in his father's effects a key

一把父亲留下的钥匙
that's marked "Black," I think.

上面写着"布莱克"
It has a little label on it, and so he goes around in New York

写在小标签上于是他开始寻访纽约城
City finding everyone by the name of Black that he can find.

找遍所有他能找到的所有姓布莱克的人
So, it has this structure that's so similar to Everything

这和《一切了然》的结构太相似
is Illuminated. That hunt structure just made me

这种伤痕文学情节过于老套让我不禁
think, I wonder whether this is just a one-trick writer,

怀疑他是不是只会写这一类型的文章
that he has this idea and this is what it's always going to be?

是不是所有情节都走这一种套路
That doesn't necessarily mean that

当然这并不说明
someone is not a great writer.

这样的人就不能成为优秀作家
Roth is kind of a one-trick pony, in this way, too.

罗斯就是一位一招鲜的作家
He has his own repetitions from novel to novel.

他的每部小说都有相同的戏码