隔离期间最适合一个人静静地看书。在这个从天而降的悠长假期里，你可能想读一读和大瘟疫有关的书。除了经典著作《十日谈》和《瘟疫年纪事》，近些年也有不少描写大瘟疫或以大瘟疫为背景的好书，一起来看看。

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Pale Horse, Pale Rider(1939) by Katherine Ann Porter is a short novel set during the influenza pandemic of 1918, which killed five times as many Americans as did World War I. Its main character, Miranda, is a young reporter who falls in love with a soldier; the book’s fever-dream style captures the experience of the disease.

凯瑟琳·安·波特1939年所著的《苍白的马，苍白的骑马人》是一部短篇小说，故事背景设定在1918年大流感期间，这场流感中死亡的美国人数量是第一次世界大战期间死亡人数的五倍。这篇小说的主角米兰达是一名年轻记者，她爱上了一名士兵。这本书梦呓般的文风就像是发高烧时写出来的，捕捉住了这种流感的体验。

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The Andromeda Strain(1969) by Michael Crichton is a bestselling techno-thriller that begins when a military satellite crashes to earth and releases an extraterrestrial organism that kills almost everyone in a nearby small town. Then things get bad.

迈克尔·克莱顿1969年所著的《天外来菌》是一本科技惊悚畅销书。在这篇小说的开头，一颗军事卫星坠落到地球表面，排放出一种地外微生物，*死了附近一个小镇里几乎所有的人。然后事情变得越来越糟糕。

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