For the last five years I have wrestled with the monster in the sitting room, daring to expose my hands to its gleaming white teeth, and my sanity to its sonorities.

• 我和那恶魔搏斗以有五年的时间了，大胆把我的手指放在它那有白有刃的牙，任由我的精神让它的响声糟蹋。