Example of fine writing (1) - Martin Amis

Gặp đoạn sau trong House of Meetings của Martin Amis, chép lại, như là một ví dụ về fine writing:

"My brother Lev came to Norlag in February 1948 (I was already there), at the height of the war between the brutes and the bitches. He came at night. I recognized him instantly, in a crowd and at a distance, because a sibling, Venus, far more tellingly than a child, displaces a fixed amount of air. A child grows, while its parent remains static in space. With brothers it is always the same difference."

Quan sát sắc sảo, viết gọn, tinh vi. Khó dịch sang tiếng Việt cho hay.