America is a prewar country, psychologically unprepared for one thing to go wrong. Hence the neurosis, despair; the Kafka feeling that the whole marvelous fabric of American life is coming apart at the seams.
美国属于战前状态的国家,没有心理准备承受出现的任何问题。因此就出现神经质、绝望,感到卡夫卡式的忧虑,整个美妙的美国生活模式正在分崩离析。