Wallace Stegner called the novel "a hell of a portrait. " It's also a hell of a heartbreak for anyone who has ever failed at imaging the inner life of their own mother.
华莱士·史德格奈把这部小说称为“出色的肖像画”，对于那些无法想象自己母亲内心世界的人而言，这也是一部出色的心理描写书。
Dante's portrait of the hell is the product of artistic imagination.
但丁的地狱描述，本来就是艺术想象的产物。
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