30歲前必讀的30本書 經(jīng)典好書推薦排行榜(3)

　17.Four Quartets by T.S. Eliot – Probably the wisest poetic prose of modern times. It was written during World War II, and is still entirely relevant today… here’s an excerpt: “The dove descending breaks the air/With flame of incandescent terror/Of which the tongues declare/The only discharge from sin and error/The only hope, or the despair/Lies in the choice of pyre or pyre–/To be redeemed from fire by fire./Who then devised this torment?/Love/Love is the unfamiliar Name/Behind the hands that wave/The intolerable shirt of flame/Which human power cannot remove./We only live, only suspire/Consumed by either fire or fire.”

　　《四個四重奏》(TS Eliot)——這也許是近代最具智慧的詩意散文。它寫于第二次世界大戰(zhàn)期間，卻仍與當(dāng)今有著千絲萬縷的聯(lián)系。以下是一段摘錄：“The dove descending breaks the air/With flame of incandescent terror/Of which the tongues declare/The only discharge from sin and error/The only hope, or the despair/Lies in the choice of pyre or pyre–/To be redeemed from fire by fire./Who then devised this torment?/Love/Love is the unfamiliar Name/Behind the hands that wave/The intolerable shirt of flame/Which human power cannot remove./We only live, only suspire/Consumed by either fire or fire.” (譯注：摘自第四重奏的第四段，本書中文版鏈接，英文版鏈接)

　　18.Catch-22 by Joseph Heller – This book coined the self-titled term “catch-22” that is widely used in modern-day dialogue. As for the story, its message is clear: What’s commonly held to be good, may be bad… what is sensible, is nonsense. Its one of the greatest literary works of the 20th century. Read it.

　　《第22條軍規(guī)》(Joseph Heller)——這本書以廣泛應(yīng)用于現(xiàn)代對話中“進退兩難”一詞為名。故事中明確傳達了這樣的信息，即普遍認(rèn)為是好的東西，可能不好;明智的選擇卻可能是荒謬的。它是20世紀(jì)最偉大的文學(xué)作品之一。讀一讀吧。

　　19.The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald – Set in the Jazz Age of the roaring 20’s, this book unravels a cautionary tale of the American dream. Specifically, the reader learns that a few good friends are far more important that a zillion acquaintances, and the drive creat-ed from the desire to have something is more valuable than actually having it.

　　《了不起的蓋茨比》(F. Scott Fitzgerald)——故事背景是滿是憤青的爵士樂年代，它講述了一個美國夢的警世故事。特別地，讀者會認(rèn)識到幾個好友比數(shù)不勝數(shù)的熟人更重要，而渴望擁有某樣?xùn)|西的動力比實際擁有它更有價值。

　　20.The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger – This novel firmly stands as an icon for accurately representing the ups and downs of teen angst, defiance and rebellion. If nothing else, it serves as a reminder of the unpredictable teenage mindset.

　　《麥田里的守望者》(JD Salinger)——這部小說精確地展現(xiàn)了青少年焦慮的起伏、蔑視和反抗，可謂是文學(xué)作品中的標(biāo)榜之作。至少，它可以讓你回憶起青少年那種捉摸不定的心態(tài)。