Without exaggeration, I’m not good English reader (and writer, speaker, listener as well), but when I read this book, I feel that I can completely understand what the writer want to convey, as if water seeping into sand. The power of style? I think that’s true, but the point is, the feeling as a parent is the same, no matter who, when, where we are.
これからも大丈夫だよね、パパ？
ああ。大丈夫だ。
悪いことはなにも起こらないよね。
そのとおりだ。
ぼくたちは火を運んでいるから。
そう。火を運んでいるから。(P74)
“We’re going to be okay, arent we Papa?
Yes. We are.
And nothing bad is going to happen to us.
That’s right.
Because we’re carrying the fire.
Yes. Because we’re carrying the fire.”
– The Road, Cormac McCarthy
Read ハヤカワepi文庫 version (second time in three years)