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Goodbye, Columbus by Philip
Roth
I had read American
Pastoral three times and I was filled with so much respect and fear towards
the book that it frightened me when it came to my own writing. Then one day it
hit me that it wasn't the first thing he'd written, so I picked up Goodbye, Columbus. It's amazing to think
of Roth, published at 26, and to see how much he grew by the time he wrote American Pastoral. The fact that you
could have people just be extremely excited was a really calming, influential
thing for me. It made me want to write.
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
I connected so much with that character as a young girl. As
I got older, I realized that the settings of books that I love most are always
the spiritual description. I still come back to this book all the time because
of the vulnerability (脆弱性) in there. Every time I write now I think
about that feeling that you get from some books, that you've really been let
into the most frightened and quiet corners of someone's soul.
The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas
Harris
I remember reading The
Silence of the Lambs. There's nothing more terrifying than someone who is
intelligent and dangerous. He even had that longing to eat humans, which was
terrible, but the magic was that he'd then say these really insightful things.
I wouldn't have written anything if I hadn't read the line, "We strongly
want to have what we see every day," in my head. I loved the frightening
insights into the possibilities of what's existing unseen around you.
(1)
Why did the author decide to read Goodbye, Columbus?
A . It taught him how to write.
B . The book is highly spoken of.
C . He was touched by Roth's books.
D . He was full of admiration for the author.
(2)
What affected the author's writing in the second book?
A . The setting of the book.
B . The description of spirit.
C . The weakness of people.
D . The background knowledge.
(3)
What kind of book is The Silence of the Lambs?
A . A fairy tale.
B . A love story.
C . A science fiction.
D . A horror story.
答案: C
B
D