and I am pitching Giovanni's Room

我推荐的小说是《乔瓦尼的房间》
by James Baldwin.

作者是詹姆斯·鲍德温
So, what is Baldwin like?

鲍德温是怎样的人呢
Well, Baldwin is one of the great twentieth-century American authors,

鲍德温是一位伟大的二十世纪美国作家
and he has some really unique insights into human interaction and

他对人类的交往有独特的洞察力
a shrewd sensitivity into the internal lives of his characters.

对人物的内心世界有着敏锐的感知力
His background kind of shines through his prose.

他的散文中透出家庭背景的影响
He is the son of a preacher, so his words have this

他的父亲是牧师所以他的文字带有
really strong, sort of, grandness to them,

一种强烈的崇高感
and there's a really, really unique resonance to everything he writes.

他的作品有一种独特的引发共鸣的力量
Anyway, so Baldwin, in my opinion,

我认为
isn't read as often as he should in academic settings,

我们对鲍德温在学术背景下的阅读还不够