NP: Updike's new novel

[prozak at anus.com]

> gurus. But Updike is astute and principled enough to know that they cannot
> be dismissed, swept under the carpet with a contemptuous gesture - as many
> of our own cultural conservatives are liable to do when the dreaded word
> "postmodernism" rings out.

Very true. History is what it has become, and it must be addressed as
such, hopefully without compromise. 

And then he dropped the bomb: "But what is 'postmodernism'?" and was 
eaten alive by the listmembers (in angst).

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