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【英文新闻】吉本芭娜娜再推新书
Funday / FUNDAY汇编整理 2011/09/02
(文化)吉本芭娜娜再推新书
(Culture)Banana Yoshimoto New Book Out
日本畅销作家吉本芭娜娜近日将在台推出新书。
Japanese best-selling author Banana Yoshimoto’s new book will come out in
Taiwan soon.
即写作长达十年的长篇系列小说“王国”将出版最终章，四册总页数近七百页，是她最长
篇的小说。
The final volume of her novel ‘The Kingdom’, which has taken her ten years
to complete, is her longest work, and the total length of the four volumes is
up to almost seven hundred pages.
吉本芭娜娜的作品多以短篇及中长篇的形式呈现，“王国”是她挑战最长的小说。
Most of Yoshimoto’s works are short stories or novelettes; ‘The Kingdom’
is the longest work she has ever tried to complete.
九月将在台出版最终回中文译本“王国4：另一个世界”。
The Mandarin version of this last volume ‘The Kingdom vol.4: Another World’
will be published in Taiwan in September.
“王国”系列透露人文关怀，更融入吉本芭娜娜访台期间的经验，包含珍珠奶茶、阳明山
温泉与传统玉饰等，展现吉本芭娜娜对台湾的喜好，也增添不少旅行的悠闲感。
The series of ‘The Kingdom’ discloses humanity and integrates Yoshimoto’s
experiences from visiting Taiwan, including pearl milk tea, hot spring in
Yangmingshan and traditional jade, which has shown Yoshimoto’s fondness of
Taiwan and the carefree feeling of travelling.
对话范例：
Dialogue Example:
(小说) 菲尔和兰蒂都是吉本芭娜娜的粉丝，他们正在讨论吉本芭娜娜的新作，让我们一
起来听听他们的谈话吧！
(Novel) Phil and Landy are fans of Banana Yoshimoto. They are discussing
Yoshimoto’s new book. Let’s listen to their conversation.
菲尔：快看！报纸上说吉本芭娜娜要出“王国”最终章了耶！
Phil：Look! It is said in the newspaper that Banana Yoshimoto’s final volume
of ‘The Kingdom’ is coming out!
兰蒂：天啊！这太令人兴奋了吧！
Landy：Oh my goodness! This is so exciting!
菲尔：什么时候会出版上市啊？我要马上去预购！
Phil：When will it be out? I’m going to book it in advance!
兰蒂：九月份吧，而且里面还写到她来台湾的经验耶。
Landy：In September I guess. It is said that she has put the experiences of
visiting in Taiwan in the book.
菲尔：还记得“厨房”吗？
Phil：Do you still remember ‘Kitchen’?
兰蒂：当然记得啊，那可是当年很轰动的代表作呢！
Landy：Of course I do. That was a hit back then!
菲尔：希望“王国”可以跟“厨房”一样棒。
Phil：I hope ‘The Kingdom’ will be as great as ‘Kitchen’.
兰蒂：一定会的啦，她可是吉本芭娜娜呢！
Landy：I’m sure it will be. She is Banana Yoshimoto!