津子围说他的《童年书》出版了,是中青社出的,想寄给我看看。收到后不久,他又寄来了该书的英文版(Childhood Book),贝尔克国际出版公司(Bellco InternationalPublishing Co.)出版。子围说,老兄学过英文的,最好能对英文版的《童年书》发表点见解。汉语文本的《童年书》我看得很顺畅,英文版读起来也不费力,这当然首先要归功于作者,其文笔的简劲、明晰、峻峭比较接近我所喜爱的卡佛 Tsutsumi said his book, Childhood, was published by the Young Agency and wanted to send it to me. Shortly after his receipt, he sent the book the Childhood Book, published by Bellco International Publishing Co. Zi Wai said, my brother learned English, preferably on the English version of “childhood book” point of view. I see the “Chinese Book of Childhood” in Chinese very smoothly, and the English version is easy to read. This is of course firstly attributed to the author. His simple and clear writing style is relatively close to my favorite Carver