约翰·契弗(John Cheever,1912—1982)是当代美国独树一帜的小说家,曾因短篇小说创作上的突出成就荣获欧·亨利奖。作为一个有自觉的艺术追求的小说家,契弗曾说:“在西方世界,小说意味着新的生活,感情与新的形式其实是不可分割的。阅读契弗的小说,我们可 John Cheever (1912-1982) is a unique novelist in contemporary America. He won the European Henry Prize for outstanding achievement in short story creation. As a conscious novelist of artistic pursuits, Cheever once said: “In the western world, novels mean a new life, feelings and new forms are actually inseparable.” Reading Chevron’s novel, we can