付秀莹的短篇小说《爱情到处流传》在《红豆》杂志发表后,很快被《小说选刊》《中华文学选刊》选载,并被收入不同的小说年选本。这个小说之所以如此受到关注,我认为主要是在两个方面满足了读者的期待:在“短篇小说”这一体裁日渐式微的情形下,这个作品提 Fu Xianying’s short story, “Love Is Spread Around,” was published in “Red Bean” magazine shortly after being selected by “Selected Fiction” and “Selected Chinese Literature” and was included in various annual fictional anthologies. The reason why this novel is so much watched is that I think it mainly satisfies the reader’s expectations in two aspects: in the case of the shortest genre of “short story”