约翰·欧文(John Irving)是美国当代最知名的小说家之一,被美国文坛泰斗冯内古特誉为“美国最重要的幽默作家”。他的作品呈现出高超的叙述技巧、独特的原创性和优美的文学性,既叫好又叫座,已被翻译成二十几种文字,多部作品被搬上银幕。 John Irving is one of the most famous contemporary American novelists and was praised by the American literary world as “the most important American humorist”. His works show superb narrative skills, unique originality and beautiful literature, both good and bad, have been translated into twenty kinds of words, a number of works on the screen.