Responsibility begins with a dream/责任始于幻梦

This book collects ten short stories by Delmore Schwarz, including "Responsibility Begins in a Dream," "The World Is a Wedding," "New Year's Eve," "Graduation Address," "Athletics Meet," "Lottery," and "Statue," all of which are representative works of Delmore Schwarz. "Responsibility Begins in a Dream," written in the 1930s, received high praise from the renowned writer Vladimir Nabokov. "The World Is a Wedding," based on the writer Paul Goodman, depicts the obstacles young writers encounter and how they overcome them. "New Year's Eve" is similar; the characters reflect the writers and scholars around Delmore Schwarz.

本书收录德尔莫尔·施瓦茨创作的《责任始于幻梦》《世界是一场婚礼》《跨年夜》《毕业典礼致辞》《田径运动会》《抽奖》《雕像》等十个短篇小说，均是德尔莫尔·施瓦茨的代表作。《责任始于幻梦》写于二十世纪三十年代，受到著名作家弗拉基米尔·纳博科夫的高度赞扬。《世界是一场婚礼》以作家保罗·古德曼为原型，写出年轻作家在写作过程中会遇到哪些阻碍以及如何才能克服。《跨年夜》也类似，其中的人物角色都能看出德尔莫尔·施瓦茨周围那些作家、学者的影子。