Everything Must Go: The Stories We Tell about the End of the World gelinyan author of The Century of

author of The Century of Artist’s Books and The Book as Art

《魔桶》是美国当代重要小说家、普利策小说奖得主伯纳德•马拉默德的短篇小说代表作品集，也是作者的首部短篇小说集，于一九五九年获美国国家图书奖。这本书里讲述了鞋匠、小职员、青年学者、小店主等小人物的故事，他们大多夹在生活的种种不幸与尴尬之间，可以苟且偷生，却难以维持体面。然而，他们对尊严的追求，恰恰注定了他们必然经受无尽的苦难与挣扎。人的精神必须经由痛苦和孤独才能得到升华，这正是马拉默德笔下的“不幸者的人道主义”。

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Everything Must Go: The Stories We Tell about the End of the World gelinyan author of The Century ofA rich, captivating, and darkly humorous look into the evolution of apocalyptic thought, exploring how film and literature interact with developments in science, politics, and culture, and what factors drive our perennial obsession with the end of the world.