Norman Mailer was just 25 years old when he burst on the literary scene with his first novel, the Naked And the Dead.
诺曼·梅勒25岁时就凭着他的第一部小说《裸者与死者》登上了文学舞台。
But he began writing short stories, and when he won a collegiate literary prize, Norman Mailer knew that his true calling was as a writer.
但是,他开始写短篇小说,在他获大学文学奖时,诺曼·梅勒知道自己真正该成为一名作家。
Probably around the time Norman Mailer came out with 「Advertisements for Myself.」
也许是始于诺曼·梅勒的《给自己的广告》。
In Cold Blood, which he immodestly heralded as a new form of non-fiction novel, was received with delirious approval; Norman Mailer dubbed Perry as one of the great characters in American literature.
他用《冷血》毫不客气地宣称了「非虚构小说」的到来,随后他受到了狂乱的追捧。诺曼·梅勒将佩里称为美国文学里最伟大的人物之一。