Description
Exiled to a remote desert retreat for disgraced clergymen, Reverend Tom Marshfield is forced into a month of mandated journal entries that double as confession, self-portrait, and uneasy spiritual audit. As he wrestles with the fallout of his own scandal, Updike threads bawdy wit and razor-bright psychological insight through an atmosphere of moral drift, undelivered sermons, and modern American faith under pressure. Part antic riff on Hawthorne’s themes of guilt and public shame, the novel explores desire, hypocrisy, and the fragile performance of righteousness. With Updike’s signature lyrical precision and demonic zeal for the inner life, Marshfield’s retreat becomes a stage where belief is tested—and language itself strains to make meaning out of ruin.
Available Editions
ebook
Penguin Group UK
Published Jan 1, 2008
237 pages
ISBN: 9780141905792
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Details
First Published
1975
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for A Month of Sundays by John Updike.