translation.en: And so, I began to realize that my American roommate must have throughout her life seen and heard different versions of this single story, as had a professor, who once told me that my novel was not "authentically African."
translation.zh: 正因此，我开始意识到我的那位美国室友 一定在她成长的过程中 看过并且听过关于这个单一故事的 不同版本， 就如同之前一位 曾经批判我的小说缺乏“真实的非洲感”的教授一样。