Moral Disorder: and Other Stories《道德困境》Margaret Atwood 原文小說
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2000年當Margaret Atwood以《Blind Assassin盲眼刺客》獲得英國Booker Prize布克獎之時，她已經創作了37本書了，這裡面包括了十本長篇小說，其他包括了詩集、文學批評等各種不同類型的作品，她的作品已經被翻譯超過三十多種語言發行，是加拿大最具重量的小說家之一，同時也是諾貝爾文學獎的熱門候選人之一。
《Moral Disorder》以十篇短篇小說組成，主人公都是Nell和Tig兩位主角，故事的時間則從1930年的大蕭條到現代，這兩位主人公以不同的角色與背景融入在這十篇小小說中，把六零年代的加拿大家庭記入編年史，從家庭到國家、從個人記憶到家庭歷史，這本小說儼然訴說著一篇篇個人的家族歷史，是屬於Nell和Tig的，也是屬於Margaret Atwood的延伸想像。
Margaret Atwood isacknowledged as one of the foremost writers of our time. In Moral Disorder, she has created a series of interconnected stories that trace the course of a life and also the lives intertwined with it—those of parents, of siblings, of children, of friends, of enemies, of teachers, and even of animals. As in a photograph album, time is measured in sharp, clearly observed moments. The ’30s, the ’40s, the ’50s, the ’60s, the ’70s, the ’80s, the ’90s, and the present —all are here. The settings vary: large cities, suburbs, farms, northern forests.
“The Bad News” is set in the present, as a couple no longer young situate themselves in a larger world no longer safe. The narrative then switches time as the central character moves through childhood and adolescence in “The Art of Cooking and Serving,” “The Headless Horseman,” and “My Last Duchess.” We follow her into young adulthood in “The Other Place” and then through a complex relationship, traced in four of the stories: “Monopoly,” “Moral Disorder,” “White Horse,” and “The Entities.” The last two stories, "The Labrador Fiasco" and "The Boys at the Lab," deal with the heartbreaking old age of parents but circle back again to childhood, to complete the cycle.
