他创作的目标之一就是与马尔科姆的自传一较高低。 虽然他发现马尔科姆有很多之多值得崇拜的地方，但是他很清楚，书本情节的戏剧性往往是建立在牺牲事实的基础上的。

One of his goals was to grapple with Malcolm’s autobiography, and although he finds much to admire about Malcolm, he makes it clear that the book’s drama sometimes comes at the expense of fact.

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彼得·塞拉斯：事实并非如此。大部分的艺术家，例如莎士比亚，他死的时候并没有写下自传。

PETER SELLARS: no, I mean, most artists, is like Shakespeare, you know he died not writing an autobiography.

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事实上，自传中那张照片下面的引文，听起来好像布莱尔知道大多数征募的士兵会战死沙场一样。

The fact is Blair, in the quotes published from his memoir underneath the picture, sounds like someone who knows the enormity of ordering soldiers to die in a war.

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