The Centaur
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0394418816
ISBN 13
9780394418810
Category
813 Fiction
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Publication Year
1963
Publisher
Pages
303
Subject
Chiron (Greek mythology) -- Fiction. Centaurs -- Fiction. High school teachers -- Fiction.
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Abstract
This story retells the Greek myth of the centaur, Chiron, who sacrifices his immortality for Prometheus. In the retelling, Olympus becomes Olinger High School; Chiron teaches general science; and, Prometheus is his 15-year-old son. Set in 1947 Pennsylvania.
Biblio Notes
Genre/Form: Fiction
Historical fiction
Authors' autographs (Provenance)
Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Updike, John.
Centaur.
New York, Knopf, 1963
(OCoLC)565367249
Online version:
Updike, John.
Centaur.
New York, Knopf, 1963
(OCoLC)607764083
Material Type: Fiction
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: John Updike; Rouben Mamoulian Collection (Library of Congress)
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John Updike
ISBN: 9780449912164 0449912167 0394418816 9780394418810
OCLC Number: 292080
Awards: National Book Award for Fiction, 1964.
Description: 302 pages ; 22 cm.
Series Title: Borzoi book.
Responsibility: John Updike.
Number of Copies
1
