Why is it worth it to him to take that risk? What's he trying to teach us about narrative and about language that makes it worth this risk?

为什么这值得他承担如此风险呢，关于叙述文章,和让这些风险值得语言，巴斯到底想教会我们什么呢？

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

And what's interesting about it, and what indicates its importance to Buddy, is that Bessie gets on about him getting a phone ; where he's teaching in upstate New York; he's teaching writing as a visiting writer at a college in upstate New York. And Bessie, his mother, keeps saying, "Well, why won't you get a phone, Buddy?

有意思的是，这对巴蒂很重要，因为，贝西给他打了一个电话,在他在纽约北部教书的地方;,他教写作，作为访问学者在,纽约北部的一所大学里，贝西，他的妈妈，说，好了，为什么你不接电话？

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选