Read the World | 世界读书日 · 让书籍带你看世界
你或许熟读中国文化经典，
可曾东渡日本品书卷之香？
你或许熟知东洋文化，
可曾下南洋踏上东南亚的岛屿？
你或许悉知近代西欧的辉煌，
可曾领略过北欧风光？
你或许学习欧亚大陆文明之精华，
可曾耳边刮过非洲沙漠厚重的风？
你可能熟知美国文化，
可曾北上加拿大，南赴拉美一探究竟？
4月23日是世界读书日
而书籍是文化之桥
就让我们随清华国际同学的视角
以书为桥
踏上你未曾涉足过的土地
聆听你未曾入耳的生命之音
让书籍成为你放眼世界的翅膀
Today is World Book Day
Books are the bridge to other cultures
Follow us,
the international students along this journey to
Bring about the tranquillity stepping on a path you’ve never been
Feel the nostalgic feeling when listening to something you’ve never heard
Let the books expand your mind and broaden your life
（由于篇幅所限，本次主要邀请了日本、马来西亚、欧洲、非洲、加拿大、墨西哥、蒙古等国家和地区的清华国际同学推荐具有地区文化特色的书籍。
也欢迎大家在评论区交流自己喜欢的书目~）
(due to the limited space, we mainly invite Tsinghua international students from Japan, Malaysia, Europe, Africa, Canada, Mexico, Mongolia and other countries and regions to recommend books with regional cultural characteristics.
You are also welcome to share your favourite books in the comment area ~)
日本Japan
由日本联谊会推荐
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解忧杂货店
作者：东野圭吾
出版社：南海出版公司
译者：李盈春
出版年：2014
Miracles of the Namiya General Store
Author: Keigo Higashino
Published: 2019
Publisher: Yen On
推荐理由Reasons for recommendation
不像东野圭吾的其他推理小说，这部作品更像是一部治愈人心的童话。
这本书讲述了在僻静街道旁的一家杂货店，只要写下烦恼投进店前门卷帘门的投信口，第二天就会在店后的牛奶箱里得到回答，发生的一系列奇妙的事情。
故事中时空交错，一个信口连结了过去、现在和未来，每个人物都充满矛盾与羁绊，但最终都得到了治愈与救赎，而读完这本书的自己也会被故事情节所感动，得到治愈。
Unlike other reasoning novels by Keigo Higashino, this piece of work is more like a healing fairy tale.
The book tells the story of a strange series of events that happened in a grocery store on a quiet street. When you simply wrote down your troubles and put them in the shutter at the front door of the store, you will be answered in the milk carton at the back of the store in the next day.
In the story, the time and space crisscross, linking randomly between the past, the present and the future by a letter, each character is full of contradictions and fetters but eventually are healed and redeemed. After reading the book, we will be moved and healed by its stories.
雪国
作者：川端康成
出版社：南海出版公司
译者：叶渭渠、唐月梅
出版年：2013
Snow Country
Author: Yasunari Kawabata
Translator: Edward G. Seidensticker
Publisher: 1st Vintage International ed edition
Publication Date: 2013
推荐理由Reasons for recommendation
这部作品被称为川端康成的最高代表作，作品中描绘的虚无之美、洁净之美与悲哀之美达到极致，令人怦然心动，又惆怅不已。
故事由驶往雪国的列车开始，窗外不停掠过的暮景，映着玻璃上照出的少女的双眸，扑朔迷离。舞蹈艺术研究者岛村前后三次前往白雪皑皑的北国山村，与当地的艺伎驹子，以及萍水相逢的少女叶子，陷入爱恋纠葛，簌簌落下的雪掩盖了一切爱与徒劳。除了故事情节外，这本小说还描写了日本北国的风俗民情与其后风景描写，以及对日本传统工艺文化的描写，小说虽然贯穿着“悲剧美”，但又不失精致、真切之美。
Known as Yasunari Kawabata’s masterpiece, this work depicts the beauty of nothingness, cleanness and sorrow to the extreme, as well as giving audience the feeling of melancholy and interest.
