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The Dying Animal

内容简介

TheDyingAnimalisthelatestadditiontoPhilipRoth'salreadyconsiderableandhighlycelebratedoeuvre.TheprotagonistisDavidKepesh,arecurringprotagonistinRoth'swork,havingbeenintroducedfirstintheKafkaesque1972novella,TheBreast,andagaininTheProfessorofDesire(1979).Kepesh,nowa70-year-oldartscriticandlecturerincriticaltheory,isasexualadventurer,whofeelshimselfliberatedfrommarriage,childrenandoldschoolsexualmoresbythe1960ssexualrevolution,anduseshiscelebrityandintellectualreputationtoseducetheyoungwomenthathetutors.Writtenintheformofaconversationalconfession,RothhasKepeshintroducethemethodofhissexualconquestsandthenthefoiltohismethod,thebeautiful,manneredandbustyConsuelaCastillo.Sobeginsadescriptionofadescentintothemadnessoflove;"crazydistortionsoflonging,doting,possessiveness...thisneed,thisderangement.Williteverstop?"

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".菲利普·罗斯1960年到爱荷华大家作家班任教,两年后成为普林斯顿大学的驻校作家。他还在宾夕法尼亚大学担任过多年的比较文学课程教学,于1992年退休后继续写作。罗斯的作品深受读者和批评家的青眯,获奖颇多,其中包括美国犹太人书籍委员会的达洛夫奖、古根海姆奖、欧·亨利小说奖和美国文学艺术院奖,他本人也在1970年被选为美国文学艺术院院士。其主要获奖作品还有《遗产》(1991)(获全国书评家协会奖),《夏洛克战役》(1993)(获福克纳奖),《萨巴斯剧院》(1995)(获国家图书奖),《美国牧歌》(获1998年普利策小说奖)。

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