From: oldernow@dev.null   
      
   On 2024-04-28, D  wrote:   
      
   >> In a way, for me the stories took somewhat of a back seat   
   >> compared to the writing itself when it came to John Updike   
   >> and Joyce Carol Oates. I remember being in a perpetual   
   >> state of amazement what could be done with English.   
   >   
   > It would be interesting to give them a chance. Since   
   > I'm not a native english speaker, maybe it would be   
   > incomprehensible to me or just plain old "boring". ;)   
      
   Let's put it this way: I *thought* I was a native English   
   speaker until I read them - complete with consulting a   
   dictionary frequently.   
      
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