英国《书商》周刊(The Bookseller)最近在非小说类书籍中开展评选“年度最奇怪书名奖”(Oddest Book Title of the Year)活动。最终获奖结果将于4月揭晓。
此次入围候选名单的6本书书名分别是:罗伯特彻茨尼的《山区纹身女人及达吉斯坦放汤匙的盒子》(Tattooed Mountain Women and Spoon Boxes of Daghestan)、弗兰兹乔瑟夫的《纳粹德国有多绿》(How Green were the Nazis)、迪马斯科的《美味的冰淇淋》(Delicious Ice Cream)、大卫贝纳塔的《最好不要出生:生存的害处》(Better Never to Have Been: The Harm of Coming into Existence)、《第十八届国际海藻研讨会记录》(Eighteenth International Seaweed Symposium)和朱丽安蒙塔克的《东北美洲迷失购物车》(The Stray Shopping Carts of Eastern North America)。
“最奇怪书名奖”的评选始于1978年。去年的获奖书名是《不知道自己死去的人们:他们怎样附身不知情的旁观者以及如何应对》(People Who Don’t Know They’re Dead: How They Attach Themselves to Unsuspecting Bystanders and What to Do About It.)