《再見,哥倫布》本書榮獲1959年美國國家圖書獎作品,更是菲利普.羅斯26歲初試啼聲的成名之作
由中篇小說〈再見,哥倫布〉。全書呈現二次戰後美國貧富差距的社會境況及五○年代猶太家庭生活,題材涉獵愛情、宗教、新舊猶太社群中的變化等。作者機智、富有敏銳的觀察力,以及對人物的憐憫之情,在故事中體現無疑。這第一部出版的中篇故事不僅是羅斯的成名作,也是之後所有故事的雛形。
一場熾熱的盛夏愛戀在少年的猶太世界裡卻是道德的禁忌 愛情除了「我愛你」之外,還參雜了什麼?
「是我內心裡的什麼東西將追求和攫取轉為愛情,然後又和盤托出?又是什麼使勝歸於敗,又把敗──誰知道──轉為勝?我相信我愛過布蘭妲,但站在那裡,我知道我已無法再愛她。」
〈再見,哥倫布〉
尼爾.克勒門,一個在圖書館工作的二十三歲猶太少年,在盛夏的泳池畔與布蘭妲相遇,進而踏入與他原生家庭截然不同的世界。城郊的生活有吃不完的食物,還有流行音樂,人們的話題是球隊比數和運動員戰績…尼爾口裡吃著來自各地新鮮的水果,聽著那些從沒聽過的人名-多半是球員-他意識到自己與布蘭妲之間的陌生差距,但青春的慾望與內心無以名狀的渴求,驅使他維持這段關係…
Philip Roth's award-winning first book instantly established its author's reputation as a writer of explosive wit, merciless insight and a fierce compassion for even the most self-deluding of his characters.
Goodbye, Columbus is the story of Neil Klugman and pretty, spirited Brenda Patimkin, he of poor Newark, she of suburban Short Hills, who meet one summer break and dive into an affair that is as much about social class and suspicion as it is about love. The novella is accompanied by five short stories that range in tone from the iconoclastic to the astonishingly tender.
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再見,哥倫布 Goodbye, Columbus and five short stories
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