The story begins with the train to the snow country. Out of the window constantly passed by the twilight scene, reflected on the glass out of the girl's eyes. Shimamura，a dance researcher, has made three trips to the snowy mountain village of northland, where he has a love affair between a provincial geisha named Komako and a young girl named Yoko.In addition to the story, the novel also describes the customs of the northern Japan and the subsequent scenery, as well as the traditional Japanese craft culture. Although the novel runs through the "tragic beauty", but yet delicate, true beauty.
银河铁道之夜
作者：宫泽贤治
出版社: 湖南美术出版社
译者: 周龙梅
出版年: 2018
Night on the Galactic Railroad
Author: Kenji Miyazawa
Translator: Julianne Neville
Publisher: One Peace Books
Publication Date: 2016
推荐理由Reasons for recommendation
这部作品是日本作家宫泽贤治创作的童话，叙述一个贫苦而孤独的少年在梦中和好友乘坐火车畅游银河的故事。一列闪烁着天光的银河铁道列车飞过一片片熠熠燃烧的天火，飞过被钻石、露水和所有美丽东西的灿烂光芒所照亮的银河的河床，驶向璀璨神秘的银河，美不胜收的景致下又隐含了一个悲哀孤独的情感世界。作者的想象力以及故事中所提到的宗教信仰内容也值得一看，并且小时候看与长大后看的感受又是不同的，是一个悲伤而又美丽的故事，不仅仅是一部童话。
This is a fairy tale created by Japanese writer Kenji Miyazawa. It tells the story of a poor and lonely boy who dreams of traveling with his friends on a train to the Milky Way. A shimmering galactic railway train flew over the blazing heavenly fire, over the riverbed of the Milky Way illuminated by the brilliant light of diamonds, dew, and all others that is beautiful, to the radiant and mysterious Milky Way which is a sad and lonely emotional world hidden beneath the beautiful scene. The author's imagination and the religious beliefs mentioned in the content are also worth reading, and the feelings of reading varies with reader’s maturation. It is a sad yet beautiful story, not just a fairy tale.
少爷
作者：夏目漱石
出版社：浙江文艺出版社
译者：徐建雄
出版年：2017
Botchan
Author: Natsume Soseki
Translator: Matt Treyvaud
Publisher: Ray Ontko & Co.
Publication Date: 2009
推荐理由Reasons for recommendation
这部长篇小说语言诙谐精炼，故事流畅。讲述了来自东京的主角“少爷”率真朴实，单纯而富有正义感，从学校毕业之后，远赴他乡任教，然而生性莽撞的他却在宁静淳朴的小镇掀起了前所未有的风波的故事。
在乌烟瘴气的成人世界中，其实我们每个人都曾是不懂世故、憨直的少爷，只不过慢慢变成了圆滑世故的人，不再冲动地表达自己真实的想法。离开东京到了乡下的少爷，发现了这个世界上有做了坏事不承认的人，有满嘴谎话阳奉阴违的人，有虚伪狡诈阿谀奉承的人，甚至有不会反抗忍受屈辱的人，而少爷和那些少爷讨厌的人身上都有我们每个人的影子。
This novel is witty and refined. It tells the story of the protagonist "young master" from Tokyo, who is honest, simple and has a rich sense of justice. After graduating from school, went to teach in a foreign country. However, he was reckless in nature and has set off unprecedented waves of storm in the quiet simple town.
In the sullen adult world, in fact, each of us was once an unsophisticated, stern young man, but gradually became a sophisticated person and no longer impulsively express our true thoughts. The young master who left Tokyo and went to the countryside found that there are people in the world who do not admit to doing bad things, people who are full of lies, people who are cunning and flattery, and even people who could not resist humiliation. And there's something about each of us in the young master and the people he hates.
