{"id":4534,"date":"2018-07-08T09:15:19","date_gmt":"2018-07-08T14:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/?p=4534"},"modified":"2018-07-08T09:24:15","modified_gmt":"2018-07-08T14:24:15","slug":"another-summer-reading-list-and-more-updike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/2018\/07\/08\/another-summer-reading-list-and-more-updike\/","title":{"rendered":"Another summer reading list, and more Updike"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The Guardian<\/em> <\/strong>published another summer reading list\u2014“Best summer books 2018, as picked by writers and cultural figures – part two”<\/a>\u2014in which everyone shares their reading agenda for the sun-and-fun months. Updike was mentioned again, but this time not for something light, airy, and Updike clever.<\/p>\n

Writer-journalist Julie Myerson<\/strong> (“Living with Teenagers,” Sleepwalking<\/em>, Something Might Happen<\/em>), listed Updike’s Rabbit tetralogy as her literal “must-read”:<\/p>\n

“Rachel Cusk\u2019s\u00a0Kudos<\/em><\/a>\u00a0(Faber) is one of the most astoundingly original and necessary books I\u2019ve ever read. It made me laugh, think and cry. She\u2019s my friend, but I recommend it without apology: I envy anyone who hasn\u2019t read it yet. I was startled, but also very moved, by the almost abrasive directness of Rose Tremain\u2019s memoir\u00a0Rosie<\/em><\/a>\u00a0(Chatto & Windus). It did exactly what memoirs ought to do: made me want to rush straight back to her fiction. My ideal holiday (a bit of a fantasy at the moment) would therefore be a fortnight in Rome with all of Tremain on a Kindle, along with John Updike\u2019s\u00a0Rabbit<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>(Penguin) quartet \u2013 which people have been ordering me to read for years \u2013 as well as\u00a0Motherhood<\/em><\/a>\u00a0(Harvill Secker) by Sheila Heti, which I\u2019ve been hoarding, and\u00a0Never Anyone But You<\/em><\/a>\u00a0(Corsair) by the unfailingly brilliant Rupert Thomson.”<\/p>\n

When in Rome . . . read John Updike?<\/p>\n

The artwork is a detail from a Leon Edler illustration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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