免疫
On immunity
Eula Biss · 初版 2014 年
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初为人母的 Eula Biss 直面了一种长期的恐惧状态：对政府的恐惧、对医疗体制的恐惧，以及对儿童食品、床垫、药物和疫苗中成分的恐惧。Biss 深入探究了围绕免疫概念展开的隐喻与神话，以及它对个体与社会机体的影响。随着听到越来越多关于疫苗的担忧，Biss 开始探寻这些恐惧对她自己的孩子、她身边的社群、美国以及全世界而言究竟意味着什么。
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……视角想通俗易懂地了解人类基因组？读读《基因组：人种自传23章》（Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters）吧。觉得技术写作必须枯燥无味才能切中要害？去读读尤拉·比斯的《论免疫：接种》（On Immunity: An Inoculation）吧。文笔极其优美，同时又干货满满、直击重点。读完这份书单里的书之后，我对这个人以及他对世界的看法肃然起敬。
…view Want to get a layman's understanding of the human genome. Read Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters. You think that technical writing needs to be dry to get to the point. Read On Immunity: An Inoculation by Eula Biss. Beautiful writing yet informative and to the point. After I read the books in this list I obtained new respect for the man and his view of the world.
……大家都要养家糊口，但读起来依然让人沮丧。文学作品并不一定非得是空洞的废话。我读过最好的非虚构作品之一，既干货满满又文笔极佳的，就是尤拉·比斯（Eula Biss）写的《论免疫：接种》（On Immunity: An Inoculation）。既长知识，读起来又是一种享受。
…people need to make a living but it is still frustrating to read. Literature does not have to be fluff. One of the best non-fiction books I've read that's both informative and has beautiful writing is, "On Immunity: An Inoculation " by Eula Biss. It's both informative and a pleasure to read.
……31. 阿南德·戈帕尔（Anand Gopal）著《活人中无善人：阿富汗人眼中的美国、塔利班与战争》（No Good Men Among The Living: America, The Taliban, And The War Through Afghan Eyes） 32. 约阿希姆·费斯特（Joachim Fest）著，马丁·查默斯（Martin Chalmers）译《不是我：一个德国童年的回忆》（Not I: Memoirs Of A German Childhood） 33. 尤拉·比斯（Eula Biss）著《论免疫：接种》（On Immunity: An Inoculation） 34. 爱丽丝·戈夫曼（Alice Goffman）著《在逃：一个美国城市中的逃亡生活》（On The Run: Fugitive Life In An American City） 35. 《我没时间写的一百篇随笔：论雨伞、击剑、游行、狗与火警警报……
…31. 'No Good Men Among The Living: America, The Taliban, And The War Through Afghan Eyes' by Anand Gopal 32. 'Not I: Memoirs Of A German Childhood' by Joachim Fest. Translated by Martin Chalmers 33. 'On Immunity: An Inoculation' by Eula Biss 34. 'On The Run: Fugitive Life In An American City' by Alice Goffman 35. '100 Essays I Don’t Have Time To Write: On Umbrellas And Sword Fights, Parades And Dogs, Fire Alarms,…