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
And, in a course where we're doing from 1945 to the present,

这门课的内容是1945年迄今的美国小说
I think it's good to have a really strong, really contemporary author represented.

我认为介绍一位重要的当代作家非常有益
So, that's another cool thing.

这也是一件很棒的事