苦难是上帝赐予我们的人生体验之一。在弱者那里,苦难如同霜雪密布;而在强者那里,苦难则如巨额财富。年轻的作家王昆,常常让我产生这样的慨叹。2014年7月份,我在《人民文学》杂志做副主编,正筹办一期军事文学作品。办公桌上摆着无数份稿件,那些名字我大多熟悉或者至少听说。但是一份由解放军艺术学院文学系廖建斌主任转过来的小说稿《登陆艇搁浅之夜》吸引住了我。小说的作者就是王昆,当时我对他还是完全陌生。 Suffering is one of the life experiences that God has given us. In the weak, misery is as frost and gloom; in the strong, misery is like a great deal of wealth. Wang Kun, a young writer, often gives me such a lament. In July 2014, I was an associate editor of People’s Literature magazine, and I was planning a military literary work. There are countless manuscripts on my desk, and most of those names are familiar or at least heard. However, a novel by the LIAO Jian-Bin, director of the Literature Department of the PLA Academy of Arts, “Landing a Boat Stranded Night” caught me. The author of the novel is Wang Kun, when I was still completely unfamiliar to him.