John Updike [1932 – 2009] iv
Van of met de man zelf:
- Zijn laatste korte verhaal in de New Yorker;
- Gesprek van Updike met David Remnick [mp3];
- proefjes van zijn proza, in The New York Times;
- In eigen woorden en andere quotes, in The Daily Telegraph;
- Testing the Limits of What I Know and Feel, een gesproken essay;
In memoriams:
- Korte gedenkschriften in de New Yorker, van onder meer Richard Ford, Paul Theroux, e.v.a.;
- Jan Donkers, die boeken van hem vertaalde;
- Davin L. Ulin, in de LA Times:
Had he written some books that hadn’t worked? Certainly. What writer of his longevity hadn’t, on occasion, missed the mark? But better that, he suggested, than to hole up, a la Saul Bellow, and only deliver a piece of writing every five years. Think of the anxiety to deliver, the pressure to produce a masterwork. It was far more useful, he had decided, to be front and center in the culture, to be a working writer, to do the best he could and then move on.
- John Irving;
- Ian McEwan ;
Overig:
- het beste van Updike, volgens The Guardian;
- het beste van Updike, volgens biograaf William Pritchard;
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