" yes , " he said rather sharply . he felt for the first time that it was a shortish name “就这个。 ”彼得尖着嗓子回答。他头一回觉得自己的名字短了点。
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Since the book is shortish and the twists and turns frequent , the narrative is sometimes too quick for the comfort of readers who did not live through its times 由于作品相当的短小,而且时常迂回曲折,因此对于未经历那个时代的读者而言,有时读起来会觉得跳跃性太大,不太习惯。