索尔·贝娄被认为是美国当代最负盛名的作家之一,代表作《赫索格》是一部杰出的反映当代人生存处境、生存困惑的小说。主人公赫索格是一位大学教授,为人善良,但是现实生活给他一连串的打击,使他对世界的现状感到极端沮丧,精神濒临崩溃的边缘。他只能写许多不会寄出的信,诉说个人的见解,发泄内心的积郁。他苦闷的中心是,在他生活的这个混乱的世界上,找不到赖以生存的立足之地。小说真实地表现了作为犹太人的主人公在现实生活中所遭遇到的种种创伤和苦闷、彷徨之情。 Saul Bellow is considered as one of the most prestigious writers in the United States at present. The masterpiece Herzog is an outstanding novel that reflects the living conditions and confusion of the contemporary people. The hero Herzog, a university professor, is kind and good, but his real life has given him a series of strikes that have left him extremely frustrated with the status quo in the world and are on the brink of collapse. He can only write many letters that will not be sent out, tell personal opinions and vent inner feelings. The center of his depression is that in this chaotic world in which he lives, he can not find a place where he can survive. The novel truly demonstrates the traumatic and distressing feelings of the protagonists who are Jews in real life.