Comments on: John Updike http://www.rocksbackpagesblogs.com/2009/03/john-updike/ Rock reviews, rock articles & rock interviews from the Ultimate Rock'n'Roll Library Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:35:32 +0000 hourly 1 By: Leyla Sanai http://www.rocksbackpagesblogs.com/2009/03/john-updike/#comment-207 Leyla Sanai Sat, 14 Mar 2009 13:54:44 +0000 http://www.rocksbackpagesblogs.com/?p=71#comment-207 Thanks for that, Mat. I'll have to hunt out that collection. It's lucky for us that Updike was prolific as well as remarkably talented. On another Updike subject, I read The Witches of Eastwick years after I'd seen the movie and was - for once - amazed by how accurately the casting director stuck to Updike's description of the philanderer played by Jack Nicholson. The part could have been written for him. Thanks for that, Mat. I’ll have to hunt out that collection. It’s lucky for us that Updike was prolific as well as remarkably talented.

On another Updike subject, I read The Witches of Eastwick years after I’d seen the movie and was – for once – amazed by how accurately the casting director stuck to Updike’s description of the philanderer played by Jack Nicholson. The part could have been written for him.

]]> By: Mat Snow http://www.rocksbackpagesblogs.com/2009/03/john-updike/#comment-190 Mat Snow Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:06:54 +0000 http://www.rocksbackpagesblogs.com/?p=71#comment-190 JU was also a quite brilliant short story writer. Like Leyla, I marked his death by reading one of his less celebrated volumes, the collection titled Trust Me. His facility for exactly finding the apt image and descriptors for the most fleeting impressions, perceptions and feelings is unmatched in my reading experience. JU was also a quite brilliant short story writer. Like Leyla, I marked his death by reading one of his less celebrated volumes, the collection titled Trust Me. His facility for exactly finding the apt image and descriptors for the most fleeting impressions, perceptions and feelings is unmatched in my reading experience.

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