My very photogenic mother died in a freak accident

我那美丽的母亲在我三岁那年在一场极其怪诞的事故中
(picnic, lightning) when I was three,

(野餐闪电)去世了
and, save for a pocket of warmth in the darkest past,

除去在最黑暗的时期所给予我的一丁点温暖
nothing of her subsists within the hollows and dells of memory,

我没有其他任何对她的记忆
over which, if you can still stand my style

记忆中的如果读者还能忍受我这形容的话
(I am writing under observation), the sun of my infancy had set:

(此手记写于监视下) 婴儿时代记忆中的太阳就此沉落
Okay. So this is a knight's move:

这儿用了跨越性手法
from traumatic event of the mother's death--

由于母亲的死
should be the center of the sentence; it's just dismissed--

这里本应是句子的中心但只一笔带过
hopped beyond into this stylistic wash, a golden haze.

随即跳转到另一风格金色的薄雾
And he goes on to describe the sensations of early childhood.

接着他继续描述他早期的童年
So, the strategy of the knight's move is to frustrate your expectations,

跨越性手法的应用在于挫败读者的期待