Give a Reason for the Nobel Prize (Chinese-English Contrastive Translation)

Author: Mu Yi
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: From 1901 to 2005, including the prize-winning speeches of 24 Nobel Prize-winning authors such as Pinter, Jelinek, Günter Grass, Kenzaburō ōe, Hemingway, Hesse, Camus, Neruda, and Yeats. Let you hear the voices of literary giants, feel the wisdom and passion of masters, and savor the unique charm and personality of the writers' literary style. "His plays discovered the depth hidden beneath everyday chatter and forcibly opened the rooms closed by oppressors."—Harold Pinter "For her novels and plays, which have a musical rhythm and reveal the absurdity of social conventions and their confining nature with extraordinary passionate language."—Elfriede Jelinek "For his short and long fiction, which, with exceptional skill, weaves a rich imaginative world blending fantasy and reality, reflecting the life and contradictions of a continent."—Gabriel García Márquez "For his important literary works, which, with a clear and serious attitude, elucidate the problem of human conscience in our time."—Albert Camus "For his inspired works, which possess a powerful and perceptive force, and also set an example for lofty humanitarian ideals and noble style."—Hermann Hesse
This book selects the prize-winning speeches of 24 Nobel Prize-winning authors from 1901 to 2005, including literary giants such as Pinter, Jelinek, Günter Grass, Kenzaburō ōe, Hemingway, Hesse, Camus, Neruda, and Yeats. Their speeches are either profound and solemn or graceful and lyrical, like springs of wisdom and vast oceans, transcending language and race to touch the essence of humanity. They use literature to speak of the eternal emotions, souls, and truths of humankind, and it is these masters who have given the Nobel Prize in Literature its unique position in the realm of human spirit due to its profound influence. Readers can gain inspiration and benefit while enjoying these brilliant speeches.