A good novel should be deeply unsettling - its satisfactions should come from its authenticity and its formal coherence. We must feel something crucial is at stake.

-- Dana Spiotta 达娜·斯皮奥塔

一部好的小说应该是令人深感不安的——它的满足感应该来自它的真实性和形式上的连贯性。我们必须感觉到一些至关重要的事情正处于危险之中。

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I entered the literary world, really, from outside. My entire background has been in sciences; I was a biology major in college, then went to medical school. I've never had any formal training in writing.

我从外面进入了文学世界。我的全部背景都是科学;我在大学主修生物，然后去了医学院。我从未受过正式的写作训练。

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I continued writing the bad plays which fortunately nobody would produce, just as no one did me the unkindness of publishing my early novels.

我继续写那些糟糕的剧本，幸运的是，没有人能写出这样的剧本，就像没有人出版我早期的小说一样。

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If a theme or idea is too near the surface, the novel becomes simply a tract illustrating an idea.

如果一个主题或想法太接近表面，小说就会变成一个简单的描绘一个想法的小册子。

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