John Updike 1932-2009I can't say it better than the NY Times, but the Times surely can't say it better than Updike himself. A favorite Updike quotation, in remembrance:
"But are they to be trusted? Are they – words – anything substantial upon which we can rest our weight? The best writers say so. Sometimes I believe it. But the illogic of the belief bothers me: From whence did words gather this intrinsic potency? The source of language, the spring from which all these shadows (tinted alliterative, shapely, but still shadows) flow, as itself in shadow."– John Updike, The Early Stories Amazon
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