than simple Sal Paradise.

比普通的萨尔·帕拉迪斯更吸引人
Well, Baldwin had something to say about this.

鲍德温对此有话要说
James Baldwin characterized this passage as

詹姆斯·鲍德温形容这段话
"absolute nonsense, and offensive nonsense, at that.

完全是胡说八道而且是无礼的胡说八道
And yet, there is real pain in it, and real loss, however thin.

但里面隐含真正的痛苦和迷失无论多稀薄
And it is thin, thin because it does not refer to reality,

说它稀薄是因为它与现实无关
but to a dream."

而与梦有关
That's what it is: "It does not refer to reality, but to a dream."

没错与现实无关而与梦有关
And he says of his own writing, "I had tried to convey something of

他曾这样形容自己的写作我尝试表达
what it felt like to be a Negro, and no one had been able to listen.

成为黑人是什么感觉但没人关注
They wanted their romance."

他们只想要自己的故事
Well, I think that's a pretty clear-eyed view,

我认为这是一个相当清楚的观点