《宋家客厅:从钱钟书到张爱玲》是宋以朗围绕其父宋淇的一部传记。宋淇,笔名林以亮等,文艺评论家和翻译家,在文学批评、红学研究、翻译、电影等诸多领域均有建树;与张爱玲、钱钟书、傅雷、吴兴华、夏志清等有深交,长期以朋友身份担任张爱玲的文学经纪人和顾问,张爱玲去世前将遗物(包括遗稿)交给宋淇、邝文美夫妇保管。作者在私家资料、家族记忆和公开资料的基础上完成本书的叙述,书中 “Song’s living room: from Zhang Zhongling Qian’s book” is a biography of Song Yilang around his father Song Qi. Song Qi, pen name Lin Yiliang, literary critic and translator, have made achievements in many fields such as literary criticism, redology research, translation, film and so on; and Zhang Ailing, Qian Zhongshu, Fu Lei, Wu Xinghua, As a friend Zhang Ailing literature broker and adviser, before the death of Eileen Chang will be relics (including draft) to Song Qi, Kwong Man Mei couple custody. The author based on private data, family memories and public information based on the completion of the book’s narrative, the book