Very much a Yankee, Mr. Updike was the great white Protestant writer in a literary era that was dominated by Jews: Saul Bellow, Norman Mailer, and Philip Roth.

厄普代克这个典型的美国人，他是一个伟大的白人新教徒作家，当时的文学时代由犹太人统治：索尔·贝娄、诺曼·梅勒和菲利普·罗斯。

For Updike is now indisputably at the top of his craft.

现在厄普代克无可争议的居于事业的顶峰。

John Updike is one of the most important authors in contemporary America.

约翰·厄普代克是美国当代最重要的作家之一。

"You climb up through the little grades and then get to the top" (John Updike).

“你穿越每一个小等级不断地往上爬，然后就会到达顶点”(约翰·厄普代克)。