马来西亚Malaysia
由马来西亚联谊会推荐
Recommended by Malaysia Student Association
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Scattered Bones
Dato’ Usman Awang
Publisher: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia
Publication Date: 1992
推荐理由Reasons for recommendation
本书是一部经典的马来文学作品，其以二战以后马来半岛管辖权转移的危急时期作为背景。
其内容一部分是自传，另一部分则是作者作为警察的亲身经历。它描写了第二次世界大战后紧急状态下的马来亚，描绘了这场毁灭性战争以及英国殖民者与马来亚共产主义者之间的冲突所造成的人民苦难。透过此书，能使我们回顾和铭记这片土地经历过的故事。
This is classic Malay literature, the set of the story is the emergency period in the Malay Peninsula, between the transitional period of Japanese Occupation and the British.
Part of this book is autobiographical while the other part relates the author’s experience as a policeman. Set in Malaya during the Emergency after World War II, it portrays the hardships of people resulting from the devastating war and the conflict between the British colonists and the Malayan communists.
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The Garden of Evening Mists
Author: Tan Twan Eng
Publisher: Myrmidon Books
Publication date: January 2012
推荐理由Reasons for recommendation
此书叙述了马来西亚一段横跨数十年，从二战战时、战后弭平伤痕、再到80年代挖掘真相的故事。其以倒叙手法回顾主人公云林（Teoh Yun Ling）的一生，其中包含爱情、战争乃至推理元素，是马来西亚文坛近期杰出的文学作品之一。
This is a novel which takes place in three different periods: the late 1980s, when the main character writes down her story; the early 1950s, when the main action takes place; and World War II, which is the backdrop of the story. The book follows protagonist Teoh Yun Ling, who was a prisoner of the Japanese during the World War II, and later served as an apprentice to a Japanese gardener in Cameron Highlands.
大风吹少年时三部曲
作者：许友彬
出版社：青岛出版社
出版年：2012
推荐理由Reasons for recommendation
《大风吹》《扮新娘》《跳房子》
以大马日据时代为背景，结合马华作家的文风，向读者展示日剧时代马来亚华人的悲欢离合
A Cold Wind Blows，The Bride’s Veil，Hopscotchare， books with backstory of the time when Malaysia were under the Japanese occupation, the author uses a Malaysian Chinese’s writing style, demonstrating the vicissitudes of life to the readers.
新村
原创故事：黄巧力
小说改写：谢智慧
出版社：红蜻蜓出版社
出版年：2012
推荐理由Reasons for recommendation
大马首部中文电影小说。“新村”为日据时代时马来亚华人的“集中营”，是当地独有的历史印记。该书通过描写马来亚共产党游击队员与新村年轻女子的爱情故事，描绘了当时候的新村生活，与夹缝求存的大马华人的挣扎。
This is the first ever Chinese film rearranged into a novel in Malaysia. “The New Village” is a story happened in Malaysia in a concentration camp when under the Japanese occupation, a unique historical mark of the local area. The book describes the love story between a Malayan Communist party guerrilla and a young woman. It depicts the life in the village and the struggle of the Malaysian Chinese survival during that period of time.
芬兰Finland
推荐人：Paula Yu【建筑学院】
Recommended by Paula Yu [School of Architecture]
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The Unknown Soldier
Author: Väinö Linna
Publisher: WSOY
Publish Date: 2007
推荐理由Reasons for recommendation
这本书带着读者从一名再普通不过的芬兰士兵的视角观看芬兰对苏联的冬季战争。逼真的故事中坚韧不拔的芬兰战士最终为国家带来了胜利。
这本书迅速成为了芬兰最畅销书籍之一，被公认为芬兰文学的经典之作同时视为能够代表民族历史和文化的瑰宝。
The Unknown Soldier is a story about the Continuation War between Finland and Soviet Union, told from the viewpoint of ordinary Finnish soldiers.
Gritty and realistic, it was partly intended to shatter the myth of the noble, obedient Finnish soldier, and in that it succeeded admirably.
The Unknown Soldier quickly became one of the best-selling books in Finland and is considered both a classic in Finnish literature and a part of the national legacy。
英国Britain
推荐人：Daniel Walsh【社科学院】
Recommended by Daniel Walsh [School of Social Sciences]
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More Than This
Author: Patrick Ness
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Publish Date: 2013
推荐理由Reasons for recommendation
这本书探索了人工智能发展在未来的可能性，同时展示了人类在青少年时期所遇到的问题。本书把重点放到文化规范上，并以轻松的方式揭露人类了的过失。这本书用诙谐的故事讨论一个严肃的话题，为人们带来启发。
It explores a possible future with development of AI whilst also exposing human culture and the struggles of youth. It highlights culture norms in a witty way that exposes them for the fault that they have but in a rather acceptable way. It’s funny yet offers a serious message at the same time.
