“I have only ever read one book in my life, and that is ‘White Fang(杰克·伦敦的经典小说《白牙》)’. It’s so frightfully(极其，非常) good I’ve never bothered to read another.” So says a character in Nancy Mitford’s novel “The Pursuit of Love”. Jack London’s “White Fang”, about a Canadian wolfdog, may be frightfully good, but no book is so satisfying that it should make you give up on reading.(杰克·伦敦的《白牙》讲的是一条加拿大狼狗，也许确实好得不得了，但再好的书也不至于让你从此不再读书。) Here are eight excellent new titles. Read one, then pick up another.
“我这辈子只读过一本书，就是《白牙》。它好得不得了，我再也懒得读别的了。”南希·米特福德的小说《爱之追寻》中一个人物如是说。杰克·伦敦的《白牙》讲的是一条加拿大狼狗，也许确实好得不得了，但再好的书也不至于让你从此不再读书。下面推荐八本优秀的新书。读完一本，再拿起另一本。
Contrapposto(对立式平衡（艺术术语）). By Dave Eggers(美国当代作家戴夫·埃格斯). Knopf; 432 pages; $32. Canongate Books; £20
《Contrapposto》。戴夫·埃格斯著。克诺夫出版社；432页；32美元。Canongate Books；20英镑。
In this engrossing(引人入胜的) novel, Cricket Dibb grows up and pursues his ambition to become an artist. Along the way, he falls in love with the flighty(轻浮的，反复无常的) and worldly(世故的，老练的) Olympia, who becomes a forceful presence throughout his life. Rich characterisation and deft storytelling underpin(支撑，构成基础) this tale about chasing dreams, creating art and remaining true to your beliefs.
在这部引人入胜的小说中，克里克特·迪布长大成人，追逐成为艺术家的抱负。一路上，他爱上了轻浮而世故的奥林匹娅，后者成为他一生中强有力的存在。丰富的人物塑造和娴熟的叙事支撑起这个关于追逐梦想、创造艺术和坚守信念的故事。