Dams and irrigation projects upriver in Africa increase the population of malarial mosquitoes downriver.
而非洲河流上游处实施的水坝灌溉工程增加了下游地区携带疟疾的蚊子。
In “Oscar and Lucinda” (which won the Booker prize in 1988) he follows an extraordinary glass and iron church downriver to its final destination; the art of forgery pervades “Parrot and Olivier in America”.
在《奥斯卡于露辛达》(荣获1988年布克奖)一书中,他描写了一座由玻璃铁制成的教堂的构想,并且让这个构想随着主人公的旅程顺水而下,直到它的目的地,直到故事的最终;同样的,在小说《奥利维尔与鹦鹉》(“Parrot and Olivier in America ”暂无官方译名)中,他又痴情于仿品工艺,贯穿始终。