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John Updike

John Updike

Naissance 18 March 1932 · Décès 27 January 2009

John Hoyer Updike (18 mars 1932 – 27 janvier 2009) fut un romancier, poète, nouvelliste, critique d'art et critique littéraire américain. Il fait partie des quatre seuls écrivains à avoir remporté deux fois le prix Pulitzer de la fiction.

Citations

  • “The city overwhelmed our expectations. The Kiplingesque grandeur of Waterloo Station, the Eliotic despondency of the brick row in Chelsea … the Dickensian nightmare of fog and sweating pavement and besmirched cornices.”
    On London, in “A Madman”, The New Yorker 22 December 1962En anglais
  • “The refusal to rest content, the willingness to risk excess on behalf of one's obsessions, is what distinguishes artists from entertainers, and what makes some artists adventurers on behalf of us all.”
    p. 231En anglais
  • “Writing criticism is to writing fiction and poetry as hugging the shore is to sailing in the open sea.”
    Foreword to Hugging the Shore 1983En anglais
  • “A narrative is like a room on whose walls a number of false doors have been painted; while within the narrative, we have many apparent choices of exit, but when the author leads us to one particular door, we know it is the right one because it opens.”
    Introduction to The Best American Short Stories of 1984 1984En anglais
  • “Every marriage tends to consist of an aristocrat and a peasant. Of a teacher and a learner.”
    Couples, Chapter 1En anglais

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Les livres de John Updike dans l'ordre

Les livres de John Updike dans l'ordre de parution, de The Same Door (1959) à The Twelve Terrors of Christmas (2006).

  1. 1The Same DoorThe Same Door1959
  2. 2Coeur de lièvreCoeur de lièvre1960
  3. 3Rabbit ReduxRabbit Redux1961
  4. 4Le CentaureLe Centaure1962
  5. 5Pigeon FeathersPigeon Feathers1962
  6. 6Of The FarmOf The Farm1965
  7. 7Music SchoolMusic School1966
  8. 8CouplesCouples1968
  9. 9Epouse-moiEpouse-moi1971
  10. 10The CoupThe Coup1978
  11. 11Rabbit Is RichRabbit Is Rich1981
  12. 12Les sorcières d'eastwickLes sorcières d'eastwick1984
  13. 13Self-consciousnessSelf-consciousness1989
  14. 14Rabbit at RestRabbit at Rest1990
  15. 15BrazilBrazil1994
  16. 16Golf DreamsGolf Dreams1996
  17. 17In the Beauty of the LiliesIn the Beauty of the Lilies1996
  18. 18A Childs CalendarA Childs Calendar1999
  19. 19The Best American Short Stories of the CenturyThe Best American Short Stories of the Century1999
  20. 20Gertrude and ClaudiusGertrude and Claudius2000
  21. 21Licks of LoveLicks of Love2000
  22. 22TerroristTerrorist2006
  23. 23The Twelve Terrors of ChristmasThe Twelve Terrors of Christmas2006

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