当代英国著名后现代作家马丁·艾米斯以其大胆的小说形式和叙事手法以及对暴力、大屠杀、核战争等时代大主题的反映而备受读者和评论界关注。“到90年代为止,他已成为英国所有小说家中最受人尊敬、最为人所模仿和最让人质疑的一位。”2010年,艾米斯酝酿数年的长篇小说《怀孕的寡妇》出版,该小说再次回归曾为其带来声誉的性、喜剧和英国社会主题,评论界普遍认为这是马丁的回归之作。 Contemporary American famous postmodernist Martin Amis has drawn much attention from the readers and commentators for his daring novel style and narrative techniques as well as the major themes of the times such as violence, massacre and nuclear war. “By the 1990s, he had become one of the most respected, mocked, and questionable of all the novelists in Britain.” “In 2010, Amis brewed years of novel Pregnant Widow ”Published, the novel once again return to have brought its reputation for sex, comedy and the theme of British society, critics generally think this is the return of Martin.