作为一位在美国享誉甚高的作家,理査德·拉索在中国的知名度并不算高。他并不是一位高产的作家,从1986年发表处女作《莫霍克》至今,一般时隔两三年才会出产一部作品,有时甚至更久。虽然作品不算多,但佳作不算少,他更是凭借《帝国瀑布》斩获2002年的普利策小说奖。可是国内对拉索的关注甚少,文学史少有提及,关于他的研究作品也是寥寥,目前译介过来的作品只有三部:《帝国 As a well-known writer in the United States, Richard Russo’s reputation in China is not high. He is not a high-yielding writer. Since his debut in 1996, Mohawk has produced a work, sometimes even longer, in just two or three years. Although not many works, but masterpiece is not less, he is with the “Empire Falls” won the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for the novel. However, little attention has been paid to Lasso in China. There are seldom mentioned literary history. There are only a few works about his research. There are only three works translated from the present: "The Empire