非洲 Africa
由非洲联谊会推荐
Recommended by Africa Student Association
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神箭
作者: [尼日利亚]钦努阿·阿契贝
译者: 陈笑黎 / 洪萃晖
出版年: 2011-8-1
出版社: 重庆出版集团
Arrow of God
Author: Chinua Achebe [Nigeria]
Publisher: Heinemann
Publication date: 1964
推荐理由Reasons for recommendation
《神剑》是一本书写非洲的经典之作，作者生动的语言描写了“旧”与“新”之前产生的冲突，本书尤其围绕在父子之间的个人斗争。Ezeulu备受六个村庄的崇拜，但是却发现自己的权威日益受到威胁，这个威胁来自于部落和白人政府中的竞争对手，甚至来自于自己的家人。当然他仍然认为自己是不可动摇的，他深信自己还是上帝弓上的箭，能够继续自己的领导之路，即便这意味着他将带来破坏和歼灭。然而，人类真的有那么容易被统治吗？
The book describes the conflict between old and new in its most poignant aspect: the personal struggle between father and son. Ezeulu, is worshipped by the six villages of Umuaro. But he is beginning to find his authority increasingly under threat - from his rivals in the tribe, from those in the white government and even from his own family. Yet he still feels he must be untouchable - surely, he is an arrow in the bow of his God? Armed with this belief, he is prepared to lead his people, even if it means destruction and annihilation. Yet the people will not be so easily dominated.
半轮黄日
作者: [尼日利亚]奇玛曼达·恩戈兹·阿迪契
出版社: 人民文学出版社
译者: 石平萍
出版年: 2017-10
Half of a Yellow Sun
Author: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie [Nigeria]
Published: January 15, 2007
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
推荐理由Reasons for recommendation
这本备受瞩目的小说背景设定于1960年代的尼日利亚，一场内战造成的一百万人的伤亡，数千人死于残忍的屠杀。被卷入乱战的三个主要人物在这动荡的年代相会，他们会如何对国家政治现状做出反应呢？这本非凡的小说讨论了道德责任、殖民主义的终结、种族忠诚、阶级和种族等话题；以及“爱”如何复杂化这些话题。
This highly anticipated novel from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is set in Nigeria during the 1960s, at the time of a vicious civil war in which a million people died and thousands were massacred in cold blood. The three main characters in the novel are swept up in the violence during these turbulent years. As these people's lives intersect, they have to question their own responses to the unfolding political events. This extraordinary novel is about Africa in a wider sense: about moral responsibility, about the end of colonialism, about ethnic allegiances, about class and race; and about the ways in which love can complicate all of these things.
漫漫自由路
作者: [南非]纳尔逊·曼德拉
出版社: 广西师范大学出版社
出版年: 2014-9
译者: 谭振学
Long Walk to Freedom
Author: Nelson Mandela [South Africa]
Publisher: Macdonald Purnell
Publication date: 1994
推荐理由Reasons for recommendation
作这是一本世界代表性人物，南非前总统纳尔逊·曼德拉的自传。曼德拉革命性的一生从他还是一个牧群男孩时开始描写，文字带领着大家看到曼德拉如何因为参与反种族运动入狱27年，于1990年出狱后在1994竞选上了总统。这本书的有趣之处在于书中描述了一个再普通不过的牧童变身成为全球代表性人物的历程。
This is autobiography of South African revolutionary and former president and world icon Nelson Mandela. Mandela started off as a herd boy in the rural village and went on to become one of the people who were part of the anti-apartheid movement. Nelson Mandela was jailed for 27 years and he came out of prison in 1990 and became president in 1994. This book is an entertaining book to read about how a normal and common herd boy turned into a world icon.
