by 瑪格麗特·阿特伍德
Margaret Atwood
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▌內容簡介
Atwood, the author of The Handmaid’s Tale, shows off her token snark in this very short story, which takes the reader through all of the different ways in which a fictional couple, John and Mary, could possibly end up. Hint: It’s not so happy.
阿特伍德，也就是最近大熱的《使女的故事》的作者，在這篇短小精悍的小說中盡情炫耀了壹把自己標誌性的諷刺手法，帶領讀者體驗了壹對虛構夫婦約翰和瑪麗可能經歷的各種不同結局。溫馨提示：這些結局並沒有那麽幸福。
▌精彩選段
You'll have to face it, the endings are the same however you slice it. Don't be deluded by any other endings, they're all fake, either deliberately fake, with malicious intent to deceive, or just motivated by excessive optimism if not by downright sentimentality.
妳必須面對現實，無論妳怎樣切分他們的故事，結局都是壹樣的。不要被其他結局欺騙了，那些都是假的。要麽是居心叵測有意欺瞞造假，要麽就是樂觀過頭或太過多情而臆想出來的。
The only authentic ending is the one provided here:
以下才是唯壹真實的結局：
John and Mary die. John and Mary die. John and Mary die.
約翰和瑪麗死了。約翰和瑪麗死了。約翰和瑪麗死了。