村上春樹推薦的五本必看外國小說

Philip Marlowe series by Raymond Chandler

雷蒙德·錢德勒的《菲利普·馬洛系列》

These top four Marlowe novels are what launched Raymond Chandler into the big leagues of hardboiled detective fiction: The Big Sleep, The High Window, Farewell My Lovely, and the Lady in the Lake.

這四本暢銷的馬洛故事，讓雷蒙德·錢德勒成為偵探小說的大聯盟里面出色的一位：《長眠不醒》、《高窗》、《再見，吾愛》、《湖底女人》。

Anyone wanting a mystery with condensed descriptive language, equating faces with stale beer or smiles felt in pockets, won't be disappointed by the Omnibus. Stolen golden coins, mousy secretaries, gun molls and casinos – Marlowe encounters them all.

每個人都想要一個簡要語言描述的謎，與同看到有陳啤酒的臉和感覺在口袋上的微笑，不會因選集而失望。偷取金硬幣，膽小的秘書，有槍的盜賊和賭博——馬洛系列都包含。

"The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald

F·斯科特·菲茨杰拉德的《了不起的蓋茨比》

Also recommended by Chuck Palahniuk, Bill Gates

這本書也被恰克·帕拉尼克、比爾蓋茨推薦

The Great Gatsby, the crowning achievement of the literary career of F. Scott Fitzgerald, is set in the Jazz Age, that is, 1920s. This is the story of Jay Gatsby, very wealthy and powerful billionaire, who is in love with Daisy Buchanan. He likes to throw luxurious parties, gather the Beautiful People in his house.

在爵士樂時代，十九世紀二十年代，《了不起的蓋茨比》使F·斯科特·菲茨杰拉德在文學上獲得至高無上的成功。這是一個關于蓋茨比的故事，他是個有錢有勢的億萬富翁，深愛著黛西·布坎南。他喜歡舉辦奢華舞會，把上流社會的人都聚集在家里。

"Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger

J·D·塞林格的《麥田里的守望者》

Also recommended by Bill Gates, mentioned in Woody Allen Recommends What To Read Next

這本書也是比爾蓋茨推薦的，在伍迪·艾倫《建議下一步要讀什么》里面也提到。

Catcher in the Rye is undoubtfully a classical work of the American literature and is very popular in "Top 10 books" lists.

《麥田里的守望者》無疑是美國文學史上最經典的一部著作，在“十大最佳圖書”排行上非常有名。

The main character being an expelled student named Holden Caulfield, though he is just 16, he encounters many events that tend to preclude adults. Catcher in the Rye is about a youth of 1960-s,but it is still actual today.

書的主人公是一個叫霍爾頓·考爾菲德的除名學生，雖然他只有16歲，但他遭遇了很多的事情讓他趨向于成熟。《麥田里的守望者》是關于20世紀60年代的一個年輕人的故事，但是現今仍然很契合實際。

“The Brothers Karamasov” by Dostoevsky

陀思妥耶夫斯基的《卡拉馬助夫兄弟們》　

Also recommended by Vladimir Putin

也被弗拉基米爾·普京（現任俄羅斯總統）所推薦

This is of the best allegorical novels to explain the fractured nature of 19th century Russia. Each character is representative of one of the ruling classes.

這是一本最棒的諷喻類小說，闡釋了19世紀俄國貴族社會的荒淫無度，個人道德品格敗壞的全般現象。每一個人物都代表了一個管制階級。

There is the father Fyodor, the landowner who is negligent about his land, but greedy in using its produce for himself. There's Dmitri, who has been passed around from house to house, and has grown up an entitled but debt-ridden soul. There's the skeptic Ivan, who wishes to live more among cold concepts than people. And gentle Alyosha, the mystic and religious peacemaker, and the illegitimate Smerdyakov.

父親費奧多，作為土地擁有者對土地很不上心，卻對使用產量很貪婪。還有德米特里，在各家各戶輾轉，長大成人卻有著一顆負債累累的心。還有溫柔的阿遼沙，既神秘又信奉宗教的調節者，及私生的斯梅迪亞克。

Throughout are themes of love, law, and duty, which makes this one of the best Dostoyesky books to read besides Crime and Punishment.

貫穿整個小說的主題是愛、法律和職責，這使其成為陀思妥耶夫斯基在《罪與罰》之后最好的一本書。

"The Castle" by Franz Kafka

法蘭茲·卡夫卡《城堡》

Hailed as one of the best books of Kafka by the Guardian, this novel details the unquenchable human spirit of the unnamed protagonist (K) in his monumental struggle against the mist-enveloped Castle. The overwhelming beauty and reality of snow and darkness are almost tangible things, along with the isolation and need for companionship experienced by K. The superstitious awe and suspicion of the villagers is reminiscent of Silas Marner, while the constant struggle with snow and darkness seem in keeping with Solzhenitsyn's One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich.

被《衛報》稱為卡夫卡最好的書之一，這本小說詳細描述了無名主人公（K）同云霧繚繞的城堡展開的不朽的斗爭，體現了不滅的人文精神。伴隨著K的孤獨和需要情誼的經歷，這勢不可擋的美、現實的雪和黑暗都幾乎是有形的東西。迷信的敬畏和村民的懷疑是塞拉斯馬南的回憶，然而長期同雪和黑暗做斗爭似乎符合索爾仁尼琴所寫的一本書《伊凡杰尼索維奇的一天》。

（來源：滬江英語 編輯：丹妮）