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Nervous Conditions
Author: Tsitsi Dangarembga [Zimbabwe]
Publisher: The Women's Press
Publication date: 1988
推荐理由Reasons for recommendation
这本书讲述了一个女孩在她的哥哥去世后，在贫困生活中苦苦挣扎的故事。女孩分享了自己在罗得西亚的生活，该书借由女孩的经历讨论了殖民社会中对男性女性各自扮演的角色，也谈到殖民化如何控制人们的思想。此外，书中还就种族、身份、教育的重要性、性别与教育机会均等等话题展开讨论。
The book talks about a girl who after her brother dies struggles against the poverty and lack of opportunity that mark her world at the homestead. She talks about her life in Rhodesia. The book talks about the gender roles in the colonial society, it also goes on to talk about colonialization and how it brainwashed the people of the society during the colonial period. It also talks about race, identity and the importance of education and how gender should not determine who goes to school and who does not.
（暂无中译版）
Things Fall Apart
Author: Chinua Achebe [Nigeria]
Publisher: William Heinemann Ltd.
Publication date: 1958
推荐理由Reasons for recommendation
这本书讲述了奥孔科沃在乌木菲亚的生活。他在被流放了7年后才被释放回家。这是一个讲述即将到来的文化的故事。
当流放结束后，奥孔科沃意识到自他被放逐以来，他所在的村庄发生了翻天覆地的变化。这是一本对殖民前和后伊博会的分析的书籍。作者写这部小说是为了发表声明，并确保当时在殖民尼日利亚的英国能够理解尼日利亚的文化，反之亦然。在这本书的情节中，奥孔科和村民们试图将传教士的教诲从他们的村庄开始推广以秉承传统。
The book talks about the life of Okonkwo in Umuofia. He was exiled at once for 7 years and was released to go home. It’s a story that talks about culture that is on the verge of change.
After returning from exile Okonkwo realizes that there has been great change in his village ever since he was put into exile. This book is an Analysis of Pre- and Post-Colonial Igbo Society. The author wrote the novel in an attempt to make a statement and to make sure that the Britain which had colonized Nigeria at that time would understand the culture of Nigeria and vice versa. In the plot of the book Okonkwo and the villagers try to cast out the missionaries form their village and uphold tradition.
加拿大 Canada
由加拿大联谊会推荐
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绿山墙的安妮
作者: 露西·莫德·蒙哥玛利
出版社: 浙江文艺出版社
出版年: 2003-01
译者: 马爱农
Anne of Green Gables
Author: Lucy Maud Montgomery
Published: June 1908
Publisher: L.C. Page & Co.
推荐理由Reasons for recommendation
毫无疑问，加拿大最受欢迎的书是露西·莫德·蒙哥马利（Lucy Maud Montgomery）1908年的经典小说，这本书讲述了一个11岁的孤儿女孩安妮·雪莉（Anne Shirly）的虚构故事。安妮·史莉（Anne Shirly）意外地被送给了两个中年兄弟姐妹，但他们原本打算收养一个男孩，让他在爱德华王子岛农场上打工。经过100多年来，这本书已被翻译成至少36种不同的语言，售出了5,000万册，并在其他很多不同领域上也有很大的影响，从学校戏剧到电影再到日本动漫。对于任何年轻读者或新手读者来说都堪称为一本完美的书。
Without a doubt Canada’s most popular book, Lucy Maud Montgomery’s 1908 classic follows the fictional story of Anne Shirly, an 11-year old orphan girl, who accidentally sent to two middle-age siblings who intended to adopt a boy to work on their farm on Prince Edward Island. Over 100 years later, it has been translated into at least 36 different languages, sold 50 million copies, and has had a plethora of other media produced from it, ranging from school plays to movies to Japanese anime. A perfect book for any young or novice reader.
