《更多的人死于心碎》沿袭了索尔·贝娄的一贯风格,着重传达贝娄的人道主义关怀,并展现出作者强烈的社会责任感。该小说出版后获得了广泛赞誉,这也使贝娄逐渐摆脱了几位亲友离世和第四次婚姻走向尽头的愁苦与哀思。该小说融犹太异教思想于其间,以城市人格为切入点,展现出后现代社会离群索居的科学家本恩面临的精神困境。贝恩在令人心醉的植物王国与使人心碎的城市迷宫之间的博弈中最终选择用自己的事业来摆脱浮华虚伪的社会。 “More people die in heartbreak” follows the consistent style of Saul Bellow and focuses on communicating Bellow’s humanitarian concerns and demonstrating the author’s strong sense of social responsibility. The novel received wide acclaim after its publication, which also enabled Bellow to gradually shake off the sorrow and grief of the death of a few relatives and friends and the end of the fourth marriage. In the meantime, the fusion of Jewish patriarchal ideology of this novel takes the urban personality as an entry point and demonstrates the mental predicament faced by Benn, a scientist who has lived in an exile in the postmodern society. Bain finally chose to use his career to get rid of the hypocrisy of society in the game between the enchanted plant kingdom and the heart-breaking urban maze.