A narrative theory is always talking with some satisfaction about how there's no such thing in fiction as irrelevant detail.

一个叙述性的理论通常都在讲述,小说中没有细节是完全和主题无关的这一满足感。

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It's as if that word really embodies the feel of this novel, Vivian Darkbloom and so, like "Vivian Darkbloom," that word suggests the permeability--not just of fiction and the real--but of these narrative layers. Where is Nabokov?

那个字让这部小说的感觉具体化了，就像“,那个字表明了渗透性，不只是在小说,和现实中，要不是这些叙述的层次，Nabokov会在哪里？

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