“Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.” Mark Twain. 《詹姆斯 James By Percival Everett》對馬克吐溫的經典作品《哈克貝利·費恩歷險記》的精彩顛覆，而且常常是狡猾的幽默。《The Empusium 博物館》。 Olga Tokarczuk奧爾加·託卡爾丘克 ( 這位波蘭諾貝爾獎得主，大塊文化出版5本套書 )對托馬斯·曼的《魔山》的微妙而挑釁性的回應； 紐約時報選的歷史小說，2本都與先賢的著作共鳴：

Mark Twain

“Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.”

Twain was no stranger to human nature. Some truths are sacred, and not all ears deserve them. Discernment protects your honesty from being trampled by ignorance.

James
By Percival Everett

A brilliantly subversive — and often slyly humorous — retelling of Mark Twain’s classic “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” as seen from the perspective of Huck’s enslaved runaway companion. Of course, Jim turns out to be a far more complicated character than Twain’s original would suggest. Among the final contenders for the Booker Prize, this novel just won the National Book Award.影像《詹姆斯》的封面是黑色的。標題為黃色，作者姓名為白色。
詹姆斯
珀西瓦爾·埃弗里特 從哈克被奴役的逃跑夥伴的角度來看，這是對馬克吐溫的經典作品《哈克貝利·費恩歷險記》的精彩顛覆，而且常常是狡猾的幽默。當然，吉姆的性格比吐溫原著中所暗示的要複雜得多。在布克獎的最終競爭者中，這本小說剛剛獲得了國家圖書獎。


The Empusium
By Olga Tokarczuk

The Polish Nobelist’s subtle and provocative response to Thomas Mann’s “The Magic Mountain” is likewise set in a German sanitarium on the eve of World War I. Subtitled “A Health Resort Horror Story,” it’s a good deal more. As its young hero submits to the ministrations of his doctors and the musings of his fellow patients, larger — and often darker — philosophical arguments unspool.


《The Empusium》的封面是棕褐色的，插圖是一個戴著老式霓虹橙色帽子、穿著高彩連身裙的骷髏。
博物館
奧爾加·託卡爾丘克 這位波蘭諾貝爾獎得主對托馬斯·曼的《魔山》的微妙而挑釁性的回應同樣以第一次世界大戰前夕的德國療養院為背景。豐富。當年輕的英雄屈服於醫生的服務和病友的沉思時，更大的——通常是更黑暗的——哲學爭論開始展開。