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DKU Intercultural Book Club

The DKU Intercultural Book Club is hosted by Austin Woerner in partnership with the Duke Kunshan University Library.

Each session the Book Club will choose one book to read in both English and Chinese. Read in whichever language you prefer and come ready to discuss your reactions to the book with other readers who may have experienced it in the other language!

昆杜跨文化读书会是由 Austin Woerner (温侯廷)与昆山杜克大学图书馆携手主持的一个文学社团。

每个月我们会选一本有中英文版的书,大家可以选自己喜欢的版本(中文版或英文版)然后一起分享各自的阅读心得。

DKU Intercultural Book Club

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Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

  • Block 4 Game Room, Student Residence Hall 昆山杜克大学 (map)
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村上春树,《挪威的森林》

Champion: Charlotte Jiang 蒋千蘅

Get it in English (print) Recommended translation: Jay Rubin

Read it on Kindle

购买中文版 (推荐的译本:林少华)

➤ 此书的中文版还可以在微信读书上免费阅读,下载app搜索“挪威的森林”就可以看到

Watanabe is immersed in the sorrow of his best friend Kitsuki’s suicide, which brings him into contact with Naoko, Kitsuki’s girlfriend who is also bereft. Later Watanabe meets Mitoriko, a lively, cheerful girl whose personality is completely opposite Naoko's. Watanabe cannot decide between the two girls, and his loss and confusion force him to grow as a person. This book, one of Murakami's most famous works, tells a story of loneliness: how a man comes out of the shadow of the past and gains the courage to face a brand-new life. —Charlotte Jiang

好友木月的自杀让渡边沉没在痛苦之中,但也使渡边从此与同样感到痛苦的木月女友直子有了千丝万缕的联系。随后,木月又遇见了另一个女孩——绿子。开朗热烈的绿子如同直子的对立面。面对两个同样心爱的女孩,渡边苦闷彷徨,难以抉择,而正是这青春的迷失使渡边成长、成熟。村上春树的《挪威的森林》诉说了孤独:如何走出忧伤的过往,以摸索此后的人生。——蒋千蘅

Earlier Event: September 6
Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha
Later Event: November 8
Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse Five