![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() How did the Great American Writer who often seemed to think of women as unknowable sex objects end up writing a book about witches tackling 1960s puritanism and the cusp of the sexual revolution? ![]() That is partly what makes the existence of The Witches of Eastwick so fascinating. The debate as to whether his work was misogynistic continues to this day, but it's tough to deny that Updike's deft and complex male characters greatly outshine their female counterparts. Even his greatest fans often ceded way to the reality of his questionable depictions of women. He was also, how shall we put it, not great at writing female characters. His influence is wide-reaching, and his books are often compared to the likes of Vladimir Nabokov and Marcel Proust. One of only four writers to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction more than once, the novelist and critic is widely seen as one of the most important authors of his time. Whenever literary critics debate who were the greatest American writers of the 20th century, it's probable that the name John Updike will appear. ![]()
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