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厄普代克1990年8月在《纽约时报书评》上评论其“兔子四部曲”时把第三部小说《兔子富了》看作是一部“真正令人快乐的作品”。其实,该书收尾时,主人公“兔子”哈里·安斯特罗姆心情颇为忧郁。他把出生不久的孙女抱在膝头,感到老之将至,死期不远:“他的孙女。他的又一颗棺材钉。他的。”(《兔子富了》,纽约1981年版第437页)作为“兔子四部曲”压轴之作的《兔子休息了》便是接着这一缕悲哀写开来的。小
Updike, in his review of his The Tetrapod of the Rabbit in the New York Times Book Review in August 1990, saw the third novel, Rabbit Rich, as a “truly happy piece.” In fact, the book closes, the protagonist “rabbit” Harry · Anstromem mood quite melancholy. He clutched his soon-to-be-granddaughter at his knee, feeling old approaching: “His granddaughter, another coffin, and his.” (Bunny Rich, New York, 1981, p. 437 Page) “The Rabbit Rest”, the finale of the “Bunny Rabbit”, is a continuation of this tragedy. small