Amazon China has recently released a list of 25 most influential1 translated works in the past 40 years, China Daily reported Friday.
亚马逊中国最近公布一份列表,近40年最具影响力的25本译作。
The books, selected by more than 16,000 netizens on an online poll, included
renowned2 novels such as "One Hundred Years of
Solitude3" by Garcia Marquez and "The Moon and Sixpence" by Somerset Maugham, as well as classic works in natural or social sciences including "The
Chrysanthemum4 and the Sword" by Ruth Benedict and "A Brief History of Time" by Stephen
Hawking5.
Also included in the list are some of the recent best-selling novels, for example, "Miracles of the Namiya General Store" by Japanese novelist Keigo Higashino.
Chinese writer Su Tong, the author of novella "Raise the Red Lantern," said "the result is especially great for me," adding that Garcia Marquez's influence on him
transcends6 diction,
narration7 and characterization.