Saul Bellow Herzog-赫索格

作者：Saul Bellow

书名：Herzog《赫索格》

中文简介：《赫索格》深刻地反映了中产阶级知识分子在现代资本主义条件下信仰的失落和对前途的迷惘。赫索格本是尊崇理性主义的大学教授，但到60年代，他突然发现整个世界变得不可理喻。首先是传统家庭关系的崩溃，他最信赖的朋友居然和他的妻子私通，他被迫离婚，还失去了女儿。接着，当他把视野拓展到社会，发现了贫困、犯罪和种族冲突等社会问题，这使他心目中理性化的美国社会变得分崩离析、危机四伏。由此他反思到自己数十年来撰文鼓吹的那一套理想主义的东西毫不中用，一钱不值。他处在精神崩溃的边缘，自闭在屋子里给虚拟中的数不清的古人今人写了许多不寄发的信。赫索格是现代西方文学中一个典型的“反英雄”形象。

英文简介：This is the story of Moses Herzog, a great sufferer, joker, mourner, and charmer. Although his life steadily disintegrates around him - he has failed as a writer and teacher, as a father, and has lost the affection of his wife to his best friend - Herzog sees himself as a survivor, both of his private disasters and those of the age. He writes unsent letters to friends and enemies, colleagues and famous people, revealing his wry perception of the world around him, and the innermost secrets of his heart.