雅思閱讀素材：美國(guó)偵探小說(shuō)大師的閱讀清單

今天雅思閱讀素材給大家?guī)��?lái)的是美國(guó)偵探小說(shuō)大師的閱讀清單：

The author of the V. I. Warshawski novels, most recently "Critical Mass,"was hugely influenced by "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man": "I felt asthough I'd fallen into words and wanted to drown in them."

“女偵探沃莎斯基"系列小說(shuō)的作者深受《一個(gè)青年藝術(shù)家的畫像》的影響：“我感覺自己好像掉進(jìn)了文字里，想一直沉浸在其中。"她最近出版了《臨界物質(zhì)》一書。

What books are currently on your night stand?

你的床頭柜上現(xiàn)在放著什么書?

I'm trying hard to read Thomas Piketty's "Capital in the Twenty-FirstCentury" but keep returning to fiction. Right now: John Williams's "Stoner,"Claude Izner's "Strangled in Paris."

我努力想讀托馬斯·皮克迪的《二十一世紀(jì)資本論》，但總想轉(zhuǎn)去看小說(shuō)�，F(xiàn)在正在看的是約翰·威廉姆斯的《斯托納》和克勞德·艾茲內(nèi)的《巴黎扼殺案》。

Who is your favorite novelist of all time? And your favorite novelistwriting today?

有史以來(lái)你最喜歡的小說(shuō)家是誰(shuí)?現(xiàn)在仍在寫作的小說(shuō)家中你最喜歡的是誰(shuí)?

I don't have an all-time favorite. There are books I reread or wish I'dwritten. I love the Victorians: Elizabeth Gaskell, Charles Dickens, GeorgeEliot, in that order. I loved "Gilead" and "Wolf Hall," which is a staggeringachievement. I reread Barbara Pym and Jane Austen and my old detective favoriteswhen I'm stressed out.

我沒(méi)有最喜歡的小說(shuō)家。有些小說(shuō)我會(huì)反復(fù)讀，希望是自己寫的。我很喜歡維多利亞時(shí)代的小說(shuō)家：依次是伊麗莎白·蓋斯凱爾、查爾斯·狄更斯和喬治·艾略特。我很喜歡《基列家書》和《狼廳》，后者是了不起的成就。壓力大的時(shí)候，我會(huì)重讀芭芭拉·皮姆和簡(jiǎn)·奧斯汀的小說(shuō)以及我最喜歡的老偵探小說(shuō)。

Who are your favorite writers of detective fiction?

你最喜歡的偵探小說(shuō)作家是誰(shuí)?

Margery Allingham among the classics. Peter Dickinson, Dorothy SalisburyDavis, Dorothy Hughes.

瑪格麗·阿林厄姆是其中一位經(jīng)典作家。還有彼得·迪金森、多蘿西·索爾茲伯里·戴維斯和多蘿西·休斯。

Which do you consider the best detective stories of all time, and why?

你認(rèn)為有史以來(lái)最好的偵探故事是哪些?為什么?

Anna Katharine Green, for defining the consulting detective for the 19thcentury; Wilkie Collins, for playing with the form and transforming it; DashiellHammett, for reinventing the form for the 20th century; the Holmes oeuvre, formaking detective fiction popular in both Great Britain and America; Amanda Crossand Lillian O'Donnell, for opening the door that enabled Marcia Muller, LindaBarnes, Sue Grafton and me to challenge the form in new ways.

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