His nihilism leads him back to the fact of his redemption, however, which is what he would have liked so much to get away from.

他的虚无主义将他拉回救赎的现实中，然而，这却是他极想逃避的东西。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Yet, various things that we do find in this world get us thinking about those things.

然而现实世界中的一些事物,能让我们想到那些东西

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

It's a kind of realism, of course. Nevertheless, there it is in front of us, and again I call you back to that quotation. What are we going to see when we look at the fiction? Do we see what's in front of us?

当然这也是一种现实主义，然而，这些就在我们眼前，我想再次将你们的注意力集中到那句引语上，当我们阅读这,部小说时，什么情景会呈现在你眼前呢，我们能看到什么吗？

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选