八本好書，只關於愛
杜拉斯說：
愛之於我，不是肌膚之親，
不是一蔬一飯。
它是一種不死的慾望，
是疲憊生活中的英雄夢想。
在你心中，如何為愛定義？
以下這些英文原著，
也許會幫你找到答案。
A Thousand Splendid Suns
This book is about love and war, about self-sacrifice and devotion, and about the power of women. For all its seriousness, the book gives us hope as light as a feather; a hope that everyone will be okay — the characters, the reader, and all of us.
《燦爛千陽》卡勒德·胡賽尼
這本書, 關於愛情與戰爭，關於獻身與犧牲，關於玫瑰的鏗鏘。儘管題材嚴肅，本書還是給予人們一絲希望，希望不論是書中的主角還是書外的讀者，所有人都一切安好。
Love in the Time of Cholera
Is it possible that a person, having fallen in love in their youth, will carry it always and forever? Will this love guide all of the person』s actions? Yes, it will. Years will go by, the boarders will change, and you will still love her. Or him. Because there』s nothing more difficult — and at the same time easier — than love.
《霍亂時期的愛情》 加西亞?馬爾克斯
如果你問，一個人年輕時候的愛戀是否有可能伴其一生？這份愛情又是否會主導他的一生？這本書告訴你，會的。時光流轉，過客匆匆，但你依然還愛著那個她/他。沒有什麼比愛一個人更容易，也沒有什麼比愛一個人更困難。
The Ground Beneath Her Feet
They met when they were children, and they fell in love at once. They separated dozens of times; they were together, and they were apart, and they presented the whole world with their wonderful music. One could hear their voices on the radio all over the world, but then the ground swallowed her, and the world cried for her. Their love was the music.
《她腳下的土地》薩爾曼·魯西迪
初見時他們都還是孩童，但一見鍾情。他們是歌手，歷經悲歡離合，給世界呈現最美妙的樂曲。全世界都在收音機里聆聽他們的歌喉，但她最終難逃厄運，不幸去世，世人都為之慟哭。他們的愛，無關風月，只有音樂。
The Gadfly
This book is not only about love; it』s also about friendship, mutual understanding, growing up and making a choice. The revolution grippedItaly, and life became too hard to love someone. On one hand, love gives us strength. On the other, it ties our hands. The book is full of light and the bitter sadness of unrealized dreams. People say almost everyone who reads it cries. There』s so much recognizable emotion hiding between its pages.
《牛虻》艾捷爾·麗蓮·伏尼契
這本書不僅僅只有愛情，還關乎友情、體諒、成長和選擇。當時的義大利革命如火如荼，這樣的環境讓愛一個人變成了一件難事。愛，賦予力量，卻也束縛雙手。書中講述著不現實的愛情幻想，有著淡淡的苦澀和感傷，書中的字裡行間都不乏真情實意，讀過之人無不為之泣涕。
The English Patient
The war is over. A woman and children live in a half-destroyed villa. Recently, she picked up a burnt Englishman, and now she』s trying to nurse him back to health. In return, he tells her the story of his life: about the incredible love that once saved him — the very thing for which life is worth living.
《英國病人》麥可·翁達傑
二戰結束了，一位護士母親帶著她的孩子住在別墅廢墟里。先前，她路遇了一位燒傷的英國男子，她努力地照顧並救治他。作為回報，他
向她坦誠了自己的故事，講述了曾經拯救過他的那令人咋舌的愛情故事，那份讓他活下來的特別的愛。
Delirium
Here is a world in which love is forbidden. It』s a disease, the most dangerous amor deliria nervosa, and whoever breaks this rule will be punished severely. Every citizen at the age of 18 has to go through the procedure of release from memories of the past. Lena』s got only a few months before the procedure, and she could live as any other person — if she hadn』t met a special guy.
《愛是一種病》勞倫·奧利弗
那是一個禁止人們相愛的世界，在那裡，愛情是最為可怕的疾病，它讓人焦慮，讓人癲狂，一旦深陷愛情，便會受到嚴懲。所有居民在十八歲時都必須接受治療，抹去回憶。原本，還有幾個月，主人公Lena 就可以接受治療，過上和其他人一樣的正常生活——不巧，她卻遇上了那個特別的他。
The Gargoyle
This is a strikingly deep novel. It wraps you in its magic, stretches out over centuries and ethnicities, bonds people and ties up fates. This is love, and it』s stronger than a plague. It can shout to the world through a statue』s mouth. There are so many little worlds and tiny stories in the book that they』re almost like stars in the endless universe.
《石像怪獸》安德魯·戴維森
這是一部極為深沉的小說。小說讓你沉浸在它的奇幻魔力中，它穿越時間，跨越種族，讓人們相遇，讓命運相連。這都是愛情的力量，愛情的力量有甚於瘟疫，從一尊石像鬼的口中向全世界宣告。從本書由一個個小世界和小故事組成，星河般點綴在漫漫人生長河之中。
The Sense of an Ending
When most of your life is behind you, it』s a pleasure to remember old days. Tony Webster enjoys the quiet and recalls fragments of his life. Then he receives a letter that breaks down his calm. There was a page in his past, the past is unforgiving and merciless, though, and it』s high time to open this page once again.
《終結的感覺》朱利安?巴恩斯
當走過大半人生，回憶往昔就成了一件樂事。主人公Tony Webster原本一邊享受著年屆六旬的平和，一邊回憶著生活中的點滴。一封律師事務所的來信卻打破了他原本的安寧。他開始了解到自己曾經不堪的過往，儘管過去那個自己冷酷無情、難以原諒，但卻是時候再度翻開回憶，好好審視自己了。
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