J.M.库切迄今创作了十四部小说,按出版顺序,《铁器时代》(1990)是他的第六部作品。去年曾有读者向我打听,库切其他十三部小说都有了中文简体字版,何以这部《铁器时代》一直没有迻译?我隐约听说该书版权引进好像有某些周折,未知其详。幸而不久浙江文艺出版社就与版权代理商签约了,曹洁女士即嘱我翻译,我自然很乐意,但当时正在给该社译唐·德里罗的《人体艺术家》,于是就延搁 So far, J.M. Coache has created fourteen novels so far. In the order of publication, Iron Age (1990) is his sixth book. Last year, some readers asked me about it. There are 13 simplified Chinese versions in Coetzee’s novel. Why does this “Iron Age” never translate? I vaguely heard that copyright infringement seems to have some twists and turns. detailed. Fortunately, however, Zhejiang Literature and Art Publishing Co. signed a contract with the copyright agent. Ms. Cao Jie asked me to translate it. Naturally, I was very happy, but at that time I was giving the body a “body artist” who translated Don DeLillo.