小说对于生命存在的探索,一直生生不已。虽然时有代序、地有分野,令作家作品气象不同,但若论对生命的思索与表达,生死无疑是首选范畴。而恰恰是这个范畴,让许多作家望而却步。因为就小说而言,生死不只是生命存灭的自然流程,还是作家是否有所发现、能否为天地立心的考验;同时,作品表达形态是否捐弃固有范式并贡献了新质,也是文学发展图谱的召唤。在这个 The novel’s exploration of the existence of life has been endless. Although there is a time series, a distinction between fields, so that the work of writers different weather, but if the thinking and expression of life, life and death is undoubtedly the preferred category. It is precisely this category, many writers discouraged. Because in terms of novels, life and death are not only natural processes of life extinction, but also whether writers find out whether they can stand the test of heaven and earth; at the same time, whether the form of works discards the inherent paradigm and contributes new quality is also the development of literature Call of the map. at this