从根本上说,《赫索格》是一部悲剧,尽管索尔·贝洛曾表示他是有意要将它写成一部喜剧的。至少,我们无法否认主人公赫索格是个悲剧人物。全书开篇第一句“要是我真的疯了,也没有什么,我不在乎。摩西·赫索格心里想”似乎就已经为赫索格作为悲剧式人物定下了基调。继续读下去,我们便能更加确认这一点;直至掩卷,我们甚至可以得出这样的结论:赫索格的人生是一个注定的悲剧。说实话,赫索格应该算得上美国这个“丰裕社会”的受益者:他口袋里从不缺少钞票,“饮食十分讲究”,在乡间有幢别墅,还有两个向他提供经济援助的富翁哥哥。然而,这一切丝毫无助于他那注 Basically, “Herzog” is a tragedy, though Sol Bello has said he is interested in writing it as a comedy. At least, we can not deny that the protagonist Herzog is a tragic figure. The first sentence of the book begins, “If I were really crazy and I did not care, I did not care, and Moses Herzog’s thought” seems to have set the tone for Herzog as a tragic figure. As we continue to read, we can confirm this even more; until the story is drawn, we can even conclude that Herzog’s life was a doomed tragedy. To be honest, Herzog should be regarded as the beneficiary of this “affluent society” in the United States: there are no shortage of banknotes in his pocket, “diet is very stressful”, there are villas in the country, and two rich men who provide him financial aid brother. However, all this did nothing to his note