美国当代小说家约翰.契弗(John Cheever,1912—1982)在小说中讲述了一个个郊区家庭的故事,在极为狭窄的题材里发现了大天地,在千人一面的人群中探求了日益壮大的美国中产阶级的精神状态,在貌似平淡的故事里显示了苦苦挣扎的灵魂。他小说中的人物虽然没有19世纪传统小说意义上的典型人物的特征,但却体现了20世纪现代“尤利西斯”的特征,体现了现代人尴尬的生存状况,体现了契弗对现代人的处境和出路的思考。 The contemporary American novelist John Cheever (1912-1982) tells the story of a suburban home in a novel that explores the great world in a very narrow subject matter and seeks to grow stronger in a thousand-person crowd The mental state of the American middle class shows the struggling soul in seemingly plain stories. The characters in his novels, though not typical of the characters in the traditional novels of the 19th century, embody the characteristics of the modern Ulysses in the 20th century, embody the awkward living conditions of modern people, Reflections on the Situation and Outlet of Modern People.