Some of Ms. Jong 's fans and peers are calling the novel a long overdue corrective in a cultural landscape that deifies youth and often ignores older women , or relegates them to the role of spinsters or crones .
有些容的书迷和同龄人觉得，当前的文化将青春神圣化，无视年老女人，或者一味把她们贬低为老处女或者丑陋老太婆，容的小说是对这种现象的矫正，早就应该出现了。
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