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Phil Whitley Four Star Member
Number of posts : 907 Registration date : 2008-04-01 Age : 81 Location : Riverdale, GA
| Subject: John Updike Tue Jan 27, 2009 12:29 pm | |
| John Updike has died at the age of 76.
AP ARTICLE
I read all his "Rabbit" books years ago. I liked his style. |
| | | Sue Five Star Member
Number of posts : 1216 Registration date : 2008-01-15
| Subject: Re: John Updike Tue Jan 27, 2009 6:43 pm | |
| It is so difficult to realize how aged people are until they die. I have loved his books but thought of him as a contemporary. So his passing hit me hard.
Thank you for the link, Brew. |
| | | zadaconnaway Five Star Member
Number of posts : 4017 Registration date : 2008-01-16 Age : 76 Location : Washington, USA
| Subject: Re: John Updike Tue Jan 27, 2009 7:26 pm | |
| Thank you for the link to the article, Brew. He will be sorely missed. |
| | | Phil Whitley Four Star Member
Number of posts : 907 Registration date : 2008-04-01 Age : 81 Location : Riverdale, GA
| Subject: Re: John Updike Tue Jan 27, 2009 7:39 pm | |
| He was one of the authors that I first began to follow. I had started reading Rabbit Run after I found it on an airplane trip. Someone had stuck it into the seat pouch in front of me, and I took it with me after the flight, then continued looking for his other works. From Wikipedia:
- (1960) Rabbit, Run
- (1971) Rabbit Redux
- (1981) Rabbit Is Rich
- (1990) Rabbit At Rest
- (2001) Rabbit Remembered
There were many more, but these are the ones I read. |
| | | Malcolm Five Star Member
Number of posts : 1504 Registration date : 2008-01-11 Location : Georgia
| Subject: Re: John Updike Wed Jan 28, 2009 6:21 am | |
| Sometimes when I read that a well-known person has passed away, my first thought is "I thought he was already dead."
Updike, I knew, wasn't dead. He published a wonderful essay recently and it's online: http://www.aarpmagazine.org/people/john_updike_writer_in_winter.html
Malcolm |
| | | lin Five Star Member
Number of posts : 2753 Registration date : 2008-03-20 Location : Mexico
| Subject: Re: John Updike Wed Jan 28, 2009 6:45 am | |
| "If you’re telling me I’m not mature, that’s one thing I don’t cry over since as far as I can make out it’s the same thing as being dead.’ Rabbit Angstrom
"The great thing about the dead, they make space."
Rabbit Angstrom |
| | | alj Five Star Member
Number of posts : 9633 Registration date : 2008-12-05 Age : 80 Location : San Antonio
| Subject: Re: John Updike Wed Jan 28, 2009 7:13 am | |
| Phil wrote: - Quote :
- He was one of the authors that I first began to follow. I had started reading Rabbit Run after I found it on an airplane trip. Someone had stuck it into the seat pouch in front of me, and I took it with me after the flight, then continued looking for his other works.
Synchronicity. It seems "the Powers that Be" knew you would find it, and that reading it would lead you on a quest. Good authors and their works can have a profound effect on our lives. It's always sad to lose another one. Ann |
| | | lin Five Star Member
Number of posts : 2753 Registration date : 2008-03-20 Location : Mexico
| Subject: Re: John Updike Wed Jan 28, 2009 7:16 am | |
| I found him boring, actually. I don't care for that NE suburbanite stuff.
But one thing you gotta say for the guy: he wrote movie roles for Nicholson, Cher, Sarandon, and Pfeiffer. That's pretty cool. |
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