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The Wars
Author: Timothy Findley
Publisher: Clarke, Irwin
Publication date: 1977
推荐理由Reasons for recommendation
《战争》是蒂莫西·芬德利（Timothy Findley）于1977年创作的小说，紧随其后的是一位十九岁的加拿大人——罗伯特·罗斯（Robert Ross）。在他心爱的姐姐去世后毅然决定参加第一次世界大战，他试图使用这种办法来摆脱悲痛和压迫性的维多利亚时代的规范社会。
罗斯陷入战争的疯狂之中，他在最后的死亡绝望中做出了对生命的承诺。多年后，一位历史学家试图与曾经跟罗斯进行交往的每个人进行访谈，并整理出他为何要采取这一行动。简而言之，这薄薄的一本书已是最高级别，且被公认为加拿大一战最佳小说。
The Wars is a 1977 novel by Timothy Findley that follows Robert Ross, a nineteen-year-old Canadian who enlists in World War I after the death of his beloved older sister in an attempt to escape both his grief and the social norms of oppressive Victorian society.
Drawn into the madness of war, Ross commits "a last desperate act to declare his commitment to life in the midst of death." Years later, a historian tries to piece together how he came to commit this act, interviewing the various people Ross interacted with. Simply put, this slim book defies superlatives and is widely considered Canada’s best novel of the First World War.
使女的故事
作者: Margaret Atwood
出版社: 台北市天培文化有限公司
出版年: 2002
译者: 陈小慰
The Handmaid’s Tale
Author: Margaret Atwood
Publisher: McClelland and Stewart
Publication date: 1985
推荐理由Reasons for recommendation
从科学的角度来看，《女仆的故事》可能是加拿大最著名的书，也许是加拿大最著名的作家。在处理性别歧视，种族主义等问题，并讨论从政治到宗教的话题时，“女仆”的故事使用了北美的反乌托邦世界，使读者可以认真思考上述所有问题。自发行以来，它已被制成电影，目前更是在美国被翻拍为连续剧。
The Handmaid’s Tale is probably from an academic standpoint Canada’s most famous book by perhaps the most famous Canadian author. Dealing with issues such as sexism, racism, and discussing topics from politics to religion, the Handmaid’s tale uses a dystopian world set in North America to allow the reader think critically about all the issues listed above. Since its publishing, it has been made into a movie and currently has a TV series airing in the United States.
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Indian Horse
Author: Richard Wagamese
Publisher: Douglas & McIntyre
Publication date: 2012
推荐理由Reasons for recommendation
幼儿长大后最常做的加拿大事情是什么？大多数加拿大人的答案是曲棍球。但是对于加拿大的土著来说，童年通常意味着被迫上寄宿学校因为这是一种教育制度，旨在“重新教育”土著居民，使他们更加加拿大化。尽管这项政策实际上对完成这项政策的每一个可怜的灵魂都造成了巨大的伤害。 理查德·瓦加梅塞（Richard Wagamese）通过讲述了一个虚构的故事，来展开一个年轻的土著男孩在住校期间幸存下来，后来成为一名明星冰球运动员的故事。对于加拿大人或整个世界，印第安马为非原住民提供了了解殖民主义和强迫教育的机会。这本书可谓是任何想要全面了解加拿大的必读书籍。
What is the most Canadian thing a young child does when he grows up? Most Canadians, the answer is hockey. But for Canada’s indigenous population, childhood usually means being forced to attend Residential Schools – a schooling system meant to “re-educate” the indigenous population to make them more Canadian, though in reality resulted in immense damage to every poor soul who entered into them. Richard Wagamese tells the fictional story of a young indigenous boy who survives the Residential School and goes on to become a star ice hockey player. For Canadians, or the world in general, Indian Horse offers the opportunity for non-aboriginal peoples to understand the horrors of colonialism and forced re-education. A must read for anyone wanting to understand Canada in its entirety.
少年Pi的奇幻漂流
作者: 扬·马特尔
译者: 姚媛
出版年: 2012-11-28
出版社: 译林出版社
Life of Pi
Author: Yann Martel
Publisher: Knopf Canada
Publication date: 11 September 2001
推荐理由Reasons for recommendation
也许你以前听说过，也许你曾看过这部电影。马特尔（Martel）屡获殊荣的海上生存故事极富想象力，并为他赢得了《 Man Booker》奖，并确立了他在国际上的地位。
故事讲述了一个年轻的印度泰米尔男孩，他在沉船事故中在救生筏上和一只孟加拉虎存活了200天以上的故事。 Pi的生活提出了有关现实的本质以及如何感知和告诉现实的问题。有趣的事是加拿大人Yann Martel将该书带到了英国伦敦进行出版，因为在此之前，他决定在加拿大出版但被拒绝了五次之多。可以肯定地说，他们错过了这么一本好书。
Maybe you have heard of it before. Maybe you have seen the movie. Wildly imaginative, Martel’s award-winning tale of survival at sea won him the Man Booker and established him as an international presence.
