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住在芝加哥的希腊裔姑娘图拉到男友伊恩家去见对方父母,一对美国清教徒,彬彬有礼,温文尔雅,一望而知是那种十分节制的人——言语、激情、饮食、体重,都有节制。饭后四人在沙发里对坐喝红酒。点头。微笑。对视。低头。沉默。半天没有一句话,房间里静得能听见彼此的呼吸。图拉不习惯这个,对伊恩悄悄说:“这太寂静了。” 那么,什么叫做不“寂静”呢?下一次,伊恩和父母去图拉家见她父母。一下车,灯火通明、有白色拱形廊柱的希腊之家赫然在目,图拉的家族成员早已齐齐到场,吵吵闹闹,鸡飞狗跳,俨然一个狂欢节;仅图拉的堂(表)兄妹就有二十七个之多(伊恩只有两个),几乎都叫
Greek girl living in Chicago Tula to her boyfriend Ian home to see each other’s parents, a pair of American Puritans, polite, gentle, glanced at the kind of very modest people - speech, passion, diet, weight, Are moderate. Four people after dinner on the sofa drinking wine. nod. smile. On the visual. Bow silence. Half a day without a word, the room can still hear each other breathing. Tula was not used to this and whispered to Ian: “It’s so silent.” Then what is the meaning of “silence”? Next, Ian and her parents went to Tula to meet her parents. Get out of the car, brightly lit, with white arched colonnade impressively, Tula’s family members have long been together to the scene, noisy, beating like a carnival; only Tula’s Church Table) there are as many as 27 siblings (Ian only two), almost all called