中文·Searchlight Good Book Translated as Nomination Book List in July 2020
中文·Searchlight Book Reviewer Good Book List, sponsored by Searchlight Book Reviewer Association +中文 Group, and co-organized by Tencent News, WeChat Reading, and QQ Reading . The monthly list of ten literary good books will be selected, and the annual list of ten good books will be selected, and the award will be presented in Beijing at the end of the year.
The following are new translation books nominated in July. After 10 recommended book votes, 10 translated books will be selected.
Thanks to the author, editor and publishing organization of these new books.
Ten recommended readers in this issue Qiu Huadong, Yang Zao, Yan Wu, Tangshan, Mai Xiaomai, Fu Xiaoping, Zhang Zhihao, Song Chenxi, Liu Yihan, Zhang Ying
Literature·Essays: "Goodbye, Heisei Times"
[Sun] Ashii Ichi-Sei Publishing House
May 2020
Recommender: Yan Wu
Content introduction:
"Goodbye, Heisei Times" is the look back on Heisei by Japanese writer Ichi-Sei Ichi-Sei. In 2019, Japan changed its lunar name to Reiwa, ending the Heisei era. Akai Ichi-Yi San looked back at the Heisei era, wrote about the Japanese royal family, wrote about the dissolution of SMAP, wrote about the retirement of Namie Amuro, wrote about the author of Cherry Maruko Cherry Koji , Nishiki Hideki, etc. bid farewell to the world in the last year of Heisei. Akai writes about the Heisei era in the 21st century of "negative growth". Writer Tsumura Kiriko said that an ordinary person can live a happy life. Two super-old female writers: 95-year-old Jito Setouchi and 94-year-old Aiko Sato, shouting that there is nothing to be happy about at the age of 90, and living is just for the sake of death. People who are immortal are the most disgusting. In the past, it was the Kichijoji area, a cultural center. In the past, it was a good Japanese woman who had to make a good rice ball. The political world monopolized by men, and false royal lies... Akai recorded the cultural phenomena of the Heisei era in "Goodbye, Heisei era" and bid farewell to the Heisei era with "Goodbye, Heisei era".
Humanities and Social Sciences: "Plant Folk Customs and Legends"
[English] Sislton Dell
Dai Ruoyu Translated by
Sichuan People's Publishing House
May 2020
Recommender: Liu Yi Han
Content introduction:
Longitudinal, there may be no field that is more interested in plants than folk research. This book gives a brief and systematic summary around the legend of plants. For example, white flowers indicate death? Which plants are used for witchcraft? In this book, the author reviews various aspects of plant legends, including plant worship, plant and demonology. To this day, this book is still a classic work of plant legends. By understanding the stories behind plants, we can understand the status of plants in history and culture.
Nonfiction: " Chernobyl : A tragic history"
(US) Shahili Puloki
Song Hong, Cui Rui Translated by
000 Gravity | Guangdong People's Publishing House
July 2020
Recommender: Tangshan
Content introduction:
1986 was a nuclear leak accident that shocked the world and became a global cultural symbol with complex meaning. However, the condolences and interpretations of this disaster by countless fictional and non-fiction works—even the 2019 HBO historical drama—has failed to restore the complex truth of this incident.
Harvard University professor of Ukrainian History Shahili Pluoki, in his book "Chernobyl: A Tragic History", uses recently published government archives combined with interview materials from a large number of witnesses to describe the background, cause, process, follow-up of the Chernobyl incident, as well as its far-reaching impact on mankind and nature, and on the international community in detail and orderly. The book involves more than 400 characters, from national leaders to civilians, all the people involved in this nuclear disaster are described, all loud and faint voices are recorded, and all vague and one-sided understandings are clarified... This is a heartbreaking heroism story and an intelligent adventure that we are approaching the truth.
History: "The Dirty Thirty Years: Americans in Sandstorms"
[USA] Timothy Egan
Gong Ping Translation
Shanghai Translation Publishing House
April 2020
Recommender: Yang Zao
Content Introduction:
This book reproduces the memory of the 1930s that will be brought to the grave by witnesses through the voices and historical pictures of the surviving population. During World War I and afterwards, the development of the western United States implemented a wrong homestead policy, and wartime demand pushed up wheat prices, which stimulated people to plough the vast plains without any consequences and stripped the vegetation there that fixed soil and resisted wind erosion for thousands of years. In the end, an unprecedented sandstorm swept across the western United States, and also affected , Chicago, , and even New York. At the same time, the United States is in a Great Depression, the economy is sluggish, and the high-yield food brought about by over-planting is ignored.
Through the rise and fall of more than a dozen families and their communities and regions, the author unveiled the dusty past and showed the tragic scene of the dirty 1930s: sandstorms make people live like living in the long dark night, with barren land, crops failing to harvest, and relatives die of pneumoconiosis... In 10 years, the homestead that carries the future has become a cemetery covered by yellow sand.
The book contains the courage and sorrow of Americans in difficult times, the tenacity and tenacity of fighting nature, the shamelessness and fraud of politicians, and ultimately the devastating bad luck caused by human ignorance of the environment.
Literature·Nonfiction: "Beautiful Resistance"
[US]Tanasis Coates
Zou Qing Translation
Yilin Publishing House
June 2020
Recommendationist: Mai Xiaomai
Content Introduction:
In the unfair world, how much power does a father have to use to protect his son from falling into the abyss? On the threatening road, how many times does a boy have to go through to be able to become adult freely and safely? This is his own legendary father and son story told by Obama's beloved writer Thanaces Coates. It is also a microcosm of the true survival of countless families and the true growth path of countless teenagers in the corner of contemporary America.
