克劳斯是托马斯·曼的长子。现在似乎(至少在我看来)越来越可以肯定，在20世纪最伟大的前两、三位小说家中，托马斯·曼必居其一。

Klaus was the eldest son of Thomas Mann, who now seems (to me anyway) more and more certainly one of the two or three greatest novelists of the 20th century.

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你可以宣称自己看到了布莱·德曼或露丝，贝利或蒙塔娜，费德勒或纳芙拉蒂诺娃，尼克劳斯或伍兹。又或者你可以满怀激动地宣称自己看到了明日之星。

You can say that you saw Bradman or Ruth, pele or Montana, Federer or Navratilova, Nicklaus or woods-or you may have the tingling feeling that you have seen the next of the greats.

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“他站起来了并且很快乐…只是十分情绪化，哭的很多”—克劳斯·沃尔曼，2000。

"He was up and happy... but very emotional, crying a lot." Klaus Voormann, 2000.

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