许多作家被人崇拜,为人所知,被人模仿,被人吹捧;但还很少有作家像雷蒙·卡弗(Raymond Carver)那样说自己被人爱戴。卡弗是1988年五十岁上死于肺癌的;自那以后,他的声名鹊起。人们不再仅视他为有争议的试验小说家,并且视他为美国传统文学价值观的象征。他的天才与艺术良知越来越得到国际文学界的承认。 Many writers have been worshiped, known, imitated, and touted; but few writers, like Raymond Carver, say they are loved. Carver died of lung cancer in his fifties in 1988; his reputation has since then risen. One no longer treats him as a controversial experimental novelist, but as a symbol of American traditional literary values. His genius and artistic conscience are increasingly recognized by the international literary community.