultural exchange, first to Russia, where he struggles to spend his money when everything - from his meals to his bugged hotel room - is already paid for, and then to Rumania

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This book includes Rich In Russia, Foreword, Bech in Rumania, Appendix A and Appendix B.

Setting
2010s
Audience
adult
Length
short · 112 pages

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