THE uncanny resemblance between Cormac McCarthy's recent novel, “The Road”, and Jim Crace's new book, “The Pesthouse”, does not mean Mr Crace is an imitator.

科马·麦卡锡的近作《路》与吉·斯的新《隔离病》有惊人的相似，但这并不意味斯有抄袭之嫌。