We throw our parties; we abandon our families to live alone in Canada; we struggle to write books that do not change the world, despite our gifts and unstinting efforts, our most extravagant hopes.

• 我们举行宴会，我们抛弃家庭独自住在加拿大，我们埋首写作，尽管我们才气纵横，而且呕心沥血，抱著殷切的期望，但那些书仍无法改变世界。