John Updike's first collection of new short fiction since the year 2000, My Father's Tears finds the author in a valedictory mood as he mingles narratives of his native Pennsylvania with stories of New England suburbia and of foreign travel. Morocco (Disc 1, Track 1)Personal Archaeology (Disc 1, Track 31)Free (Disc 1, Track 55)The Walk with Elizanne (Disc 1, Track 80)The Guardians (Disc 2, Track 28)The Laughter of the Gods (Disc 2, Track 52)Varieties of Religious Experience (Disc 2, Track 90Spanish Prelude to a Second Marriage (Disc 3, Track 72)Delicate Wives (Disc 4, Track 9)The Accelerating Expansion of the Universe (Disc 4, Track 32)German Lessons (Disc 4, Track 72)The Road Home (Disc 5, Track 15)My Father's Tears (Disc 5, Track 67)Kinderszenen (Disc 6, Track 19)The Apparition (Disc 6, Track 62)Blue Light (Disc 6, Track 96)Outage (Disc 7, Track 48)The Full Glass (Disc 8, Track 19) In sum, American experience from the Depression to the aftermath of 9/11 finds reflection in these glittering pieces of observation, remembrance, and imagination.

约翰•厄普代克（John Updike，1932-2009）

美国当代公认的文学大师。毕业于哈佛大学，曾供职《纽约客》杂志。一生写过大量体裁多样的作品，包括长篇小说“兔子四部曲”、短篇小说集、诗集和评论集，共计60余部著作。厄普代克两次获得普利策奖、美国图书奖和欧•亨利小说奖，以及其他十余种重要文学奖项，两次登上《时代》杂志封面。“性、宗教、美国、死亡”是厄普代克擅长的创作主题，“美国小镇、中产阶级”是他偏爱的文学世界。厄普代克的文风，对许多作家产生巨大影响，菲利普•罗斯称他是“我们时代最伟大的文学家”。