《老生》,贾平凹著,人民文学出版社2014年9月第一版这部作品的故事时间跨度长达百年,从二十世纪初直到当下。书中的山川风物、父老乡亲、乡村在大时代变迁中的剧变,都是作者从小到大亲历或见闻的,这些积淀曾催生出他很多优秀的小说作品,“能想的能讲的已差不多都写在了我以往的书里,而不愿想不愿讲的,到我年龄花甲了,却怎能不想不讲啊?!”这是作者在《后记》中自言写作此书的初衷,也可视为读者解读这部中国百年乡村历史画卷的一把钥匙。 Lao Sheng, Jia Pingwa, People’s Literature Publishing House, September 2014 First Edition The story of this work lasted for a hundred years spanning from the early twentieth century until the present. The mountains and rivers in the book, the folks, the drastic changes in the village in the changes of the times, all are the author’s personal experiences or insights, which have given birth to many excellent works of his novels. Almost all wrote in my previous book, but do not want to say do not want to say, to my age spent, but how can I not want to say ah?! “This is the author in the” postscript " The original intention, but also can be seen as a reader of this century-old village in China a key historical picture.