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All Aunt Hagar's Children, the New Yorker, Dec. 2003
在圣经创世纪里，亚伯拉罕的妻子撒拉(Sarah)有一个使女叫夏甲(Hagar)，她是 一个埃及女人。起初，撒拉(Sarah)不能生育，她就让夏甲和亚伯拉罕同房，生 下伊实玛利（Ishmael）。但是撒拉后来又生了儿子以撒，便将夏甲与伊实玛利 驱逐到荒野里，若非神的庇佑他们几乎丧命。以后的故事我们都知道：以撒的后 裔是以色列人，而阿拉伯人则是伊实玛利的后裔。
而美国黑人女作家Alice Walker提出了有别于feminist（女权主义）的一个新概 念：womanist（妇女主义）。在她看来，妇女主义者就是“一个黑人女权主义者 或者有色人种的女权主义者”。妇女主义者给夏甲的故事赋予了美国黑人的诠释。 夏甲和撒拉构成了父权结构中不同种族的妇女，而夏甲被认为是所有美国黑人的 母亲。 Edward P. Jones的2003年National Book Award提名小说The Known World，书名原本是"All of Aunt Hagar's Children”。
In 1991 Edward P. Jones' first book, Lost in the City, a story collection, was nominated for a National Book Award. In August of 2003, his second book and first novel, The Known World, was published. It was also nominated for a National Book Award.
Edward P. Jones在The New Yorker上的另一篇小说：A Rich Man/Edward P. Jones
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