So, in those quotations Roth is directing us to think about the

罗斯用这些引用来引导我们思考
lateness of that desire as its characteristic quality.

那样的欲望对于人物本身的迟缓性
It's an older man suddenly waylaid by an unexpected surge of passion.

一个老头突然被洋溢的激情所击中
Now, what I find interesting about that is that Roth could

而我觉得有趣的是罗斯本可随意
have chosen any number of romantic stories to characterize this.

选几部爱情小说来描述这一点
Humbert would be one: a late adventurer of the feeling,

比如像杭伯特[洛丽塔的男主人公]那样老年情感冒险家
an older man, younger woman.

男的更老女的更年轻
Why does he take a homoerotic structure?

而他为什么要建构一个同性恋结构呢
Why does he choose this story, a story of same-sex desire,

他为什么要选择这样的故事同性欲望
rather than a heterosexual desire?

而非异性欲望呢
Why is this the model that he chooses?

他为什么会选择这个结构作为典型
So, I would suggest it's important that the novel is called

所以我觉得这部小说名叫《魂断威尼斯》