Longreads Best of 2012: Elliott Holt's Favorite New Yorker Fiction

Elliott Holt‘s first novel, You Are One of Them, will be published by The Penguin Press in June 2013

艾略特·霍尔特的第一部小说《你是他们中的一员》将于 2013 年 6 月由企鹅出版社出版

One of my two favorite short stories published in 2012 is “Member/Guest” by David Gilbert, which appeared in The New Yorker the week of November 12, but since that story is not available online without a subscription, I present five other amazing stories published by The New Yorker this year.

我最喜欢的 2012 年发表的两篇短篇小说之一是大卫·吉尔伯特 (David Gilbert) 的《会员/嘉宾》，该小说于 11 月 12 日这一周发表在《纽约客》上，但由于该故事未经订阅无法在线阅读，因此我将介绍《纽约客》今年发表的另外五篇精彩故事。

I’ve been a subscriber to the magazine for as long as I can remember, but I’m glad to see more of the fiction available online for free.

从我记事起，我就一直是这本杂志的订阅者，但我很高兴看到更多在线免费小说。

Some of those free stories are by masters of the form—including George Saunders, Antonya Nelson, and Alice Munro*, who wrote my other favorite story of the year, “Amundsen.” When I open The New Yorker to find a new Munro story, my heart skips a beat.

其中一些免费故事是由这种形式的大师创作的，包括乔治·桑德斯、安东尼娅·尼尔森和爱丽丝·门罗*，她写了我今年最喜欢的另一篇故事《阿蒙森》。当我打开《纽约客》找到蒙罗的新故事时，我的心猛地跳了一下。

It’s like having an old friend show up for an unexpected visit.

这就像一位老朋友突然来访。

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“Amundsen,” by Alice Munro in The New Yorker

艾丽丝·蒙罗 (Alice Munro) 在《纽约客》上发表的《阿蒙森》

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“The Semplica-Girl Diaries,” by George Saunders

乔治·桑德斯的《森普利卡女孩日记》

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“Literally,” by Antonya Nelson

安东尼娅·纳尔逊的《字面意思》

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“The Proxy Marriage,” by Maile Meloy

梅勒·梅洛伊的《代理婚姻》

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“Fischer vs. Spassky,” by Lara Vapnyar

劳拉·瓦普尼亚尔（Lara Vapnyar）的《费舍尔与斯帕斯基》

*no one who knows me should be surprised to see an Alice Munro story among my picks

*认识我的人不会因为在我的精选中看到爱丽丝·门罗的故事而感到惊讶

Photo credit: Rebecca Zeller

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