John Updike's fiftieth book and fifth collection of assorted prose, most of it first published in The New Yorker, brings together eight year...
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Oct 12, 2009
James
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I bought this book about five years ago in an Atlanta used book store called The Book Nook. I'd put it off so long because at 856 pages of criticism it seemed such a monumental reading commitment. Having finished it today I'm alternatively kissing my hands and arms for being discerning enough to want to read it and slapping my wrist for waiting so long. I'm an Updike fan, one of what I sometimes feel is a dwindling population. I believe a handful of his novels are astonishingly fine examples
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Aug 30, 2009
Matthew
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Try Updike's non-fiction even if you didn't care for his fiction. Start here or with Hugging the Shore.
Mar 24, 2008
Eric
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Discussing Barthes and his detractors, Updike once said that those who can write brightly about anything generate much ill-will. Witness David Foster Wallace's jibe that Updike "never has an unpublished thought"--as if that's a serious insult when you're talking about a writer. We're lucky to have Updike commenting so profusely. I've had this by my bedside for the last month and am still coming across wonderful bits--most recently his suggesttion that 'Swann's Way' was a signifcant inf
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