想象一下，将普鲁斯特、卡夫卡、穆西尔、福克纳和博尔赫斯像鞋子和化妆品那样置于畅销市场的竞争中去会是怎样一幅情景。
Just imagine what might have happened with the works of, say, Proust, Kafka, Musil, Faulkner, or Borges had they been subjected to mass-market competition like shoes or cosmetics.