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Updike certainly has a unique prose style that is enjoyable. The father/son interchange fell flat, in part it felt because of the attempt to tie the story into a broader mythological realm. Maybe it worked better back in the day, but the story seventy years in the past didn't seem to have the same universality as the mythology upon which it was loosely based.
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This book is a novel equally beautifull and strange from Updike. This was my first reading from Updike's writings and it gave a desire to read more from this american novelist. The thing that I loved most from this book is that the author is skilfully combining real characters with mythological creatures and gods, using this in order to enforce the relationships between them or to emphasis their personality.
My copy of this book is translated into romanian. ...more
My copy of this book is translated into romanian. ...more
Jan 03, 2014
Deedee
marked it as to-read
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May 06, 2015
Ginger
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