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VANESSA AND HER SISTER. By Priya . (Ballantine, $26.) A novel of Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell, constructed around an invented diary and letters.
《凡妮莎与她的姊妹》(Vanessa And Her Sister)，普莱娅·帕尔曼(Priya Parmar)著（Ballantine出版社，26美元）。这部小说讲述弗吉尼亚·伍尔芙(Virginia Woolf)与凡妮莎·贝尔(Vanessa Bell)的故事，建立在虚构的日记与信件基础上。
THE VISITING PRIVILEGE: New and Collected Stories. By Joy Williams. (Knopf, $30.) These tales, spanning a period of nearly 50 years, are marked by queasy humor and a wry nihilism.
《前来拜访的特权：新旧短篇小说集》(The Visiting Privilege: New and Collected Stories)，乔伊·威廉姆斯(Joy Williams)著（Knopf出版社，30美元）。这些故事时间跨度将近50年，有着令人反胃的幽默感与扭曲的虚无主义。
THE WHITES. By Richard Price writing as Harry Brandt. (Holt, $28.) Most readers will never come close to a New York homicide investigation, but they will instinctively know that Price’s insightful crime novel has this world down right.
《白》(The Whites)，理查德·普莱斯(Richard Price)，以哈利·勃兰特(Harry Brandt)为笔名出版（Holt出版社，28美元）。大多数读者永远不可能接近一起纽约谋杀案调查，但他们可以从普莱斯充满洞察力的犯罪小说里一窥这个世界的究竟。
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AMERICA’S BITTER PILL: Money, Politics, Backroom Deals, and the Fight to Fix Our Broken Healthcare System. By Steven Brill. (Random House, $28.) Brill’s fresh, curiosity makes him a superb guide to the maze of issues involved here.
《美国的苦药：金钱、政治、后门交易，以及修复我们糟糕的医疗系统的斗争》(America’s Bitter Pill: Money, Politics, Backroom Deals, and the Fight to Fix Our Broken Healthcare System)，史蒂文·布里尔(Steven Brill)著（Random House出版社，28美元）。布里尔清新的、局外人式的好奇心令他成为一个好导游，走进书名所涉及的题材所构成的迷宫。
THE ARGONAUTS. By Maggie Nelson. (Graywolf, $23.) An exploration of the way our bodies define and limit us considers the author’s pregnancy and her partner’s own changes.
《阿尔戈英雄》(The Argonauts)，麦琪·尼尔逊(Maggie Nelson)（Graywolf出版社，23美元）。探索我们身体的构成，以及它如何限制我们，是在作者的怀孕经历与她伴侣自身的改变的基础之上写成。
AUGUSTINE: Conversions to Confessions. By Robin Lane Fox. (Basic Books, $35.) This narrative of the first half of Augustine’s life conjures the intellectual and social milieu of the late Roman Empire with a Proustian relish for detail.
《奥古斯汀：从皈依到忏悔》(Augustine: Conversions to Confessions)，罗宾·莱恩·福克斯(Robin Lane Fox)著（Basic Books出版社，35美元）。这本书讲述了奥古斯汀的前半生，同时描绘了罗马帝国末期的智识与社会环境，有着普鲁斯特式的大量细节。
BARBARIAN DAYS: A Surfing Life. By Finnegan. (Penguin Press, $27.95.) Generous yet unsparing portraits of competitive surf friendships are among the joys of Finnegan’s memoir.
《野蛮的日子：冲浪生活》(Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life)，威廉·芬尼根(William Fnnegan)著（Penguin出版社，27.95美元）。这本书毫不留情地详尽描写了冲浪界充满竞争的友谊关系，这是芬尼根回忆录带给读者的众多乐趣之一。
BECOMING NICOLE: The Transformation of an American Family. By Amy Ellis Nutt. (Random House, $27.) A generous portrayal of a couple’s affirming response to their transgender child.
《成为妮科尔：一个美国家庭的变形》(Becoming Nicole: The Transformation of an American Family)，艾米·埃利斯·纳特(Amy Ellis Nutt)著（Random House出版社，27美元）。精彩地描写了一对伴侣如何坚定地支持他们变性的孩子。
BETWEEN THE WORLD AND ME. By Coates. (Spiegel & Grau, $24.) With brilliant insight, Coates warns his teenage son about the apparent permanence of racial injustice and the danger of believing one person can make a change.
《在世界与我之间》(Between The World And ME)，塔-奈西希·科特斯(Ta-Nehisi Coates)著（Spiegel & Grau出版社，24美元）。科特斯以绝佳的洞察力告诫自己十几岁的儿子，警惕明显的种族不公正现象，以及相信一个人可以改变的危险性。
THE COMPLETE WORKS OF PRIMO LEVI. Edited by Ann Goldstein. (Liveright, three volumes, $100.) Twenty-eight years after Levi’s death, this collection of everything he published brings into focus the breadth and coherence of his genius.
《普里莫·莱维全集》(The Complete Works Of Primo Levi)，安·戈德斯坦编辑（Liveright出版社，三卷本，100美元）。莱维去世38年后，这本他出版过的作品的全集让人们注意到他的才华有多么广泛，而且彼此关联。
THE CRIME AND THE SILENCE: Confronting the Massacre of Jews in Wartime Jedwabne. By Anna Bikont. Translated by Alissa Valles. (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $30.) A beautifully written and devastating reconstruction of mass murder and its
《犯罪与沉默：直面战时犹太大屠杀――耶德瓦布内》(The Crime And The Silence: Confronting the Massacre of Jews in Wartime Jedwabne)，安娜·比科特(Anna Bikont)著，艾丽莎·瓦里斯(Alissa Valles)译（Farrar, Straus & Giroux出版社，30美元）。这本书可怕地重现了大屠杀时的情景，以及对它的否认，文笔优美。
DAUGHTERS OF THE SAMURAI: A Journey From East to West and Back. By Janice P. Nimura. (Norton, $26.95.) In 1871, three clueless Japanese girls were sent to America, to learn how to educate their countrywomen in modern ways.
《武士的女儿：从东到西，之后归来的旅行》(Daughters Of The Samurai: A Journey From East to West and Back)，贾尼斯·P·尼姆拉(Janice P. Nimura)著，（Norton出版社，26.95美元）。1871年，三个毫无头绪的日本女孩被送到美国，学习如何以现代方式教育本国女性。
DESTINY AND POWER: The American Odys of George Herbert Walker Bush. By Jon Meacham. (Random House, $35.) A judicious and balanced biography of the elder President Bush.
《命运与权力：乔治·休伯特·沃尔克·布什的美国奥德赛之旅》(Destiny And Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush)，琼恩·米查姆(Jon Meacham)著（Random House出版社，35美元）。关于老布什总统公正公平、不偏不倚的传记。
