The prison library is an odd place.

监狱图书馆是一个奇怪的地方。

Ditching plans to become a rabbi, Avi Steinberg takes a job "running the books" at a prison library in Boston.

阿维·斯坦伯格放弃了成为犹太法学博士的计划，接下了波士顿监狱图书馆一份“管理图书”的工作。

Andy Dufresne was his right hand in all of this, his silent partner. The prison library was Andy's hostage to fortune.

这段期间，安迪是诺顿的左右手和沉默的合伙人，而监狱图书馆就成了押在诺顿手中的人质。

As Andy wrote to the governor constantly, and finally to the prison for a small amount of money for the prison library building?

由于安迪不停地写信给州长，终于为监狱申请到了一小笔钱用于监狱图书馆的建设。

Much of the big private collection that Parkhurst had willed to the prison was still in crates and boxes in the library - thousands of old books.

试译帕克·赫斯特注曾遗赠给监狱为数可观的私人藏书，其中大多数仍搁置在图书馆的板箱及盒子里——成千上万本旧书。