1·The series consists of three 'Chronicles', the first two are trilogies and the last is a tetralogy (the final book will be published in 2013).
该系列包括三个“编年史”，前两个是三部曲，最后一个是四部曲(最后一部将于2013年出版)。
2·John Updike, one of the most influential writers in contemporary American Literature. With his famous Rabbit Tetralogy, he became the most gifted and serious writer among his contemporaries.
约翰·厄普代克是美国当代文坛最具有影响力的作家之一，凭借《兔子四部曲》他声名鹊起，成为同代人中最富天赋的严肃作家。