John Updike's first collection of new short fiction since the year 2000,
My Father's Tears finds the author in a valedictory mood as he mingles
narratives of his native Pennsylvania with stories of New England
suburbia and of foreign travel. Morocco (Disc 1, Track 1) Personal
Archaeology (Disc 1, Track 31) Free (Disc 1, Track 55) The Walk with
Elizanne (Disc 1, Track 80) The Guardians (Disc 2, Track 28) The
Laughter of the Gods (Disc 2, Track 52) Varieties of Religious
Experience (Disc 2, Track 90 Spanish Prelude to a Second Marriage (Disc
3, Track 72) Delicate Wives (Disc 4, Track 9) The Accelerating Expansion
of the Universe (Disc 4, Track 32) German Lessons (Disc 4, Track 72) The
Road Home (Disc 5, Track 15) My Father's Tears (Disc 5, Track 67)
Kinderszenen (Disc 6, Track 19) The Apparition (Disc 6, Track 62) Blue
Light (Disc 6, Track 96) Outage (Disc 7, Track 48) The Full Glass (Disc
8, Track 19) In sum, American experience from the Depression to the
aftermath of 9/11 finds reflection in these glittering pieces of
observation, remembrance, and imagination.