Colm is a grouchy crank-or perhaps has seen life for what it is.

科尔姆是一个脾气不好的人--或者说他也许已经看到了生活的本来面目。

In " The Magician" , Colm Toibin's fictionalised portrait of the great German writer, the ageing Mann thinks of himself as a similar " dodger" who " got away with things" .

在科尔姆·托宾对这位伟大德国作家的虚构肖像描写作品《魔术师》中，日渐衰老的曼认为自己像是一个“逃避现实的人”。