短篇小说是赵本夫写作时间最长、发表数量最多、同时也是带来更多荣誉的创作领域。不过,我读他的短篇小说集《天下无贼》,留下的却是一种别样的印象。短篇小说常常截取的是“人生的横断面”,小说家努力的方向是要在一次事件中囊括人生精华,让一个故事发生爆破和逆转,暗示和包含更加复杂的主题内容。赵本夫的 Short stories are Zhao Benfu writing for the longest time, published the largest number, but also bring more honor creation areas. However, I read his short story collection A World Without Thieves, leaving behind a different kind of impression. Short stories are often intercepted in “Cross-section of Life,” and the novelist’s efforts are directed at embracing the essence of life in an incident, blasting and reversing a story, suggesting and incorporating more complex thematic content. Zhao Benfu’s