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"Glimpse" contains a total of 23 art essays by the American literary master John Updike. The objects of criticism range from the Impressionist Monet to Sargent, from the modernist Andrew Weiss to Degas, and even stop to comment on the works of the outstanding "New Yorker" cartoonist Ralph Barton, French sculptor Jean Ipstgui and others who have long been forgotten by the world. ? Updike's wise, humorous, insightful and original comments, accompanied by more than 190 exquisite pictures, perfectly demonstrate his most eclectic, interesting and enlightening side in exploring traditional and modern art, integrating prose, visual art works and art criticism. This book also contains many line drawings created by Updike himself, showing the world the unknown outstanding artistic talent of this literary master.

"The Couples" was written in 1968 and is Updike's best-selling novel. The plot of the novel is extremely simple, it is just an affair story of 10 couples. But "The Couples" is not the American version of "The Plum in the Golden Vase"; it is still a serious work of realism. Of course, there are many positive or sideways descriptions of adultery, wife-swapping, homosexuality, etc. In the book, but Updike's original intention was by no means "teaching obscenities", but objectively reflecting reality and providing a relatively comprehensive summary of the life and thoughts of the American middle class in the 1960s. The publication of this book caused a great sensation, and Updike appeared on the cover of Time for the first time, with the cover title "The Adulterous Society."