This is a grand collection of John Updike's inimitable early stories. Gathering together almost all the short fiction that John Updike published between 1953 and 1975, this collection opens with Updike's autobiographical stories about a young boy growing up during the Depression in a small Pennsylvania town. There follows tales of life away from home, student days, early marria...
This is a grand collection of John Updike's inimitable early stories. Gathering together almost all the short fiction that John Updike published between 1953 and 1975, this collection opens with Updike's autobiographical stories about a young boy growing up during the Depression in a small Pennsylvania town. There follows tales of life away from home, student days, early marriage and young families, and finally Updike's experimental stories on 'The Single Life'. Here, then, is a rich and satisfying feast of Updike - his wit, his easy mastery of language, his genius for recalling the subtleties of ordinary life and the excitements, and perils, of the pursuit of happiness.
读了几篇,总体感觉透着浓浓的穷酸气。 《ace in the hole》写一个失业青年一团糟的生活:母亲与妻子不睦、妻子对生活有诸多不满、孩子又小。他不惋惜失去的工作,但未来怎样又不确定。我很疑惑这点破事儿有什么好写篇小说的。 《friends from philadelphia》的主人公是一位少...
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