1. Updike or Roth, Roth or Updike. The mind revolts at this formulation, the lit crits version of Superman vs. The Hulk.
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@HeerJeet And this Robert Cohen essay explains why: http://www.believermag.com/issues/201002/?read=article_cohen …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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7. Updike doesn't have Roth's gift of grabbing you in the first sentence and pulling you along. Sensuousness of U's prose works against that
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8. If Roth is more readable, Updike is more re-readable. There are layers of depth in Updike that repay visiting, much more than Roth.
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