![]() And of course, sex - Updike became a sort of body laureate of what he called "the astonishing variety of tunes we play on this scale of so few notes." Updike began his career aiming "to transcribe middleness, with all its grits, bumps and anonymities." The effect is of a kind of NASA probe sent to scuttle over every aspect of an American life: childhood, marriage, parenthood, divorce, growing up and old. He published millions of sentences: short stories, poems, essays, novels. What can you say about John Updike that the writer hasn't already put better and before? He ran his life through the keyboard for five decades, while sticking to an impossible plan: to produce one book a year, and "to be able to defend," he wrote, "every sentence I publish." He was also a long-time contributor and critic for The New Yorker magazine. His novels include Rabbit Run, Rabbit Redux and Couples. ![]() American author and Pulitzer Prize winner John Updike in a youthful portrait, seated on a bench outdoors, holding a cigarette. ![]()
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