The story follows a young Indian Tamil boy who, after a shipwreck, survives for over 200 days on a life raft – with a Bengali tiger in it with him. Life of Pi raises questions about the nature of reality and how it is perceived and told. Fun fact: Canadian Yann Martel brought the book to London England to have it publish, but was rejected five times before deciding to publish it in Canada. Safe to say, they missed out here.
墨西哥Mexico
推荐人：Daniela Chavez【公共管理学院】、
马迪恩【生命科学学院】
Recommended by
Daniela Chavez [School of Public Policy and Management]、
Martín Echavarría Galindo [School of Life Sciences]
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佩德罗巴拉莫
作者：胡安·鲁尔福
出版社: 浙江文艺出版社
出版年：2001
译者：屠孟超
Pedro Páramo
Author: Juan Rulfo
Publisher: Fondo de Cultura Económica
Publication date: 1955
推荐理由Reasons for recommendation
佩德罗·帕拉莫在拉丁美洲发起了一场新的运动，后来被称为“魔幻现实主义”。在这本书中，世俗和超现实之间，每个人物的希望和对现实的绝望之间有着明显的并列关系。
Pedro Páramo started a new movement in Latin America which would be known later as "magical realism". In this book there is a clear juxtaposition between the mundane and the surreal, between the hopes of every character and the despair of their reality.
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Memories of the future
Author: Garro, Elena
Publisher: Planeta Publishing
Publish Date: 2007
推荐理由Reasons for recommendation
这本书讲述了一位来自中西部的年轻女性在1970年代末到纽约的第一年，和她神秘的邻居，露西·布里特的痴迷。
她在破旧的建筑物里耳贴薄壁听露西的声音时，S.H以笔名Minnesota在笔记本上记下了邻居奇异的独白，以及各样的其他经历。
知道一个可怕的夜晚，露西冲进了她的公寓执行了一场救援任务。
Memories of the Future tells the story of a young Midwestern woman’s first year in New York City in the late 1970s and her obsession with her mysterious neighbor, Lucy Brite.
As she listens to Lucy through the thin walls of her dilapidated building, S.H., aka “Minnesota,” transcribes her neighbor’s bizarre and increasingly ominous monologues in a notebook, along with sundry other adventures, until one frightening night when Lucy bursts into her apartment on a rescue mission.
蒙古Mongolia
推荐人：如意【社科学院】
Recommended by Nicole [School of Social Sciences]
蒙古秘史
作者：特·官布扎布
出版社：新华出版社
出版年：2006
The Secret History of Mongols
Author: Paul Kahn
Publisher: Cheng & Tsui
Publication Date: May 10, 2018
推荐理由Reasons for recommendation
蒙古秘史是一部记述蒙古民族形成、发展、壮大之历程的历史典籍，其中主要涵盖了成吉思汗伟大的一生的一生（1162-1227），是世界文化遗产。
本书以部分散文和部分史诗形式撰写，是蒙古人必读的一本关于蒙古历史的书，年代大约是十三世纪。这本书对历史学家，阿尔泰语爱好者和喜欢中亚民间传说的人是必不可少的。
The 13th century Secret History of the Mongols, covering the great Činggis Qan’s (1162-1227) ancestry and life, stands out as a literary monument of first magnitude.
Written partly in prose and partly in epic poetry， it’s the main history book for Mongolians, mainly about great Mongolian Empire. Indispensable for the historian, the Sino-Mongolist, the Altaic philologist, and anyone interested in comparative literature and Central Asian folklore.
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素材搜集：张子轩
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於 汀
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