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If you want to live in a world where people read, novelist Ann Patchett has news for you: it's your job to help create that reality. Tracing her path from a chance airport encounter through a career writing iconic novels and opening a beloved independent bookstore, she makes the case that reading isn't a private pleasure but a civic act that builds empathy, sustains a "long-format brain" and pulls people out of isolation. Ready to lose yourself in a book?
如果你希望生活在一个人们阅读的世界里，小说家安·帕切特（Ann Patchett ）要告诉你：帮助创造这样的现实，是你的责任。从一次机场的偶遇，到创作经典小说、开设一家备受喜爱的独立书店的职业生涯，她论证了阅读并非一种私人享受，而是一种公民行为——它能培养共情能力，维持“长格式大脑”的运转，并将人们从孤立中拉出来。准备好沉浸在书里了吗？