에이브가 준 도서목록

 

 

얼마 전에 아내의 영어선생님 에이브(Abe)가 중국으로 간다면서 자신이 소장하고 있던 책 50여권을 주었다.

간단하게 목록을 적었다고 해서 보여주었는데, 50여권중에 내가 저자나 작품이름을 한번도 들어보지못했던 작품이 대부분이었다. 이렇게 독서세계가 다를 수 있다니... 에이브가 미국인이어서 그런것일까? 아니면 한국의 대형서점 외국어코너에 들어오는 책들이 한국독자의 취향에 맞춰 책을 수입하기 때문일까?

 

암튼 받은 책의 제목을 간략하게 정리해 보았다.

1.2006 The O.Henry Prize Stories/Laura Furman/Anchor Books(2006)

2.Aesop's Fables/edited by Jack Zipes/Signet

3.Atonement/Ian McEwan/Vintage(2001)

4.Attitude 101/John C. Maxwell/Nelson(1979)

5.Birdsong/Sebastian Faulks/Vintage(1994)

6.Blink/Malcolm Gladwell/Back Bay Books(2005)

7.Blood of Victory/Alan Furst/Random House(2002)

8.Brief Encounters with Che Guevara/Ben Fountain/Perennial

9.Candide/Voltaire/Penguin

10.Cold Mountain/Charles Frazier/Vintage(1997)

 

11.The Colony of Unrequited Dreams/Wayne Johnston

12.The Creatos/Daniel J. Boorstin/Vintage

13.The Dark Side of Camelot/Seymour M. Hersh/Little,Brown

14.Dark Star/Alan Furst

15.The Emperor/Kapuscinski/Vintage(1983)

16.Empire Falls/Richard Russo/Vintage

17.Europe Central/William T. Vollmann

18.The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios/Yann Martel/Harcourt(1993)

19.A Feast for Crows/George R.R. Martin/Harper(2005)

20.Generation of Swine/Hunter S. Thomson/Simon&Schuster(1988)

 

21.The Great Shark Hunt/Hunter S. Thomson/Simon&Schuster(1979)

22.The Harmony Silk Factory/Tash Aw/Riverhead Books(2005)

23.Hirohito and Making of Modern Japan/Herbert P. Bix/Perennial

24.Horn of Africa/Philip Caputo/Dell(1980)

25.The Inferno/Dante Alighieri/Signet

26.In Search of Excellence/Peters & Waterman/Collins

27.Jarhead/Anthony Swofford

28.The Joy Luck Club/Amy Tan/Ballantine Books(1989)

29.The Koreans/Michael Breen/Thomas Dunne Books

30.Leadership 101/John C. Maxwell

 

31.Liar's Poker/Machael Lewis/Penguin(1989)

32.The Little Friend/Donna Tartt/Vintage(2002)

33.My Life as Emperor/Su Tong/

34.My War/Colby Buzzell

35.Mythology/Edith Hamilton/Warner Books(1942)

36.Night Soldiers/Alan Furst

37.Out of Africa/Isak Dinesen/Vintage

38.Parting the Waters/Taylor Branch/Simon and Schuster

39.Pompeii/Robert Harris/Ballantine Book(2003)

40.Q/Luther Blissett/Harcourt

 

41.The Rape of Nanking/Iris Chang/Penguin(1997)

42.Resurrection/Leo Tolstoy/Penguin

43.The Right Stuff/Tome Wolfe/Bantam Books(1973)

44.River Town/Peter Hessler/Perennial

45.Runaway Horses/Mishima/Vintage

46.Servants of the Map/Andrea Barrett/Norton

47.Six Days of War/Michael b. Oren/Penguin

48.Snakepit/Moses Isegawa/Vintage/Vintage

49.Spring Snow/Mishima

50.Steps to Writing Well(8th ed)/Jean Wyrick/Heinle & Heinle

 

51.A Tale of Love and Darkness/Amos Oz/harcourt

52.Teacher Man/Frank McCourt

53.The Temple of the Golden Pavilion/Mishima/Tuttle

54.Thirst for Love/Mishima

55.Thirteen Moons/Charles Frazier/Random House

56.Vodka/Boris Starling/Perennial

57.When Genius Failed/Roger Lowenstein