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   On Sun, 28 Apr 2024, oldernow wrote:   
      
   > 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.   
      
   Wow! Now I'm curious!   
      
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