巴金的第一部小说《灭亡》发表在1929年《小说月报》第20卷第1至4号上。小说以北洋军阀统治下,沾满了“猩红的血”的上海为背景,描写一些受到五四新思潮鼓舞,寻求社会解放道路的知识青年的苦闷和抗争。响彻全书的是这样的呼声:“凡是曾经把自己的幸福建筑在别人的痛苦上面的人都应该灭亡。”这也是小说的主题。主人公杜大心怀有“为了我至爱的被压迫的同胞,我甘愿灭亡” Ba Jin’s first novel, The Extinction, was published in Volumes 1 to 4 of the 1929 Novel Monthly. The novel, under the rule of the Northern Warlords, was stained with a “scarlet blood” in Shanghai, depicting the anguish and resistance of some young intellectuals inspired by the May 4th new thought and seeking for the liberation of society. It is the cry of the whole book: “Everyone who once built his own happiness on the suffering of others should perish.” This is also the theme of the novel. The protagonist Du big heart pregnant “For my beloved oppressed compatriots, I am willing to perish ”