Today is anther stop in the 2014 USA Fiction Challenge. The goal is to stop on every state and showcase a title from that state. It looks like I will not be wrapping this up this year, but hope to come close. The next stop is our smallest state of Rhode Island. And also called State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Presenting
The Witches of Eastwick
by John Updike
The story, set in the fictional Rhode Island
town of Eastwick in the late 1960s It follows the witches Alexandra
Spofford, Jane Smart, and Sukie Rougemont, who have acquired their powers
after leaving or being left by their husbands. Their coven
is upset by the arrival of a devil-like character, Daryl Van Horne. This
mysterious Daryl seduces each of the women, encouraging them to play
with their powers and creating a scandal in the town.
Printing History
Written by John Updike (1932-2009)
Knoft
ISBN 394 53760
April 1984
April 1984
In 1987 the novel was adapted into a film starring Jack Nicholson as Darryl, Cher as Alexandra, Susan Sarandon as Jane, and Michelle Pfeiffer as Sukie
Hola amigo! ¿Cómo estás? Espero que muy bien.
ReplyDeleteQuería contarte que luego de una larga espera, por fin está disponible en nuestro blog la “Biblioteca Bolsi & Pulp”. Y aunque la hemos empezado de manera muy humilde, pues tiene pocos títulos, conforme pasé el tiempo está irá creciendo lentamente.
Puedes visitarla en estén link:
http://encontretuslibros.blogspot.com/2014/12/biblioteca-bolsi-pulp.html
Y también tenemos una encuesta navideña, en donde ofrecemos como regalo una novela del oeste, la novela ganadora en cuanto sea publicada, pasará también a integrar nuestra naciente biblioteca. Si quieres ver la encuesta para votar, pincha este link:
http://encontretuslibros.blogspot.com/2014/11/encuesta-con-regalo-navideno-2014.html
¡Un abrazote gigante y espero que la biblioteca sea de tu agrado!
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