In poetic and powerful language, Thanasis Coates recalls how his father, a Vietnam veteran, Black Panther Party member, and famous publisher, led his children out of the universal fate of teenagers in a slum in Baltimore in a broken era, in a dangerous city. With his father's rough love, Coates walked out of the bloodshed on the streets, the violence of the school, and the degenerate desires, and walked from darkness to light.
Literature and Novel: "Prague Cemetery"
[Italian] Umberto Eco
Wen Zheng, Lou Yijun Translation
Shanghai Translation Publishing House
May 2020
Recommender: Fu Xiaoping
Content introduction:
"Prague Cemetery" is known as Eco's most exciting novel after "The Name of the Rose". The story takes place in Europe in the second half of the 19th century. The protagonist Simonini wakes up and finds that he has forgotten who he is. The panic and uneasiness of amnesia make him decide to imitate Freud and treat himself mentally. By writing a diary, he gradually found that lonely childhood from the fog of memory, the young man who was beaten by life, and after becoming the eyeliner of the secret police, how to become a person who is treacherous, betrays his friends at will, and has no moral bottom line step by step. He used it for all parties, dealing with secret police, churches, conspirators, revolutionaries and imperial literati, engaged in espionage activities in half of Europe, planned assassinations, forged documents against Jews and Freemasons, and sought money. But it was an inconspicuous little figure like him that actually became the guide for the political and historical development of Europe in the second half of the 19th century.
Humanities and Social Sciences: "A Idol's Twilight: Freud's Lies"
(France) Michelle ·Weng Fulei
Wang Su Translation
Social Science Documents Press
July 2020
Recommender: Song Chenxi
Content introduction:
Philosopher and founder of hedonism Michelle Weng Fulei attacks a "religion" in this book, namely psychoanalysis, or Freudianism. This book reflects on various myths about Freud, Freudianism and psychoanalysis, and raises doubts, believing that Freudianism and psychoanalysis are constructed on a series of allegorical legends.
The whole book is divided into five parts, each of which puts forward an argument and refutes the generally recognized views: 1. Psychoanalysis rejects philosophy, but it is a philosophy; 2. Psychoanalysis does not belong to science, but to philosophical autobiography; 3. Psychoanalysis is not a scientific continuum, but a piece of existence; 4. Psychoanalysis belongs to magical thinking; 5. Psychoanalysis is not liberal, but conservative.
As the subtitle of this book "Freud's Lies" reveals, in Weng Fury's view, Freudianism does look like an illusion that cannot be proven. It is based on specious things, and it runs contrary to common sense derived from reason; psychoanalysis cannot achieve the effect of treating people, because people can never eliminate the demands raised by instinctive impulses, and even if it can be cured, this healing is not in line with human expectations; psychoanalysis is an illusion, a collective illusion, which can be defined as a desire full of desire to win a comprehensive victory in experiencing the existence of reality or even contrary to reality.
Humanities and Social Sciences: "Vaccine Competition: The Cost of Humans Fighting Diseases"
Meredith Wadman
Luo Shuang Translation
Yilin Publishing House
June 2020
Recommendor: Zhang Ying
Content Introduction:
The shadow of the new crown epidemic shrouds the world, and the vaccine competition is always in every second. In the mid-20th century, polio, rubella and rabies ravaged the United States. This book takes the legend of the human fetal cell line WI-38 as a clue and tells the development stories of three vaccine giants, Hayflick, Koprovsky and Plotkin. Their inventions and discoveries have greatly changed the scene of cytology and vaccines, and have provided important guarantees for the lives and health of hundreds of millions of people around the world. The real scenes of scientific research in the 20th century shown in the book are intertwined with persistence, ideals and heroism, and are also mixed with power, deception and ethical disputes. There are many competitions of interest among pharmaceutical giants such as Merck , Wyeth, and Pfizer, capital lobbying operations, and government supervision lack. Topics such as vaccine failure, medical accidents, and medical ethics have long been touching.
Educational research: "The spoiled mind: How did "steel" not be made? 》
【US】Greg Lujinnov, Jonathan Haite
Tian Lei, Su Xin Translation
Life·Reading·New Knowledge Sanlian Bookstore
July 2020
Recommendationist: Yanwu
Content introduction:
Why are middle-class parents all become "tiger fathers and tiger mothers", and as believers in the "helicopter-style" education method, taking care of the children is airtight?
Why do these middle-class children, although they can stand out in the "arms race" of academic resume, become an unprecedented vulnerable generation during adolescence. From anxiety to depression, this generation seems to be ineffective?
Why were children born in the Internet era, but they were accustomed to finding resonance of opinions in the virtual world built by social media, facing different opinions and positions, and using reporting to eliminate their insecurity?
Why did universities lose the responsibility of educators, treat students as consumers who are always right, and cater to students has become the goal of reform. For a time, almost all the wisdom of civilized traditions about education was left behind?
"The Pampered Mind" is a "detective novel in social sciences". The author strips his silk and answers the American story of how "steel" has not been refined. It is worth reading for any reader who focuses on education, teenage psychology, and the Internet generation.
