1976年诺贝尔文学奖获得者,美国老作家索尔·贝娄,1995年因为在加勒比海地区吃了一条有毒的鱼,险些送命,身体变得十分虚弱。人们(包括他自己)都以为他将从此搁笔,退出文坛。但是这位今年夏天就将年满82岁的老人,居然挺了过来,并且又意气洋洋地在最近推出了一部新作。据美国《纽约书评》杂志1997年6月26日报道,他的这部新著是一本十分出色的中篇小说,名叫《实际情况》(The Ac-tual。维京版,104页)。 1976 Nobel Prize winner in literature, American old writer Saul Bellow, in 1995 because of eating a poisonous fish in the Caribbean, almost died, the body becomes very weak. People, including himself, thought he would quit the literature and quit the literary world. But this summer, the 82-year-old man actually survived and has recently launched a new triumphantly. According to a report by the New York Book Review magazine dated June 26, 1997, his new book is an excellent novella called “The Ac-tual.” Viking Edition, p. 104) .