故事从纽约皇后区的“小圭亚那”一个不那么讨人喜欢的小角落开始。午后,在防水遮阳棚下葡萄藤上,流行乐从摇摇欲坠的高音喇叭里传了出来。时而微风吹过,成熟的葡萄坠落在地。每隔10分钟左右,呼啸而来放着西印第安舞曲的自行车,车上挂着圭亚那(有时是特立尼达和多巴哥)国旗。跟车子一样,两个卖玫瑰的姑娘也在街上来来回回。 The story begins with a not-so-pleasing little corner of Little Guyana in New York’s Queens. In the afternoon, pop music came out of the crumbling tweeter under the water-proof awning. Sometimes the breeze blew, and the ripe grapes crashed into the ground. Every 10 minutes or so, there comes a bike of West Indian dance, with the flag of Guyana (and sometimes of Trinidad and Tobago) hanging in the car. Like the car, two roses-selling girls also come and go in the street.