美国《新闻周刊》1998年2月16日登载维罗尼卡·钱伯斯发的消息:息影文坛二十多年的前美国黑人女作家盖尔·琼斯(GaylJones)的新作长篇小说《抚慰创伤》(The Healing)于一周后由贝肯出版社(Beacon)出版。这也算美国文坛今年的大事。这部长篇是琼斯二十多年来首次发表的作品,也是贝肯出版社140年来头一次出版的原创小说。据可靠消息,贝肯明年将推出琼斯另一部小说《蚊子女人》(Mosquifo Woman)。重新开始写作的琼斯仍躲避着媒介。像美国另一位名作家品钦一样,她不愿对外透露居所,也不愿出门,不愿被人拍照。 Newsweek USA On February 16, 1998, Veronica Chambers made the news that Gayl Jones, a former African American female writer more than 20 years old in the shadow literature scene, The Healing was published a week later by Beacon. This is also considered a major event in the American literary field this year. This long article is Jones’s first published work in more than two decades and is also the original novel published by Beckham Press in 140 years. According to reliable sources, Becken will launch another novel to Jones, “Mosquifo Woman,” next year. Jones, who restarts writing, is still avoiding the media. Like Pynchon, another American writer, she did not want to disclose her residence or go out and would not be photographed.