澳大利亚女作家考琳·麦卡洛的小说《呼唤》以细腻而生动的笔触成功地刻画了众多栩栩如生的人物形象,被西方文坛誉为继《荆棘鸟》之后最成功的家族小说和爱情传奇。通过对文本的深度解读,不难发现主人公亚历山大的功过是非和人物命运起伏背后所折射出的乃是悲壮而崇高的人性之美。 Australian female writer Carolyn McCullough’s novel “Calling” successfully depict many lifelike characters with delicate and vivid brush strokes. She is praised by Western literary circles as the most successful family novel and love legend after “The Thorn Birds.” Through the depth interpretation of the text, it is not difficult to find the heroine Alexander’s merits and demerits and the ups and downs of the characters reflected behind the tragic and lofty beauty of human nature.