据美国《纽约时报书评》周刊1998年4月5日报道,美国作家约翰·凯西继《斯帕蒂娜》之后,最近又出版了一部长篇小说新著《半世的幸福》(The Half-Life of Happiness,科诺夫版,513页)。这部大部头的长篇小说讲述的是本世纪七十年代发生在美国弗吉尼亚州夏洛特斯维尔一个中产阶级家庭中的婚姻破裂的故事。整个故事基本由这个家庭的大女儿伊迪丝叙述。伊迪丝本人是一个教师。她在多年后回顾她的父母麦克和乔丝的婚姻以及她自己和妹妹诺拉的生活。早年麦克是一个律师,而诺拉是一个实验电影的制片人。两人相爱并且成婚了。那时他们住在一艘大游艇上,生活就好像狂欢节。后来,他们又搬到一座库房改建成的房里,他们整天生活在朋友们中间,晚上和朋友们一起吃饭、游戏。正如伊迪 According to the New York Times Book Review weekly reported on April 5, 1998, American writer John Casey recently published a novel novel The Half- Life of Happiness, Konov version, 513 pages). This monumental novel tells the story of the breakdown of the marriage that took place in a middle class family in Charlottesville, Virginia, in the 1970s. The whole story is basically narrated by Edith, the eldest daughter of this family. Edith himself is a teacher. Years later she reviews the marriage of her parents, Mike and Josie, and the lives of her and her sister, Nola. Mike was a lawyer in his early years, and Nora was a producer of experimental films. The two fall in love and get married. At that time they lived in a large yacht, life is like a carnival. Later, they moved to a warehouse converted into a house, they live among friends all day, dinner and friends at night to play games. Just like Idi