新世纪伊始,厄普代克让死掉了十年的“兔子”回到了人间,不过是通过“兔子”儿女以及生前妻友的回忆。在一定意义上,这些未亡人都在延续着“兔子”生前的性经验,尤其是性政治的延伸。从另一方面看,他们关于“兔子”的回忆尽管存在些许冲突,但小说的基调是在为“兔子”的荒唐性经验进行辩护,比较有代表性的是“兔子”的一双儿女,他们的人生路还很长,难保不会重复乃父的体验。 At the beginning of the new century, Updike made “Rabbit”, which had been dead for ten years, returned to the world, only through memories of his “Bunny” children and his ex-wife. In a certain sense, these unaccompanied people are continuing the sexual experience of “Bunny”, especially the extension of sexual politics. On the other hand, although their memories about “Rabbit ” are somewhat conflicting, the keynote of the novel is to defend the absurd experience of “Rabbit ”. The representative is "Rabbit A pair of children, their life path is still long, can not be guaranteed not to repeat the Father’s experience.