寒冷的冬季，10本書暖化你的心
The likelihood of a snowy holiday season in most American cities is practically zilch this year (thanks, El Niño), so any festive atmosphere to be enjoyed will have to be the imaginary sort. Luckily, there are books for that.
多數美國城市今年下雪的可能性微乎其微（多虧了厄爾尼諾），所以各位只能靠想象來營造節日氛圍了。幸運的是，我們還有書本的陪伴。
The Complete Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen
完整版的《安徒生童話》
Any reader of fairy tales knows Andersen’s responsible for the oppressively snowy scenes in "The Snow Queen", the story of children Kai and Gerda, who must confront the goddess-like woman who controls all snowflakes after Kai is kidnapped. "The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep", and "The Fire-Tree" are great choices for the holiday season.
童話迷們都知道，安徒生筆下的《冰雪女王》中的雪景讓人印象深刻。《冰雪女王》的故事圍繞着還是孩子的凱和格爾達展開。凱被綁架後，格爾達不得不面對女神般的雪後，雪後能控制雪花。當然，《牧羊女和掃煙囪的人》和《火樹》也是這個冬日假期不錯的選擇。
Scott Pilgrim by Bryan Lee O’Malley
布萊恩·李·歐麥裏《歪小子斯科特》
The freezing setting of the popular graphic novel series -- snowy, snowy Toronto -- is offset quickly by its gripping pace and cheeky jokes. The movie is good, but the books are even better.
這部著名系列插圖小說的背景也是冰冷的冬日——下雪的多倫多，但是小說中緊湊的情節和滑稽的笑話卻抵消了這份冰冷。書已經翻拍成了電影，電影拍得很棒，但是書更加精彩。
Family Life by Akhil Sharma
阿希爾夏爾馬《家庭生活》
It's a beautiful yet tragic novel about an Indian family immigrating to America, only to face entirely new hardships. Sharma's novel isn't entirely set in the wintertime, but his poetic descriptions of winter weather as lovely yet isolating make it a great choice for a December read.
這是個美麗但卻憂傷的故事。故事內容是一個移民到美國的印度家庭，面臨各種新的困難。夏爾馬的小說並不完全以冬季爲背景，但他對冬季詩意的描述可愛卻孤寂，這一切使得他的作品值得在十二月份閱讀。
Stone Mattress by Margaret Atwood
瑪格麗特·阿特伍德《石牀墊》
In addition to writing ballsy books about the exploitation of women, Margaret Atwood tackles climate change and other environmental themes in her writing, too. A snowy dystopia serves as the setting for one of the stories in Stone Mattress. Atwood believes it's her responsibility to imagine how current realities could worsen.
除了創作一些大膽的有關女性探索的作品，瑪格麗特•阿特伍德還利用氣候變化以及其他的環境主題來創作。她筆下的一則故事中，就以下着雪的反烏托邦爲背景。她認爲，想象現狀如何惡化是她的責任。
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
瑪麗•雪萊《科學怪人:弗蘭肯斯坦》
Go ahead and forgo the bizarre movie adaptations that've been produced recently and read or re-read the classic itself. You know the story: a scientist driven by his ambition discovers a method for creating life, and spends two years cobbling together a living creature, who later resents him.
不要看最近剛出來的改編電影，去讀讀或者重讀這本經典小說吧。你肯定很熟悉這個故事：一位科學家極度想要創造生命，他花了兩年的時間拼湊出一個生命體，但之後這個生命體卻開始恨科學家。
An American Childhood by Annie Dillard
安妮•狄勒德《美國童年》
Dillard's first book is, as its title suggests, about her transition from being a self-centered child to being an adult more concerned with the world around her than with her own personal concerns. Her parents are key figures in the story. One notable scene takes place during what the author calls "a big snow", in 1950.
狄勒德的第一部小說，正如書名所言，這本書是關於她從一個自我爲中心的兒童轉變爲關注世界的成年人的故事。她的父母是書中的主角。書中的一個重要場景發生在作者筆下的1950年的一場“鵝毛大雪”中。
Tinkers by Paul Harding
保羅哈丁《鐵匠》
Harding's novel is peppered with wistful descriptions of "wisps of snow," "sweet and sharp". It follows an old man, George Washington Crosby, back to his childhood in Maine, where harsh winters were the norm.
哈丁的小說中遍佈令人徒然神往的描述，如“絲絲白雪”、“甜蜜又尖銳”等。描寫了一名叫喬治•華盛頓•庫魯斯比的老人回憶起自己在緬因州時期的童年時光，那裏的冬天寒冷刺骨。
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
唐娜•塔特《神祕歷史》
The narrator of The Secret History is obsessed with tradition, too, especially those that serve as identity markers, and those that might help him cover up his middle-class background. A chunk of the novel is set during a chilly winter break.
《神祕歷史》的敘述者着迷於傳統，尤其着迷身份標記，因爲這樣有可能幫他隱蔽自己的中產階級背景。小說中大部分背景都發生在寒冷的冬日假期。
The Diaries of Sofia Tolstoy by Sofia Tolstoy
索非亞托爾斯泰《蘇菲亞•托爾斯泰的日記》
If you enjoyed Anna Karenina, you might find Sofia Tolstoy's diaries worth a read. Sofia complains of sacrificing her own happiness for the take of her husband's genius. Her observations of daily life as a mother aren't all dark, however: She recalls reading "Grimm's fairy stories" on a snowy afternoon after sweeping a skating rink.
如果你喜歡《安娜•卡列尼娜》，那麼就會發現《蘇菲亞•托爾斯泰的日記》值得一看。蘇菲亞抱怨自己爲丈夫的才能而犧牲了幸福。作爲一名母親，她對生活的態度並非如此昏暗，但是，在一個下雪的下午，打掃完溜冰場後，她回憶起了《格林童話》。
Dubliners by James Joyce.
詹姆斯•喬伊斯《都柏林人》
James Joyce wins the award for most emotionally wrought snowy scene. His longish short story "The Dead" begins with the lighthearted dramas. There's dancing, political conversation centered on Irish nationalism, and piano-playing. As sad as the story is, it champions the beauty of daily life, too
詹姆斯•喬伊斯筆下的雪景最有情感。他的長短篇小說《亡人》以一部輕鬆的戲劇爲開端。小說中充滿了舞蹈、鋼琴以及有關愛爾蘭國家主義的政治談話。這是個悲傷的故事，但卻透漏着生活的美。
