His masterpiece The Great Gatsby, which made him one of the greatest American novelists.
他的巨著《了不起的盖茨比》是他成为杰出的美国小说家。But this essayist writes that choosing to be both a novelist and a physician was the only choice that seemed right.
但对于本文作者玛吉·莱弗勒来说，兼做小说家和医生看来是唯一正确的选择。"No one walking down St. Charles Street after Katrina could imagine how much the city has come back, " said New Orleans novelist Tom Piazza.
“卡特里娜飓风席卷后，行走在圣查尔斯街（St.CharlesStreet）上，没人可以想象今天城市复原的情况，”新奥尔良小说家TomPiazza表示。Ts'ui Pen was a fine novelist but he was also a man of letters who, doubtless, considered himself more than a mere novelist.
彭寂是个天才的小说家，但也是一个文学家，他绝不会认为自己只是个写小说的。But you know, other writers, other poets, novelists, actors, stage actors, they're all important as well.
但你要知道，其他作家、诗人、小说家、演员、喜剧演员也同样重要。My mother raised me up to be a 'Southern' novelist, with a strong emphasis on the word 'Southern. '
我母亲将我培养成了一位‘南方’小说家，她尤为看重‘南方’二字。It may sound paradoxical to say so, but if I had not been so obsessed with music, I might not have become a novelist.
这麽说起来好像似是而非﹐但若果我没有对音乐那麽痴迷﹐我很可能不会成为一名小说家。We'll talk to a sociologist and a romance writer, to understand more about this unique phenomenon.
我们将采访一位社会学家和一位浪漫爱情小说家，来更好地理解这一独特的现象。Suppose that the novelists are writing on the high wall side--nevertheless what kind of purpose for---- how much value does the writer own?
假如小说家站在高墙一边写作——不管出于何种理由——那个作家又有多大价值呢？