Background Information 当代的 William Saroyan(1908-1981)is one of the most colorful contemporary American writers. His works include short stories, novels, and plays Saroyan was born in Fresno, Calif, the son of Armenian immigrants. As a young man, he received little formal education but he decided to make him self a writer. He used his喜剧 nian background in many of his stories about /is family and neighbors The novel The Human Comedy, from which our text is taken, was published in 1943. It is about ordinary people in a small California town trying to understand and manage, as fear and death touch their livesBackground Information William Saroyan (1908—1981) is one of the most colorful contemporary American writers. His works include short stories, novels, and plays. Saroyan was born in Fresno, Calif., the son of Armenian immigrants. As a young man, he received little formal education but he decided to make him￾self a writer. He used his Armenian background in many of his stories about his family and neighbors. The novel The Human Comedy, from which our text is taken, was published in 1943. It is about ordinary people in a small California town trying to understand and manage, as fear and death touch their lives. 当代的 喜剧