美国犹太人总处于流散在外还是回归故土的徘徊中,以色列建国后,这类归属感索求和身份焦虑成为犹太作家主要关切的话题之一。菲利普·罗斯特地推出小说《反生活》揭示犹太人在美国和以色列追寻理想家园的尝试和遭遇的挫折,以及双重人格的形成和随之带来的困扰,该书成为其创作风格转折的标志。 Whether the American Jews are always wandering abroad or returning to their homeland, such status-seeking anxiety and identity anxiety after the founding of Israel became one of the major topics of concern to Jewish writers. Phillip Rosestre’s attempt to expose the Jews’ frustration in pursuit of the ideal homeland in the United States and Israel as well as the formation and subsequent confusion of the dual personality as a result of the novel’s “anti-life” became a mark of turning point in his style of creation.