Maria Wyeth, who is divorced from her director husband and who drifts

名叫玛丽亚·韦思和导演丈夫离婚后
aimlessly through the Hollywood party scene of the late 1960s

漫无目的地游荡在20世纪60年代的好莱坞
waiting for something to touch her, impact her

等待某种力量来触动她影响她
emotionally and morally.

从情感上和道德上
She's both damaged and, as a result, utterly unreachable.

她受了伤害不可挽救
Tragedies--and there are many, major and minor, that sort of float blithely by--

大大小小的悲剧都乐于光顾她
slip off her or appear to.

或者看似是如此
It is a novel very much about a woman who accepts everything,

小说讲述了一个逆来顺受的女人
feels nothing, and finally resigns herself to the inevitable.

精神麻木最终顺从了不可改变的命运
The inevitable is, in many cases, trivial fates dealt out at cocktail parties.

这种命运通过鸡尾酒会上的琐事展现出来
It is told in several voices, Maria's and three of her closest

故事分别由玛丽亚和她的三个密友讲述
friends, and each character is haunted by an ineffable loss of

每个人都被一种不可言状的无意义感