The Afterlife and Other Stories
Unabridged Selections: The Man Who Became a Soprano, The Afterlife, The Other Side of the Street, Farrell's Caddie, Grandparenting

John Updike çağdaş Amerikan edebiyatının ağır toplarından olarak bilinir. Ama ABD’de yakaladığı başarı çizgisini ülkesinin ötesine pek taşıyamamış. Ya da bana öyle geliyor. Türkçe’ye de 5-6 kitabı (belki daha fazladır, emin değilim) çevrilmiş ve bizde de pek yankı yaratmamış anladığım kadarıyla. Bu......more

First the positive: John Updike definitely knew how to use words to evoke mental pictures and feelings of all kinds in the reader. The detailed beauty of his words made you see objects and situations in a new light. Now the puzzling: Updike was in his 60's when this book was published, so I assume th......more

One of the kitchens in our office looks like it was designed by someone who had read a lot about humans, but has never seen an actual human in their life – maybe Mary the Human Scientist. It‘s absolutely cold and square and any attempt to make it more cosy just looks out of place. But I actually pre......more