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1、ASingleManbyChristopherIsherwoodFirstpublishedin1964ThisisanAmericannovelinthatitwaswrittenbyIsherwoodafterhehadtakenUSnationality.AmericancriticsfeltthatitwasaBritishnovel.OnecouldspendmanypagesponderingwhatmakesabookwithanAmericansettingspecificallyBritish.TheheroGeorge?HehasanEnglish
2、background,butheisasmuchanaturalizedAmericanashiscreator(whomhemuchresembles).Itmustbesomethingtodowiththestyle--delicate,elusiveandallusive,unbrutal,notlikeMailer.IdonotlikethedivisionofthenovelinEnglishintonationalentities.ThisisafinebriefnovelintheAnglophonetradition,whateverthatmean
3、s.ASingleManhasbeentermedanovelofthehomosexualsubculture.Georgehasknownalonglovingattachmenttoamanwhoisnowdead.Helivesaloneandwearegivenadayinhislife.Heisfifty-eight,alecturerinaCaliforniancollege(weseehimteaching,veryamusingly,Huxley'sAfterManyaSummer).Heischarming,liberal,anotveryvoca
4、lupholderofminorityrights.Hisownhomosexualityissubsumedinotherassailedminoritysituations.Hetellshisstudentsthat"aminorityisonlythoughtofasaminoritywhenitconstitutessomekindofthreattothemajority,realorimaginary.Andnothreatiseverquiteimaginary...minoritiesarepeople;people,notangels."Buthe
5、seemsathreattonobody--withdrawn,refined,outofsympathywithAmericanphilistinismandbrashness,amanwhohaslosthisrealreasonforliving.Hebelongstothatmajority(orisitaminority?)calledtheliving,andlivingmeansgettingthroughtheday.Hisdayisabsorbingtothereader,thoughnothingreallyhappens.Heendsupdrun
6、kinbed,masturbating.Hehasalivelyvisionofdeath--remarkablydescribed:thesiltingupofthearteries,thetiredheart,thelightsofconsciousnessstartingtogoout.Hegoestosleep;thedayisover.Tomakeusfascinatedwiththeeverydaynon-eventsofanordinarylifewasJoyce'sgreatachievement.ButheretherearenoJoyceantri
7、ckstoexaltmock-epicallythebanal.Itisafinepieceofplainwritingwhichhauntsthememory.--AnthonyBurgess,99Novels:TheBestinEnglishSince1939ToGoreVidalWAKINGupbeginswithsayingamandnow.ThatwhichhasawokenthenliesforawhilestaringupattheceilinganddownintoitselfuntilithasrecognizedI,andther
