《紐約時報》年度圖書100本(1)

FINALE: A Novel of the Reagan Years. By Thomas Mallon. (Pantheon, $27.95.) The strong sense of foreboding that reigns here stands in arresting counterpoint to today’s notion of the Teflon president.

《終結：關於里根時代的小說》(Finale: A Novel of the Reagan Years)，托馬斯·馬龍(Thomas Mallon)著（Pantheon出版社，27.95美元）。強烈的不祥預感，與如今的“過失不沾邊總統”概念形成鮮明對照。

THE FIRST BAD MAN. By Miranda July. (Scribner, $25.) In July’s wry, smart first novel, two women’s consensually violent host-guest relationship leads to an erotic awakening.

《第一壞人》(The First Bad Man)，米蘭達·朱萊(Miranda July)著（Scribner出版社，25美元）。在朱萊這部嘲弄、聰明的小說處女作中，兩個女人一致同意達成一種暴力的賓主關係，最後導致了性覺醒。

THE FISHERMEN. By Chigozie Obioma. (Little, Brown, $26.) In its exploration of the murderous and the mysterious, the mind’s terrors and a vibrant Africa, this debut novel is heir to Chinua Achebe.

《漁夫》(The Fishermen)，欽格吉·奧比奧馬(Chigozie Obioma)著（Little, Brown出版社，26美元）。這是作者的小說處女作，探索謀殺、神祕，心靈的恐怖與充滿生機的非洲，堪稱欽努阿·阿切貝(Chinua Achebe)的繼承人。

FORTUNE Smiles: Stories. By Adam Johnson. (Random House, $27.) The author of “The Orphan Master’s Son” offers a collection that is at once pervasively dark and shot through with humor.

《幸運的微笑：短篇小說集》(Fortune Smiles: Stories)，亞當·約翰遜(Adam Johnson)著（Random House出版寒色，27美元）。這位《孤兒大師之子》(The Orphan Master’s Son)的作者帶來了一部小說集，黑暗遍佈，同時又充滿幽默感。

FROM THE NEW WORLD: Poems 1976-2014. By Jorie Graham. (Ecco/HarperCollins, $29.99.) Graham’s work has more of life and of the world than that of almost any other poet now writing.

《來自新世界：1976-2014詩選》(From The New Worl: Poems 1976-2014)，喬麗·格雷厄姆(Jorie Graham)著（Ecco/HarperCollins出版社，29.99美元）。格雷厄姆的作品比當今的任何詩人都要更貼近生活與現實世界。

GOD HELP THE CHILD. By Toni Morrison. (Knopf, $24.95.) Child abuse cuts a jagged scar through Morrison’s novel, a brisk modern-day fairy tale with shades of the Brothers Grimm, and a blunt moral: What you do to children matters.

《上帝幫助孩子們》(God Help The Child)，託尼·莫里森(Toni Morrison)著（Knopf出版社，24.95美元）。在莫里森的小說中，虐待兒童就像一道深深的傷口，它是一個輕快的當代童話故事，有格林童話的色彩，以及一個直率的道德教訓：你怎樣對待孩子們，這是非常重要的。