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迪尔菲尔德中学，12年级学生，2014年暑期阅读项目
博览群书一直以来都是人生一大快事，而且也是一种开阔视野和获取知识和经验的重要方式。这个清单给拥有各种兴趣爱好和能力的读者提供了多文化视角的书籍。享受您的阅读和发现之旅。在英文课中，所有的学生必须读四本书。其中两本为必读，另外两本由学生自己从清单里面选择。请提前准备，秋季开学后与大家分享您的阅读感受。来校的时候请务必带上你必读的两本书。如果您无法从当地的书店或者网上购买，请拨打迪菲尔德书店的号码（413) 774-1513，让书店安排寄送。
全校要求必读书籍：《泽图恩》，作者：戴夫·艾格斯。
选择与结果：巴克尔·帕特《重生》
城市之光：泰茹·科尔《开放的城市》
经典的命运与现实的情节：索福克勒斯《俄狄浦斯循环》（菲兹与菲兹杰拉德主编）
脱节：库尔特·冯内古特《猫的摇篮》
创造性的写作练习：托拜厄斯·沃尔夫《那天晚上》
未来冲击：雷·布拉德伯里《华氏451度》
文学和形式：大卫·米切尔《云图》
其他的声音，多余的房间：扎迪·史密斯《白牙》
阅读狂热症：我疯了吗？克丽丝·波西米亚《双重束缚》（阅读《了不起的盖茨比》能帮助理解）
讲诉真实的故事：杜鲁门·卡波特《冷血》
倒叙帝国：赫尔曼·梅尔维尔《贝尼托·塞莱诺》（《比利·巴德，水手与故事集》，牛津经典读物）
行走的影子：珍妮特·温特森《激情》
供12年级学生选读书目—阅读两本
奇玛曼达·阿迪奇《半轮黄日》—在殖民地时期后的尼日利亚，来自不同背景的三个男孩经历了内战带来的创痛以及统一带来的解脱。
阿拉温德·阿迪加《白虎》—见证印度的士司机努力成为社会企业家的故事。
谢尔曼·阿列克谢《印第安杀手》—一位印第安连环杀手因白人对他的族人犯下的罪而一直试图对他们进行报复，但是最终不得不接受自己的过去。
乔尔·贝斯特.《该死的谎言与统计:揭开媒体、政坛及运动分子的面纱》—抵制政治“化妆师”.(统计学家可以看看)
杰拉尔丁·布鲁克斯.《人之书》一跟随着这本书里面精彩绝伦的故事，我们了解到了一段经历过威胁的历史文化。
安东尼·伯吉斯《发条橙》一亚历克斯，一个来自地狱的少年，他在冷漠的英格兰未来社会犯下了滔天罪行，但是他的一切罪行都是由政府设计的，同时他也被宣判无罪。
艾伯特·加缪《瘟疫》一这篇存世的小说研究了人类身体状况以及在面临致命病毒席卷整个阿尔及尔时健的意义，这篇小说在当世仍有参考价值。
J·M·库切.《耻》一这篇尖刻的小说引导我们跟随一位南非白人专家的气味来到一个从来不知羞耻的国度，他似乎永远也无法理解这个国家的一切。
K·C·科尔.《数学与头脑相遇的地方》一研究了数学与一系列社会，政治，科学问题之间的联系。（FST学生推荐阅读书目）
埃德威奇·丹蒂卡《碎露人》一 一个来自海地的女人和他的父亲一起从纽约来到佛罗里达州，发现了他父亲在杜瓦利埃独裁统治下在海地真实的生活和工作状况。
理查德·道金斯《盲眼钟表匠》一调查错综复杂的进化过程。
堂·德里罗《白色噪声》—格拉德尼一家过着普通郊区人家的生活，一天，有一片毒云从天上往下降，使他们意识到这种状况将会危害到整个美国的空气和文化。
伊根·詹妮弗《恶棍来访》—伊根以大胆的笔调，描写了年轻的叛军到中年后是如何找回自己或者迷失自己的故事。
拉尔夫·埃利森《隐形人》一这是一个不知姓名但真实存在的一个人，埃利森的非裔美国领导者从南方的农村开始他的旅程一直到纽约的黑人住宅区，去探索他自己和他被忽视的原因。
安妮·法迪曼《神灵附身你就会跌倒下来》一探索加利佛尼亚州赫蒙族移民的极限和疗伤能力。
芬克尔·大卫《英勇的战士》——一个战地记者叙述着美伊战争的那段令人心痛的岁月。
古斯塔夫·福楼拜《包法利夫人》一对于从业者最准确的措辞，福楼拜研究了法国资产阶级爱慕虚荣和狭隘的思想以及他们拥有几乎一致的想法和局限的思维。
E·M.·福斯特《窗外有藍天》—跟随着英国的旅行者在气氛压抑的英格兰和更加自由的大陆之间来回行走。
劳伦·格罗夫，《阿卡迪亚》—在纽约北部的一个偏僻社区，比特在那里尝尽了酸甜苦辣，这使他学会了离开家后如何去面对外面的风险。
埃莉诺·亨德森《一万个圣人》一这是发生在20世纪80年代的事情，两个朋友带着希望和憧憬从佛蒙特州来到纽约东部的小村庄。
石黑一雄 《长日留痕》一 以一个忠实仆人的角度，全面的看待20世纪末英国阶级制度的衰落过程。
弗朗茨·卡夫卡《变形记》一一天，萨姆沙·格利哥从睡梦中惊醒，发现自己躺在床上已经变成了一只巨大的虫子。“如果是你，你该怎么办呢”
基德·特蕾西《生命如歌》一如果你不相信一个普通的人可以有所作为，那么你可以去见见范姆·保罗，一个可以拯救世界的物理学家。
雷切尔·库什纳《火焰喷射器》一20世纪70年代，有一个叫雷诺的内华达单纯女孩，她来到纽约后发现有人宁愿冒着生命危险也要追求艺术，也有人有着极端的思想，同时她也发现这里还有摩托车比赛。
