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.