|
Title: Gods do not answer letters. Post by: Nebu on January 30, 2009, 07:55:45 AM John Updike dies of cancer at age 76. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7854554.stm)
Like his work or not, he was a literary icon of our time. Title: Re: Gods do not answer letters. Post by: Signe on January 30, 2009, 08:19:24 AM I did see that but didn't think I'd find fans of his here. Including me. I had to read a bit of him at University and never really enjoyed anything but the debates his stories would incite. I would say he was more of a literary icon of our American times, maybe.
Title: Re: Gods do not answer letters. Post by: Soln on January 31, 2009, 05:03:20 PM other than Rabbit, what is Updike known for? (no Eastwick stuff, puhlz) I liked his New Yorker essays, but what's a great work worth reading? His style was being lauded on Charlie Rose the other night, so I'd be obliged for a recommendation that's exemplary.
Title: Re: Gods do not answer letters. Post by: Abagadro on January 31, 2009, 05:19:12 PM other than Rabbit, what is Updike known for? (no Eastwick stuff, puhlz) I liked his New Yorker essays, but what's a great work worth reading? His style was being lauded on Charlie Rose the other night, so I'd be obliged for a recommendation that's exemplary. Your Shoe's Too Big To Kickbox God Title: Re: Gods do not answer letters. Post by: Chimpy on February 02, 2009, 08:15:26 PM The only novel of his I read was The Centaur , which I had to read for a class my junior year in high school and then read again for my final paper in English my senior year.
I enjoyed it, though I can't for the life of me remember much about it other than it was considerably better than several of the other books I had to read for that class that were American "classics". Updike's writing style was most of the reason I think. |