In the more than 30 years since his stroke, Chang has gotten old and thin and been largely forgotten by the world. He has no idea how many more meals he'll cook, how many more words he'll write, or how many more miles he'll walk, but his heart still beats powerfully.
三十多年過去，如今作家真的老了、瘦了、被時代遺忘了，他不知道還能燒幾頓飯、寫多少字，或走多遠的路，但是躺在胸口的那一顆心，鼓鼓跳動的感覺依然那樣真實有力。