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约翰·契弗有“美国文坛上的当代契诃夫”之美誉。他善于运用诙谐、辛辣、冷峻的笔调把现实生活中那些令人悲观失望的人物淋漓尽致地再现于纸上。在《再见吧,弟弟》这部短篇小说里,他以写实的艺术手法,把劳伦斯一次次失败与痛苦的经历极为冷静地诉诸笔端,借此向读者传达一条有关人生意义的重要信息:悲观失望、愤世嫉俗并不是得胜的心态,因为那完全是不愿意面对现实而产生的一种逃避现实的态度。
John Cheever has the reputation of “contemporary Chekhov in the American literary world.” He is good at using witty, spicy, stern tone of those in real life pessimistic disappointed people vividly reproduced on paper. In his short story “Goodbye, Brother,” he realistically resorts to writing by calmly refusing Lawrence’s failures and painful experiences with realistic artistry, sending the reader an important message about the meaning of life: pessimism Disappointment and cynicism are not triumphant attitudes, because they are completely reluctant to face the reality of a realistic attitude.