Barbara Kingsolver, "Unsheltered"

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Barbara Kingsolver, "Unsheltered" (2018)

 

 

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아래는 본문에서 몇 구절:

 

    "I have nothing to offer Mr. Darwin but my reverence. I stayed awake six nights running when i discovered On the Origin of Species, and I did the same last year when The Descent of Man came available in the Boston library. These books have turned the city on its head. The whole world, I suppose. But for me they bring a comfort I can hardly explain."

    She seemed to relax a little. "How is that?"

    He considered the question. "It's the solace of hearing a truth one has suspected a very long time. I've not had the luxury of buying many books, but those two volumes were my first purchases. This is what they have meant to me." (p. 86)

 

    Now she leaned toward him, guileless as a girl in her confidence. "We are given to live in a remarkable time. When the nuisance of old mythologies falls away from us, we may see with new eyes."

    "Falls away, or is torn. The old mythologies are a comfort to many."

    "But we are creatures like any other. Mr. Darwin's truth is inarguable." (p.89)

 

    "He described himself a swimmer in philosophies, free to speculate on tides and spheres..."

    "One might envy the swimmer's freedom."

    "But how muddly-puddly!" Mary said, clearly not envious. "To believe, without hindrance of actual evidence." (p. 193)

 

    But still, the old construction no longer squared with the evidence. A pumpkin shell offered poor shelter. Could not men see the uselessness of clinging to their outmoded philosophies? (p. 204)