When people talk about the death of the novel, they are speaking of the need for the birth of something different.

  • -- Mohsin Hamid 莫欣·哈米德

当人们谈论小说的死亡时,他们是在谈论一些不同的东西的诞生。

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As the poet has expected, the alarms now are sounded, for - and it must be said again - the birth of a poet is always a threat to the existing cultural order, because he attempts to break through the circle of literary castes to reach the center.

正如诗人所预料的那样,警钟现在敲响了,因为——必须再说一遍——诗人的诞生总是对现存的文化秩序构成威胁,因为他试图突破文学阶层的圈子,到达中心。

Generally speaking, I, like anyone else who does anything publicly, like it when people like what I do, and would like to hear as much.

总的来说,我和其他任何在公开场合做任何事情的人一样,喜欢别人喜欢我做的事情,也希望听到更多。

But what is drama? Broadly speaking, it is whatever by imitative action rouses interest or gives pleasure.

但是什么是戏剧呢?从广义上说,它是通过模仿行为引起兴趣或给予乐趣的任何东西。

To give birth is a fearsome thing; there is no hating the child one has borne even when injured by it.

生孩子是一件可怕的事;一个人所生的孩子,即使受了伤,也没有什么可恨的。