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Grantland's Jay Caspian Kang: My Top 5 Longreads of 2011

Grantland 的 Jay Caspian Kang:我的 2011 年最佳 5 篇长读物
Grantland 的 Jay Caspian Kang:我的 2011 年最佳 5 篇长读物  ·  2011-12-23  ·  官方页

Jay Caspian Kang (pictured above) is an editor at Grantland.

Jay Caspian Kang(上图)是 Grantland 的编辑。

His work has also appeared in the New York Times Magazine and The Morning News.

他的作品还出现在《纽约时报》杂志和《晨报》上。

His first novel, The Dead Do Not Improve, will be published by Hogarth/Random House in August 2012.

他的第一部小说《死者无改善》将于 2012 年 8 月由霍加斯/兰登书屋出版。

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David Hill: “$100 Hand of Blackjack, Foxwoods Casino” (McSweeney’s)

David Hill:“Foxwoods 赌场 100 美元手牌二十一点”(McSweeney’s)

This is the sort of piece you want to compare to other writers like Didion or Carver or even James Baldwin, but you hold off because you don’t want to piss off the author by getting it wrong.

这是一种你想与迪迪安、卡弗甚至詹姆斯·鲍德温等其他作家进行比较的作品,但你推迟了,因为你不想因为写错而激怒作者。

Yes, there’s a bit of Didion’s calmness here, a bit of Carver’s bleariness, and a bit of Baldwin’s honesty-at-all-costs, but David Hill’s prose sings with a melancholy that’s truly original.

是的,这里有一点迪迪恩的冷静,一点卡弗的模糊,还有一点鲍德温不惜一切代价的诚实,但大卫希尔的散文唱着真正原创的忧郁。

The one piece from 2011 that had me punching the wall with jealousy.

2011 年的一件作品让我嫉妒得用拳头敲墙。

By far my favorite read of the year.

到目前为止我今年最喜欢的读物。

Mike Kessler: “What Happened to Mitrice Richardson?” (Los Angeles magazine)

迈克·凯斯勒:“米特里斯·理查森怎么了?” (《洛杉矶杂志》)

Great crime writing.

伟大的犯罪小说。

Thoroughly reported and well constructed.

报告详尽且构建良好。

Alma Guillermoprieto: “In the New Gangland of El Salvador” (New York Review of Books)

阿尔玛·吉列尔莫普列托:“在萨尔瓦多的新黑帮”(纽约书评)

My thoughts on Guillermoprieto can be found here.

我对 Guillermoprieto 的看法可以在这里找到。

Francisco Goldman: “The Wave” (The New Yorker, sub.

弗朗西斯科·戈德曼:《浪潮》(《纽约客》,sub.

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This is gut-wrenching.

这真是令人揪心。

Goldman’s novel, Say Her Name, is somehow even more powerful.

高盛的小说《说出她的名字》在某种程度上更有力量。

Jon Ronson: “Robots Say the Damnedest Things” (GQ)

乔恩·罗森(Jon Ronson):“机器人会说出最该死的话”(GQ)

When this very funny piece about robots is over, you start thinking a bit differently about love.

当这篇关于机器人的非常有趣的文章结束时,你开始对爱情有一些不同的思考。

I don’t know how Jon Ronson achieved that effect, but “Robots Say the Damnedest Things,” was my most fun read of 2011.

我不知道乔恩·罗森 (Jon Ronson) 是如何达到这种效果的,但《机器人说最该死的话》是我 2011 年最有趣的读物。

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Share your own Top 5 Longreads of 2011, all through December.

整个 12 月,分享您自己的 2011 年 5 首长读作品。

Just tag it #longreads on Twitter, Tumblr or Facebook.

只需在 Twitter、Tumblr 或 Facebook 上标记#longreads 即可。

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