内容简介
Awicked,concise,andprovocativesummationofthethemesthathaveguidedEdwardAlbee'slegendarycareer,ThePlayAbouttheBabyisahilariousandintriguingexplorationofthebondsbetweenparentsandchildren.
作者简介
NowriterismorequintessentiallyAmericanthanJohnSteinbeck.Bornin1902inSalinas,California,SteinbeckattendedStanfordUniversitybeforeworkingataseriesofmostlyblue-collarjobsandembarkingonhisliterarycareer.Profoundlycommittedtosocialprogress,heusedhiswritingtoraiseissuesoflaborexploitationandtheplightofthecommonman,penningsomeofthegreatestAmericannovelsofthetwentiethcenturyandwinningsuchprestigiousawardsasthePulitzerPrizeandtheNationalBookAward.HereceivedtheNobelPrizein1962,"forhisrealisticandimaginativewritings,combiningastheydosympathetichumourandkeensocialperception."Today,morethanthirtyyearsafterhisdeath,heremainsoneofAmerica'sgreatestwritersandculturalfigures.
