内容简介
Patrimony,atruestory,touchestheemotionsasstronglyasanythingPhilipRothhaseverwritten.Rothwatchesashiseighty-six-year-oldfather—famousforhisvigor,charm,andhisrepertoireofNewarkrecollections—battleswiththebraintumorthatwillkillhim.Theson,fulloflove,anxiety,anddread,accompanieshisfatherthrougheachfearfulstageofhisfinalordeal,and,ashedoesso,disclosesthesurvivalisttenacitythathasdistinguishedhisfather'slong,stubbornengagementwithlife.
作者简介
In1997PhilipRothwonthePulitzerPrizeforAmericanPastoral.In1998hereceivedtheNationalMedalofArtsattheWhiteHouseandin2002thehighestawardoftheAmericanAcademyofArtsandLetters,theGoldMedalinFiction.HehastwicewontheNationalBookAwardandtheNationalBookCriticsCircleAward.HehaswonthePEN/FaulknerAwardthreetimes.In2005ThePlotAgainstAmericareceivedtheSocietyofAmericanHistorians’Prizefor“theoutstandinghistoricalnovelonanAmericanthemefor2003-2004.”RecentlyRothreceivedPEN’stwomostprestigiousawards:in2006thePEN/NabokovAwardandin2007thePEN/BellowAwardforachievementinAmericanfiction.RothistheonlylivingAmericannovelisttohavehisworkpublishedinacomprehensive,definitiveeditionbytheLibraryofAmerica.In2011hereceivedtheNationalHumanitiesMedalattheWhiteHouse,andwaslaternamedthefourthrecipientoftheManBookerInternationalPrize.,,