《纽约时报》榜单推荐:2012年度十大好书(一)
《提堂》<span word="By">By</span> <span word="Hilary">Hilary</span> <span word="Mantel">Mantel</span>.作者：希拉里·曼特尔<span word="Taking">Taking</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="where">where</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="previous">previous</span> <span word="novel">novel</span>, “<span word="Wolf">Wolf</span> <span word="Hall">Hall</span>,” <span word="left">left</span> <span word="off">off</span>, <span word="Mantel">Mantel</span> <span word="makes">makes</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="seemingly">seemingly</span> <span word="worn">worn</span>-<span word="out">out</span> <span word="story">story</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Henry">Henry</span> <span word="VIII">VIII</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Anne">Anne</span> <span word="Boleyn">Boleyn</span> <span word="newly">newly</span> <span word="fascinating">fascinating</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="suspenseful">suspenseful</span>. <span word="Seen">Seen</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="perspective">perspective</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Henry">Henry</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="chief">chief</span> <span word="minister">minister</span>, <span word="Thomas">Thomas</span> <span word="Cromwell">Cromwell</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ruthless">ruthless</span> <span word="maneuverings">maneuverings</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="court">court</span> <span word="move">move</span> <span word="swiftly">swiftly</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="inevitable">inevitable</span> <span word="executions">executions</span>. <span word="Both">Both</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="novel">novel</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="predecessor">predecessor</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="awarded">awarded</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Man">Man</span> <span word="Booker">Booker</span> <span word="Prize">Prize</span>. <span word="Might">Might</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="trilogy">trilogy</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="forthcoming">forthcoming</span> <span word="conclusion">conclusion</span>, <span word="in">in</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="Cromwell">Cromwell</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="meet">meet</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="demise">demise</span>, <span word="score">score</span> <span word="Mantel">Mantel</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="hat">hat</span> <span word="trick">trick</span>?作为曼特尔2009年作品《狼厅》的续作，曼特尔在本部小说中将亨利八世与安妮·博林老掉牙的故事有趣而充满悬疑地重新呈现了出来。小说采用亨利的首席大臣托马斯·克伦威尔的视角，讲述了宫廷残酷的体制迅速演变至不可避免的死刑。本部小说和《狼厅》一样，均荣获了英国布克文学奖。曼特尔有望续写第三部终结版，届时克伦威尔将以死亡告终。曼特尔能否上演“帽子戏法” 呢？<span word="BUILDING">BUILDING</span> <span word="STORIES">STORIES</span>《大楼故事》<span word="By">By</span> <span word="Chris">Chris</span> <span word="Ware">Ware</span>.作者：克里斯·韦尔<span word="Ware">Ware</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="innovative">innovative</span> <span word="graphic">graphic</span> <span word="novel">novel</span> <span word="deepens">deepens</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="enriches">enriches</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="form">form</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="breaking">breaking</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="apart">apart</span>. <span word="Packaged">Packaged</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="large">large</span> <span word="box">box</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="board">board</span> <span word="game">game</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="project">project</span> <span word="contains">contains</span> 14 “<span word="easily">easily</span> <span word="misplaced">misplaced</span> <span word="elements">elements</span>” — <span word="pamphlets">pamphlets</span>, <span word="books">books</span>, <span word="foldout">foldout</span> <span word="pages">pages</span> — <span word="that">that</span> <span word="together">together</span> <span word="follow">follow</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="residents">residents</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="Chicago">Chicago</span> <span word="triplex">triplex</span> (<span word="and">and</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="anthropomorphized">anthropomorphized</span> <span word="bee">bee</span>) <span word="through">through</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="ordinary">ordinary</span> <span word="lives">lives</span>. <span word="In">In</span> <span word="doing">doing</span> <span word="so">so</span>, <span word="it">it</span> <span word="tackles">tackles</span> <span word="universal">universal</span> <span word="themes">themes</span> <span word="including">including</span> <span word="art">art</span>, <span word="sex">sex</span>, <span word="family">family</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="existential">existential</span> <span word="loneliness">loneliness</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="way">way</span> <span word="that">that</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="simultaneously">simultaneously</span> <span word="playful">playful</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="profound">profound</span>.韦尔以分体形式升华并丰富了这部新颖的图画小说。作品是在一个类似棋盘游戏盒子里盛有14个“极易放错的小玩意儿”（包括小册子、书籍以及折叠卡片），这些小玩意儿一起构成了一栋芝加哥大楼（类人化的蜂窝）居民的日常生活。通过这种方式，韦尔寓教于乐地阐述了艺术、性、家庭以及存在主义的孤独等普遍主题。<span word="A">A</span> <span word="HOLOGRAM">HOLOGRAM</span> <span word="FOR">FOR</span> <span word="THE">THE</span> <span word="KING">KING</span>《国王的全息图》<span word="By">By</span> <span word="Dave">Dave</span> <span word="Eggers">Eggers</span>作者：戴夫·埃格斯<span word="In">In</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="empty">empty</span> <span word="city">city</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Saudi">Saudi</span> <span word="Arabia">Arabia</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="middle">middle</span>-<span word="aged">aged</span> <span word="American">American</span> <span word="businessman">businessman</span> <span word="waits">waits</span> <span word="day">day</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="day">day</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="close">close</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="deal">deal</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="hopes">hopes</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="redeem">redeem</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="forlorn">forlorn</span> <span