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任何人都能找出时间阅读的35本短篇著作35 Brilliant Short Books Anyone Can Find The Time To Read任何人都能找出时间阅读的35本短篇著作If you lead a busy life, settling down to read a book may seem unfeasible. If youre disappointed by this, yet keen to indulge in classic literature, you can find solace in the less demanding world of novellas.如果你的生活很忙碌，想要静下心来阅读一本书似乎是一种奢望，你对此感到沮丧，但又很渴望能沉浸在经典文学作品中，那么你可以通过阅读对时间要求不那么多的短篇小说来找到慰藉。This narrative form usually consists of around 80 to 150 pages. Despite their diminutive nature, novellas have amassed many classics. They demand far less time if you have a hectic lifestyle, enabling you to discover many brilliant new authors. The following are 35 such books anyone can find the time to read.这种以叙述形式展开的小说通常包含80-150页左右。短篇小说除了简短这一特点外，还涵盖了许多的经典哲理。，如果你处在一个较快的生活节奏中，可以阅读短篇小说，因为这些小说需要的阅读时间远少于其他小说。另外还能让你发现许多杰出的新作家。下面的35本书就是这样的著作，是任何人都能有时间阅读的书。1. The Call of the Wild Jack London1. 野性的呼唤杰克伦敦Londons tale of primitive reawakening. Buck, a domesticated dog, grows increasingly wild after he is stolen from his owner. An exhilarating read.伦敦的故事具有一种原始的震撼和呼唤。小说描写的是一条名叫巴克的家养狗，在被盗卖到其他地方干苦工后，变得越来越有野性。这是一本令人振奋的读物。2. Three Tales Gustave Flaubert2. 三故事居斯塔夫福楼拜Flauberts sublime work consists of A Simple Heart, Saint Julian the Hospitalier, and Hrodia. They deal with themes of love and loneliness.福楼拜的这一杰作包括三个短篇：淳朴的心、圣朱利安传奇和希罗迪娅。这三个故事都是以爱和孤独为主题展开的。3. Different Seasons Stephen King3. 四季奇谭史蒂芬金Four inspiring novellas from King make up Different Seasons. Two were adapted into the films Shawshank Redemption and Stand By Me.史蒂芬金的四部鼓舞人心的作品构成了四季奇谭这本书。其中有两部被改编成电影肖申克的救赎和伴我同行。4. The Outsider Albert Camus4. 局外人阿尔贝加缪Also known as The Stranger, Camuss classic portrays the life of Meursault. His refusal to behave according to societys norms causes trouble, for which he is unrepentant.在这部又名陌生人的经典著作中，加缪描述了莫尔索的一生。莫尔索拒绝按照社会的既定准则行事，这给他带来了很多麻烦，但他却并不为之后悔。5. The Wall Jean-Paul Sartre5. 墙让-保罗萨特The Wall is a gritty account of three POWs awaiting execution. The intense thoughts and feelings they struggle with make this a disturbing classic.墙逼真地描述了三个战俘在等待处决时的情形。他们与自己激烈的思想和感情作斗争，这也使得这部作品成为令读者阅读时内心不安的经典。6. Candide Voltaire6. 赣第德伏尔泰Young Candide refutes his tutors claims about the world, leading to an astute satire mocking politics, science, religion, and philosophy.年轻的赣第德反对其老师对世界的看法，以此为故事主线构成了一部嘲弄政治、科学、宗教和哲学的触觉敏锐的讽刺文学作品。7. Animal Farm George Orwell7. 动物庄园乔治奥威尔Orwells legendary polemical allegory places the Soviet Union into a farm. Its a gripping read, and is a regular staple in literary education.奥威尔的这一著名政治寓言体小说用庄园里发生的故事来影射前苏联的历史。这是一部扣人心弦的小说，也是文学教育中的常规读物。8. The Old Man and the Sea Ernest Hemingway8. 老人与海欧内斯特海明威Hemingways classic sees an old man take to the sea in search of a great catch. A stirring tale about adversity and the struggles of life.海明威的这一经典作品见证了一个老人为了钓到大鱼，每天坚持不懈地去海边。这是一个关于逆境和人生斗争的鼓舞人心的故事。9. The Snows of Kilimanjaro Ernest Hemingway9. 