本书分为三大部分，包括21章节，共评介了21位作家及其30多部长短篇小说，反映了40多年来美国后现代派小说的概貌。美国后现代派小说研究是个崭新的课题，涉及哲学、政治学、历史学、文化学、社会学、文艺学等到多种学科，其难度可想而知。本书是我们结合教学，在课余和休假日挤时间完成的。从全书的体例到评论的内容，都是我们的初步尝试，意在抛砖引玉。

Chablis On the Deck The Genius Opening Sindbad The Explanation Concerning the Bodyguard Rif The Palace at Four A.M. Jaws Conversation with Goethe Affection The New Owner Paul Klee Terminus The Educational Experience Bluebeard Departures Visitors The wound At the Tolstoy Museum The Flight of Pigeons from the Palace A Few Moments of Sleeping and Waking The Temptation of ST.Anthony Sentence Papperoni Some of Us Had Been Threatening Our Friend Colby Lightning The Catechist Porcupines at the University Sakrete Captain Blood 110 West Sixty-First Street The Film Overnight to Many Distant Cities Construction Letter to the Editore Great Days The Baby January