李成芮《生活面具》一第二次世界大战中的朝鲜战争时期，一位疏于接触文化的商人回忆自己在作为日本部队的军官的时候，面对日本和朝鲜文化是如何处理的。
安德里亚·利维《小岛》一二战后，牙买加人移民到英国，但是之后发现他们努力想要来到的国度并不欢迎他们。
希拉里·曼特尔《狼厅》一曼特尔帮助你了解亨利八世皇宫里的勾心斗角。
科勒姆·麦肯《让伟大世界旋转》一飞利浦·佩蒂特在双子塔间进行高空钢丝步行的事迹将毫不相关的纽约人给紧密联系在一起。
克里斯托弗·麦克杜格尔《天生就会跑》一墨西哥寂静的铜峡谷里隐居着一群塔拉乌马拉印第安人，从他们身上发现他们擅长长跑的秘密。
比尔·麦吉本《即将到来的地球末日》一阅读这个部分，然后思考全球气候变暖的本质原因。
苏珊娜·摩尔·《奋斗的一生》一纳粹德国的残酷暴行打破了住在柏林的爱尔兰女孩童话般的生活。
蒂雅·欧布莱特，《老虎的妻子》一在饱受战乱的巴尔干半岛的国家，一个年轻的医生解开了他祖父死亡的真相，并记住了他祖父所讲诉的故事。
朱莉·奥林格《隐形的桥梁》一沉浸在从布达佩斯旅行到巴黎的爱情里，然后又深深的陷入二战里的劳改营的恐惧。
露丝·尾关《当下的故事》一两个人被广阔的太平洋分开，却又因历史和想象而交织。
安·帕切特《美声唱法》一群恐怖分子闯入了南美洲某个乡村的奢华派对，后来发现恐怖分子和这些被囚禁的人有着相同的信仰和热情。
汉娜·皮卡尔《始终相信命运》一这篇小说由德菲尔德的毕业生创作，该小说讲诉了一群男孩用了几年时间试图寻找一位16岁少女的下落。
夏洛特·罗根《救生艇》一几名幸存者在超重的救生船上决定该何去何从。
卡米拉·夏姆斯《影之焚》一分裂印度的举动震惊了世界，而且这种浪潮在911事件过后达到了顶峰。
吉姆·谢泼德《無論如何，希望你懂》一偶遇各种奇妙的事情，游览各种神奇的地方。
扎迪·史密斯《论美》一复杂的大学生活里到处充斥着种族，阶级，性别等问题，但是美好的事物最终会出现。这本书和E·M·福斯特的《霍华兹庄园》一样都是很好的书。
昂斯沃思·巴里《神圣的欲望》一惨无人道和令人发指的奴隶交易活生生地在这个年代上演着，这些得以逃脱的奴隶们试图建立一个新型社会。
路易斯·阿尔贝托·伍瑞阿《蜂鸟的女儿》一基于一位天主教圣人的故事，这篇带有几分魔幻现实主义色彩的小说记录了墨西哥革命前期的生活状态。
艾米·沃尔德曼《屈服》一秉持道德观念，在国难结束后，祭奠遇难的人们。
杰斯·沃特《美丽的废墟》—一段浪漫的爱情发生在意大利的一座摇摇欲坠的酒店，五十年后，这段感情在好莱坞又重新燃起。
伊莎贝尔·威克森《他乡暖阳》一威尔克森讲诉这三个家庭的生活状况，以及20世纪中期随着非裔美国人一起迁移到北部的故事。
弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫《到灯塔去》—想象你的思维是时间，时间是水，如果做不到，拿起这本书去到一个能听见波涛的地方，然后大声读出来。
韦尔盖塞·亚伯拉罕《双生石》—这个故事讲述了两个生于不同年代的印度医生在处于动荡期间的埃塞俄比亚的工作经历。你读后，一定会被震撼。
Deerfield Academy Juniors Summer Reading 2014
Reading remains one of life's great pleasures and an important means of broadening our horizons of knowledge and experience. This list includes books of diverse cultural perspectives for readers with varying interests and abilities. Enjoy your reading discoveries. For English class, all students must read FOUR books, two of which are required. Two other choices from the list are left to you. Please be ready to discuss your reading early in the fall. Bring the required reading book(s) with you when you return. If you cannot obtain a book from your local bookstore or online, please call the Deerfield Academy Bookstore at (413) 774-1513 to arrange a shipment.
