First, he fell in love with Lyudmila, the frail, brainy daughter of a senior communist purged in the 1930s.

• 首先，茂文爱上了身体娇弱但聪明伶俐的柳德米拉。柳德米拉是一位曾在30年代遭受清洗运动迫害的俄共高级官员的女儿。