乞力马扎罗的雪欧内斯特海明威Ten of Hemingways emotive short stories form this memorable book. Its classic Hemingway and belongs on everyones book shelf.海明威的10个感人小故事构成了这一值得纪念的著作。这是海明威的经典作品，它应该在每个人的书架上都占有一席之地。10. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Philip K. Dick10. 机器人会梦见电子羊吗？菲利普迪克Themes of humanity and reality run throughout as protagonist Rick Deckard hunts down humanlike replicants. The film Blade Runner is loosely based on Dicks novella.这部作品讲述的是主人公瑞克戴克追捕人类复制人的故事，人性与现实作为主题则贯穿故事始终。之后的电影银翼杀手基本也是以迪克的这一短篇小说作为故事的原型。11. The Catcher in the Rye J.D. Salinger11. 麦田里的守望者杰罗姆大卫塞林格Notorious for unfortunate reasons, Salingers tale of angst-ridden Holden Caulfield has captured the attention of many teenagers.塞林格的这一关于充满焦虑的霍尔顿考尔菲德的故事，虽然在当时由于某些原因而被列为禁书，但它还是吸引了许多年轻人的关注。12. The Drivers Seat Muriel Spark12. 驾驶席穆丽尔斯帕克Scottish writer Sparks “metaphysical shocker.” After 16 years in a tedious job, Lise heads off on a hedonistic, self-destructive holiday.苏格兰籍作家斯帕克是一个令人吃惊的超现实主义作家。做了16年无趣工作之后，故事主人公丽莎决定离开，并进行一次快乐，但其实是自我毁灭的度假。13. Anthem Ayn Rand13. 颂歌艾茵兰德Rands striking, dystopian novel about a future world where individuality has been eliminated.兰德这一著名的反乌托邦小说，虚拟了一个剥夺个性的未来世界。14. Bonjour Tristesse Franoise Sagan14. 你好，忧愁弗朗索瓦丝萨冈Sagan became famous overnight with Bonjour Tristesse. It follows carefree, 17-year-old Ccile as she holidays with her father, but her uneven emotional state leads to tragedy.萨冈因为你好，忧愁而一夜成名。故事主要讲述的是无忧无虑的17岁少女塞茜尔和爸爸过着随心所欲的生活，但她不平衡的情绪状态却带来了悲剧。15. Lord of the Flies William Golding15. 蝇王威廉戈尔丁Goldings enduring classic about school boys stranded on a desert island. Their attempts to govern themselves soon lead to anarchy.戈尔丁的这部不朽著作，讲述的是一群男孩被困在一个荒岛上，他们都试图用自己的方式来管理所有人，但这很快就使他们陷入了混乱中。16. The Awakening Kate Chopin16. 觉醒凯特萧邦Published in 1899, Chopins short novel was ahead of its time in dealing with the topics of marital problems, adultery, and the role of women in society.萧邦的这部短篇小说发表于1899年，它在有关婚姻问题、通奸和女性在社会中的角色等话题上，是走在时代前面的。17. Why I Am So Wise Friedrich Nietzsche17. 我为何如此聪明弗里德里希威廉尼采Why I am So Wise is an insightful excerpt from Ecce Homo (Nietzsches last book). Its a fascinating example of his genius.我为何如此聪明是从瞧！这个人（尼采的最后一本书）中摘录出来的有作者深刻见解的一部分内容。这也是证明他的天赋的经典例子。18. The Ballad of the Sad Caf Carson McCullers18. 伤心咖啡馆之歌卡森麦卡勒斯McCullerss weirdly wonderful story of small-town life. It portrays a bizarre human triangle involving rampaging macho desire and female resolve.麦卡勒斯的这部小说讲述了小镇上诡异的爱情故事。它描述了一段畸形的三角恋情，其中包含了狂暴易怒的男人的欲望和女性的坚决。19. Post Office Charles Bukowski19. 邮局查尔斯布可夫斯基A hilarious account of Bukowskis time at a post office. His wild antics may not be for everyone, but its a fine example of Beat Generation writing.这是对布可夫斯基在邮局工作情形的幽默叙述。他的滑稽可能无法取悦每个人，但却是“垮掉的一代”（二战后美国的一群松散结合在一起的年轻诗人和作家的集合体）的一部较好的代表作。20. Tristessa Jack Kerouac20. 特丽斯特莎杰克凯鲁亚克Kerouac fell in love with the novellas eponymous Mexican girl in the 50s, and his musings on her drug addiction are very moving.