All the other books ask, 'What's it like?' What was World War II like for the young kid at Normandy, or what is work like for a woman having a job for the first time in her life? What's it like to be black or white?

  • -- Studs Terkel 特克尔

其他所有的书都在问:“它是什么样的?”“二战对诺曼底的小孩来说是什么样的?对一个人生中第一次有工作的女人来说,工作是什么样的?”黑人和白人是什么感觉?

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There was a lot of me trying to be a 'fixer.' I was that kind of guy. I'd meet someone who had 'so much potential' that needed 'help.' I think that was kind of my curse for a long time.

我很多人都想成为一名“调停者”。“我就是那种人。我遇到过一些人,他们“潜力巨大”,需要“帮助”。“我想这是我长久以来的诅咒。

I've had a tough time with Pynchon. I liked him very much when I first read him. I liked him less with each book. He got denser and more complex in a way that didn't really pay off.

我和品钦相处得很艰难。我第一次读他的时候非常喜欢他。每本书我都不怎么喜欢他。在某种程度上,他变得更加密集和复杂,但却没有得到真正的回报。

Not as ours the books of old - Things that steam can stamp and fold; Not as ours the books of yore - Rows of type, and nothing more.

不像我们的旧书——蒸汽可以压印和折叠的东西;不像我们的旧书——一排排的铅字,仅此而已。

In other words, it's one of those books you thrust on your partner with an incredulous cry of this is me!

换句话说,这是一本你用怀疑的呼喊“这是我!”