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《大西洋月刊》 第337卷 第3期 · 2026年3月3日 · 中文解读

小说作为长篇评论:莱昂内尔·施莱弗的移民题材新作失手

The Novel as Extended Op-Ed · Adelle Waldman
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本文评论莱昂内尔·施莱弗的新小说《更好的生活》,认为她在处理移民题材时未能发挥其小说才华,作品沦为政治观点的传声筒。
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If anyone could write good fiction about immigration, it would probably be Lionel Shriver. Instead, her latest book goes off the rails. By Adelle Waldman Few novelists today can match Lionel Shriver for topical range. The author of 18 books, she is best known for her 2003 novel, We Need to Talk About Kevin, about a teenager who murders several of his classmates. The nine novels that followed include a clever critique of the American health-care system (So Much for That, 2010), a family drama about the obesity epidemic (Big Brother, 2013), an economic dystopia (The Mandibles, 2016), a satiric look at the growing popularity of extreme endurance sports (The Motion of the Body Through Space, 2020), and an exploration …
摘自《大西洋月刊》(The Atlantic)第337卷 第3期 · 2026年3月3日,Adelle Waldman。仅引用开头一小段供了解文章,版权归原刊所有,全文请阅读原刊。
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