word="life">life</span>. <span word="Eggers">Eggers</span>, <span word="continuing">continuing</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="worldly">worldly</span> <span word="outlook">outlook</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="informed">informed</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="recent">recent</span> <span word="books">books</span> “<span word="Zeitoun">Zeitoun</span>” <span word="and">and</span> “<span word="What">What</span> <span word="Is">Is</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="What">What</span>,” <span word="spins">spins</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="spare">spare</span> <span word="story">story</span> — <span word="a">a</span> <span word="globalized">globalized</span> “<span word="Death">Death</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="Salesman">Salesman</span>” — <span word="into">into</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="tightly">tightly</span> <span word="controlled">controlled</span> <span word="parable">parable</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="America">America</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="international">international</span> <span word="standing">standing</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="riff">riff</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="middle">middle</span>-<span word="class">class</span> <span word="decline">decline</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="approaches">approaches</span> <span word="Beckett">Beckett</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="absurdist">absurdist</span> <span word="despair">despair</span>.在沙特阿拉伯一座空城里，一名中年美国商人日复一日等待交易结束，希望挽救他孤寂绝望的生活。在这部被誉为“世界版《推销员之死》”的小说中，埃格斯继续了他在近作《泽图恩》和《什么是什么》中的俗世观，紧凑的寓言式故事折射出美国的国际处境及其中产阶级的衰退，其荒诞而绝望的手法堪比贝克特。（译注：贝克特·塞缪尔为《等待戈多》的作者）<span word="NW">NW</span>《西北》<span word="By">By</span> <span word="Zadie">Zadie</span> <span word="Smith">Smith</span>.作者：扎迪·史密斯<span word="Smith">Smith</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="piercing">piercing</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="novel">novel</span>, <span word="her">her</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="seven">seven</span> <span word="years">years</span>, <span word="traces">traces</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="friendship">friendship</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="women">women</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="grew">grew</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="housing">housing</span> <span word="project">project</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="northwest">northwest</span> <span word="London">London</span>, <span word="their">their</span> <span word="lives">lives</span> <span word="disrupted">disrupted</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="fateful">fateful</span> <span word="choices">choices</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="brutal">brutal</span> <span word="efficiency">efficiency</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="chance">chance</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="narrative">narrative</span> <span word="edges">edges</span> <span word="forward">forward</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="fragments">fragments</span>, <span word="uncovering">uncovering</span> <span word="truths">truths</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="identity">identity</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="money">money</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="sex">sex</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="incandescent">incandescent</span> <span word="language">language</span> <span word="that">that</span>, <span word="for">for</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="formal">formal</span> <span word="experimentation">experimentation</span>, <span word="is">is</span> <span word="intimate">intimate</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="searingly">searingly</span> <span word="direct">direct</span>.史密斯这部新锐小说讲述了伦敦西北角的一个小镇里一起成长的两个女性之间的友谊。她们的生活因命运般的抉择和残酷的机缘而各自纷扰。史密斯用卓越的笔调以片段式叙述方式触及了身份、金钱及性别等方面，密切又无不直白地揭示了严肃的课题。<span word="THE">THE</span> <span word="YELLOW">YELLOW</span> <span word="BIRDS">BIRDS</span>《黄鸟》<span word="By">By</span> <span word="Kevin">Kevin</span> <span word="Powers">Powers</span>.作者：凯文·鲍尔斯<span word="A">A</span> <span word="veteran">veteran</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Iraq">Iraq</span> <span word="war">war</span>, <span word="Powers">Powers</span> <span word="places">places</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="conflict">conflict</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="center">center</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="impressionistic">impressionistic</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="novel">novel</span>, <span word="about">about</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="connected">connected</span> <span word="but">but</span> <span word="diverging">diverging</span> <span word="fates">fates</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="young">young</span> <span word="soldiers">soldiers</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="trouble">trouble</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="readjusting">readjusting</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="life">life</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="home">home</span>. <span word="Reflecting">Reflecting</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="chaos">chaos</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="war">war</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="fractured">fractured</span> <span word="narrative">narrative</span> <span word="jumps">jumps</span> <span word="around">around</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="location">location</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="Powers">Powers</span> <span word="anchors">anchors</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="crystalline">crystalline</span> <span word="prose">prose</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="driving">driving</span> <span word="mystery">mystery</span>: <span word="How">How</span> <span word="did">did</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="narrator">narrator</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="friend">friend</span> <span word="die">die</span>?作为伊拉克战争的退役兵，鲍尔斯在他第一部印象小说中再现了战争的冲突。小说讲述了两名年轻士兵的故事，他们密切相连却又渐行渐远，其中一人甚至难以适应回家以后的生活。小说再现了战争的混乱，叙述片段化，时空交错跳跃。不过小说行文干净纯粹，而且鲍尔斯还留下一个引人遐思的谜团：故事叙述者的朋友究竟是怎么死的呢？</p>
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