Its broad balconies look out over a swampy artificial lake that is dotted with the skeletons of dead trees, a vista created by a man who seems to have felt a kinship with death.

• 从别墅宽广的阳台看出去，可以见到一个很像沼泽的人工湖，湖面上散布著一株株枯木的树干，似乎是一个对死亡情有读中的人所设计出来的景观。