That focus would be Rima, who is preoccupied not by the death of her mother, brother and father — Fowler dispatches them in order in three parentheses: “(Aneurysm.) ... (Car crash.)

焦点应该是莉玛，她没有因为妈妈，哥哥和爸爸的死——富勒用了三段顺序交代的：“（动脉瘤）……（车祸）……（白血病）”——而是因为她的教母既真实又虚幻的历史而魂不守舍。