Synopsis
Each series of Penguin Modern Classics consists of 8 volumes, and the selections include short stories, poems, essays, speeches, etc. by many classic writers with sharp and avant-garde ideas in the 20th century. They are called "the voice of the vanguard", and the texts are complete and not excerpted, and are in both Chinese and English.
50% of the content is first translated in China, and the writers are luxurious, including Nobel Prize winner Albert Camus' speech "The Dangers of Creation" defending intellect, and the essay "Fame" by "Godfather of Pop Art" Andy Warhol, as well as classic works by Françoise Sagan, John Steinbeck, Carson McCullers, John Berger, Susan Sontag and Primo Levi. The themes are about love and fear, loneliness and freedom, art and thought, personality and rebellion, etc., which highlight the unique pioneering and independent spirit of the 20th century avant-garde culture.
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《企鵝現代經典》每輯8冊，選目匯集20世紀思想犀利前衛的諸多經典作家的短篇小說、詩歌、散文、演講等，被稱為“先鋒之聲”，文本完整非節選，中英雙語。
其中50%的內容為國內率先譯介，作家陣容豪華，包括諾貝爾文學獎得主阿爾貝·加繆捍衛智識的演講稿《創作危險》，“波普藝術教父”安迪·沃霍爾的雜文《名聲》，還有薩岡、約翰·斯坦貝克、卡森·麥卡勒斯、約翰·伯格、蘇珊·桑塔格和普里莫·萊維的經典作品，主題關于愛與恐懼、孤獨與自由、藝術與思想、個性與反叛等，彰顯了20世紀先鋒文化獨具的開創性和獨立精神。
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