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Saturday, April 26, 2014

Updike Upclose, Ctd

In a review of Adam Begley’s new biography Updike, Hermione Lee describes the essence of the late author’s fiction: In one of his last stories, “My Father’s Tears,” he quotes from Emerson: “Every natural fact is a symbol of some spiritual fact.” Emerson is there too at the front of Self-Consciousness: “We are persuaded that […]

An interesting read via The Dish


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