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"We are getting better and we are getting worse at the same time," Paul Auster, the novelist, told me.

“我们在变得更好，同时也在变得更糟，”小说家保罗·奥斯特(Paul Auster)告诉我。

The process of writing Man in the Dark was, Auster says, unusual for him. It took just four months, faster than any other book he´s written.

对奥斯特而言，写作《黑暗中的男人》的过程不同于以往，只花了四个月时间，比他以前写的任何一本书都快。

It´s the only autobiographical passage in the book, says Auster - unlike Brill he´s not an insomniac, but like everyone has had sleepless nights.

奥斯特说，这是书里仅有的自传性的一段。不像布里尔，他不是个失眠症患者，但和每个人一样，他也有睡不着的夜晚。

From Grace Jones to Lady Gaga, from Andy Warhol to Gilbert and George, from Paul Auster to David Foster Wallace, its influence has been everywhere and continues.

从格蕾丝·琼斯到雷人gaga，从安迪·沃霍尔到吉尔伯特和乔治，从保罗·奥斯特到大卫·福斯特·华莱士，它的影响无所不至连绵悠长。

In a twist typical of Auster, Brick is given a mission to kill the man who brought about the civil war ("He invented it, and everything that happens or is about to happen is in his head").

在一个颇具奥斯特小说特点的意外转折中，布里克接受了一项任务，刺杀带头发起内战的那个人（“（布里尔）他编造了这个故事，所有发生或将发生的一切，都只存在于他的脑中”）。