Amazing, really, to think of what a man could achieve with the simple ability to put pen to paper and spin a decent yarn.

  • -- Graham Moore 格雷厄姆·摩尔

想想一个人只要用笔在纸上写下一段漂亮的纱线,就能做出如此惊人的成就,真是令人惊讶。

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The last four or five hundred years of European contact with Africa produced a body of literature that presented Africa in a very bad light and Africans in very lurid terms. The reason for this had to do with the need to justify the slave trade and slavery.

在过去的四五百年里,欧洲人与非洲的接触产生了大量的文学作品,这些作品把非洲描述得非常糟糕,用非常耸人听闻的语言描述非洲人。其原因与为奴隶贸易和奴隶制辩护的需要有关。

My books are shelved in different places, depending on the bookstore. Sometimes they can be found in the Mystery section, sometimes in the Humor department, and occasionally even in the Literature aisle, which is somewhat astounding.

我的书根据书店的不同摆放在不同的地方。有时他们可以在神秘的部分找到,有时在幽默部门,有时甚至在文学通道,这是有点惊人的。

There is only one thing which can master the perplexed stuff of epic material into unity; and that is, an ability to see in particular human experience some significant symbolism of man's general destiny.

只有一种东西能把史诗材料的困惑统一起来;也就是说,一种特殊的能力,能够看到人类的经历,人类命运的一些重要象征。

I go for as much feeling as I can rather than show what I can do up and down the neck. I don't play to show people ability.

我尽我所能去感受,而不是展示我能在脖子上做什么。我打球不是为了显示人们的能力。