but do so in a way that's simultaneously really poignant and

探讨这些问题的方式既深刻又鼓舞人心
inspiring, but also, actually, funny.

但同时也非常有趣
It's not a book that you're going to read and be depressed by,

读这本书时你不会感到压抑
even though you will come from it having really felt that you're

尽管读完后你会感到真的思考过了
dealing with really significant material,

意义重大的问题
which I thought is really cool, and we thought was really cool.

我认为这一点很棒你们也会这样认为
It's also--just going on to the whole contemporary thing--

我想讲一点关于作者的事情
it's written by one of the best contemporary authors out there.

作者是当代最优秀的作家之一
He was nominated for a Pulitzer; he was a Pulitzer Prize finalist,

获普利策奖提名最近的普利策获奖者
I think, last year, 2007. (I'm not sure,

可能是2007年我不太确定
and if I got that wrong and someone here is a big Eggers fan,

要是我记错了有谁是艾格斯的书迷
I'm terribly sorry. But yeah; he's great.

我实在抱歉但他很伟大