And yet this bottomless narcissism, together with the uncompromising intensity of his vision, holds the key to Naipaul's literary power.

这种无底线的自恋，和他不肯妥协的深刻远见，是奈保尔文学魅力的关键。

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That very concentration of vision and intensity of purpose which is the characteristic of the artistic temperament is in itself a mode of limitation.

他们视野专注、目的明确，这种艺术家气质的特点本身就是一种局限。

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