在20世纪50年代，凯鲁亚克爱上了一个与该小说同名的墨西哥女孩儿，而他对女孩儿的毒瘾的深思则非常令人动容。21. Satori In Paris Jack Kerouac21. 巴黎之悟杰克凯鲁亚克Interested in Buddhism, Kerouac headed to Paris to research his family history (satori is the experience of kensh “seeing ones true nature”). Distracted, what followed was high, drunken comedy.对佛教感兴趣的凯鲁亚克前往巴黎去调查自己的家族历史（顿悟是一次自我检查的经历即“看见一个人的本性”）。在过程中他心烦意乱，于是借酒消愁，酩酊大醉，随后发生了很多有趣的事。22. After the Quake Haruki Murakami22. 地震后村上春树Six stories from the famed Murakami. After the Quake considers the devastating Kobe earthquake of 1995, and how it transformed a nation.这部小说包含六个村上春树写的故事。地震后描写的是1995年发生在神户的一场极具破坏性的地震，以及这场地震如何改变了一个国家。23. The Sorrows of Young Werther Johann Wolfgang von Goethe23. 少年维特之烦恼约翰沃尔夫冈冯歌德Goethes tragic masterpiece examines a young man balancing his artistic nature with the demands of the critical world.这是歌德的一部悲剧性巨著。主要描述了一个年轻男子试图平衡他的艺术情怀和现实社会种种要求之间的落差。24. Notes From the Underground Fyodor Dostoyevsky24. 地下室手记费奥多尔陀思妥耶夫斯基One of only four novellas from the Russian great, Notes From the Underground is based around the musings of a disorderly, alienated individual.作为该俄国著名作家仅有的四部短篇小说之一的地下室手记，主要讲述的是对社会无序和个体逐渐疏远的情况的深思。25. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich Alexander Solzhenitsyn25. 伊万杰尼索维奇的一天亚历山大索尔仁尼琴Solzhenitsyns brutal account of a man in a Soviet labor camp shocked the world upon its release. Gritty, revelatory reading.该作品发表后，索尔仁尼琴在其中对主人公伊万在前苏联劳改营中生活的血腥描述震惊了世界。这是一本描写逼真且具有启发性的读物。26. Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck26. 人与鼠约翰斯坦贝克Steinbecks classic is the moving tale of two amiable men struggling for work in the Great Depression.斯坦贝克的这部经典小说讲述的美国经济大萧条时期，两个友善的男人为工作努力奋斗的动人故事。27. Goodbye Tsugumi Banana Yoshimoto27. 再见，鸫吉本芭娜娜A reflective novel on strained childhood friendships in Japan. Yoshimoto uses the pen name Banana as she finds it “purposefully androgynous.”这是一部反映了日本人童年时期紧张的朋友关系的小说。吉本之所以使用芭娜娜做笔名，是因为她发现这个名字“有意地带有中性特征”。28. Ethan Frome Edith Wharton28. 伊坦弗洛美伊迪丝华顿Whartons novella deals with a dreary domestic situation in New England. The arrival of lively Mattie shakes up the order, with conflicting results.华顿的这部小说涉及到的是新英格兰国内沉闷的社会状况。而充满活力的马提的到来则改变了这一社会局面，并造成了互相矛盾的结果。29. Mrs. Caliban Rachel Ingalls29. 凯列班太太瑞秋英格尔斯A surreal love story by one of literatures forgotten female writers. Here, a Californian housewife indulges in an affair with a small green monster.这是由一位被文学界遗忘的女性作家讲述的一个超现实主义的爱情故事。在故事中，一个加利福尼亚的家庭主妇和一只小绿怪发生外遇，并沉溺其中。30. The Visitor Maeve Brennan30. 游客梅芙布伦南A poignant tale focusing on Anastasia King, who returns to her grandmothers house but finds herself estranged from her family.这部小说讲述的是主人公阿纳斯塔西娅金的悲惨故事。她回到祖母家，却发现自己和祖母的家庭格格不入。31. Death in Venice Thomas Mann31. 魂断威尼斯托马斯曼Traveling writer Gustav von Aschenbach heads to Venice in search of spiritual fulfillment. He is led astray by primitive desires.旅行作家古斯塔冯奥森巴哈为了寻找精神上的满足来到了威尼斯，但却因为原始的欲望而误入歧途。32. The Dead