He wants us to feel, and it is in fact feeling, that he credits to novels, that allows him to imagine that he himself could have a different life.

而是让读者身临其境，这里其实表现了,作者对小说的自信。

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Try feeling upset at your powerlessness to change the fact that two plus two equals four.

尝试为你无力,改变二加二等于四的事实而痛苦。

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