A & P
The short story “A & P” by John Updike was first published in 1961. It is the story or Sammy, a nineteen-year old check out clerk at the supermarket who quits his job in an overwhelming rush of romantic love. “A & P” is primarily an initiation story of a young man moving from innocence to experience as he makes a hasty decision and then faces the realities and consequences of his actions.
Call Numbers for Browsing the Shelves
Circulating Books – A Selected List
LINCCWeb online catalog – Search Terms
Reference Materials
o Vol. 6, pg. 2377-2378 o Vol. 7, pg. 2828
o Pg. 332-33
o Vol. 1, pg. 1-3
o Vol. 3, pg. 1-21
o Vol. 13, pg. 372, 398-99
o Vol. 27, pg. 320-30
o Vol. 103, pg. 295-98, 312-14, 316-17, 332, 348, 361-62, 369, 371, 378
Research Databases
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