Comments on: A&P

A&P

vronsky — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:42:22 -0800

John Updike (yt) discusses A&P.

By: steef

steef — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 16:09:53 -0800

Cool. Here's the whole 17-minute short film adaptation of A&P (iFilm), with Sean Hayes playing Sammy, and Amy Smart as Queenie.

By: psmealey

psmealey — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 16:13:08 -0800

Nice. I dig.

By: martinX's bellbottoms

martinX's bellbottoms — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 16:21:19 -0800

I liked that. I've never heard John Updike speak before. I like that his speech flows as nicely as his writing.

By: ibmcginty

ibmcginty — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 16:48:55 -0800

I was just thinking about this short story this morning. Thanks for the post.

By: vronsky

vronsky — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 17:43:27 -0800

I could have been an Updike stalker when I was a teen. Me and Nicholson Baker;)

By: vronsky

vronsky — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 17:58:24 -0800

Burning Trash At night -- the light turned off, the filament Unburdened of its atom-eating charge, His wife asleep, her breathing dipping low Toward a swampy source--he thought of death. Her father's hilltop home allowed him time To sense the nothing standing like a sheet Of speckless glass behind his human future. He had two comforts he could see, just two One was the cheerful fullness of most things: Plump stones and clouds, expectant pods, the soil Offering up pressure to his knees and hands. The other was burning the trash each day. He liked the heat, the imitation danger, And the way, as he tossed in used-up news, Strings, napkins, envelopes, and paper cups, Hypnotic tongues of order intervened.

By: exogenous

exogenous — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 18:03:07 -0800

Although I had slim hope that Updike was discussing Airframe & Powerplant mechanics, the story did not disappoint. He did write "married, with two babies chalked up on his fuselage already."

By: languagehat

languagehat — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 18:10:39 -0800

Good post and film—thanks, vronsky and steef.

By: octothorpe

octothorpe — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 18:16:14 -0800

Cool, I've always liked that short story. Updike always has a place in my heart for writing so much about my state.

By: limeonaire

limeonaire — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 19:05:35 -0800

I hate Updike. But I liked this.