So, the choice that Alex's grandfather made--

亚历克斯祖父作出的那个选择
to point out his friend, Herschel,

把他的朋友赫歇尔
as a Jew and to thus give him up to the murderous Nazis--

检举为犹太人交给纳粹刽子手
this is somehow played out

这不知为何耗尽
in the dysfunctionality of the family in the present,

在现今那个举步维艰的家庭中
in the terrible rages and drunkenness of the father.

在父亲可怕的怒火与醉意中
It's interesting to me

这对我来说很有趣
that this novel

这部小说
is about making the relationship between grandchildren and grandparents

想把孙辈与祖父母的关系变得
as immediate as possible,

无比亲近直接
and so I think it's really interesting

看到亚历克斯与他的父亲脱离关系
that we have Alex disowning his father.

这实在很有趣