《华普肖编年史》(TheWapshot Chronicle)是他写的第一部长篇小说,出版于1957年,并获得了当年的美国全国图书奖。目前已经成为20世纪美国文学一部经典之作的《华普肖编年史》,全书共四部三十七章,因篇幅所限,我们请朱世达先生选译了其中的十章,基本能反映出原作的风貌。译文据美国矮脚鸡出版公司1965年版本译出。关于该小说的详细介绍,请看译文后译者朱世达撰写的文章《约翰·契弗与〈华普肖编年史〉》。 TheWapshot Chronicle, the first novel he wrote, was published in 1957 and won the National Book of the Year award. Now it has become the classic version of American literature in the 20th century, “Appaloading Chronicle,” a total of four chapters thirty-seven chapters, due to space limitations, we asked Mr. Zhu Shida selected ten of them, can basically reflect The original style. According to the United States bantam publishing company 1965 version translated. For a detailed introduction to the novel, see the article “John Cheever and The Mapleshaw Chronicles”, written by translator Zhu Shida.