Only the last part of the novel is told in the normal way.

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Now I want to switch gears, just for the last couple minutes, and ask you: what do you see when you read this novel?

在最后的这几分钟，我想换换话题，问问你们：，在看这部小说时,你们读到了什么？

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Now you do have an opportunity-- this class does- that my class has never had before, and that is to nominate your own novel for the last one that we read, one of your choice.

现在你真的有了个机会-,在我的课上有了个机会-,去推荐一本小说作为我们的最后一本读物,你们自己的选择。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

He says this in his last Russian novel, The Gift.

他在最后一本其俄语小说《礼物》中这么说。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选