图书简介

本书为读者提供了一片视野、一面棱镜，以看破生活的迷雾、透析人性的本质。本书将诸短篇小说按照主题分为6个单元：“何为人？”“人所遭遇的逆境”“人该如何应对？”“人所应珍惜的价值” “人所应拥有的生存观” “生命的归宿”。1

图书目录

I.ThePerson:WhatIsaHumanBeing?.........1

A&P/JohnUpdike................4

Lullaby/LeslieMarmonSilko.................11

TheLadywiththeDog/AntonChekhov.........20

TheKiss/AntonChekhov........34

II.PersonalStruggle:WhatAdversariesDoHumanBeingsFace?...........51

MyKinsman,MajorMolineux/NathanielHawthorne................54

OntheRoad/LangstonHughes..............70

CoffeeBreak/LangstonHughes..........75

Howthe“Soviet”RobinsonCrusoeWasWritten/IlyaIlfandEugeniPetrov............79

III.Conduct:HowShouldaPersonAct?...........87

Soldier’sHome/ErnestHemingway..........89

BarnBurning/WilliamFaulkner...........97

He/DorisLessing...........113

TheHeroine/IsakDinesen..........120

IV.Values:WhatShouldaPersonValue?.......135