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