All –School required book: Eggers, Dave. Zeitoun
Choice and Consequence: Barker, Pat. Regeneration
City Lights: Cole, Teju. Open City
Classic Fate & Modern Plight: Sophocles. The Oedipus Cycle(Fitts and Fitzgerald, ed.)
Coming Apart: Vonnegut, Kurt. Cat's Cradle
Creative Writing Workshop: Wolff, Tobias. The Night in Question
Future Shock: Bradbury, Ray. Fahrenheit 451
Literature and Form: Mitchell, David. Cloud Atlas
Othered Voices, Many Rooms: Smith, Zadie. White Teeth
Reading Insanity: Am I Crazy?:Bohjalian, Chris. The Double Bind(Having read The Great Gatsby will add resonance.)
Telling True Stories: Capote, Truman. In Cold Blood
The Empire Writes Back: Melville, Herman. Benito Cereno (in Billy Budd, Sailor, and Selected Tales, Oxford Classics)
Walking Shadows: Winterson, Jeanette. The Passion
Grade 12 Choices – select and read TWO
Adiche, Chimamanda. Half of a Yellow Sun - In post-colonial Nigeria, three children of different backgrounds experience the ravages of civil war and relief of union.
Adiga, Aravind. White Tiger - Ride along with Indian taxi driver becoming a - social entrepreneur.
Alexie, Sherman. Indian Killer - An Indian serial killer seeking retribution for the white man's crimes against his people also must come to terms with his own past.
Best, Joel. Damned Lies and Statistics: Untangling Numbers from the Media, Politicians, and Activists - Resist the spin doctors. (Recommended for statisticians)
Brooks, Geraldine. The People of the Book - Follow the fascinating tale of a book that preserves a cultural history under threats.
Burgess, Anthony. A Clockwork Orange - Alex, the teenager from Hell, having committed unspeakable mayhem in a bleak, futuristic England, is 'programmed' by the state to sin no more.
Camus, Albert. The Plague - Still timely, this existential novel studies the human condition and its meaning in the face of a deadly virus that sweeps through Algiers.
Coetzee, J.M. Disgrace - This searing novel follows a white South African professor's descent into disgrace in a country he seemingly no longer understands.
Cole, K.C. The Universe and The Teacup: The Mathematics of Truth and Beauty - Explore links between mathematics and a variety of social, political, and scientific issues. (Recommended for FST)
Danticat, Edwidge. The Dew Breaker - A Haitian woman traveling to Florida from New York with her father learns the truth about his life and work in Haiti under the Duvalier dictatorship.
Dawkins, Richard. The Blind Watchmaker - Examine the intricacies of evolution.
DeLillo, Don. White Noise - One day the Gladneys are living an ordinary suburban life and then a toxic cloud descends, awakening them to the dangers pulsing through the American atmosphere and culture.
Egan, Jennifer. A Visit from the Goon Squad - In a daring style, Egan explores how youthful rebels find or lose themselves as they reach middle age.
Ellison, Ralph. Invisible Man - Nameless, yet real, Ellison's African-American protagonist journeys from the rural South to Harlem, discovering himself and his invisibility.
Fadiman, Anne. The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down - Explore the limits and power of healing in this account about Hmong immigrants in California. (Round Square).
Finkel, David. The Good Soldiers - An embedded reporter recounts a heartbreaking year in the life of American battalion fighting in post-surge Iraq.
