林珮?biāo)紝?duì)realistic fiction的概括:
...goes to school and eats dinner with her family. She has fears, learns new things, and makes new friends. She is a regular girl, living an ordinary life.
也是我們最喜歡的文學(xué)類型。中文關(guān)鍵詞是什么呢?
作者本身其實(shí)不懂中文,就是聽(tīng)都聽(tīng)不懂的那種純老外,在其他書(shū)里寫過(guò)被人叫Twinkie(如圖,原來(lái)美國(guó)人這樣叫香蕉人)。但很喜歡營(yíng)造中國(guó)風(fēng)情。做法就是插入大量中國(guó)食物做比喻,我覺(jué)得有點(diǎn)刻意了。比如“月亮像剝皮荔枝”,中國(guó)人反而不會(huì)這樣比喻,銀盤水鏡都是現(xiàn)成的。