"Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison 托妮•莫里森《所羅門(mén)之歌》 “Song of Solomon” ends up on many to-read book lists because of the author's 1993 Nobel Prize for literature, and because the book itself won the prestigious National Book Critics Fiction award in 1977. 《所羅門(mén)之歌》出現(xiàn)在很多閱讀清單上，因?yàn)樗淖髡攉@得了1993年的諾貝爾文學(xué)獎(jiǎng)，并且該書(shū)本身也獲得了1977年的的美國(guó)國(guó)家書(shū)評(píng)獎(jiǎng)。 Somewhat like the James Joyce classic “Ulysses”, this book combines historical elements, free association, and unanswerable questions in the life of its main character. Beginning with a suicide and a black child's birth into a Michigan hospital, Morrison explores the complicated role of black family life, its heritage and its possible future. 有點(diǎn)像詹姆斯·喬伊斯的經(jīng)典《尤利西斯》，這本書(shū)融合了歷史元素、自由聯(lián)想以及無(wú)法回答的問(wèn)題，展現(xiàn)了主角的生活。莫里森以自殺和在密歇根大學(xué)醫(yī)院出生的黑人小孩開(kāi)始，探討了復(fù)雜角色的黑人家庭生活、遺產(chǎn)以及可能的未來(lái)。 "Self-Reliance" by Ralph Waldo Emerson 拉爾夫·瓦爾多·愛(ài)默生《自立》 Although essays aren't as popular as when Emerson was alive in the mid-1800's, this essay has become one of the author's most notable achievements.Emerson's philosophy as expressed in “Self-Reliance” embraced a combination of non-conformity to social trends. Also a great believer in the 'light within', Emerson gives continual nods to a divine Providence while holding fast to man's inherent goodness, and the necessity of holding to one's own convictions despite the inclinations and pressures of the crowd. 盡管這些散文不像19世紀(jì)中葉愛(ài)默生活著時(shí)那么流行，但是這部散文是作者最輝煌的成就之一。如《自立》中表達(dá)的那樣，愛(ài)默生的哲學(xué)將非整合融入到了社會(huì)趨勢(shì)中。他也是‘靈性之光’的虔誠(chéng)信徒，盡管面臨壓力，他仍堅(jiān)信神圣天意掌管了人性固有的閃亮，以及堅(jiān)定自己的信念。 "For Whom the Bell Tolls" by Ernest Hemingway 厄內(nèi)斯特海明威《喪鐘為誰(shuí)鳴》 One of Hemingway's most celebrated novels, “For Whom the Bell Tolls” is an adventure story of almost mythic proportions. The protagonist, a teacher named Robert Jordan, finds love and battle in the Spanish Civil War. Pilar, one of the most influential and passionate characters (though not the love interest), displayed the 'Everyman' fierce peasant spirit and embodied the name of the author's fishing vessel. 《喪鐘為誰(shuí)鳴》是海明威最的小說(shuō)之一，講述的是一個(gè)帶有神話色彩的冒險(xiǎn)故事。主人公是一個(gè)叫羅伯特·喬丹的老師，在西班牙內(nèi)戰(zhàn)中經(jīng)歷斗爭(zhēng)找到了真愛(ài)。皮拉爾是其中最有影響力和充滿激情的人物(雖然不是愛(ài)慕對(duì)象)，他展示了“普通人”強(qiáng)烈的農(nóng)民精神，呈現(xiàn)了作者的漁船的名字。 "The Federalist" by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay 亞歷山大·漢密爾頓,詹姆斯·麥迪遜和約翰·杰伊《聯(lián)邦黨人文集》 This book is made of a series of essays on the validity and necessity of the United States Constitution, though it is more commonly referred to as the Federalist Papers. The reasoning behind political phrases in common use today, such as “checks and balances” and “bill of rights”, are worked out in 85 numbered works 這本書(shū)由一系列關(guān)于美國(guó)憲法的有效性和重要性的文章構(gòu)成，盡管它通常被稱為《聯(lián)邦黨人文集》。現(xiàn)在普遍使用的政治短語(yǔ)的背后，例如“相互制衡”和“人權(quán)法案”，來(lái)收錄于這85篇作品里。
