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âA drop of truth, of lived experienced, glistens in each.â This is how John Updike modestly described his nonfiction pieces, of which Due Considerations is perhaps his most varied, stylish, and personal collection. Here Updike reflects on such writers as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry James, Don DeLillo, A. S. Byatt, Colson Whitehead, and Margaret Atwood. He visits China, goes to art exhibitions, provides a whimsical and insightful list of âTen Epochal Moments in the American Libido,â and shares his thoughts on the fall of the Twin Towers, which he witnessed from a tenth-floor apartment in Brooklyn. John Updike was always more than simply one of Americaâs most acclaimed novelists; he was also, as the Los Angeles Times noted in appraising this volume, âone of the best essayists and critics this country has produced.â
About: Describes the author's lifelong love affair with words; essays on travel, and on faith; introductions to some of the classics; reviews of lesser known foreign writers and books by English and American contemporaries; and tributes to legendary New Yorker figures.
About: John Updike's sixth collection of essays and literary criticism opens with a skeptical overview of literary biographies, proceeds to five essays on topics ranging from China and small change to faith and late works, and takes up, under the heading 'General Considerations,' books, poker, cars, and the American libido.
About: âA drop of truth, of lived experienced, glistens in each.
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