阅读罗伯特·詹姆斯·沃勒 Robert James Waller在小说之家的作品!!! | |||
罗伯特·詹姆斯·沃勒沃勒 1968 年毕业于印第安那伯明顿大学的凯莱商学院，获得博士学位。而后在北爱荷华大学任教，并成为商学院的院长。
1992 年凭借《廊桥遗梦》，罗伯特.詹姆斯.沃勒跻身全球最畅销书作家之列，该书以几十种语言销售了1200 多万册。值得一提的是，1992 年沃勒在《廊桥遗梦》的封面上使用了"廊桥"的照片。由于这部具有传奇色彩的爱情小说空前绝后的畅销佳绩，后来又被拍成了风靡一时的动人电影，使得这座原本普通的木桥因此而美名远扬，每个月都要吸引数千游人慕名前来瞻仰。该桥始建于1883年，1992 年毁于一场大火，后于1998 年花费12.8 万美元进行了必要的翻新工作，被称为"美国历史名胜"，每年秋天要举行热闹非凡的"廊桥节"。
除了《廊桥遗梦》以外，作者在他的另一部作品《无数条乡村公路》(《梦系廊桥》)中详细描写了卡莱尔-麦克米伦寻找他生父的经过。此后，兰登书屋 2005年6月推出《高原上的探戈》，已销售100余万册，版权售往全球30多个国家和地区，被视为沃勒的巅峰之作。
1992年的《廊桥遗梦》、2001年的《梦系廊桥》、2005年的《高原上的探戈》也被合称为"廊桥三部曲"。
沃勒目前居住在德州。
Waller received his B.A. ('62) and M.A. ('64) from University of Northern Iowa (then known as Iowa State Teachers College). He received his Ph.D. in business from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University Bloomington in 1968.
Later that year he returned to UNI and began teaching management and economics, and in 1977 became a full professor. He became dean of the College of Business in 1980 and retired from that position in 1986. He made a "seven figure" donation to Indiana University.
Several of his books have been on the New York Times bestseller list including 1992's The Bridges of Madison County which was the top best-seller in 1993. Both that novel and his 1995 novel, Puerto Vallarta Squeeze, have been made into motion pictures. Waller currently resides in Texas.
Works
Novels
* The Bridges of Madison County (1992) (original UK Title Love in Black and White)
* Slow Waltz in Cedar Bend (1993) ISBN 0-446-51653-8
* Puerto Vallarta Squeeze (1995)
* Border Music (1995)
* A Thousand Country Roads: An Epilogue to The Bridges of Madison County (2002)
* High Plains Tango (2005)
* The Long Night of Winchell Dear (2006)
Collections
* Just Beyond the Firelight (1988)
Non-fiction
* One Good Road is Enough (1990)
* Iowa: Perspectives on Today and Tomorrow (1991)
* Old Songs in a New Café (1994)
* Images (1994)
Music
* The Ballads of Madison County: A Collection of Songs (1993)