阎连科的《丁庄梦》延续其一贯风格:文字深入人性深处,从终极关怀的高度展现人类生存的痛楚。它也是中国第一部以艾滋病为题材的长篇小说,作者以文学的方式关注艾滋病,对现实予以冷峻的批判和严肃的人道关怀。他透彻剖析的不仅有病疫蔓延之下农村的生存状况,更有挣扎在死亡线上那些扭曲的灵魂。小说与余华的《许三观卖血记》一样,都 Yan Lianke’s “Ding Zhuang Meng” continues its consistent style: the text goes deep into human nature and shows the pain of human existence from the height of ultimate concern. It is also China’s first novel about AIDS. The author focuses on AIDS in the way of literature and criticizes the reality with solemn humanitarian concern. He thoroughly analyzed not only the rural living conditions under the spread of the epidemic, but also those distorted souls who struggled on the death line. The novel is the same as Yu Hua’s “Xu Sanguan Selling Blood”, both