美国《纽约时报书评》周刊每年年终总要评选出当年度世界图书佳作名单,虽然这个名单很大程度上只反映了西方世界的观点,但对于我们了解掌握世界图书出版界的动向不无参考意义。下面是该刊1993年12月5日一期上刊出的1993年度最佳图书名单“编辑们的选择”。93年度共评出佳作14本,其中有6本是小说。而这6本中有2部是长篇 The New York Times Book Review weekly every year at the end of the year always want to select the list of the world’s best books, although this list largely only reflects the Western world’s point of view, but for us to understand the trend of the world’s book publishing industry is not without reference . The following is a list of best books of 1993 published by the journal on December 5, 1993, “Editors’ Choice.” A total of 14 masterpieces were appraised in this year, of which 6 were fiction. And six of these six are long