来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：1945年后的美国小说 第23集 第23集》

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  that I know of in contemporary fiction.
  在我已知的当代作品中
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  So, this is not about the fragmentation of grand narrative.
  因此这并非某种叙事的分裂
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  It's about the enormous,
  而是关于一篇宏伟史诗
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  large-scale accumulation of wholeness.
  的庞大的积累
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  He is piecing a world together,
  他正在一点一点地拼凑世界
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  bit by bit by bit, as he adds to his literary oeuvre.
  用他的毕生之作
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  So,this is a vision of unity
  这是超越人种界限的
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  that goes way beyond generic boundaries.
  崭新的统一
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  Is it a short story? Is it a novel?This is something
  它是短篇故事吗 是小说吗
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  more like an opus that Jones is building,and more importantly,
  它更像琼斯建造的作品
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  it's something that lives in his mind very clearly.
  更重要的是在他脑海里真实存在的
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  These people, these characters, live in his mind.
  那些人 那些事 都在他的脑海中