来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：1945年后的美国小说 第24集 第24集》
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stories--both about their love for each other,两个故事都是描写他们对互相的爱 -
and, in her father's case, Yankel's case,在她父亲扬克尔的例子中 -
about her mother,her fictional mother,关于她的母亲 她的虚构的母亲 -
who he says died before she was old enough to remember her--他说在布劳迪能记事前就死了 -
all of the stories that Yankel makes up扬克尔编的全部故事 -
become the fullness of his life with Brod.能够充实他和布洛德的生活 -
So, they replace the loss of his first wife这些故事取代了他的第一任妻子 -
who abandoned him.一个抛弃了他的女人 -
And so, this gives fiction因此 这就给了小说在这世上 -
a very powerful brief in the world.一个强有力的信念 -
This is not unlike这与我曾在 -
the structure that I was pointing out in The Human Stain,《人性的污点》指出的结构不无二致