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2004年11月5日発行読書運動通信19号掲載記事2件中2件目
特集：先生方の一冊
＊この記事は1-7まであります。
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[質問]
1.好きな本や作家について、ご自由にお書きください
2.今、フェリスの学生に薦めたい本があればお書きください
3.先生の「青春の一冊」及び、その本にまつわるエピソードをお書きください
4.いまから読みたいと思っている本があればお書きください
＊回答は先生からいただいたものをそのまま載せています
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| 英文学科 David Burleigh先生
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１．好きな本や作家について、ご自由にお書き下さい
I used to like the English novelist Christopher Isherwood
（”Goodbye to Berlin”, etc.）when I was a student,
and the movie Cabaret, made from his books, was my favorite film.
Later I enjoyed the Australian novelist Patrick White.
（”Riders in the Chariot”, etc.）, and more recently
the South African writer Ｊ.Ｍ.Coetzee（”Disgrace”, etc.）,
who won the Novel Prize for literature this year.
（The school library has several of his books.）
Lately I have been reading Anita Bookner
（”Hotel du Lac”, etc）.
I prefer modern or living writers on the whole.
I read a certain amount of poetry too,
and especially like the Irish poets Paul Ｍuldoon and Derek Mahon,
but of course I enjoy others too.
２．今、フェリスの学生に薦めたい本があればお書き下さい
I recommend that students try to find what
they are interested in themselves.
There is a good selection of books on the fourth floor of the library
in the “Eng.”
corner behind the elevators. One of the new arrivals,
a novel about a homeless man, “Fox” by Matthew Sweeney,
is quite good.
I am ordering more books,
but I do not have time to read them all myself.
編集部）先生がご紹介くださっている通り、
緑園図書館4Fの北側閲覧席奥の書架には、気軽に読める英語の本が沢山あります
（このコーナーにある本には先生のお名前であるバーレイというシールが
ラベルの上に貼ってあります）。
映画のダイジェストやスターの伝記、日本の小説の簡単な英訳等々
バラエティも豊富です。
今話題のハリーポッターの原書もありますので、挑戦してみませんか？
３．先生の「青春の一冊」及び、その本にまつわるエピソードをお書き下さい
When I was a child I especially liked
“The Ｗater Babies” by Charles Kingsley,
which must seem old−fashioned now.
I also liked “The Borrowers” by Mary Norton,
one of a series of books about a tiny family
which was made into a BBC television film series. These books,
and the television series on video,
can be found in the library at Ryokuen.
Ｗhen I was a little older I enjoyed
“Prester John” by John Buchan,
a mysterious tale about an African in Scotland
who goes back to Africa again.
I was fascinated by the atmosphere of this book,
but Mary Norton is perhaps more likely
to appeal to Ferris students.
編集部）“The Ｗater Babies”は、イギリスの古典ファンタジーの
名作といわれていて、日本語訳も数社から出ています。
フェリスの図書館には、偕成社版『水の子どもたち :
陸の子どものための妖精の物語』上・下があります。
また、先生がフェリス生におすすめというメアリー・ノートンの著作もある
緑園図書館4Fの児童文学（909）コーナー、ぜひ一度のぞいてみてください。
４．今から読みたいと思っている本があれば、お書き下さい
I am planning to read some books about British history
and India quite soon（”White Mughals” by William Dalrymple,
“The Buddha and the Sahibs” by Charles Allen）,
and maybe some more Anita Brookner.
I will also read some books about haiku,
and haiku collection, in English or translation,
which have been sent to me by the publishers or authors for review.
One day I want to read the whole of Marcel Proust,
“Remembrance of Things Past”,
but at present I have not got the time.
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