Flaubert, Gustave. Madame Bovary - Practitioner ofle mot juste, - the exact word, Flaubert examines the hypocrisies and small-mindedness of the French bourgeoisie, its conformities and spatial limits.
Forster, E.M. Room with a View - Follow British travelers as they move between repressive England and the more permissive Continent.
Groff, Lauren. Arcadia - On acommune in upstate New York, Bit learns bitter and beautiful lessons that prepare him for the dangers beyond home.
Henderson, Eleanor. Ten Thousand Saints - Two friends follow their hopes and hearts from Vermont to New York's East Village in the 1980s.
Ishiguro, Kazuo. Remains of the Day - A beautifully realized chronicle of the decline of the British class system in the late twentieth century, as seen through the eyes of a loyal butler.
Kafka, Franz. The Metamorphosis - "As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect." How can you resist?
Kidder, Tracy. Mountains Beyond Mountains - If you don't believe a single person can make a difference, you have to meet Paul Farmer, a physician who - would cure the world.
Kushner, Rachel. The Flamethrowers - Reno, a naive young woman from Nevada, arrives in New York City in the 1970s and discovers the risky pull of art, radical thought, and motorcycle racing.
Lee, Chang-Rae. A Gesture Life - A culturally alienated businessman confronts his Japanese and Korean heritage by exploring his role as a Japanese Army officer during the Korean occupation in WW II.
Levy, Andrea. Small Island - In the wake of World War II, Jamaicans immigrate to Great Britain only to find the empire for which they fought does not easily embrace newcomers.
Mantel, Hilary. Wolf Hall - Mantel guides you through the intrigues at the court of Henry VIII.
McCann, Colum. Let the Great World Spin - Philippe Petit's high-wire walk between the Twin Towers binds the lives of an unlikely set of New Yorkers.
McDougall, Christopher. Born to Run - Discover the secrets of long-distance running from the reclusive Tarahumara Indians of Mexico's deadly Copper Canyons.
McKibben, Bill. Eaarth - Read this account and then consider the nature of global climate change.
Moore, Susanna. The Life of Objects - An Irish girl leads a fairy tale life in a Berlin home until the realities of Nazi Germany become too real.
O'Breht, Tea. The Tiger's Wife - In a war-torn Balkan country, a young doctor unravels the story of her grandfather's death and remembers the tales he told.
Orringer, Julie. The Invisible Bridge - Immerse yourself in love story that travels from Budapest to Paris and then deep into the horror of labor camps in World War II.
Ozeiki, Ruth. Tale for the Time Being - Two lives, separated by the vast Pacific Ocean, intertwine through history and imagination.
Patchett, Ann. Bel Canto - Terrorists interrupt a posh party in an unnamed South American country, and captors and prisoners alike discover new allegiances and passions.
Pittard, Hannah. The Fates Will Find Their Way - Written by a Deerfield graduate, this novel follows a group of boys who spend years trying to make sense of 16-year-old girl's disappearance.
Rogan, Charlotte. The Lifeboat - Survivors on an overloaded lifeboat decide who and what to sacrifice.
Shamsie, Kamila. Burnt Shadows - The effects of the partition of India reverberate around the world and climax in the aftermath of 9/11.
Shepard, Jim. Like You'd Understand, Anyway - Encounter a dazzling array of stories and places.
Smith, Zadie. On Beauty - Race, class, and gender clash on a college campus where life's complications - and beauty - ultimately emerge. A nice companion to E.M. Forster's Howards End.
Unsworth, Barry. Sacred Hunger - The horrors and inhumanity of the slave trade come alive in this epic about an attempt by escaped slaves to form a new society.
Urrea, Louis Alberto. The Hummingbird's Daughter - Based on the story of a Catholic saint, this novel, with a touch of magical realism, chronicles life in pre-Revolutionary Mexico.
Waldman, Amy. The Submission - Tangle yourself in the morality of memorializing the dead after a national tragedy.
Walter, Jess. Beautiful Ruins - A romance started in a ramshackle Italian hotel renews fifty years later in Hollywood.
Wilkerson, Isabel. The Warmth of Other Suns - Recounting the lives of three families, Wilkerson traces the great migration northward by African Americans through the middle of the 20th century.
Woolf, Virginia. To The Lighthouse - Suppose the mind were time and time were water. If you can't, take this book to a spot where you can hear the waves and read aloud.
Verghese, Abraham. Cutting for Stone - You'll be swept into this riveting tale about two generations of Indian doctors working in Ethiopia through tumultuous times.