Updike spent more energy on prose and Roth more on narrative. In the long, long run I think that'll give Updike an edge because the subset of readers who care about old books tend to do so for reasons of language.
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Replying to @HeerJeet @SWGoldman
Not convinced by this distinction. Narrative is a method of prose, and prose the method of narrative. Also, plenty of people read 'old books' as social history, irrespective of quality.
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Replying to @SWGoldman @HeerJeet
Sounds about right. The Rabbits & Portnoy as social documents rather than great books.
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Replying to @SWGoldman @DrDominicGreen
I might be a minority on this but I think with both writers their big best sellers (i.e. Portnoy, Couples) are less interesting than other work. For me, the great Roth period is late 1970s to early 1990s.
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Replying to @HeerJeet @SWGoldman
Yes, from Ghost Writer to Operation Shylock
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I'd actually include Sabbath's Theater as part of that run, although that's a minority opinion.
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