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Why does this board obsess over Houellebecq when there is this prosaic sex pest that is infinitely more entertaining and wasn't anchored by 21st century dogmas?

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John Updike

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Why do feminists hate Updike so much?

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Can we all just agree that all the posh about "reaching the sublime" and "deep insights about the human condition" are just posh and accept that literature is comfy and "kinda fun" at best? Sure, maybe a book made you cry once, and sure maybe you enjoy the cadences of prose, but can we all just agree that there's no such thing as a divine level of experience that literature can give you, that's it's basically just more sophisticated entertainment? If you can't agree, please share with us your "sublime" experiences with literature.

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Is it just me, or does it smell like Updike in here?

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What writers have you grown disillusioned with? For any reason, really.

Updike was the first author whose work I started devouring but as I've gotten older I've just found his prose sort of lacking (except in some bright spots, usually a few pages every novel), and like everybody else, his choice of subject matter repetitive. Maybe I'll come back to him in a few years and see the light again but for now it's not happening.

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Young Updike. He did age well, too. The family are actually all lookers. I'm good friends with one of his grandsons.

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I FUCK WOMEN THAT ARE NOT MY WIFE

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