The Facts: A Novelist's Autobiography

作者 Philip Roth著
出版社 Vintage
出版时间 2007年10月
ISBN 9780099520962
定价 102.70

内容简介

TheFactsisaworkofcompellingcandourandinventiveness,instructiveparticularlyinitsrevelationoftheinterplaybetweenlifeandart.PhilipRothconcentratesonfiveepisodesfromthislife:hissecurecitychildhoodinthethirtiesandforties;hiseducationinAmericanlifeataconventionalcollegeinthefifties;hispassionateentanglement,asanambitiousyoungman,withtheangriestpersonheevermet(the'girlofmydreams'Rothcallsher);hisclash,asafledglingwriter,withaJewishestablishmentoutragedbyGoodbye,Columbus;andhisdiscovery,intheexcessesofthesixties,ofanunminedsidetohistalentthatledhimtowritePortnoy'sComplaint.Thebookconcludessurprisingly-intrueRothianfashion-withasustainedassaultbythenovelistagainsthisproficienciesasanautobiographer.

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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