And when you see Wise Blood, that title, right below the

正如你们看到的标题《智血》正好在圣心的下面
Sacred Heart, you can't help but think of: well,

你会不禁地想起
this blood is somehow the blood of Christ.

这鲜血或许就是基督的
That's the kind of blood we're talking about.

那鲜血正是我们将要讨论的
It's already entered a sort of metaphorical register,

这里已经加入了一种隐喻的方式
religious register, in the way this book is packaged.

宗教的方式这本书就是这样包装的
Then, when we open up the front, we see the author's note to the

好了翻开第一页我们看见了作者在第二版所著的前言
second edition, and this was something O'Connor

它是奥康纳
added to the novel in 1962.

在1962年加进去的
I just want to read that with you today.

我想今天同你们一道来品味下
She says: Wise Blood has reached

她写到《智血》这本书已经10岁了
the age of ten and is still alive.

却仍焕发着生命力