Art History: "The History of Colorful Worlds in the Black and White Era: Albert Kahn's Ideal Country"
(English) David Okufner
Yang Lingfeng Translation
Jincheng Publishing House
July 2020
Recommender: Liu Yihan
Content Introduction:
In the early 20th century, there were constant disputes among countries around the world, and human beings were shrouded in the haze of "War One". In 1908, French billionaire, banker and philanthropist Albert Kahn began an ambitious plan: to use color photos as a means to leave an image archive for people around the world and create a unique world history museum.
Kaen is an idealist and has a strong sense of internationalism. He believed that using the new technology of glass dry plate color films at that time - the world's earliest photography technology that is convenient to use and can present real colors - he can use images to record a colorful world history in the black and white era, thereby promoting mutual understanding between different ethnic groups, transcending cultural differences, and living peacefully.
In order to realize his dream, Kahn used his huge wealth to send the fearless photographers he invited to more than 50 countries around the world. These countries were often at a critical turning point in their history back then; the foundations of ancient cultures were shaken, and war and the coming 20th century globalization process pushed them to the brink of radical change. The photos in the book record the disintegration of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the collapse of the Ottoman Empire in real colors, the appearance of the traditional villages of Ireland only a few years before demolishing, and the soldiers of World War I—they were either in trenches or cooking meals or washing military uniforms behind frontier positions. These oldest known color photos were taken in different countries with a wide range of distribution, including Vietnam, Brazil, China, Norway, Japan, and the United States.
Kan's collection of color photos is huge, with as many as 72,000; but until recent years, these works have been relatively unknown, with very few knowledgeable people, and most of them have never been published publicly. Now, a century has passed since Kahn launched the Planet Archives project. This book and the accompanying BBC TV series will introduce Kahn's dazzling treasure house of images to readers and viewers for the first time. These photos also give us the old era that we are used to thinking that it is pure monochromatic, giving it the color it deserves.
1940, Kahn passed away.Today, these legacies of his are considered the most important early color photographic works in the world. To be particularly mentioned, Kahn and his team came to China twice in 1909 and 1912 to take the earliest color photos in Chinese history.
Political Science: "Discourses are like swords: The History of Western Knowledge Violence"
(France) Editor-in-chief of Fan Shang Azulei and others
Wang Jihui and Li Shulei Translation
Central Compilation and Publishing House
June 2020
Recommender: Tangshan
Content introduction:
This book is an analysis of Western language violence from both horizontal and vertical sides, divided into five parts, and compiled articles by more than 20 French scholars. The central word of the book is the violence of intellectuals, but this is not a simple academic dispute. The situation is very complicated. It mainly revolves around the following aspects:
Intellectuals enter a circle of knowledge groups through linguistic violence, become famous and defeat the authority. For this reason, they do not hesitate to attract attention in terms of language use and expression.
The status of intellectuals’ contradictions: they rely on their erudition and feel condescending, unlike Mongolian gangsters; they are often not satisfied with the competition at the literary and academic levels, but actively participate in social struggles, complete the transformation from the designer of ideological and theoretical ideas to the practitioner of social change, and even attack and persecute other intellectuals.
They have both a critical attitude towards those in power and have the intention to make friends with them actively. The purpose of his intervention in politics is often to attack his peers in the academic community first. Therefore, those in power are often willing to incite debates and pen wars between them, using this as an excuse to intervene in the knowledge circle and legitimately formulate rules for the knowledge field.
History: "History of the Imperial Examination"
[Japan] Miyazaki City Ding
Ma Yunchao Translated by
Houlang | Elephant Publishing House
June 2020
Recommender: Yang Zao
Content introduction:
This book is the culmination of Miyazaki City Ding's research on the Imperial Examination. The author sorted out the talent selection system in ancient China, from the filial piety and integrity department of the Eastern Han Dynasty to the ninth rank official law of the Wei and Jin Dynasties, and finally developed into the imperial examination system. Taking the imperial examination in the Qing Dynasty as an example, the author introduces the procedures and details of the imperial examination, as well as the appointment methods of other officials other than the imperial examination. It explains the far-reaching impact of the imperial examination system on Chinese society since the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
Literature·Novel: "Accidental Tour Group"
(Ireland) Ciala Grati
Yao Yao Translation
Unread| Tianjin People's Publishing House
July 2020
Recommender: Mai Xiaomai
Content introduction:
58th birthday, Iris disappeared!
This is completely out of Terry's plan. She prepared a cake for Iris, called Iris' friends, picked up her dementia father from the nursing home, and excitedly came to Iris' home, intending to celebrate her birthday. However, everything in the room was still, and the wardrobe and bathroom were empty. A ferry reservation table lying on the computer, two white envelopes were large and exaggerated handwriting of Iris:
My dearest Terry, the first thing you need to know is that you can do nothing. I've made up my mind.
Iris has made up his mind, but Terry still holds a little luck. In addition to the accident, Terry took his father to catch up with Iris and sailed on an unknown journey...
Literature·Biography: "Dostoevsky: Extraordinary Era: 1865-1871"
(US) Joseph Frank
Dai Dahong Translation
Guangxi Normal University Press
July 2020
Recommender: Fu Xiaoping
Content introduction:
This book is the fourth volume of the widely praised five-volume biography of Dostoevsky by Joseph Frank. It covers the most prolific six years of the novelist's entire creative career.In these six short years, Dostoevsky wrote three of his greatest novels: " sin and punishment", "idiot" and " demons"; at the same time, he wrote two of his best novellas: " Gambler " and "Eternal Husband". These outstanding works were written under harsh realities and economic conditions. Dostoevsky was wandering around Europe at that time and often had difficulty controlling himself because of his obsession with roulette. After remarriage, he fled from Russia to avoid aggressive creditors and greedy relatives who rely on him for their support. He was afraid of going to jail for debts. While working hard in a foreign land, he lived an unknown poverty life with his newlywed wife, and writing was their only source of income. He has always been worried that repeated epilepsy is gradually damaging his literary creation ability.
