内容简介
Nowinhismid-thirties,NathanZuckerman,awould-bereclusedespitehisnewfoundfameasabestsellingauthor,venturesontothestreetsofManhattaninthefinalyearoftheturbulentsixties.Notonlyisheassumedbyhisfanstobehisownfictionalsatyr,GilbertCarnovsky,buthealsofindshimselfthetargetofadmonishers,advisers,andliterarycritics.TherecentmurdersofRobertKennedyandMartinLutherKing,Jr.,leadanunsettledZuckermantowonderif'target'maybemorethanafigureofspeech.InZuckermanUnbound-thesecondvolumeofthetrilogyandepilogueZuckermanBound-thenotoriousnovelistretreatsfromhisoldestfriends,breakshismarriagetoavirtuouswoman,anddamages,perhapsirreparably,hisaffectionateconnectiontohisyoungerbrother-andallbecauseofhisgreatgoodfortune.(20040922)
作者简介
In1997PhilipRothwonthePulitzerPrizeforAmericanPastoral.In1998hereceivedtheNationalMedalofArtsattheWhiteHouse,andin2002receivedthehighestawardoftheAmericanAcademyofArtsandLetters,theGoldMedalinFiction,previouslyawardedtoJohnDosPassos,WilliamFaulkner,andSaulBellow,amongothers.HehastwicewontheNationalBookAward,thePEN/FaulknerAward,andtheNationalBookCriticsCircleAward.In2005,PhilipRothwillbecomethethirdlivingAmericanwritertohavehisworkpublishedinacomprehensive,definitiveeditionbytheLibraryofAmerica.Thelastoftheeightvolumesisscheduledforpublicationin2013.(20040922)