Please don't think I'm crazy if I call it "Dreams in a Red Czechoslovakia," implying a sort of spiritual affinity between the souls of two unfortunate individuals so distant in space and time--one living in 18th-century Peking and another in 20th-century Prague--yet so close in spirit and circumstances.
請不要以為我狂妄，如果我講那是個「捷克夢」，是有那麼點意味著兩個時空上相距十分遙遠，靈魂和處境卻又十分相近的落魄者﹘﹘只是一位生活於十八世紀的北平，另一個生活於廿世紀的布拉格﹘﹘有著相互感應的心靈。