Deception

作者 Philip Roth
出版社 Random House US
出版时间 2011年12月第1版
ISBN 9780679752943
定价 121.00

内容简介

"Withthelovereverydayliferecedes,"Rothwrites--andexhibitingallhisskillasabrilliantobserverofhumanpassion,hepresentsinDeceptionthetightlyenclosedworldofadulterousintimacywithadirectnessthathasnoequalinAmericanfiction.AtthecenterofDeceptionaretwoadulterersintheirhidingplace.Heisamiddle-agedAmericanwriternamedPhilip,livinginLondon,andsheisanarticulate,intelligent,well-educatedEnglishwomancompromisedbyahumiliatingmarriagetowhich,inherthirties,sheisalreadynervouslyhalf-resigned.Thebook'sactionconsistsofconversation--mainlytheloverstalkingtoeachotherbeforeandaftermakinglove.Thatdialogue--sharp,rich,playful,inquiring,"moving,"asHermioneLeewrites,"onascaleofpainfromfuriousbafflementtostoicgaiety"--isnearlyallthereistothisbook,andallthereneedstobe.

作者简介

Inthe1990sPhilipRothwonAmerica'sfourmajorliteraryawardsinsuccession:theNationalBookCriticsCircleAwardforPatrimony(1991),thePEN/FaulknerAwardforOperationShylock(1993),theNationalBookAwardforSabbath'sTheater(1995),andthePulitzerPrizeinfictionforAmericanPastoral(1997).HewontheAmbassadorBookAwardoftheEnglish-SpeakingUnionforIMarriedaCommunist(1998);inthesameyearhereceivedtheNationalMedalofArtsattheWhiteHouse.PreviouslyhewontheNationalBookCriticsCircleAwardforTheCounterlife(1986)andtheNationalBookAwardforhisfirstbook,Goodbye,Columbus(1959).In2000hepublishedTheHumanStain,concludingatrilogythatdepictstheideologicalethosofpostwarAmerica.ForTheHumanStainRothreceivedhissecondPEN/FaulknerAwardaswellasBritain'sW.H.SmithAwardfortheBestBookoftheYear.In2001hereceivedthehighestawardoftheAmericanAcademyofArtsandLetters,theGoldMedalinfiction,giveneverysixyears"fortheentireworkoftherecipient."

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