Updike's Becha book, and the heaven of fiction

  1. Manzanas Calvo, Ana María
Revista:
Alicante Journal of English Studies / Revista Alicantina de Estudios Ingleses: RAEI

ISSN: 0214-4808,  2171-861X

Any de publicació: 1993

Número: 6

Pàgines: 109-114

Tipus: Article

DOI: 10.14198/RAEI.1993.6.10 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openRUA editor

Altres publicacions en: Alicante Journal of English Studies / Revista Alicantina de Estudios Ingleses: RAEI

Resum

This paper examines Bech's trajectory as a fictional character and as an artificer of words. Bech, the word master, is "reduced" throughout the novel in the several oeuvres which try to capture his essence until finally he enters the "heaven of fiction," the ultimate reduction which fixes him as an immortal, immutable character. Bech, however, longs for the mortality of life outside the pantheon, for the unlimited possibilities of reality.

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