A Month of Sundays

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A Month of Sundays is a 1975 novel by John Updike that satirically explores faith, sexuality, and hypocrisy through the confessional diary of a disgraced minister sent to a desert rehabilitation center.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf novel
satirical novel
author John Updike NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
exploresTopic American Protestantism NERFINISHED
adultery
clergy misconduct
religious doubt
self-deception
followedBy Roger’s Version NERFINISHED
S. (novel) NERFINISHED
hasCharacterType clergy
patients
psychiatric staff
hasForm confessional diary
hasFormFactor hardcover
paperback
hasLiteraryStyle comic
confessional
ironic
hasMedium print
hasProtagonistTrait erotically preoccupied
introspective
morally conflicted
inspiredBy The Scarlet Letter NERFINISHED
literaryGenre fiction
psychological fiction
religious fiction
satire
mainTheme faith
hypocrisy
sexuality
narrativeForm diary
narrativePerspective first-person
notableFor intertextual engagement with The Scarlet Letter NERFINISHED
satirical treatment of religion
originalLanguage English
partOfSeries Scarlet Letter trilogy NERFINISHED
protagonistOccupation minister
protagonistStatus disgraced minister
publicationYear 1975
publisher Alfred A. Knopf
setting American desert
desert rehabilitation center
timePeriodOfSetting 20th century
writtenBy John Updike NERFINISHED

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John Updike notableWork A Month of Sundays
Building the Perfect Beast hasPart A Month of Sundays