After the literary megafauna of the 1990s — like David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest and Don DeLillo's Underworld — the novels of the aughts embraced quirkiness and uniqueness.

经历了上世纪90年代的“大文学现象”后——例如大卫•福斯特•华莱士的《可笑至极》和唐里奥的《地下世界》——小说的一切又转向了追求离奇和独特。

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Overall, study participants fared better on the test after reading literary fiction, versus the other three conditions.

总的来说，与其他三种情况相比，阅读文学小说后的研究参与者在测试中表现得更好。

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After all, when it comes to the real challenges of literary translation, human beings have a hard time of it, too.

毕竟，当涉及到文学翻译的真正挑战，人类有难的时候了。

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Running for its fourth year, the winner of Not The Booker will receive one of the most highly sought-after prizes in the literary world: a Guardian mug.

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In another example, Brady explained that in 2006, the year after Hurricane Katrina, The Tennessee Williams Festival was the only literary event that carried on in New Orleans.

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