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短篇小说作为一个文学类型,在争取读者方面不能取胜长篇小说。在美国,长篇小说(特别是流行性的)可以经久不衰的畅销,短篇小说集很少有在商业上达到如此尖顶的。可是在许多文学专家眼中,短篇小说是更艰难的一种创作艺术。取稿标准极高的《纽约客》杂志最近在举行其创刊七十五周年纪念时颁奖,小说类获奖者便是一部短篇小说集(ANNIE PROULX 所著的《CLOSE RANGE》)。这是《纽约客》杂志读者中二万五千余名投票的结果。《纽约客》读者多是美国的高级知识阶级群。该杂志的小说部门编辑乃是英国文坛出身的 BULL BUFORD,曾任英国文学杂志《GRANTA》主编。据他说,《纽约客》每年
As a literary genre, short stories can not win novels in the fight for readers. In the United States, novels (especially popular) can be enduring best-selling, short stories rarely achieved so steep in business. But in the eyes of many literary writers, short stories are tougher forms of creative art. The highly-regarded New Yorker magazine recently presented its 75th Anniversary Commemorative Anniversary, with the novel winner as a collection of short stories (CLOSE RANGE by ANNIE PROULX). This is the result of more than 25,000 votes from New Yorker readers. New Yorker readers are mostly American high-class intellectuals. The magazine’s novel department editor BULL BUFORD is a British literary background, former British literature magazine “GRANTA” editor. According to him, “New Yorker” every year