在中国,约翰·巴思(1930—)的名字也许比他的作品更为人知。这是因为他被作为所谓“后现代主义”小说的代表作家、黑色幽默的核心人物、“实验派小说”的中坚分子屡被提及,尤其是他1967年的名文《枯竭的文学》频频为人引述或訾议(其基本观点是:文学的形式与技巧已为文学史穷尽;但仍有新路可探;博尔赫斯、贝克特等乃一方向;文学当入时,当合于新的时代等),更使他名 In China, John Bath’s (1930-) name may be more famous than his work. This is because he is often cited as the representative writer of the so-called “postmodernism” novel, the core figure of black humor, and the backbone of “experimental school novel”. In particular, his frequently quoted “depleted literature” of 1967 Citing or discussing others (the basic idea is that the forms and techniques of literature have been exhausted for the history of literature; however, there are still new approaches to explore; Borges, Becket et al. Era, etc.), but also make him a name