读黄灿然《美国知识分子的爸妈》一文,最让我“吃惊”的几句话是,《纽约书评》创刊号印了十万份,旋即销售一空。在出版后的几个星期,编辑部收到千多封读者来信,拍手叫好。一本单以书、书、书作话题的刊物,一上市,竟有十万个有心人注目,的确有点“耸人听闻”。 Reading Huang Canran’s article entitled “Parents of American Intellectuals,” the one that made me “surprised” was that the New York Review Book was printed in its first issue in quantities of 100,000 and sold out immediately. In the weeks since its publication, the editorial office received more than a thousand letters from readers, applauding. A single book, books, books for the topic of publication, a market, as many as one hundred thousand people interested, indeed a bit “sensational ”.