Humanities and Social Sciences: " Tocqueville Key: Responding to Contemporary Western Political Life"
(USA) James T. Schleefel
Sheng Renjie Translated by
Shanghai People's Publishing House
June 2020
Recommender: Song Chenxi
Content introduction:
Tocqueville, a contradictory French aristocrat, famous for expressing insights into democracy and equality. He is one of the greatest thinkers in analyzing American society and politics, and he is also the most original historian in studying the French Revolution. His contributions to political theory, sociology and history are of far-reaching significance and still exist today.
This work was written by the world's top Tocqueville researchers and provides a clear and easy-to-read introduction to Tocqueville's social and political theory. Schleiffer led readers into "Democracy in the United States", "Old Systems and the Revolution" and other works, articles and correspondences of Tocqueville. He examined Tocqueville's basic themes, explored the significance of concepts such as equality, democracy, freedom, and revolution, and combined Tocqueville's analysis of democracy's advantages and disadvantages with its concepts of economic and social reform that are often overlooked by the world.
Schleefel also traces the consistency and change of Tocqueville's thoughts, showing the complexity and subtlety of Tocqueville's concept and the importance of its ideological legacy. This will be an indispensable work for scholars, students and ordinary readers who wish to understand the history of political thought, political theory, American politics, the French Revolution and sociology.
Popular Science: "The Future of Humanity"
[English] Martin Rees
Yao Song, Ding Ding Chong Translation
Shanghai Jiaotong University Press
March 2020
Recommender: Yan Wu
Content introduction:
This book is a popular science reading material based on science and thinking about the current situation and future of human beings. Chapter 1 analyzes some potential crises on the earth today, including energy, nuclear threats, climate change, etc.; Chapter 2 uses the current scientific and technological development as the basis to predict the changes and risks that biotechnology, network technology, artificial intelligence, etc. will cause to the future of mankind; Chapter 3 turns from the earth and humans to a larger universe, and explores the astronomical and cosmic visions such as space flight and alien wisdom; Chapter 4 comes to the boundary of science, and re-view and analyze the current situation and nature of development of the earth and humans from a scientific perspective; Chapter 5 returns to humans, trying to provide feasible ways and ways for humans to change the future by relying on themselves. This book is suitable for readers who are interested in science, especially astronomy, physics, and have thoughts and imaginations about the future.
Literature·Fiction: "The City of Girls"
[US] Elizabeth Gilbert
Jiang Xiaomao Translated
CITIC·Dafang|CITIC Publishing Group
June 2020
Recommender: Liu Yihan
Content introduction:
Every woman has a flame in her heart, which is dangerous and dazzling. Some extinguish it, some ignore it, and they see it as a beacon.
1940, at the beginning of World War II, 19-year-old rich girl Vivian dropped out of Vassar College and defected to her aunt Peg, who runs the Lily Theatre in New York.In this gorgeous but shaky old theater, Vivian discovered her talent in designing costumes and met a group of women who influenced her life: Celia, a dancer who indulged in love with her beauty, and dreamed of conquering the world with beauty; Olive, who is serious and mediocre from head to toe, but she is a lover of a maverick aunt; Angna, a British actress who treats drama as life, a godmother who has no moment of beauty; Marjorie, a weird girl in a second-hand clothing store who looks ridiculous but has a lot of ideas about life. Through them, Vivian experienced a liberation from her body to her mind, and she enjoyed the charm and freedom she understood in New York. Until an unexpected sex scandal happened, Vivian fled New York in a hurry, and began her journey to mature self...
70 years later, 89-year-old Vivian used a long letter to tell a feminist named Angela about her life experience: New York in her eyes, the day and night of shining in the "their city", her love for sewing and clothing, her shame and pain, the love and freedom she realized... Throughout her life, she did not become the "lady" that the era hoped that she would become, but there was a real Vivian Morris in this world, and she spent her life following the flames in her heart.
History: "The Franco-Prussian War: Germany's Conquest of France in 1870-1871"
(US) Jeffrey Vavro
Lin Guorong Translation
Social Science Documents Press
July 2020
Recommender: Tangshan
Content Introduction:
1870-1871 The Franco-Prussian War greatly changed the course of European history. French Emperor Napoleon III was frightened by the great victory of Prussia in the 1864 Prussia War and the 1866 Prussian-Austrian War, as well as Bismarck's political ambitions, hoping to make Prussia surrender through the war. In July 1870, the two armies began to mobilize, and this war was obviously "arrow on the string." Prussia and its German alliance had twice the strength of the French army. However, the "veterans" under the command of Marshal 10 of Bazan is already a legend on the battlefield and should not be taken lightly. They are experienced and equipped with the most sophisticated infantry weapon "Shasebo" rifle. Bismarck and Moltke have been planning for a long time, Napoleon III and Bazin have their own worries, and France has been defeated all the way, from the bloody battle of Gravorot and Sedan to the brutal end of the Loire and Paris, this war began with political strategy and finally political strategy.
After the French-Prussian War, the defeated France experienced self-innovation and the concept of republic was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people; the victorious Germany achieved formal unity, but its imperial system would only promote the rise of the militarist group and connect the development of Germany with war and expansion. In the author's opinion, the answer to who won the Franco-Prussian War is not as simple as it seems.
