唐宋名家词赏析 (2)(3)，叶嘉莹

第二卷讲解的是晏殊、欧阳修和秦观的词。第三卷是柳永和周邦彦的词。在这三册的词人中，比较喜欢李后主、韦庄和欧阳修的词。

大安出版社。

撒哈拉的故事，三毛

初中时读三毛的书如进入迷人的天方夜谭。后来偶然读她的支言片语时，能看出她精彩故事后的敏感和刻意。

这次重读她应该是最好的作品“撒哈拉的故事”，觉得三毛的文笔很出色。一个独特的人。追求自己的个性，却又敏感、神经质，受外物影响很大。故事是真的也罢，编的也罢，说的都是她三毛的故事。

不知她一生是否获得过内心的平静和满足。

北京十月文艺出版社。ISBN 9787530211113。

牡丹还魂，白先勇编著

是白先勇特意为他的青春版《牡丹亭》编著的，包括青春版《牡丹亭》剧情的图文，和海峡两岸文人的赏析文章。我读了剧情的图文和头三篇文。

剧情彩照十分漂亮， 配着简洁的文字，让我第一次知道《牡丹亭》的整个故事。文字为了突出“青春”，有些用词很有“时代”感。

第一个序文是余秋雨的，毫不犹豫地跳过。但是看了白先勇的短文之后，觉得这本书的基调应该挺沉稳，所以决定还是读一读余秋雨的。果然，第一页就能把人恶心倒了。服了他了。

时报出版。ISBN 9571341819。

中医养生，胡剑北、金磊、 陈可冀

在图书馆看到这部崭新的书，就借来一读。是专业人士写的普及读物，所以开卷有益。但是觉得能深入些就好了，谈的养生之法也大多是常识。
书中的彩色插图花里胡哨，只是增加书的成本而已。

凤凰出版传媒集团，江苏科学技术出版社。2011-04出版。ISBN: 9787534578328。

Don't Look Now, by Daphne Du Maurier

是“蝴蝶梦”作者的中短篇小说集。故事中的神秘和悬念，文字干净漂亮，读后留有余味。细节和景色描写尤其出色。作品既引人入胜，又不流于庸俗。
第一篇的“Don't Look Now”是一个哥特式惊恐小说，让人后脊背发凉。最后一篇的“Monte Verita”神秘和宗教色彩很重，我很喜欢。

New York Review Books出版。ISBN 9781590172889。

童年，高尔基

写得还可以。当然算不上一流作品。
我喜欢俄国文学。苦难深重的俄罗斯民族，文字中的古朴、沧桑和苦痛。在这本书中，是俄罗斯下层人民生活的扭曲并快乐着：“俄罗斯人因为穷困和生活的贫乏，一般都像孩童似的喜欢用痛苦来解闷，用痛苦来消遣，...”。这何尝仅仅是俄罗斯人。我的亲人，每天的互相折磨，慢慢的，除了折磨就不知道生活还有其它的方式。
高尔基的文笔还可以。但是很多时候，他为了表现孩子有一个天真的视角，用的文字故做天真、幽默。而且文字的笔调和上下文起伏非常不协调。开篇就有这个问题。（但也可能是翻译的问题。）

赵盼译。凤凰出版社。2012年。ISBN 9787550611382。

唐宋名家词赏析 1，叶嘉莹

是叶嘉莹的“唐宋名家词赏析”台湾版四卷中的第一卷。讲了温庭筠、韦庄、冯延巳、李煜的词。
以前没有读过什么诗词的书（除了看了几十页的宋词三百首图文解释），但是为叶嘉莹的诗词知识折服。 从一首词中，她读出来的是别人的几倍的内容和感受。这本书是叶嘉莹给诗词专业的学生的讲课记。作为我们一般读者，读诗词只要读出自己的感受就可以了，没有必要读得那么深和透。但是，任何喜欢诗词的人，都应该能从叶嘉莹的这本书中有所收获。

大安出版社。 简单的牛皮纸做封面，但是设计的十分古朴典雅。台湾书籍的设计超过大陆太多。

四世同堂，老舍

是这几年回国时陆续看完的。大学时读过一个从英文本转译过来的缩写本，是完本的一半多点。当时觉得写得很好。

几年前开始读这个完本时，感受非常不同，觉得没有记忆中的好。老舍在文中有大量的直接的感情浓郁的议论。从纯文学的角度说，我觉得这些议论不好。但是，老舍写这本书时，是怀着国仇家恨写的，这份情感是不能用“纯文学”角度来衡量的。

百花文艺出版社的。精装本。记得是在海淀图书城二楼买到的。当时十分惊喜。

回首，林文月

林文月的怀旧散文集。没有什么特别出彩的地方。但是林文月的文字幽静淡雅，读着她的平凡的回忆，一种安静流过心中。
其中一些文字是回忆她在台大读书时的老师们。清华计算机系的很多博导们，你们该看一看什么是为人师长。

出版社: 洪範書店
出版年: 2004年2月
ISBN: 9789576742491

尘埃落定, 阿来

写得相当不错。土司的“傻”儿子的心理惟妙惟肖。整本书结构完整、匀称。故事也生动。

出版社: 人民文学出版社。1990年。 ISBN: 9787020033645。

Far From the Madding Crowd, by Thomas Hardy

Not my favorite type of story. The first half is slow, but the second one is ok. That storm coming night is a good one.

