不长，就这一生。

Long, move towards this lifetime.

youdao

很难相信一部小说就足以将这一生的苦难转化成了愉悦的必然。

It is hard to believe that a novel sufficed to transform into joyful certainty the suffering of a lifetime.

youdao

我站在车外，盯着那扇车门，眼睁睁地看着我这一生第一个也是最后一个深爱的人，就那么走出了我的生活。

I stood by the car, staring in the dark window, at the first love in my life, also the last one, walking out of my life. The car started, driving into the street.

youdao

So this novel, this autobiography, begins with the sense that this boy is in danger from practically the moment he comes into the world, the moment he comes into consciousness.

这小说，这自传，让人一开始,就觉得这孩子,一生下来，就浸泡在苦水里。

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