阿拉文德·阿迪加
以《白老虎》獲得布克獎
In the darkness, two things are common to all men: fear and the desire for light.
在黑暗中，兩件事對所有男人都是共同的：恐懼和對光明的渴望。
The story of a poor man's life is written on his body, in a sharp pen.
窮人的生活故事是用尖銳的筆寫在他的身體上的。
I was looking for the key for years, but the door was always open.
我尋找鑰匙多年，但門一直是開著的。
A rich man's body is like a premium cotton pillow, white and soft and blank. Ours are different. My father's spine was a knotted rope, and the skin on his chest was so thin that you could see the ribs pressing out against it.
富人的身體就像一個高級棉枕頭，白而軟且空白。我們的則不同。我父親的脊椎像一根打結(jié)的繩子，他胸前的皮膚薄得可以看到肋骨壓出來的痕跡。
The desire to be a servant had been bred into me: bone, blood, and skin.
成為仆人的欲望已經(jīng)深入我的骨髓、血液和皮膚。
The real contest is always between what you've done and what you're capable of doing. You measure yourself against yourself and nobody else.
真正的競爭總是在你已經(jīng)完成的事情和你能夠做到的事情之間。你衡量自己，只與自己比較，而不是別人。
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