4. "Exit West" by Mohsin Hamid
《離開西部》（莫欣?哈米德）

In a country teetering on the brink of civil war, two young people meet— sensual, fiercely independent Nadia and gentle, restrained Saeed. They embark on a furtive love affair, and are soon cloistered in a premature intimacy by the unrest roiling their city. When it explodes, turning familiar streets into a patchwork of checkpoints and bomb blasts, they begin to hear whispers about doors—doors that can whisk people far away, if perilously and for a price. As the violence escalates, Nadia and Saeed decide that they no longer have a choice. Leaving their homeland and their old lives behind, they find a door and step through.
在一個(gè)搖搖欲墜的國(guó)家，內(nèi)戰(zhàn)一觸即發(fā)時(shí)，兩個(gè)年輕人相遇了。感性而異常獨(dú)立的納迪婭與溫和拘謹(jǐn)?shù)馁惲x德開始偷偷相愛。不久后，整個(gè)城市陷入混亂，兩個(gè)感情還不夠成熟的戀人被困。戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)爆發(fā)，曾經(jīng)熟悉的街道支離破碎，四處散落著關(guān)卡和彈片，這對(duì)情侶聽到人們私下議論一種任意門，它能瞬間將人送去往遠(yuǎn)方，但也可能遇到不可預(yù)知的危臉，并且付出一定代價(jià)。隨著暴力沖突愈演愈烈，納迪婭和賽義德覺得他們走投無路了。他們找到那扇任意門，邁出了第一步，從此離開了自己的祖國(guó)，告別了過去的生活。

3. "Beartown" by Fredrik Backman
《貝爾鎮(zhèn)》（弗雷德里克?巴克曼）

People say Beartown is finished. A tiny community nestled deep in the forest, it is slowly losing ground to the ever encroaching trees. But down by the lake stands an old ice rink, built generations ago by the working men who founded this town. And in that ice rink is the reason people in Beartown believe tomorrow will be better than today. Their junior ice hockey team is about to compete in the national semi-finals, and they actually have a shot at winning. All the hopes and dreams of this place now rest on the shoulders of a handful of teenage boys. "Beartown" explores the hopes that bring a small community together, the secrets that tear it apart, and the courage it takes for an individual to go against the grain.
人們說，貝爾鎮(zhèn)要完了。這個(gè)微不足道的小鎮(zhèn)坐落在森林里，它的領(lǐng)土正在慢慢被樹林蠶食。但在湖邊有一個(gè)老舊的溜冰場(chǎng)，是幾代以前，當(dāng)初建立貝爾鎮(zhèn)的工人們建造的。這個(gè)溜冰場(chǎng)承載了鎮(zhèn)上居民對(duì)美好明天的信念。貝爾鎮(zhèn)的少年冰球隊(duì)要參加全國(guó)冰球半決賽，他們?cè)颈е囈辉嚨拇蛩?。而現(xiàn)在，鎮(zhèn)上的所有人把希望和夢(mèng)想都寄托在這幾個(gè)青少年的肩上。《貝爾鎮(zhèn)》探討了把一個(gè)小群體團(tuán)結(jié)起來的愿景，使他們的關(guān)系破裂的秘密，以及要違背集體的意愿，個(gè)體需要付出的勇氣。