一美国文学史上,有一类作家我们介绍得比较少,这类作家为文散漫,做人放浪,与其说是人类灵魂的工程师,不如说是独行侠更恰当,戈尔·维达尔(GoreVidal,1925—)就是其中之一。维达尔这个名字,我们不太熟,也少见其作品有中文本,坊间唯一与他有关的作品,是他改编的电影《卡里古拉》,里面的情色场景十分震撼,细节放在后面再写。这个人在中国名气不大,但在美国文坛占据大佬的地位,被称为“美国文学黄金一代硕果仅存的 In the history of American literature, we have introduced a class of writers who are more appropriate for a loner than an engineer who is a man of the human soul. GoreVidal (1925- ) Is one of them. Vidal's name, we are not familiar with, and rare in his works in Chinese, the only works related to him, his adaptation of the movie ”Caglioglu“, which is very shocking erotic scenes, details on the back write. This man is not famous in China, but in the American literary world to occupy a big brother's position, known as the ”golden age of American literature, the only remaining fruit