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    More Updike.

    The two I've just read are collections of short stories, Pigeon Feathers and Trust Me. Those stories are deeper than what I've read in his novels, particularly those in Trust Me. He really gets into the inner experience of realizing that one's days in this life are numbered and aging in particular.

    John Updike is always worth reading.
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    Quote Originally Posted by W1GUH View Post
    John Updike is always worth reading.
    'Specially on a rabbit hunt.
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    Up Dike? Nah, I better not.

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    Quote Originally Posted by w2amr View Post
    Up Dike? Nah, I better not.
    The quality of his writing not withstanding, his name always sounded like some sort of Dutch insult to me. Perhaps Cor could comment on this further.
    All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.

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    That would be Van Dyke.
    I keep my 2 feet on the ground, and my head in the twilight zone.

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    Updike had a beard?
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    Brings up an interesting point...if I were a Lit. teacher I'd assign papers about this.....

    In all the sexual capers of all his characters, I can't recall any lesbian love. I'm SURE Rabbit would've jumped at the chance, and in one of the Rabbit novels two lesbians moved in down the street and were always working on the place. But no...not even in fantasy.
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    Scratching head, can't find a Dutch referrence to Updike...
    Dick van Dyke, Dutch Dick van Dijk.
    Most Dutch changed their name to a little more English sounding name, by changing a few letters.
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    According to Wikipedia it is likely a name of Dutch origin and probably originally spelled more like "Opdijk".

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Updike

    Around this area there are a lot of places that have Dutch names. For example the Van Wyck expressway is one.
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    Happened a lot changinhg one or more letters to sound more English.
    Might be the case, some kept their last name unchanged, just went for the christian name change, i.e. Jan to John etc.
    "If the Republicans will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop
    telling the truth about them." - Adlai Stevenson (1900-1965)
    “I’m not liberal/conservative, I’m anti-idiotarian.”
    At some point in the last 20 years, the left moved to the center, and the right moved into a mental institution

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