One of the reasons I like it, is it really does confront you with this very clear picture.

我喜欢这本书的原因之一，是它真的让你置身于,一幅清晰的画面之中。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

And again it makes sense if you think the dialogue is a kind of pedagogical tool to help you get better at philosophising.

而且如果你认为对话这本书,是一个教育学工具能帮你进行,哲学的研究推理，那就很有意义。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

Brother West, this is a book about you, which is a new thing.

博士，这本书的不同之处在于这是关于你人生的书。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

And the real is that sense of suffering, and that the novel can make you feel things, both the pleasure of humor or the pleasure of beauty, but also that sense of compassion.

真正的东西是种受苦的感觉，这本书能够让你感到一些事，既有对幽默和美的愉悦也有怜悯的感觉，我不知道你们是怎么样的，我是对Oedipa感到同情。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选