Read Series: Bech
by Author John Updike
Bech is Back (1999)
Henry Bech, first heard from in Bech: A Book, is back. Famous for his writer's block, a Jew adrift in a world of gentiles, the renowned author is now fifty years old. Here he reflects on his fam, roams the world, marries an Episcopalian divorcee from Westchester and -- surprise to all -- writes a...
Bech: A Book (1999)
Revisiting this work after more than a decade since my first unsatisfying time through, I have reassessed it. I previously rejected it as dull, uninteresting stories about a character about whom I could care less. This time through I found it a pleasant if mostly uninspiring read, a nice perio...
Bech at Bay (1999)
"Bech at Bay" is the last of Updike's Bech trilogy, tales of the life of his libidinous "Jewish" author-persona.After three books, I still have not accepted Bech as a genuine, successfully-realized literary character, much less an authentic Jewish author. I'm still not sure why Updike chose to em...