欧茨的最新长篇小说《迦太基》以一桩离奇的少女失踪案为引子,讲述了“9·11”事件后退伍士兵布雷特的幻灭人生和梅菲尔德一家的情感离合以及心理创伤。作品采用的多重叙事视角将不同人物的记忆碎片汇集呈现,在多重话语的文本冲突中曲折表达了作者对伊拉克战争和美国现代文明的反思与批判,对家庭伦理、族裔差异和全球化问题等的思考。 Otsch’s latest novel, Carthage, uses the case of the disappearance of a bizarre girl as an introduction to the disillusioned life of Brett, a retired soldier, and the emotional clutch and psychological trauma of the Mayfield family after the September 11 incident . The multiple narrative perspectives employed by the works bring together the memory fragments of different people. The textual conflicts of multiple discourses express the author’s introspection and criticism of the Iraq war and the modern American civilization. His family ethics, ethnic differences, globalization, etc. Thinking.