我们看待小说的方式反映了我们如何将自己定义为一个国家。想象力的作品是煤矿中的金丝雀，我们可以评估社会其他地区的健康状况。
(The way we view fiction is a reflection of how we define ourselves as a nation. Works of the imagination are canaries in the coal mine, the measure by which we can evaluate the health of the rest of society.)