Literature and Novel Collection: "Grave Story Collection"
(Poland) Olgatokarchuk
Li Yinan Translation
Can Culture |
Zhejiang Literature and Art Publishing House
May 2020
Recommender: Mai Xiaomai
Content Introduction:
"Grave Story Collection" is the winner of the 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature (granted in 2019) - Olgatokarchuk's latest novel collection. The novel collection consists of ten stories: the green child in the forest, the various cans left by the mother after her death, the professor who was accidentally involved in a death case, "I" went to visit my sister who had a deformation surgery, the mysterious mummy in the monastery, Monodix who is resurrected after death every year... Each story takes place in different time and space, from modern Switzerland to Poland more than three hundred years ago; from Chinese temples to imaginary future. Every story is weird and ridiculous, and it is hard to guess what will happen on the next page, but under the weirdness, there seem to be clues of human life.
novel collection combines elements such as folk legends, fairy tales, science fiction, religious stories to observe Polish history and human life. One year after the novel collection was published, Tokarchuk won the Nobel Prize in Literature.This book also includes Tokarchuk's speech "The Gentle Narrator" and the Nobel Prize award speech by Tokarchuk at the Swedish Academy.
Literature·Novel: "The Sorrow of Belgium"
[Belgium] Hugo Klaus
Li Shuangzhi Translated
Yilin Publishing House
June 2020
Recommender: Fu Xiaoping
Content introduction:
"The Sorrow of Belgium" takes the Second World War as the background, and uses the perspective of the eleven-year-old boy Louis to outline a picture of the turbulent life and complex and radical years.
Hugo Klaus uses his strength to blend straightforwardness and passion, and with the help of the subtlety of sarcasm, he created the bizarre portraits of the two major families of Senev and Bessets and the times. He was shrouded in the atmosphere of wartime and post-war. The family and people around him were deeply trapped in the Shura field for their own interests and desires, and staged ups and downs. Depravity fermented, lies grew, betrayal was rampant, and the sad atmosphere permeated the worldly and human feelings. The stubborn Louis witnessed these amazing plot developments, observed the changes around him, and went in and out of different camps while also experiencing his own adolescent and physical changes during his adolescence. Can he obtain the ultimate redemption in the face of all kinds of lust and trials of death?
Only when the era of falling apart can we know how to soothe the spirit, and also indicate the madness before the dawn comes. The war will end, but sorrow is the eternal existence that ignores time and space. Sorrow is not just Belgium, but sorrow is the fate of the whole world after the war.
Humanities and Social Sciences: "Retrieve the Future of Democracy: The Power of Youth"
(US) Henry A. Giroud
Wu Wanwei Translated by
Renmin University Press
June 2020
Recommender: Song Chenxi
Content introduction:
Recently, all American youth demonstrated unanimously, and the issues of protest ranged from economic injustice and extreme inequality to sharp reductions in funds in the fields of education and public services. "Retrieve the Future of Democracy - The Power of Youth" records the government's countermeasures against dissidents and peaceful protesters, while exposing the government's lack of protection for this most vulnerable group in society. Henry Giroud describes many phenomena seriously, from the images of violence that are rife in popular culture to racism in education, censorship of speech and the growing economic inequality that we must face. He challenged readers to think about the hopes of democratic revival shown by the Occupy Wall Street movement and other emerging movements. Giroud's analysis encourages people to think critically, passion and informed judgments to prompt us to rethink the nature of democracy and explore what democracy in the United States and the world should look like.
Art History: "British Museum: The Birth of the First Public Museum"
[English] James Hamilton
Wang Jing Translated
Unread | Beijing Yanshan Publishing House
May 2020
Recommended by: Yanwu
Content introduction:
As the world's oldest and most magnificent comprehensive museum, the British Museum has gradually developed from a small warehouse with random collections. After hundreds of years, it has gradually developed into a public museum with more than 8 million collections across the entire process of human civilization development and is well-known in the world. It has created many firsts and has treasures from all over the world, but how did it appear? As a museum for the public, how does it attract those "study and knowledge-seeking people"?
The author of the book, James Hamilton, starts with the collector of Sir Hans Sloan, and leads readers to review the social and cultural background of this bumpy museum at the beginning of its establishment, the gradual expansion of the process, as well as those who played an important role in the history of the museum's development, and the profound impact of the museum itself on the UK and even the world.
Literature and Poetry Review: "The Time of the Skunk: Collection of Writings by Robert Lowell"
[US] Robert Lowell
Cheng Jia Translation
Guangxi People's Publishing House
June 2020
Recommender: Liu Yihan
Content Introduction:
This book is the first collection of essays compiled and published by Lowell after his death.
has four parts, which contains nearly forty articles written by Lowell in his life. In the book, Lowell may combine his own creations to gaze at ancient and modern poetry, evaluate the works of classic writers such as "Iliad" and "Metamorphosis" that have had a profound impact on him, explain important poetry themes such as English meter, poetry and drama, and read a series of works of himself and his friends. He also combines remembrance and commentary, depicts group portraits of senior poets such as Lansem, Frost, Elliott, and Oden, recalls friends such as Richards, Bishop, Jarrell, Bereman, and Plath, tells his life, anecdotes, writing and friendship with them; in addition, he has no cover-up, revealing his family history, family, relatives, his own growth process, and physical and mental difficulties. These articles are rigorous and delicate, affectionate and sincere, with both depth and breadth. They provide us with the perspective of understanding many masters, and also present us with the true knowledge, insight and character of a comprehensive, real and charming Lowell, a confessor master. For Lowell, writing is self-expression and self-treatment, and it is a good prescription for him to overcome physical and mental pain. Reading them is tantamount to a great comfort to the anxious and confused soul in modern society.
