196本书带你读懂196个国家
<p><span word="Writer">Writer</span> <span word="Ann">Ann</span> <span word="Morgan">Morgan</span> <span word="set">set</span> <span word="herself">herself</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="challenge">challenge</span> – <span word="to">to</span> <span word="read">read</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="book">book</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="every">every</span> <span word="country">country</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="year">year</span>. <span word="She">She</span> <span word="describes">describes</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="experience">experience</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="learned">learned</span>.</p><p>作家安·摩根决定给自己一个挑战——在一年时间里从世界所有国家的文学作品中各选一本书来阅读。 她讲述了自己的经历及体会。</p><p><span word="I">I</span> <span word="used">used</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="think">think</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="myself">myself</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="fairly">fairly</span> <span word="cosmopolitan">cosmopolitan</span> <span word="sort">sort</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="person">person</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="bookshelves">bookshelves</span> <span word="told">told</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="different">different</span> <span word="story">story</span>. <span word="Apart">Apart</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="few">few</span> <span word="Indian">Indian</span> <span word="novels">novels</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="odd">odd</span> <span word="Australian">Australian</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="South">South</span> <span word="African">African</span> <span word="book">book</span>, <span word="my">my</span> <span word="literature">literature</span> <span word="collection">collection</span> <span word="consisted">consisted</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="British">British</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="American">American</span> <span word="titles">titles</span>. <span word="Worse">Worse</span> <span word="still">still</span>, <span word="I">I</span> <span word="hardly">hardly</span> <span word="ever">ever</span> <span word="tackled">tackled</span> <span word="anything">anything</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="translation">translation</span>. <span word="My">My</span> <span word="reading">reading</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="confined">confined</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="stories">stories</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="English">English</span>-<span word="speaking">speaking</span> <span word="authors">authors</span>.</p><p>我曾认为自己是一个“海纳百川”的人，但我书架里的书却清楚地表明这并非事实。 除了一些印度小说以及澳大利亚和南非的古怪离奇的书以外，我的藏书主要是英国及美国文学。更糟糕的是，我从没有接触过任何小说译本。我读的书大多由以英语为母语的作家写就。</p><p><span word="So">So</span>, <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="start">start</span> <span word="of">of</span> 2017, <span word="I">I</span> <span word="set">set</span> <span word="myself">myself</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="challenge">challenge</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="trying">trying</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="read">read</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="book">book</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="every">every</span> <span word="country">country</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="year">year</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="find">find</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="missing">missing</span>.</p><p>于是，2017年伊始，我决定给自己一个挑战---在一年内读玩196本分别来自世界每一个国家和地区的书，看看我在以往的阅读中错过了什么。</p><p><span word="With">With</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="idea">idea</span> <span word="how">how</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="go">go</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="beyond">beyond</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="sneaking">sneaking</span> <span word="suspicion">suspicion</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="unlikely">unlikely</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="find">find</span> <span word="publications">publications</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="nearly">nearly</span> 200 <span word="nations">nations</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="shelves">shelves</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="local">local</span> <span word="bookshop">bookshop</span>, <span word="I">I</span> <span word="decided">decided</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="ask">ask</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="planet">planet</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="readers">readers</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="help">help</span>. <span word="I">I</span> <span word="created">created</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="blog">blog</span> <span word="called">called</span> <span word="A">A</span> <span word="Year">Year</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Reading">Reading</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="World">World</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="put">put</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="appeal">appeal</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="suggestions">suggestions</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="titles">titles</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="read">read</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="English">English</span>.</p>
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