“Pick for me，then. ”

　　He raised his eyebrows，cocked his head，and regarded me as though measuring me for a suit. After a moment，he nodded，searched through a stack，and handed me a dark red hardbound book，fairly thick.

　　“The Last of the Just，”I read. “By Andre Schwarz­Bart. What's it about？”

　　“You tell me，”he said. “Next week. ”

　　I started after supper，sitting outdoors on an uncomfortable kitchen chair. Within a few pages，the yard，the summer，disappeared，and I was plunged into the aching tragedy of the Holocaust，the extraordinary clash of good，represented by one decent man，and evil. Translated from French，the language was elegant，simple，impossible to resist. When the evening light finally failed I moved inside，read all through the night.

　　To this day，thirty years later，I vividly remember the experience. It was my first voluntary encounter with world literature，and I was stunned(震惊)by the concentrated power a novel could contain. I lacked the vocabulary，however，to translate my feelings into words，so the next week. When Mr. Ballou asked，“Well？” I only replied，“It was good？”

　　“Keep it，then，”he said. “Shall I suggest another？”

　　I nodded，and was presented with the paperback edition of Margaret Mead's Coming of Age in Samoa[a very important book on the study of the social and cultural development of peoples—anthropology(人类学)]．

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