[美国]托马斯·沃尔夫/ThomasWolfe
托马斯·沃尔夫（1900-1938），美国小说家。沃尔夫生于美国北卡罗来纳州山区小城阿什维尔。父亲是雕凿墓碑的石匠，母亲当过书籍推销员和教师。他在大学期间开始创作，写过几个独幕剧。他的小说有很强的自传性质，他的家人和他个人都成为他的小说人物原型，因此有人说他的作品是小说化的编年史。遗憾的是，读过他的代表作《天使，望故乡》的人很少。沃尔夫短暂的一生还留下其他三部小说：《时间和河流》《网与石》《你不能再回家》，以及数十篇中短篇小说。他仅以这些作品就在美国文学史上获得了与海明威、福克纳和刘易斯几乎同等的地位。
Man', , itisthethingwhosepassinghewatcheswithinfinitesorrowandregret, itisthethingwhoselosshemustlamentforever, anditisthethingwhoselosshereallywelcomeswithasadandsecretjoy, thethinghewouldneverwillinglyreliveagain, coulditberestoredtohimbyanymagic.
Whyisthis?, sounutterably, withsuchabitterpainandjoy, whenweareyoung?Itisthis:thatbeingrich, wearesopoor;thatbeingmighty, wecanyethavenothing;thatseeing, breathing, smelling, tastingallaroundustheimpossiblewealthandgloryofthisearth, feelingwithanintolerablecertitudethatthewholestructureoftheenchantedlife-themostfortunate, wealthy, goodandhappylifethatanymanhaseverknown-isours-isoursatonce, immediatelyandforever, themomentthatwechoosetotakeastep, orstretchahand, orsayaword-weyetknowthatwecanreallykeep, hold, take, ;nothinglasts;themomentthatweputourhanduponit, itmeltsawaylikesmoke, isgoneforever, andthesnakeiseatingatourheartagain;weseethenwhatweareandwhatourlivesmustcometo.
