Foer learned a lot from Pynchon,

弗尔从品钦那里学到很多
and certainly even more from Pynchon's other novels,

也借鉴了他的其余作品
Gravity's Rainbow, I think, particularly,

我认为尤其是《万有引力之虹》
than from Crying of Lot 49

比《拍卖第49号》对他影响更大
which doesn't-- because of its length--

因为它的篇幅
doesn't quite go to the operatic, playful lengths

不太适合歌剧式玩闹式的篇幅
that a longer Pynchon novel can go to.

而品钦的长篇小说就适合
Pynchon is also very interested in the eighteenth century,

品钦对十八世纪很感兴趣
and so that interest is something that Foer shares, in this novel.

在本书里弗尔显现出相同的兴趣
Foer is someone who learned a lot from the group of writers

弗尔从"后现代主义"作家群
that we would call "postmodernist" and that I would call "late modernist."

我称作"晚期现代派"的作家群学到很多
He learned to be very self-conscious about his language

他变得自我语言意识很强