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The Pearl

内容简介

Three-timePulitzerPrize-winnerEdwardAlbee'smostprovocative,daring,andcontroversialplaysinceWho'sAfraidofVirginiaWoolf?,TheGoatwonallthemajorawardsforbestnewplayoftheyear(Tony,NewYorkDramaCriticsCircle,DramaDesk,andOuterCriticsCircle).Intheplay,Martin—ahugelysuccessfularchitectwhohasjustturnedfifty—leadsanostensiblyideallifewithhislovingwifeandgayteenageson.Butwhenheconfidestohisbestfriendthatheisalsoinlovewithagoat(namedSylvia),hesetsinmotioneventsthatwilldestroyhisfamilyandleavehislifeintatters.Theplaywrighthimselfdescribesitthisway:"Everycivilizationsetsquitearbitrarylimitstoitstolerances.Theplayisaboutafamilythatisdeeplyrockedbyanunimaginableeventandhowtheysolvethatproblem.Itismyhopethatpeoplewillthinkafreshaboutwhetherornotallthevaluestheyholdarevalid."

作者简介

NowriterismorequintessentiallyAmericanthanJohnSteinbeck.Bornin1902inSalinas,California,SteinbeckattendedStanfordUniversitybeforeworkingataseriesofmostlyblue-collarjobsandembarkingonhisliterarycareer.Profoundlycommittedtosocialprogress,heusedhiswritingtoraiseissuesoflaborexploitationandtheplightofthecommonman,penningsomeofthegreatestAmericannovelsofthetwentiethcenturyandwinningsuchprestigiousawardsasthePulitzerPrizeandtheNationalBookAward.HereceivedtheNobelPrizein1962,"forhisrealisticandimaginativewritings,combiningastheydosympathetichumourandkeensocialperception."Today,morethanthirtyyearsafterhisdeath,heremainsoneofAmerica'sgreatestwritersandculturalfigures.

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