The novel is a totalizing form; it tries to encompass all of human experience.
小說(shuō)是一種總體化的形式;它試圖涵蓋人類(lèi)的全部經(jīng)驗(yàn)。
The best literature is always subversive, unsettling what is established, questioning authority.
最好的文學(xué)總是顛覆性的,動(dòng)搖既定秩序,質(zhì)疑權(quán)威。
A good novel tells us the truth about its characters; a great novel tells us the truth about ourselves.
好的小說(shuō)告訴我們角色的真相;偉大的小說(shuō)告訴我們自己的真相。
Dictatorships breed fear, fear breeds silence, silence breeds oppression.
獨(dú)裁滋生恐懼,恐懼滋生沉默,沉默滋生壓迫。
Writing is a way of living life more intensely, of giving it more meaning.
寫(xiě)作是一種更強(qiáng)烈地體驗(yàn)生活、賦予生活更多意義的方式。
A novel is not just a story; it is a constructed object, an artifice that must be as perfect as possible.
小說(shuō)不僅僅是一個(gè)故事;它是一個(gè)建構(gòu)的物體,一種必須盡可能完美的藝術(shù)技巧。
The writer’s job is to write with rigor, with honesty, to the very end of his strength.
作家的職責(zé)是嚴(yán)謹(jǐn)而誠(chéng)實(shí)地寫(xiě)作,直到竭盡全力。
Literature is a false representation of life that nevertheless helps us to understand life better, to orient ourselves in the labyrinth where we are born, pass, and die.
文學(xué)是對(duì)生活的虛假再現(xiàn),但它幫助我們更好地理解生活,指引我們?cè)诔錾?、?jīng)過(guò)和死亡的迷宮中找到方向。
The novel is an artifact that, like a bomb, can explode in the reader's consciousness.
小說(shuō)就像炸彈一樣,可以在讀者的意識(shí)中爆炸。
Literature is the best weapon against intolerance and fanaticism.
文學(xué)是對(duì)抗不寬容和狂熱主義的最佳武器。