仰望星空的人——论乔纳森·弗兰岑的创作

The Person Who Looks Up to the Sky:On Jonathan Franzen's Literary Writing

作为新世纪最出色的二十位作家之一,乔纳森.弗兰岑怀着创作宏大社会小说的理想,穿梭于传统的讲故事高手与熟练的实验作家之间,为读者展示了美国家庭、美国自身,以及美国的资本主义、物质主义、乐观主义和理想主义。他仰望着天空,却关注着众生。

As one of the twenty greatest writers in the new century, Jonathan Franzen has a strong desire for creating big social novels. Both a great storyteller and a master hand at experimental writing, he demonstrates to the reader a panorama of the America, the families, the nation itself, the capitalism, utilitarianism, optimism and idealism. While pursuing the high morality, he never forgets to show his concem about the ordinary.people＇s life.