好書齊分享:豐富書架的50本精品小說(2)

11. Pattern Recognition
11. 模式識別

By William Gibson. With this book, Gibson starts a new series, set in the present day. In fact, it’s so much like his futuristic sci-fi that it’s eerie. Gibson has a unique way of looking at our world.
作者同樣是威廉吉布森，在這個故事裏，吉布森開始了對當代社會的一系列描述。實際上因爲很像未來科幻小說，所以顯得有些很詭異，吉布森看現實世界的角度很獨特。

12. Slow Man
12. 遲鈍的人

By J.M. Coetzee. One of the greatest living writers of the English language, you could pick up any of his titles (Disgrace would be my other recommendation) and get an excellent book. Slow Man plays with the boundaries of fiction.
作者J.M.庫切，是當代最偉大的英語作家之一，他的作品都很優秀（《恥》也很值得推薦）。《遲鈍的人》是一部虛幻作品。

13. The Big Sleep
13. 長眠不醒

By Raymond Chandler. The best of the detective novelists, Chandler took the genre to new heights that generations of writers have tried to reach. He’s the best, and his writing is just as relevant today as it was when it was written.
作者雷蒙·錢德勒，優秀的推理小說家。錢德勒的這一作品將推理小說達到一個新高度。他是推理小說家的巨擘，即使在今天，他作品的光芒仍未褪色。

14. Motherless Brooklyn
14. 布魯克林孤兒

By Jonathan Lethem. If you like Chandler and similar tough detective novels, you’ll love Lethem’s brilliant take on the genre. An excellent story featuring a protagonist with Tourette Syndrome, a killer giant and a Zen crime syndicate.
作者喬納森·勒瑟姆。如果你喜歡錢德勒的硬漢偵探作品，那麼你一定會喜歡勒瑟姆的同類型作品。這是圍繞一個患有妥瑞症的偉大殺手和禪宗犯罪集團的優秀故事。

15. Gun, with Occasional Music
15. 槍，偶爾有音樂

By Jonathan Lethem. Another excellent detective novel, this one combines the genre with sci-fi. Features talking kangaroos working for the mob and other cool stuff.
作者喬納森·勒瑟姆。這是他的另一部優秀偵探小說，它融合了科幻小說元素，最神奇的是裏面有爲暴徒工作的會說話的袋鼠和其他怪異事物。

16. Never Let Me Go
16. 別讓我走

By Kazuo Ishiguro. It’s hard to describe Ishiguro’s writing, except that he really plays with whether the narrator of a story is objective or not. He plays with traditional plot devices and uses the reader’s curiosity of the unfolding story drive the book forward. Never Let Me Go might technically be sci-fi, as it seems to be set in the future, but really there’s not much sci-fi about it.
作者石黑一雄，很難描述石黑一雄的寫作，除了判斷他故事裏的敘述者是不是第三人稱。他擅長用傳統的情節工具和讀者的好奇心來推動故事前進。《別讓我走》可能在技巧上有些科幻，因爲故事場景設定在未來，但實際上整個故事並沒有科幻色彩。

17. When We Were Orphans
17. 我輩孤雛

By Kazuo Ishiguro. Ostensibly a detective novel, it leaves you wondering about a lot of things, including what others really think of the narrator.
作者石黑一雄，表面上這是一部偵探小說，它給你留下很多疑惑的東西，包括別人對故事敘述者的看法。

18. Kafka on the Shore
18. 海邊的卡夫卡

By Haruki Murakami. This guy is such an imaginative writer. Very different from most of the fiction you’ll read, anything can happen in a Murakami book.
作者村上春樹，他是一位充滿想象力的作家。這部小說跟你平常看的小說完全不同，在春樹的小說裏，什麼都能發生。

19. Bel Canto
19. 美聲唱法

By Ann Patchett. One of the most beautiful books, a must-read if you haven’t yet. Hostages and hostage takers trapped by seige, and some surprising things unfold.
作者安·帕契特，最優美的小說之一，如果你還沒看過就趕緊找一本來看看吧。人質和劫持者被圍困，然後意想不到的事情發生了。

20. Run
20. 奔跑

By Ann Patchett. This is a moving story full of magic. Also see Patchett’s excellent The Magician’s Assistant.
作者安·帕契特，這是一個充滿魔幻色彩的感人故事。安的另外一部優秀作品是《魔術師的助理》。