来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：1945年后的美国小说 第22集 第22集》

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  through the trans-historical theme of desire.
  通过希望超越历史
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  So, desire is the same now as it was in Hawthorne's time.
  所以 这时的愿望和时期的一样
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  The desire to purify the American libido in the Monica Lewinsky trial
  在莫妮卡·莱温斯基的实验中想要净化美国人性欲的愿望
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  is not different, for Roth,
  没有什么不同 对于罗斯
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  from the spasm of purification
  从霍桑写在《红字》中的
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  that Hawthorne writes about in The Scarlet Letter.
  净化开始
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  So, that is a different vision of what it means to be trans-historical,
  这时一种关于超越历史意味着什么的不同视角
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  and I think it allows for Roth that fearless setting of the contemporary.
  我认为这允许罗斯大胆的设定现代
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  He doesn't look to a historical setting that's distant from himself.
  他不会参考离他非常遥远的历史的设定
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  He sees the present as history.
  他把现在视为历史
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  And, if you believe in the trans-historical,
  如果你认同超越历史
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  you can make that move, 'cause you don't need the distance
  你可以完成那个行动 因为你不需要