lack of naivety with which this literally tiny woman--

这位矮小的女子的文笔非常老练成熟
I don't know if you any of you seen a picture of her.

不知你们是否见过她的照片
She's just remarkably small.

她长得特别小
So, she is clear-eyed, but not unsympathetic,

她洞悉现实但并不冷漠无情
innocent but detached, and above all

天真烂漫但又超然物外最重要的是
candid in her assessment of her country and her time.

对她的国家和时代的评价十分公正率直
The voice that she develops in Slouching Towards Bethlehem

她在《浪荡伯利恒》中形成的风格
serves her very well in Play It As It Lays.

在《顺其自然》中也表现出很好的效果
She's able here, too, to draw the same sort of

她同样有能力在小说中进行精确的描绘
precise portraits that she relied upon in her nonfiction,

发挥她写新闻报道的优势
that results in a novel that is positively, undeniably seductive.

写成这部绝对不可否认的极富魅力的小说
The plot revolves around a sort of marginal actress,

情节围绕一位社会边缘的女演员展开