帕特里克·怀特是澳大利亚文学史上颇具影响力的作家之一。孤独是他作品的标志,孤独情愫弥漫在他小说的字里行间,也印刻在每个人物的内心深处。怀特怀着对人类最深的关怀,展示着人们孤独的感受以及试图冲出孤独禁锢的探索与寻找,希望人们在隔阂、苦闷中寻求人生的意义与真谛,找回失去的理性自我,恢复人类的本性。 Patrick White is one of the most influential writers in the history of Australian literature. Loneliness is the hallmark of his work. Loneliness is pervaded in the lines of his novels and is engraved in the depths of each person’s heart. With his deepest concern for human beings, White displays the feelings of loneliness and the exploration and search of loneliness and imprisonment. He hopes that people will seek the meaning and true meaning of life in the estrangement and distress, recover the lost rational self and restore humanity nature.