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　　"Superb in scope and originality, a novel as good as one could hope to find from any author, anywhere, anytime. Engrossing, moving, thoroughly satisfying."
　　——Joseph Heller
　　From the Hardcover edition.

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　　In many ways this is a wonderful novel with interesting,alive, characters. The medical aspects are absorbing and relevant,and the plot, the story, is grandiose, immense, and fascinating.Before you read the book, read the author's acknowledgements at theend. Irving's grandfather was a leading gynecologist, and he hadhis medical facts checked by experts. (There are other interestingtidbits in the acknowledgements.) John Irving is obviously a masternovelist and he has lavished intense energy and creativity on thisbook.

<p>　　In many ways this is a wonderful novel with interesting,
alive, characters. The medical aspects are absorbing and relevant,
and the plot, the story, is grandiose, immense, and fascinating.
Before you read the book, read the author's acknowledgements at the
end. Irving's grandfather was a leading gynecologist, and he had
his medical facts checked by experts. (There are other interesting
tidbits in the acknowledgements.) John Irving is obviously a master
novelist and he has lavished intense energy and creativity on this
book.<br />
　　I just cannot help carping a bit. My qualm is that the
"political" aspects are all a little too pat and comforting. Among
the many characters we have the active, involved, and lively
cripple (opps, sorry, I mean "differently abled person"); the
abusive husband; the dignified, poor but honest negroes; the
lovable orphans; the tough but ultimately gentle and sexually
confused lesbian; the sad but dedicated and kindly illegal
abortionists; and so on. For anyone other than a devout
anti-abortion type this is all very soft pitch ideology. "Rules are
made to be broken, and need to be if life is to go on." We already
knew that. Irving is preaching to the converted. There is nothing
here to disturb or disrupt or to lead us to ponder our cherished
myths. Perhaps I should say that the only disturbing aspect for me
is that Irving seems to condone violence, even murder, when it is
done by women against men. The author is coddling our prejudices.
With Irving's deep talent I think he could do more to challenge us
and our ideas.</p>

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作者简介

　　John Irving, for my money, is one of the top two or three American storytellers of our time. Like Dickens, his literary hero, Irving is always concerned with his readers' well-being. His novels range from the sublime (The World According to Garp) to the mediocre (The 158-Pound Marriage), but even the weakest are entertaining.
　　The Cider House Rules falls beneath sublime but well above mediocre. The characters are engaging (it would be a mean reader indeed who did not root for the protagonist, Homer Wells) and the plot meanders about pleasantly. Sometimes the tearful moments seem too easy-- nobody can stay dry-eyed when a cute little orphan keels over-- but the book bravely explores the complexities of love and abortion without preaching for any particular side.

目　　录

1 Tbe Boy Wbo Belonged to St Clouds
2 Tbe Lords Work
3 Princes of Maine,Kings of New England
4 Young Dr Wells
5 Homer Breaks a Promise
6 Ocean View
7 Befove tbe War
8 Opportunity Knocks
9 Ouer Burma
10 Fifteen Years
11 Breaking tbe Rules Autbors Notes

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