The Cherry Orchard-樱桃园

作者：Julia Alvarez

书名：The Cherry Orchard《樱桃园》

中文简介：The Cherry Orchard《樱桃园》这本小说是在讲述一俄罗斯贵族女士与其家人的故事。他们在宅邸（包含了个很有名的樱桃园）将要被拍卖抵押债款前，回到了家乡。虽然有人提出一些可以拯救家园的方法，但这家人却什么也不做地，在结尾时售出宅邸，且在樱桃园里的樱桃树被砍倒的声音中离开家乡。故事主要表达文化上的无能为力——包括贵族无力维持他们的社会地位，与中产阶级无法在新兴的功利主义中找到意义。并反映了在20世纪的这个转折点上，俄罗斯的社会经济主义的力量。包括19世纪中，废除农奴后的中产阶级兴起，与贵族没落。

英文简介：In Chekhov's tragi-comedy - perhaps his most popular play - the Gayev family is torn by powerful forces, forces rooted deep in history, and in the society around them. Their estate is hopelessly in debt: urged to cut down their beautiful cherry orchard and sell the land for holiday cottages, they struggle to act decisively. Tom Murphy's fine vernacular version allows us to re-imagine the events of the play in the last days of Anglo-Irish colonialism. It gives this great play vivid new life within our own history and social consciousness.