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1、ChristopherIsherwood______________________________ASingleManFirstpublishedin1964ThisisanAmericannovelinthatitwaswrittenbyIsherwoodafterhehadtakenUSnationality.AmericancriticsfeltthatitwasaBritishnovel.OnecouldspendmanypagesponderingwhatmakesabookwithanAmericansettingspecificallyBritish
2、.TheheroGeorge?HehasanEnglishbackground,butheisasmuchanaturalizedAmericanashiscreator(whomhemuchresembles).Itmustbesomethingtodowiththestyle--delicate,elusiveandallusive,unbrutal,notlikeMailer.IdonotlikethedivisionofthenovelinEnglishintonationalentities.ThisisafinebriefnovelintheAnglop
3、honetradition,whateverthatmeans.ASingleManhasbeentermedanovelofthehomosexualsubculture.Georgehasknownalonglovingattachmenttoamanwhoisnowdead.Helivesaloneandwearegivenadayinhislife.Heisfifty-eight,alecturerinaCaliforniancollege(weseehimteaching,veryamusingly,Huxley'sAfterManyaSummer).He
4、ischarming,liberal,anotveryvocalupholderofminorityrights.Hisownhomosexualityissubsumedinotherassailedminoritysituations.Hetellshisstudentsthat"aminorityisonlythoughtofasaminoritywhenitconstitutessomekindofthreattothemajority,realorimaginary.Andnothreatiseverquiteimaginary...minoritiesa
5、repeople;people,notangels."Butheseemsathreattonobody--withdrawn,refined,outofsympathywithAmericanphilistinismandbrashness,amanwhohaslosthisrealreasonforliving.Hebelongstothatmajority(orisitaminority?)calledtheliving,andlivingmeansgettingthroughtheday.Hisdayisabsorbingtothereader,though
6、nothingreallyhappens.Heendsupdrunkinbed,masturbating.Hehasalivelyvisionofdeath--remarkablydescribed:thesiltingupofthearteries,thetiredheart,thelightsofconsciousnessstartingtogoout.Hegoestosleep;thedayisover.Tomakeusfascinatedwiththeeverydaynon-eventsofanordinarylifewasJoyce'sgreatachie
7、vement.ButheretherearenoJoyceantrickstoexaltmock-epicallythebanal.Itisafinepieceofplainwritingwhichhauntsthememory.--AnthonyBurgess,99Novels:TheBestinEnglishSince1939ToGoreVidalWAKINGupbeginswithsayingamandnow.Thatwhichhasawokenthenliesforawhilestaringupattheceilinganddownintoitselfu
