The first epics were intended for recitation; the literary epic is meant to be read.

  • -- Lascelles Abercrombie 阿伯克龙比激光束

第一部史诗是为了背诵;这部文学史诗是要读的。

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Each book, intuitively sensed and, in the case of fiction, intuitively worked out, stands on what has gone before, and grows out of it. I feel that at any stage of my literary career it could have been said that the last book contained all the others.

每一本书,都是凭直觉感觉出来的,就小说而言,都是凭直觉做出来的,都是站在过去的基础上,并从中成长起来的。我觉得在我文学生涯的任何阶段,都可以说上一本书包含了其他所有的内容。

Fiction writing was in my blood from a very young age, but I never considered writing as a real career. I thought you had to have some literary pedigree to be a successful author, the son of Hemingway or Fitzgerald.

我从小就有写小说的天赋,但我从未想过把写作作为一种真正的职业。我以为你必须有文学背景才能成为一个成功的作家,海明威或菲茨杰拉德的儿子。