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on: January 30, 2009, 07:55:45 AM

John Updike dies of cancer at age 76.

Like his work or not, he was a literary icon of our time. 

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Reply #1 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. 

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Reply #2 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. 


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Reply #3 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. 

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Reply #4 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.

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