두 번째 책에 관한 소설가와의 인터뷰

태도와 함축된 의미

1. c) To discuss the new book and how success has affected the writerHannah는 신작, 첫 책과의 비교, 성공이 그의 글쓰기를 어떻게 바꾸었는지에 대해 묻습니다.
2. b) He is tired and not especially enthusiastic그는 “thrilled”라는 말을 거부하고 그저 깨어 있다고만 말하는데, 이는 흥분보다는 피로를 암시합니다.
3. c) Wryly amused, since they judge a book they have not read그는 읽지 않은 책을 몇 년 전에 읽은 책과 비교하는 그들의 “stamina”에 감탄한다고 아이러니하게 말합니다. 이것은 기분이 상한 것(“Not at all”)이 아니라 건조한 조롱입니다.
4. b) He wrote it with no expectations그는 아무 기대 없이 글을 쓰는 것을 단 한 번만 경험할 수 있는 상태라고 부릅니다.
5. d) Imagined readers whose opinions he argued with그는 존재하지 않는 사람들과 몇 달 동안 다투며 보냈다고 말합니다.
6. a) To escape the label of a writer of the sea그는 바다를 다루는 작가라고 불리는 것을 견딜 수 없어서 물에서 가능한 한 멀리 갔습니다.
7. c) He jokes about a criticism that clearly stayed with him그는 그 말을 정확히 기억하는데, 따라서 농담은 그 논평이 그에게 얼마나 큰 영향을 주었는지를 감추고 있습니다.
8. d) He neither agrees nor refuses, and leaves it open그는 편집자가 세 번째 책이 나올 것이라고 믿는다고 말하며, 자고 난 뒤에 다시 물어보라고 합니다.

핵심 세부 사항

1. bakery그는 그 방이 빵집 위층에 있었다고 말합니다.
2. adverbs그는 그들이 모두 부사에 대해 의견이 있었다고 말합니다.
3. eight / 8그는 8개월이라고 말합니다.
4. taxi / cab그는 제목이 택시에 실려 왔다고 말합니다.
5. two / 2가제는 Book Two였습니다.
6. empty그 서평은 그의 산문을 품위 있게 텅 비었다고 평했습니다.

Hannah: My guest today is Desmond Calloway, whose first novel, The Salt Road, sold more copies than anyone expected, including, I gather, the publisher. Desmond, thank you for coming. Your second book is out next month, and I'm sure you're thrilled.

Desmond: Thrilled is a strong word, but I'm certainly awake, which at this stage of a book tour is an achievement. It's a pleasure to be here.

Hannah: Critics have already been comparing the new book with The Salt Road. Does that bother you?

Desmond: Not at all. I've learned to admire the stamina of people who compare a book they haven't read with one they read years ago. It must be exhausting. If I'm honest, I wrote the second one largely to find out whether I could. The first, as you know, was written in a rented room above a bakery, with no expectations whatsoever, and that is a condition one can only experience once.

Hannah: So the success changed how you write?

Desmond: It changed who I imagined was reading over my shoulder. For the first book, nobody was. For the second, there was a small committee, and, rather unhelpfully, they all had opinions about adverbs. I spent eight months arguing with people who didn't exist, and I lost most of the arguments.

Hannah: The new book is set in a mountain observatory. Was that a conscious move away from the coast?

Desmond: Conscious is generous. I'd been told that I was a writer of the sea, and I found I couldn't bear the label, so I went as far from water as I could manage. Whether that is courage or sulking, I'll leave to the reviewers, who will no doubt tell me anyway.

Hannah: Do you read your reviews?

Desmond: I read the good ones twice and the bad ones once, which is, I believe, the only sensible policy. Although I confess that the one bad review I remember word for word described my prose as tastefully empty. I considered having it printed on a cushion.

Hannah: You've said before that the title came last. Was that true for this book too?

Desmond: The title arrived in a taxi, three days before the deadline, courtesy of a stranger's telephone conversation, and I have never been so grateful to anyone I will never meet. For most of the process the working title was Book Two, which tells you how confident I was.

Hannah: What do you do when the writing stops going well?

Desmond: I tidy. My flat has never been so clean as during the second book. If you ever want evidence of a troubled manuscript, inspect the skirting boards.

Hannah: People say the first novel is largely autobiographical.

Desmond: People say a great many things. The narrator has my height and my fear of ferries, and everything else I invented, mostly out of spite.

Hannah: And will there be a third book?

Desmond: My editor believes so, and she's usually right, which is one of her more tiresome qualities. Ask me again after I've slept.

Hannah: We'll hold you to that. Desmond Calloway, thank you.