新世纪以来,宁夏的长篇小说创作呈现出别具一格的思想和艺术寻求。与东部发达省区的许多长篇小说创作者相比,宁夏作家创作的作品,其现实碰撞感似乎更为强大一些。季栋梁的《上庄记》、张学东的《超低空滑翔》《尾》、马金莲的《马兰花开》等长篇小说,莫不是逼视现实直面人生的优秀之作。这一方面当然与宁夏地处西部,作家们所能够感知到的西部生活的艰难转型有关,另一方面,也和新时期以来由张贤亮等优秀作家所开创的宁夏文学拥抱时代、直面现实 Since the new century, Ningxia's novel creation has shown its own unique ideas and artistic pursuit. Compared with many novels creators in eastern developed provinces and autonomous regions, the works created by Ningxia writers seem to be more powerful in reality. Jidongliang's “Shang Zhuang Ji”, Zhang Xuedong's “Ultra-low Sky Glider” “Tail” and Ma Jinlian's “Malan Flower” and other novels are nothing more than the realistic face of life's excellent work. On the one hand, of course, it is related to the difficult transformation of the western life which the writers in Ningxia are located in the west and writers can experience. On the other hand, Ningxia Literature embraced the era created by Zhang Xianliang and other outstanding writers,