Shallow Hills

To live in two different worlds at the same time is both difficult and disconcerting.

—Ann Bridge, Peking Picnic

Ann Bridge的小說(shuō)Peking Picnic開(kāi)篇展現(xiàn)了女主角的夏日奇想：當(dāng)一個(gè)人身在中英兩地之間遊走交替，心卻還在另外一端時(shí)，人作為一個(gè)整體其實(shí)並不在這兩地間的任何一方。