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[18]Thisbeliefofmibeenfullyproved。“erson”thoughIam，withtheaidofthisunverifiablebelief，Iwouldliketo“sufferdullyallthewrongs”accumulatedthroughoutthetweuryasaresultofthemoofteologyandtransport。Asohaperipheral，marginalareexisteheworldIwouldliketoseekhohatIhopeisamodestdedhumanisttribution—Ieuseinadreankind。

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&hebodypartofthelecturegivehorwhenhereobelPrizeiurein1994。

2。KenzaburoOe（大江健三郎）:HeisaJapahorandamajureinporaryJapaure。HiswlyinfluencedbyFrendAmeriliteratureaheory，dealwithpolitical，sodphilosophicalissuesinuclearons，nuclearpower，soaialism。OewasawardedtheNobelPrizeiurein1994f“animaginedworld，wherelifeandmythsetoformadisgpiatoday”。

&uresofHuckleberryFinn:ItisanovelbyMarkTwain，firstpublishedinEnglandinDecember1884aedStatesinFebruary1885。edamoAmeriovels，theworkisamoinmajorAmeriliteraturetobewritteninthevernacular，characterizedbylionalism。ThebookisscolorfuldesofpeopleaheMississippiRiver。SatirizingaSouthernantebellumsocietythathadceasedtoexistabouttwentyyearsbeforetheublished，AdventuresofHuckleberryFinnisahinglookateudes，particularlyracism。

4。TheWonderfulAdventuresofNils:ItisaworkoffibytheSwedishauthorSelmaLagerl?f。Itublishedintwobooks，TheWonderfulAdventuresofNilsin1906auresofNilsin1907。SelmaLagerl?f，likemanyleadiellee，wasanadvocateofSwedishspellingreform。Whenpublishedin1906，thisbookwasooadoptthenewspellingmandatedbyagoveriononApril7，1906。

ForFun

WorkstoRead

1。TheWind-UpBirdicle《奇鸟行状录》byMurakami

ItisanovelbyHarukiMurakami。ThefirstpublishedtranslationwasbyAlfredBirnbaum。TheAmerislationanditsBritishadaptatiohe“onlyoffislations”（English）arebyJayRubipublishedin1997。Forthisnovel，MurakamireceivedtheYomiuriLiteraryAasawardedtohimbyoneofhisharshestformercritizaburoOe。

2。AghweeTheSkyMonsterbyKenzaburoOe

Itisa1964shortstoryhasbeentraoEnglishbyJohnNathanandpublishedieachUstoOutgrowOurMadness，alongwiththetitlestory，PrizeStodTheDayHeHimselfShallWipeMyTearsAasoinOe’sseriesofstoriesihebirthofhisautistiHikari。

3。TheDangGirlofIzu《伊豆的舞女》byKa>

&hestorybetweenayouwhtheIzuPeninsulaandafamilydahere，ingtheiryougirloofpuberty。Thestudentfindstherathoughheeventuallyhastopartwiththefamilyafterspeimetogether。

&oSee

1。MyGeisha（1962）

ItisanAmeridirectedbyJackCardiff，starriand，ShirleyMadEdwardG。Robinson，andreleasedbyParamouhefilmroducedbyMae’sthen-husbandSteveParker，andwrittenbyNormanKrasna，basedonKrasna’sstoryofthesamename。

2。LostinTranslation（2003）

ItisanAmerifilmwritteedbySofiaCoppola。ItstarsBillMurrayaJohansson。ThefilmrevolvesaroundanagingaedBobHarris（Murray）acollegegraduatete（Johansson）whodevelopedarapportafteraginaTokyohotel。Themovieexploresthemesofloneliion，iialennuiandcultureshostthebaodery。