he says, "It's still the raw thing."

他认为 "它还很生硬"
It's a bad book because it's still the raw thing.

这本书很糟因为它还很生硬
He has no self-distancing.

他无法与自己保持距离
So, what the critique of Nathan does, the implicit critique

所以针对南森的隐含批判之意
of Nathan does, is distance us from him, to some degree.

在某种程度上让我们与他保持了距离
It allows us to see him as an unreliable narrator.

让我们能够将他看作一个不可靠的叙述家
It also, I think, models Roth's own relation

并且我觉得还能将罗斯本人
to Nathan Zuckerman.

跟南森·祖克曼的关系标识出来
Nathan Zuckerman is the creative remove, is the medium of the

南森·祖克曼便是这个距离是这个距离的核心
creative remove, that Roth requires

是罗斯写到自己的生活时
in order to write about his own life.

所必须有的核心
Most of the Nathan Zuckerman novels draw very heavily on Roth's life,

南森·祖克曼的大多数小说都跟罗斯的生活紧密相关