<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=473571" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Death of an author</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The Death of an Author </div><div style="margin:10px 0">John Updike is dead, can’t say I know much about him<br>I may have read one or two of his books but he didn’t <br>leave a lasting impression as Hemingway did. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">One of my neighbours has died too, I saw him every <br>day walking past my house with his old dog and a basket<br>in his left arm, with wine and a bit to eat.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He was going to his little field, doing some weeding but <br>mostly just drinking looking at the way birds flew, patting <br>his dog’s head and snoring gently under of a tree.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">There was something about his eyes, like some inner <br>suffering had made him look holy, say, as an idealized <br>picture of Jesus on the cross. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">I’m going to his funeral tomorrow morning, at 67 he was <br>bit young for death I thought, a new face will come and <br>take his place; but who is going to look after his old dog?</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Oskar+Hansen">Oskar Hansen</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=473571" data-title="Death of an author de Oskar Hansen" data-description="The Death of an Author John Updike is dead, can’t say I know much about him I may have read one or two of his books but he didn’t leave a lasting impression as Hemingway did. One of my neighbours has died too, I saw him every day walking..."></div> </div> </div>

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