A tragicomic family saga about the life of Richard and Joan Maple. A cycle of stories that Updike wrote - no more, no less - for several decades, returning again and again to his favorite characters. Happy and difficult times. Children. Treason. Alienation. Enmity. Divorce. Hatred. From love to hatred - one step. From hatred to love - too. But... when and why is this step being taken? For the first time in Russian - all the stories about Maples in one book! CONTENTS: John Updike. From the author (article, translation by A. Kabalkin) John Updike. Snow in Greenwich Village (story, translation by A. Kabalkin)John Updike. Courting the Wife (story, translation by A. Kabalkin)John Updike. Native Blood (story, translation by A. Kabalkin) John Updike. Two sleeping places in Rome (story, translation by A. Kabalkin) John Updike. Demonstration in Boston (story, translation by A. Kabalkin)John Updike. Metallic Taste (story, translation by A. Kabalkin) John Updike. Your lover called (story, translation by A. Kabalkin)John Updike. Waiting (story, translation by A. Kabalkin) John Updike. Unbridled Eros (story, translation by A. Kabalkin) John Updike. Pipeline (story, translation by A. Kabalkin) John Updike. The False Trace Theory (story, translation by A. Kabalkin) John Updike. Sublimation (story, translation by A. Kabalkin)John Updike. Nudity (story, translation by A. Kabalkin)John Updike. Apart (story, translation by A. Kabalkin)John Updike. Gestures (story, translation by A. Kabalkin) John Updike. Divorce (excerpt) (story, translation by A. Kabalkin) John Updike. The Maples Below (story, translation by A. Kabalkin) John Updike. Grandparents (story, translation by A. Kabalkin)