History of science and technology: "The Copernicus Problem: Astrology, Scepticism and Celestial Order"
(US) Robert S. Westman
Huo Wenli, Cai Yubin Translated by
Guangxi Normal University Press
July 2020
Recommended by: Tangshan
Content introduction:
15th century Europe, people still believe that the earth is the center of the universe. Polish astronomer Copernicus proposed the "heliocentric theory" not only kicked off the development of modern science, but also completely destroyed medieval moral concepts and changed the society, culture and customs of Europe. Now people believe that the earth revolves around the sun.
However, few people think about why Copernicus proposed the "Sun-Silent Theory" theory that is completely inconsistent with the actual senses in the era of observing the starry sky with only the naked eye? In the 16th century when the dominant church identified “gecentric theory” as truth, what motives made Copernicus so "boldly" re-establish the planetary order? How did such a "radical" Copernican theory survive? What new questions did its posed bring? What key events followed that promoted the development of this theory? What important successors are constantly improving this theoretical system? What obstacles did they encounter? How to compete with the defenders of the old order? How is their relationship? How did this long subversion eventually lead to?
The author of this book took 23 years to sort out a large amount of original historical materials, clarify the various relationships between politics, society, philosophy, religion, and the Renaissance, Reformation, the Black Death, astrology, and astronomy, revealing the mystery of the "Copernicus problem".
Literature and Movie Review: "Great Movie" (2)
(US) Roger Ibert
Li Yu, Song Jiawei Translated by
Ideal Country | Guangxi Normal University Press
June 2020
Recommender: Mai Xiaomai
Content introduction:
"Great Movie 2" is the second part of the world-renowned film critic Roger Ibert's "Great Movie" series. He continued the previous witty words and sharp views, carrying the sarcastic tongue of private goods, and the humor of precise complaints.The 100 reviews included in "Great Movie 2" are 100 movies described by the author as "If you don't watch it, you'll die", some of which are accompanied by great names - Robert Bresson, Hitchcock, Woody Allen , Godard, Spielberg; others, people usually do not associate it with "Great", or even reject it.
As Ibert emphasized, "We watch different movies for different reasons, and the greatness of movies is reflected in various forms." Therefore, in "Great Movie 2", "The Great White Jaws", "Raiders of the Lost Ark", etc., "It's too popular", "It's hard to see true love" such as " Falling" and "The Battle of Men", "The Collapse of Usher" and "The Wandering of Shi Chuxi" are "too obscure and difficult to understand". A great movie is a list, not a list, which records the films that maintain the value of art.
Literature·Nonfiction: "White Sands: Experiences from the Outer World"
[English] Jeff Dell
Wang Xiaoying Translation
Zhejiang Literature and Art Publishing House
July 2020
Recommender: Fu Xiaoping
Content introduction:
Jeff Dell wrote about travel, unconsciousness, and the questions we raise when we examine ourselves from the outside. He showed us a series of wonderful adventures and pilgrimage. From French Polynesia to the northernmost part of Norway, his footprints are spread all over the world. Throughout his adventures—with a "tour guide" who wasn't actually a tour guide in Beijing, a friend in New Mexico, a stranger who hitched a ride near White Sands Prison, and an American jazz player Don Celly (or just a photo of him), the author continues his unfinished exploration of the world—what exactly is he looking for? Even he himself may not know. Jeff Dell tried to figure out what a specific region and landscape actually represents, what they want to tell the world, and what we get from it...
Humanities and Social Sciences: "Guidelines for Research on Emotion: The Framework of Emotional History"
(US) William Reedy
Zhou Na Translation
Mint Experiment |
East China Normal University Press
May 2020
Recommender: Song Chenxi
Content introduction:
"Ask a person's emotions come from the heart, that is, the truth and falseness of emotions. This kind of question itself has no meaning, because the emotional experience of all adults is actually the result of being trained."
A person's inner emotional experience is the embodiment of a certain relationship. Whether it is the emotional expression of individuals, groups or classes, it is impossible to ignore the educational training of social emotional standards. As the foundational work of the study of emotional history, this book proposes theories such as emotional expression, emotional system, emotional navigation, emotional freedom, and emotional pain. Taking "emotionalism" as the entry point, it studies the changes in people's emotional expression methods and their significance in the Enlightenment Age and the French Revolution. The emergence of emotional refuges such as salons, Freemasons, and cafes is a manifestation of people avoiding emotional pain and pursuing emotional freedom. People express their yearning for emotional freedom in diaries, correspondence and speeches, and newspapers and privately distributed brochures have also played a leading role in this regard. Calling for sincere emotions and rejecting hypocrisy has become a basic requirement for people in emotional expression. This kind of emotional expression is not limited to literary creations such as novels and dramas, but has become a social behavioral norm and elevated to a political "virtue".
Therefore, Reddy clearly outlines the relationship between emotions and cognition, emotions and rationality, emotional expression and culture. In addition to the "hard" "rational" materials, it emphasizes that "emotion has its own history", making emotions a reasonable research aspect of history and providing solid theoretical support for the development of emotional history.
