《小说的艺术》by 米兰昆德拉 （译文）
It's my first book of Kundera, in which he stated his own thoughts on novel, with stable, insightful examples; and it definitely won't be my last one.
In the first, second, and fifth part, Kundera used different method---by analyzing history of novel, his own novel and Kafka's novel---to express his idea that: Using an experimental self to explore sth. that can only be explored through novel is the meaning of novel.
In the third and fourth part, Kundera guided readers to see novels in the music point of view; actually he thrilled me with his knowledge and insight of classic music and I've already taken notes on this. ( & )
In the sixth part Kundera built a glossary of important words in his mind, filled with inspiration. And the seventh, that is the last part, I summarized the idea as: "Novel is the echo of God's laughter at human's thinking, by which an imaginary has been built, in which no one has truth and everyone has the right to be understood." You have to read the whole chapter to feel his humor and perception, though.
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《写作》by Marguerite Duras （春风文艺）
She's insane, which i loved. Rooted in sadness and pain, what else can we do, except to drink/dance, to write/compose? Writing is not only life, but also human instinct.
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《读书随笔》by 劳伦斯 （三联）
I'll write about this later...
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《被侮辱与损害的》by 陀思妥耶夫斯基 （译文）
陀思妥耶夫斯基对于人物尤其是人物心理的刻画细致入微到了我觉得过分繁琐浅露的地步。I'm not saying the content of his description, which actually definitely has nothing to do with 浅露，而是心底繁复而千回百转的悸动；By 浅露 I'm talking about the way of his description, the ordinary and natural manner, I mean, he's just going forward and forward, 用针在心上雕刻就像用牙签在面粉上划写一样从容自若，不惊不乍，仿佛无关痛痒。
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《陀思妥耶夫斯基》by 安德烈纪德 （三联）
Also later...
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《围城》by 钱钟书 （三联）
I read through this book on my way to company and back to home, usually on subway. Quite embarrassed because the book is supposed to be read when I was much much younger. I noticed that Qian used a lot of metaphors, mostly original and vivid, to describe or to state. Kundera has divided metaphors into two kinds: decorative(unnecessary) and definitive(essential). Yet I found myself reluctant to recognize which is of which kind. Some metaphors of Qian are among the few things that I still remember several days after my finishing reading his novel, yet...are they essential??
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《炼*爱》by 阳阳 （三联）
真的是很好的书，却因其不是名家名作而是我在读的时候有些惶恐是不是浪费时间。。。不，我决不要做这样只会附和的人。我要忠于自己的内心。随便引用一句，“无法遗忘的，就让我用整整一个森林的火势燃烧并将往事覆盖，在荒芜的土司上开始缓慢而圣洁的重生。我的爱人宽容我的复杂历史，但亲吻我的清白灵魂。”