"Later on Rose would think of Fanny when she came across the figure of an idiotic, saintly whore, in a book or a movie. Men who made books and movies seemed to have a fondness for this figure, though Rose noticed they would clean her up. They cheated, she thought, when they left out the breathing and"
""What were you doing with it? Giving it to her? What were you giving it to her for? Are you in love with her or something?" She meant that as an insult and a joke. Rose answered no, because she associated love with movie endings, kissing, and getting married. Her feelings were at the moment shocked "
"Rose hated her at these times, hated her father as well; his sickness; the poverty or frugality that made it unthinkable for them to send things to the laundry; the way there was not a thing in their lives they were protected from. Flo was there to see that. ... It was a story by Katherine Mansfield"
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The Beggar Maid确实写得好,也的确是Rose一生最重要的转折点,暗含了她整个人生姿态和选择的隐喻。无怪乎美国出版时用此篇作为书名。然而啊然而,当你读到最后一篇Who do you think you are时你才会恍然大悟,为什么它被门罗选作书名,那里是Rose一生的发源点。如果说你要看完前面四篇才能了解The Beggar Maid的意蕴,那你得看完前面九篇、跋山涉水之后我们重新回到Rose的少年时代,才能理解她一生的选择的答案都在这里,情感的事业的。近乎本能的不需要认同的,如此圣洁的无法言说的。她的缺口和裂缝都在这里,像是那种终此一生都无法填补的遗憾,注定不能圆满。啊,这一篇击碎了我的心!这就是门罗的长篇,把最厉害的一手留在了看似不起眼的一篇里。