9. There are a few Roth books I've re-read (the first Zuckerman trilogy, the Counterlife) but many seem to exhaust themselves after reading
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10. Perhaps Updike v. Roth is about comparative advantage of specialization. After "Goodbye, Columbus" Roth singlemindedly focused on novels
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11. Updike never purely a novelist, but always had hand in many genres (poetry, short stories, literary criticism, art criticism).
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12. Roth's ferocious devotion to the novel -- perhaps the only loyalty he developed outside immediate family -- paid off in mastery.
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13. If single-mindedness is a Roth trait, it shows up in his willingness to bravely focus on narrow range of characters & obsessions.
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14. Updike, compared to Roth, suffered from the defuseness of having a wide range of interest & restless need to experiment narratively.
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@ivortossell It's a quick read & amusing but not I think Roth's best.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@ivortossell@HeerJeet American Pastoral is great. For a really quick taste, Goodbye Columbus is also really good.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@JoshMLabelle @ivortossell Also: Ghost Writer, The Counterlife, Patrimony, Sabbath's Theater (last is very perverse but great).
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