伊夫林·沃的第四部小说《一把尘土》展示了20世纪前期社会伦理价值丧失后的荒诞社会图景。在维系资本主义道德正当性的宗教超验纽带断裂后,人无法寻求道德上的自我实现,人的内心需要与伦理渴求历史地站在了一个“空白的零点”之上,原有的伦理观念再也无法确证一种有意义的生活,人只能无奈地生活在这个世界上,这种文化情绪也成为某种后现代伦理的起点。 Evelyn Woo’s fourth novel, The Dust, shows the absurd social picture of the loss of social ethics in the early 20th century. After breaking the religious transcendental bond that maintains the legitimacy of capitalist morality, one can not seek moral self-realization. The inner needs of man and the ethics are thirsty for history standing on a “blank zero point.” The original Ethical ideas can no longer confirm a meaningful life, people can only reluctantly live in this world, this cultural sentiment has also become a starting point for some kind of post-modern ethics.