《自杀传奇》，大卫·范恩的第一部短片小说集，是作者的父亲自杀后作者对生活的深沉反思。

DAVID VANN's first short-story collection, "Legend of a Suicide", was an arresting meditation on life after his father killed himself, seen through the prism of fiction.

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比如“如果大学里有室友自杀，则同寝室的人本学期不会挂科”的谣传就被很多人认为是一个都市传奇。

For example, the erroneous belief that you will automatically pass all of your college courses in a semester if your roommate kills himself is generally considered to be an urban legend.

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其他一些读者则讨厌这个传奇中日益增长的东方神秘主义。在不断的复述中，西摩从一个倍受困扰、有自杀倾向的年轻人，演变成为一个天才，一位智者，乃至某种圣人。

Readers hated the growing streak of Eastern mysticism in the saga, as Seymour evolved, in successive retellings, from a troubled, suicidal young man into a genius, a sage, even a saint of sorts.

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