独角兽是传说中的生物,纯洁、美丽、神秘。20世纪英国女作家艾丽丝·默多克以“独角兽”命名了自己的一部作品,讲述了一个有关爱情与背叛、罪恶与拯救的故事。作为默多克最令人费解的小说之一,《独角兽》究竟要向读者倾诉什么秘密呢·在英国,兼具哲学家和小说家双重身份的人并不多见。艾丽丝·默多克(Iris Murdoch,1919—1999)恰恰就是这样的作家,而且在这两个领域她都成就卓然。作为小说家,她被称为“乔治·爱略特之后最具智慧的”英 Unicorn is the legendary creature, pure, beautiful, mysterious. 20th century British writer Alice Murdoch names her own work “Unicorn” and tells a story of love and betrayal, sin and salvation. As one of Murdoch’s most puzzling novels, what is the secret of “unicorns” talking to readers? There are few people in Britain who are dual philosophers and novelists. Iris Murdoch (1919-1999) is precisely such a writer, and she has done well in both areas. As a novelist, she is known as “the most intelligent English” after George Eliot