Humanities and Social Sciences: "Beauty of Japan Creation: Hokage Temple, Kashili Palace, Huge Ancient Tomb, Edocho (Part 1, Part 2)"
(Japanese) Nishioka Tochi Miyaguchi Shirotaka Waiting for
(Japanese) Kazuo Hokuchi Painting
Zhang Qiumin, Wang Yunjie et al. translated
wenjing|Shanghai People's Publishing House
May 2020
Recommended by: Liu Yihan
Content introduction:
"The Beauty of Creation of Japan" is a classic work that integrates Japanese architecture, space aesthetics and historical culture. It was jointly created by Japanese national treasure palace carpenters, architects, historians, archaeologists and Japanese architectural illustration masters. The first collection selects four representative ancient Japanese buildings (groups), including the Japanese national treasure-level wooden building - Hokratoji Temple, the representative of Japanese garden aesthetics - Katsuri Palace, Japan's original tomb form - huge ancient tombs, and the construction and development of Edo-cho, the predecessor of the international metropolis Tokyo. The book contains nearly a thousand hand-drawn drawings, and uses delicate brushstrokes to accurately restore the historical scenes and construction process, making the mystery of Japanese space aesthetics vividly appear on paper.
◇《Haolongji Temple》
The Thousand-year-old Haolongji Temple is one of the oldest wooden buildings in the world and the first national treasure-level cultural relic in Japan to be registered as a world cultural heritage. Falong Temple draws on the essence of architecture in the Tang Dynasty, and its treasure "Jade Cook" in the temple can be called the "living fossil" of Chinese-style architecture. At the same time, the original Japanese architectural styles such as cloud-shaped brackets, column-shaped segmentation, and asymmetric layout have been developed, which still influenced Japanese temple architecture to this day.
This book was created by Takaichi Nishioka, a major national treasure palace carpenter who had participated in the "Showa Day repair" of Hokageji, and Shirotaka Miyaguchi, an expert in architectural history. The illustrations were drawn by Japanese architectural illustration master Kazuo Hoshiji. It accurately restores the complete construction process of Hokageji with authoritative information, and vividly analyzes the exquisite architectural structure.
◇《Gui Li Palace》
Gui Li Palace—This is the stage where the story of "The Story of Genji" takes place. It is the peach blossom land that princes and nobles dream of, and it is also a symbol of traditional Japanese architecture and courtyard culture. It fully exerted the simple and simple aesthetic taste of the Edo period to the extreme, not only had a profound impact on the courtyard architecture of later Japanese people, but also was unanimously praised by Western modernist architects such as Le Corbusier and Frank Wright. However, the noble and mysterious construction method of Guili Palace has been a secret for many years.
In this book, Hoshi Saito, an architect who participated in the "Showa Day repair" project of the Kamili Palace, unveiled its mysterious veil with his precious first-hand information. The transformation of Japanese architectural illustration master Kazuo Hoshijima's wonderful writing has made the intricate architectural structure and the aesthetic mysteries of more than 300 years ago appear on paper.
◇《Huge Ancient Tomb》
Dashan Ancient Tomb—the largest artificial tomb in East Asia, selected as a World Cultural Heritage Site.
The front and back round tombs that appeared in the middle of the Japanese Kotom era is an original form in Japan. Its majestic appearance highlights the prosperity of the regime and the authority of the royal family. Dashan Ancient Tomb is one of the most representative ones, and is known as the three major tombs in the world, together with the Egyptian pyramids and the Chinese Qin Shihuang Mausoleum.
The author of this book, Professor Hiroichi Mori, has been studying the round tombs in front and back for many years, mastering rich first-hand information, and analyzing the technical and cultural views of the construction of huge ancient tombs in an easy-to-understand manner; the master of Japanese architectural illustration Kazuo Kazuo Yoshiki used delicate brushstrokes to illustrate the huge ancient tombs, unveiling the mystery of the Japanese ancient tomb era.
◇Edocho (Part 1)
An amazing history of urban construction, see how the Tokugawa shogunate integrates the architectural aesthetics of "Australia" and the "Four Gods of Chinese Feng Shui" to make overgrown wastelands into an international city that is comparable to London and Paris.
Edo Town boldly adopts an unprecedented "の"-shaped urban layout, which not only cleverly utilizes natural terrain such as hills and rivers, but also continuously expands outward without restrictions. After fifty years, the once deserted Edo has developed into the bustling largest metropolis in Japan. However, a fire in the third year of the Ming Dynasty destroyed Edo Castle Otenmo and Edo Town.
◇《Edo-cho (Part 2)》
An amazing history of urban development, see how Edo is reborn in the ashes! The Tokugawa Shogunate completed the reconstruction project with a brand new plan, and at the same time dealt with many problems such as urban cleaning and public security that are prone to encounter in each large city. Introducing Western surveying techniques, drawing the famous "Edo Datu", building a "fire prevention zone", setting up a fire brigade, vigorously building educational institutions, setting up water pipes and bridges of the two countries. This series of construction has enabled Edo to grow into a premier international city.
Edo's civic culture has also flourished. Whether it is Kabuki, Sumo, Ukiyo-e, or Ukiyo-e style, it has become a symbol of Japanese culture in its inheritance and development, and has composed a "Edo Cultural History" that has not faded to this day.
History: "Zhaozao District Xia: Establishment of the International Order of China and Northeast Asia in the Song Dynasty"
(US) Tan Kai
Yin Shoufu Translated by
Social Science Documents Press
June 2020
Recommender: Tangshan
Content Introduction:
This book is the latest monograph published by Nicolas Tackett, a professor of the History Department of the University of California, Berkeley and a well-known sinologist, after "The Death of the Middle Chinese Family".
