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1、TOA.B."Then,asallmysoulesbee,Emparadis'dinyou,(inwhomaloneIunderstand,andgrowandsee,)Theraftersofmybody,boneBeingstillwithyou,theMuscle,Sinew,andVeine,Whichtilethishouse,willcomeagaine."TOTHEREADERThisisafirstbook,andinittheauthorhaswrittenofexperiencewhichisnowfarandlost,butwhichwasonceparto
2、fthefabricofhislife.Ifanyreader,therefore,shouldsaythatthebookis"autobiographical"thewriterhasnoanswerforhim:itseemstohimthatallseriousworkinfictionisautobiographical--that,forinstance,amoreautobiographicalworkthan"Gulliver'sTravels"cannoteasilybeimagined.Thisnote,however,isaddressedprincipal
3、lytothosepersonswhomthewritermayhaveknownintheperiodcoveredbythesepages.Tothesepersons,hewouldsaywhathebelievestheyunderstandalready:thatthisbookwaswrittenininnocenceandnakednessofspirit,andthatthewriter'smainconcernwastogivefulness,life,andintensitytotheactionsandpeopleinthebookhewascreating
4、.Nowthatitistobepublished,hewouldinsistthatthisbookisafiction,andthathemeditatednoman'sportraithere.1368Butwearethesumofallthemomentsofourlives--allthatisoursisinthem:wecannotescapeorconcealit.Ifthewriterhasusedtheclayoflifetomakehisbook,hehasonlyusedwhatallmenmust,whatnonecankeepfromusing.Fi
5、ctionisnotfact,butfictionisfactselectedandunderstood,fictionisfactarrangedandchargedwithpurpose.Dr.Johnsonremarkedthatamanwouldturnoverhalfalibrarytomakeasinglebook:inthesameway,anovelistmayturnoverhalfthepeopleinatowntomakeasinglefigureinhisnovel.Thisisnotthewholemethodbutthewriterbelievesit
6、illustratesthewholemethodinabookthatiswrittenfromamiddledistanceandiswithoutrancourorbitterintention.LOOKHOMEWARD,ANGELPARTONE...astone,aleaf,anunfounddoor;ofastone,aleaf,adoor.Andofalltheforgottenfaces.Nakedandalonewecameintoexile.Inherdarkwombwedidnotknowourmother'sface;fromtheprisonofherfl
7、eshhavewecomeintotheunspeakableandincommunicableprisonofthisearth.Whichofushasknownhisbrother?Whichofushaslookedintohisfather'sheart?Whichofushasnotremainedforeverprison-pent?Whichofusisnotforeverastrangerandalone?Owasteofloss,inthehotmazes,l
