So, Salinger imagines that the literary art imitates that kind of voice, and in that way it is a sacred practice, a sacred art.

所以，Salinger将文学艺术,比作那种声音，在那种情况下,文学是一种神圣的做法，是神圣的艺术。

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In fact, the work is a kind of philosophical odyssey that both imitates Homer, but also anticipates other great odysseys of the human mind, works by those like Cervantes or Joyce.

事实上，这部作品多少像是哲学的探索过程,双双仿效荷马，但也为其它的人性探索过程,预做了准备，作品可参见塞万提斯及乔依斯的著作。

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