White Noise (Contemporary American Fiction)

作者 Don DeLillo著
出版社 Penguin
出版时间 1986年1月第1版
ISBN 9780140077025
定价 118.20

内容简介

Aresomeoftheworld'smosttalentedchildren'sbookauthorsessentiallychildrenthemselves?Inthisengagingseriesofessays,PulitzerPrize-winningauthorAlisonLurieconsidersthistheory,exploringchildren'sclassicsfrommanyerasandrelatingthemtotheauthorswhowrotethem,includingLittleWomenauthorLouisaMayAlcottandWizardofOzauthorFrankBaum,aswellasDr.SeussandSalmanRushdie.Analyzingtheseandmanyothers,Lurieshowshowthesegiftedwritershaveusedchildren'sliteraturetotransfiguresorrow,nostalgia,andthestrugglesoftheirownexperiences.

作者简介

DonDeLillopublishedhisfirstshortstorywhenhewastwenty-threeyearsold.Hehassincewrittentwelvenovels,includingWhiteNoise(1985)whichwontheNationalBookAward.ItwasfollowedbyLibra(1988),hisnovelabouttheassassinationofPresidentKennedy,andbyMaoII,whichwonthePEN/FaulknerAwardforFiction.In1997,hepublishedthebestsellingUnderworld,andin1999hewasawardedtheJerusalemPrize,giventoawriterwhoseworkexpressesthethemeofthefreedomoftheindividualinsociety;hewasthefirstAmericanauthortoreceiveit.HeisalsoamemberoftheAmericanAcademyofArtsandLetters.