We've been embedded in Faunia and Les and Delphine and Coleman,

我们深陷弗妮亚莱斯戴尔芬和科尔曼
inside all their minds, using that technique of free

的思想中他们在这里使用了
indirect discourse, where the narrative voice just,

自由而间接的叙述技巧这里的叙事人称
sort of, seamlessly allows you to look at the world through that

有点令我们无暇细看
character's eyes and in that character's mind.

这些人物眼中的世界究竟是什么样
So, that technique is highlighted as a technique in Chapter 4

这种叙事技巧在第四章里显得很醒目
when we are reminded so suddenly that this is all being

因为我们突兀地被作者提醒
written by Nathan, that the illusion of these

这是南森的自叙
characters' voices is just that; it's an illusion.

是这个人物自己的幻像
The second half of the novel, then, sets up the source of the

小说的后半部分就此设置了故事的源头
story--how does Nathan know all that he knows to give us that story--

--也就是南森怎么会知道他告诉我们的一切
sets up the problem of that source, and then it finally

也设置了那个源头的问题