2017年度英国布克文学奖近日在伦敦揭晓,美国作家乔治·桑德斯凭借小说《炼狱中的林肯》获此殊荣。这也是美国作家第二次获得该奖项。据报道,现年58岁的桑德斯出生于美国得克萨斯州,现定居纽约,其短篇小说曾多次获奖,《炼狱中的林肯》是其第九部作品。这部作品讲述的故事设定在美国南北战争爆发一年后的1862年,结合历史事实和想象,描绘了时任美国总统亚伯拉罕·林肯 The 2017 British Booker Prize for Literature was unveiled in London recently. American writer George Saunders won the prize for his novel Lincoln in Purgatory. This is the second time that American writers have won the award. It is reported that 58-year-old Sanders was born in Texas, USA, is now settled in New York, his short story has repeatedly won the award, “Purgatory of Lincoln” is its ninth piece. The story of this work is set in 1862, one year after the American Civil War broke out. Combined with historical facts and imagination, the story depicts the then American president Abraham Lincoln