The Boy and the Pigeon

Pigeon Feathers and Other Stories is a collection of 19 works of short fiction by John Updike. The volume is Updike's second collection of short stories, published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1962. It includes the stories "Wife-Wooing" and "A&P", which have both been anthologized. Pigeon Feathers and Other Stories was a finalist for the National Book Award in 1962. "A&P" and the title story, "Pigeon Feathers", were both adapted into films (see below).