"From infancy on, we are all spies; the shame is not this but that the secrets to be discovered are so paltry and few." JOHN UPDIKE
Criticism on John Updike
Most of the critics were on his books, not too much on his poetry. At the beginning of his establishments, many observers already attacked his work in 1959 about the Poorhouse Fair. Evelyn Geller who described Updike's work: "he writes like an angel, but has nothing to say or he has plenty to say but ruins the prose with an overly ornate style." Updike was attack by his rival, Norman Mailer, as being the author that readers appreciate due to the readers lack of knowing anythng about writing. On the other hand, many critics value and admire the work of John Updike. He is believed to be America's greatest author of the century with his intelligent work.
John Updike wrote numerous poems, fictions and non-fiction stories. John made many achievements throughout his career: he was honored with several awards along with winning the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Awards twice. He had always lived a middle class life and he once said in an interview, "Even I knew there was no living in being a poet, so fiction was the game." John's poems and stories all consist of adultery, life, nature, religion, death and also about the everday life he'd experience. The most famous books were the Rabbit Series, Couples, Terrorist, and the Witches of Eastwick, which was made into a movie in the late 80's.
