S.
a novel
by John Updike

Popularity 4
New Englander Sarah Worth goes west to join a Hindu commune in Arizona. There she mingles with the other sannyasins (pilgrims) in the difficult attempt to subdue ego and achieve salvation and release from illusion.
FictionCultsMan-woman relationshipsCommunal livingAmerican fiction (fictional works by one author)Arizona, fictionMan-woman relationships, fictionEpistolary fiction