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作者:SinclairLewis
出版时间:1998-6-1
书籍简介:
Written at the height of his powers in the 1920s, the three novels in this volume continue the vigorous unmasking of American middle-class life begun by Sinclair Lewis in Main Street and Babbitt. In Arrowsmith (1925) Lewis portrays the medical career of Martin Arrowsmith, a physician who finds his commitment to the ideals of his profession tested by the cynicism and opportunism he encounters in private practice, public health work, and scientific research. The novel reaches its climax as its hero faces his greatest challenges amid a deadly outbreak of plague on a Caribbean island.
Elmer Gantry (1927) aroused intense controversy with its brutal depiction of a hypocritical preacher in relentless pursuit of worldly pleasure and power. Through his satiric exposé of American religion, Lewis captured the growing cultural and political tension in the 1920s between the forces of secularism and fundamentalism.
Dodsworth (1929) follows Sam Dodsworth, a wealthy, retired Midwestern automobile manufacturer, as he travels through Europe with his increasingly restless wife, Fran. The novel intimately explores the unraveling of their marriage, while pitting the proud heritage of European culture against the rude vigor of American commercialism.
作者简介:
关于作者：
辛克莱·路易斯（Sinclair Lewis，1885—1951）
美国作家、剧作家。1885年出生于明尼苏达州的索克中心镇，1951年病逝于意大利首都罗马。路易斯一生创作20多部作品。1920年他以《大街》一举成名后，又推出《巴比特》（1922）和《阿罗史密斯》（1925）。这三部作品被认为是他的Z优秀之作，其中《阿罗史密斯》获1926年普利策文学奖，《巴比特》获1930年诺贝尔文学奖。
关于译者
顾奎，安徽大学副教授，英语语言文学专业硕士。曾在美国南伊利诺伊大学访学一年，主要研究方向为文学翻译。译作有《叶兰在空中飞舞》《大街》等。
