This novel is not science fiction, nor is it Gothic horror.

这部小说既非科幻故事，也非哥特式恐怖故事。

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The writer uses her childhood as raw material for this novel.

作者将她的童年时代作为这部小说的素材。

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I am not surprised that the jury chose to award this novel the prize.

我并不惊讶于评委选择给这部小说颁奖。

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Critics say this graphic novel artfully expresses the survivors' bravery and shows what it was like to live through this disaster.

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What else does this novel bring out in you: what other thoughts, what other responses? Does anyone absolutely love this novel?

这部小说还带给了你们什么，有其他的看法吗，其他的回应，有谁完全爱上了这部小说？

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And he's parodying both kinds of response in this novel, so in that sense, the novel is very much of its time.

在小说中他模仿了两种方式的应答，从这个意义上说这本小说很有它的时代价值。

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So for the moment this novel coronavirus remains a dangerous but thankfully very rare infection.

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This novel follows in that oft-trodden path, one first pioneered in medieval Christian writings.

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This novel celebrates the honourable estate of spinsterhood and the tentative emergence of suburban Australian society.

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