FictionThe Brown ChestThe chest had belonged to his parents, and their parents before them. Now where would it go?By John UpdikeMay 1992 Issue ShareSave About the AuthorJohn UpdikeJohn Updike was a prolific writer of poetry, art and literary criticism, and fiction. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1982 and 1991 for two novels in his “Rabbit” series.