Everyman's library. ISBN 0679405763.

Hostage to the Devil, by Malachi Martin

A very different but interesting reading.
If everything in the book is true, then the existing of evil spirits could be true.
However, the author had the implication that if one does not follow church's doctrine, then one can be possessed.
God could exist, but the God in church's interpretation is not the only god. Everyone's superego could be one.
Case 2, the possession of the two priests does not sound like real possession to me.
My thought:
  - Satan is the dark and bloody side of nature/instinct. (Jia pointed out that nature has two sides, dark/bloody and positive side.)
  - God: positive side of conscious and will.
I think Satan is part of human.  One sees the Satan, recognizes its existence, does not try to suppress it (which would make it stronger), but at all time, the God side of self is the master.

(Jia told me that Sigmund Freud proposed a model of id, ego and super-ego. From his brief explanation, it looks like the Satan in my notation is "id", and God is "super-ego".)

Everything comes out of VOID. The existence of positive side (God) depends on the existence of negative side (Satan). Denying or suppressing any side is at danger. If Satan becomes dominant, then one is possessed (as what the book says). However, I wonder what will happen if Satan is completely eliminated? For a single person, one could become insane, or become a Saint. But if it happens to the entire race of people, then it probably means that the race will disappear soon.

However, previously I said that "the God side of self" is the master. But the previous paragraph, it should be risky to let any side to dominate. I can't explain this conflict.
 
Publisher: HarperSanFrancisco, 1992.
ISBN-10: 006065337X

People of the Lie, by M. Scott Peck

The book talks about what's evil, and possible ways to confront evil people. Real cases are examined.

It is an eye opener. My previous manager in LA was pathetic, and his behavior and words were very confusing. From this book, I got some ideas what he was, and why he acted in that way.

At first, I thought everyone should read this book, not only to protect yourself, but to protect the ones you love. After finishing the book, I changed my mind. If you are happy, if your loved ones are happy, no need to read the book - because it kindly of awakes "devil", which could cause risk. Otherwise, pls read it. We do not want to be hurt by evil people; at the same time, each person has its "evil" personality and we do not want to hurt the one we love.

At this moment, I think God and Satan are two human natures inside everyone. The notation of God and Satan were created because they exist in our nature. For Saints, their God nature is visible and Satan is controlled. For the evil people, the opposite. For regular people, it is more like a balance.

ISBN 0671454927. Published by Simon And Schuster, 1983.

熬至滴水成珠, 池莉

池莉的散文集。前几篇是用心写了，文字挺好。最后的两篇写作日记让人眼睛一亮：直接、不做作、写出了自己的感受。但是整本书的文字刻意、做作。主要是作者心境的问题。

ISBN：7-5063-3619-7
出版社：作家出版社
出版日期：2006年5月。

老舍散文：抬头见喜

分三部分：生活，幽默，评论。极其喜欢其中的生活散文。看了就会体会为什么老舍被称为人民艺术家。怀着对生活的爱心，以普通人的眼睛，描绘家常的生活。温暖、伤心、酸甜苦辣。

傅光明选编。浙江文艺出版社。

我的京味儿回忆录，林海音

林海音的“城南旧事”是从记忆中打磨加工出的钻石。而这本“我的京味儿回忆录”是朴实的回忆和叙述。读着仍然有味，有几个故事挺出色。

游目族文化出版, 2000。ISBN 9577453104。

Runaway Horses, by Yukio Mishima

This is the second book of Yukio Mishima's tetralogy The Sea of Fertility. Unlike the first book, Spring Snow, which is flow of stories and imagines of beauty, this book becomes a tool to deliver Mishima's idea, and his numerous comments are spread everywhere. Well, I may understand his main idea, but I was lost for most of his comments, which is foreign and even sound insane to me. (Yes, this insanity first shocked me, but then I became to understand why Japan as a country behaved in that way.)

Overall, not a bad book. Will probably read the remaining two books later.

Translated by Michael Gallagher. Started with the hardcover book, but finished with the Vintage International paperback edition. ISBN 0679722408.

我们三，杨绛

这就是人间的亲情。

时报出版，2003年。ISBN 9571339547。

Eugenie Grandet, by Honore de Balzac

Eugenie's father, and the people around her, their greedy is sharply portrayed. However, Eugenie is too innocent to be true.

Very old style writing. Balzac's dry and long comments are inserted everywhere.

Translated by Ellen Marriage. Everyman's library. ISBN 0679417168