Compared with the open and diverse Tang Empire, the political culture of the Song Dynasty left the impression of being closed introspective for later generations. But Tan Kai believes that thanks to the special geopolitical heritage of the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, the political elites of the Song Dynasty had an unprecedented international perspective. By analyzing the literature and archaeological evidence of the Song, Liao, and Xixia , Tan Kai explained how a normalized diplomacy between countries was formed in the Song Dynasty, and how the current situation of the division of Song and Liao into North China gave birth to a new sense of border consciousness and ethnic conception - these "Tang and Song changes" that occurred in the field of international relations will be around the next thousand years.
Literature·Novel: "The Third Person"
(English) Graham Green
Wu Gang Translation
Duke Culture|
Jiangsu Phoenix Literature and Art Publishing House
June 2020
Recommendor: Fu Xiaoping
Content introduction:
"People will never know when the blow will come."
After the end of World War II, Martins was invited by his close friend Harry to Vienna, which was occupied by the four countries. However, it was not Harry who awaited him, but Harry's funeral. Ungiver Martins decides to investigate the cause of Harry's death. The policeman, Harry's buddy, girlfriend, doctor... He searched all over Vienna, but still found nothing until the mysterious "third person" appeared.
The real murderer seems to be right in front of you. But when the face of the "third person" was exposed, Martins found that he had to face not only the truth, but also the complexity and unbearableness of the entire adult world...
The adult world is too complex, and only those who are brave enough to be innocent can get happiness.
History: "The Endless World: Philip II's Spain and the First "Empire in History""
(English) Hugh Thomas
Chen Li Translation
Paper Joy between the Moon|
Shanghai Education Press
June 2020
Recommender: Song Chenxi
Content introduction:
The creation of the Spanish Empire is not a one-man power or a one-day contribution. However, to date, few people have told dramatic stories of humanity during Spain's conquest in the second half of the 16th century.
From Paraguay , Prat River to Mexico Yucatan, and then to Chile, Hugh Thomas wrote the history of the Spanish Empire conquering America in a smooth narrative style, and recorded the war between Spain and France on the Florida Peninsula, as well as the journey of the Spanish army crossing the Pacific Ocean to conquer the Philippines in the 1660s. Focusing on the main line of history, the book also depicts a large number of vivid characters - they are far away from their hometowns and think that Spain is their responsibility to receive glory.In addition to the Spanish conquerors, a large number of governors, judges, nobles, archbishops and prosecutors of religious courts, as well as various chief executives, who began a new life on land outside Spain, pursued love and wealth, cooperated and competed with each other.
The core figure in this history is the Spanish King Philip II. He was well educated and called the "world dictator" by his contemporaries; he was optimistic and pious, passionate about art and collection; he stretched the tentacles of power into the New World, but rarely left the royal palace in the Escorial complex outside Madrid; he inherited the great power of his father Charles V, but felt that he was not worthy of using it. There is no doubt that his nearly 42 years of rule have forever changed the face of the world. The descendants of the primitive explorers of New Spain, like their kings, possessed lands that they had never participated in conquest, and exercised supreme powers they had never participated in pursuing. There are also Roman Catholic Church leaders in the Americas, who are intriguing to occupy a favorable position in the emerging American Jesuits.
However, with the thrilling stories brought by strong ships and cannons, absurd things emerge in endlessly: the wealthy hedonists in New Spain are addicted to hosting luxurious parties; Philip II's adviser advised him to invade China, and Father Sanchez even said that "no cause is greater than this for any monarch in world history." Finally, Hugh Thomas introduces the first lawsuit sparked by the Spanish Empire's violation of labor rights in the Americas and how enlightened rulers and planters in the Americas tried to solve such problems.
"On my land, the sun will never set." This is an overview of Charles V's vision of conquest, and it is also the origin of the "Empire of the Sun Not Set", and his ambitions were realized during the period of Philip II. How to evaluate the quality of this empire? Is this an epic full of courage and fantasy, or a bloody and tears history of the enslaved people in the new world? On the one hand, Hugh Thomas marveled at the speed of the Spanish conquerors' grabbing land, and on the other hand, it revealed that the Spaniards had different opinions on whether they had the right to rule the people of other countries: some showed cruelty and ruthlessness in the conquest, while others were tortured by conscience and remained restrained. In short, this is a history of conquest and inheritance, and the comments about its merits and demerits will never stop.
Humanities and Social Sciences: "The Language of the City"
[English] Diye Saditch
Zhang Xiaoduo Translated by
Qihao Culture | Oriental Publishing House
May 2020
Recommender: Tangshan
Content introduction:
Today, we live in a world dominated by cities. In the 21st century, how should we define the city, the greatest work of art in human history? Diye Sadic explains to us how the concept of conscious design elements such as architecture and space becomes a potential force in shaping the city.
In the process of exploring the definition, formation and change of cities, this book takes an international perspective. By focusing on the capital cities such as London, Shanghai, Moscow, etc., we are familiar with, and revealing how Canary Wharf has changed from an abandoned port to the most influential financial center in the world, how low houses in Pudong are replaced by the skyline composed of confident and oligarchs, how the connection between the government and the oligarchs casts a shadow on the future of the city... After experiencing personal will, political expectations, careful consideration and planning, and the unexpected gains of unintentional willow planting, how will the city evolve?
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