《紐約時報》年度圖書100本(3)
VANESSA AND HER SISTER. By Priya . (Ballantine, $26.) A novel of Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell, constructed around an invented diary and letters.
《凡妮莎與她的姊妹》(Vanessa And Her Sister)，普萊婭·帕爾曼(Priya Parmar)著（Ballantine出版社，26美元）。這部小說講述弗吉尼亞·伍爾芙(Virginia Woolf)與凡妮莎·貝爾(Vanessa Bell)的故事，建立在虛構的日記與信件基礎上。
THE VISITING PRIVILEGE: New and Collected Stories. By Joy Williams. (Knopf, $30.) These tales, spanning a period of nearly 50 years, are marked by queasy humor and a wry nihilism.
《前來拜訪的特權：新舊短篇小說集》(The Visiting Privilege: New and Collected Stories)，喬伊·威廉姆斯(Joy Williams)著（Knopf出版社，30美元）。這些故事時間跨度將近50年，有着令人反胃的幽默感與扭曲的虛無主義。
THE WHITES. By Richard Price writing as Harry Brandt. (Holt, $28.) Most readers will never come close to a New York homicide investigation, but they will instinctively know that Price’s insightful crime novel has this world down right.
《白》(The Whites)，理查德·普萊斯(Richard Price)，以哈利·勃蘭特(Harry Brandt)爲筆名出版（Holt出版社，28美元）。大多數讀者永遠不可能接近一起紐約謀殺案調查，但他們可以從普萊斯充滿洞察力的犯罪小說裏一窺這個世界的究竟。
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America’S BITTER PILL: Money, Politics, Backroom Deals, and the Fight to Fix Our Broken Healthcare System. By Steven Brill. (Random House, $28.) Brill’s fresh, curiosity makes him a superb guide to the maze of issues involved here.
《美國的苦藥：金錢、政治、後門交易，以及修復我們糟糕的醫療系統的鬥爭》(America’s Bitter Pill: Money, Politics, Backroom Deals, and the Fight to Fix Our Broken Healthcare System)，史蒂文·布里爾(Steven Brill)著（Random House出版社，28美元）。布里爾清新的、局外人式的好奇心令他成爲一個好導遊，走進書名所涉及的題材所構成的迷宮。
THE ARGONAUTS. By Maggie Nelson. (Graywolf, $23.) An exploration of the way our bodies define and limit us considers the author’s pregnancy and her partner’s own changes.
《阿爾戈英雄》(The Argonauts)，麥琪·尼爾遜(Maggie Nelson)（Graywolf出版社，23美元）。探索我們身體的構成，以及它如何限制我們，是在作者的懷孕經歷與她伴侶自身的改變的基礎之上寫成。
AUGUSTINE: Conversions to Confessions. By Robin Lane Fox. (Basic Books, $35.) This narrative of the first half of Augustine’s life conjures the intellectual and social milieu of the late Roman Empire with a Proustian relish for detail.
《奧古斯汀：從皈依到懺悔》(Augustine: Conversions to Confessions)，羅賓·萊恩·福克斯(Robin Lane Fox)著（Basic Books出版社，35美元）。這本書講述了奧古斯汀的前半生，同時描繪了羅馬帝國末期的智識與社會環境，有着普魯斯特式的大量細節。
BARBARIAN DAYS: A Surfing Life. By Finnegan. (Penguin Press, $27.95.) Generous yet unsparing portraits of competitive surf friendships are among the joys of Finnegan’s memoir.
《野蠻的日子：衝浪生活》(Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life)，威廉·芬尼根(William Fnnegan)著（Penguin出版社，27.95美元）。這本書毫不留情地詳盡描寫了衝浪界充滿競爭的友誼關係，這是芬尼根回憶錄帶給讀者的衆多樂趣之一。
BECOMING NICOLE: The Transformation of an American Family. By Amy Ellis Nutt. (Random House, $27.) A generous portrayal of a couple’s affirming response to their transgender child.
《成爲妮科爾：一個美國家庭的變形》(Becoming Nicole: The Transformation of an American Family)，艾米·埃利斯·納特(Amy Ellis Nutt)著（Random House出版社，27美元）。精彩地描寫了一對伴侶如何堅定地支持他們變性的孩子。
BETWEEN THE WORLD AND ME. By Coates. (Spiegel & Grau, $24.) With brilliant insight, Coates warns his teenage son about the apparent permanence of racial injustice and the danger of believing one person can make a change.
《在世界與我之間》(Between The World And ME)，塔-奈西希·科特斯(Ta-Nehisi Coates)著（Spiegel & Grau出版社，24美元）。科特斯以絕佳的洞察力告誡自己十幾歲的兒子，警惕明顯的種族不公正現象，以及相信一個人可以改變的危險性。
THE COMPLETE WORKS OF PRIMO LEVI. Edited by Ann Goldstein. (Liveright, three volumes, $100.) Twenty-eight years after Levi’s death, this collection of everything he published brings into focus the breadth and coherence of his genius.
《普里莫·萊維全集》(The Complete Works Of Primo Levi)，安·戈德斯坦編輯（Liveright出版社，三卷本，100美元）。萊維去世38年後，這本他出版過的作品的全集讓人們注意到他的才華有多麼廣泛，而且彼此關聯。
THE CRIME AND THE SILENCE: Confronting the Massacre of Jews in Wartime Jedwabne. By Anna Bikont. Translated by Alissa Valles. (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $30.) A beautifully written and devastating reconstruction of mass murder and its
《犯罪與沉默：直面戰時猶太大屠殺――耶德瓦布內》(The Crime And The Silence: Confronting the Massacre of Jews in Wartime Jedwabne)，安娜·比科特(Anna Bikont)著，艾麗莎·瓦里斯(Alissa Valles)譯（Farrar, Straus & Giroux出版社，30美元）。這本書可怕地重現了大屠殺時的情景，以及對它的否認，文筆優美。
DAUGHTERS OF THE SAMURAI: A Journey From East to West and Back. By Janice P. Nimura. (Norton, $26.95.) In 1871, three clueless Japanese girls were sent to America, to learn how to educate their countrywomen in modern ways.
《武士的女兒：從東到西，之後歸來的旅行》(Daughters Of The Samurai: A Journey From East to West and Back)，賈尼斯·P·尼姆拉(Janice P. Nimura)著，（Norton出版社，26.95美元）。1871年，三個毫無頭緒的日本女孩被送到美國，學習如何以現代方式教育本國女性。
DESTINY AND POWER: The American Odys of George Herbert Walker Bush. By Jon Meacham. (Random House, $35.) A judicious and balanced biography of the elder President Bush.
《命運與權力：喬治·休伯特·沃爾克·布什的美國奧德賽之旅》(Destiny And Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush)，瓊恩·米查姆(Jon Meacham)著（Random House出版社，35美元）。關於老布什總統公正公平、不偏不倚的傳記。
