分析认为,奥斯特在小说《黑暗中的人》中,运用元小说和蒙太奇的后现代叙事方法,通过欧格斯特一家的遭遇,言说战争给人们的心灵造成的难以愈合的创伤,反映战争给人们的生活带来的毁灭性的打击。小说在给读者带来文学审美愉悦的同时,启发他们更深入地思考战争的荒诞本质。
In Man in the Dark,Auster employs postmodern narratives meta-fiction and montage to exhibit the August's sufferings in the war,to reveal people's incurable inner wounds and devastating blow caused by wars. Man in the Dark not only brings readers literal esthetic pleasure,but also motivates them to think more deeply about the absurdity of wars.