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4. Life of Pi By Yann Martel; 326 pages
《少年派的奇幻漂流》,揚(yáng)·馬特爾著(326頁)
Because we can't resist a didn't-see-it-coming spiritual punch.
推薦理由:看不到未來的精神沖擊讓我們無法承受。
The novel asked us to think how we endure tragedy, who we become in its wake and how, within it, we may just find both the terrifying and the miraculous.
這本小說讓我們思考如何承受悲劇,在經(jīng)歷過悲劇后成為怎樣的人,我們也許還會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)恐懼和奇跡共存。
5. The Fault in Our Stars By John Green; 336 pages
《星運(yùn)里的錯(cuò)》,約翰·格林著(336頁)
Because we all need to feel first love again; even if we know the horrible sob-fest to come at the end.
推薦理由:我們都需要再次體驗(yàn)下初戀的感覺,即便知道最終自己會(huì)哭得泣不成聲。
Sixteen-year-old Hazel faces terminal cancer with humor and pluck. But it isn't until she meets Augustus in a support group that she understands how to love or live fully.
16歲的海澤爾以幽默勇敢面對(duì)癌癥晚期。但是直到她在青少年癌友互助會(huì)上遇見了奧古斯都,她方明白如何去愛,如何充實(shí)地活著。
注:書名來自莎士比亞戲劇《凱撒大帝》(Julius Caesar)第一幕第二場,凱撒說:“親愛的布魯特斯,錯(cuò)誤并不在于命運(yùn),而在于我們自己。”(The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves.)
The novel asked us to think how we enduretragedy, who we become in its wake and how, within it, we may just find both the terrifying and the miraculous.
這本小說讓我們思考如何承受悲劇,在經(jīng)歷過悲劇后成為怎樣的人,而在悲劇中我們是如何可能既體驗(yàn)驚悚,又見證奇跡的。
6. Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China By Jung Chang; 538 pages
《鴻:三代中國女人的故事》,張戎著(538頁)
Because we got a literary visa to a long-hidden part of the world.
推薦理由:此書讓我們借助文學(xué),得以探知這個(gè)世界隱藏已久的一角。
Chang's memoir reads like a blockbuster multigenerational novel, but it's true. Through the portrait of her family, Chang paints a picture of mid-20th-century China, the suffering of its people and the resilience of women everywhere.
張戎的這本回憶錄讀起來像是一部講述多代人故事的賣座大片,但它是寫實(shí)的。她用自己家族的自畫像勾勒出中國二十世紀(jì)中期的景象——遭受苦難的人與抗打擊的女性隨處可見。
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