七月上旬的北京,也许比南方城市更早地进入盛暑。八日下午,气温已达三十二度。大厅里虽然装着空调设备,但是络绎而至的人流、主人的激奋、客人的热诚却已经给颇为爽人的大厅平添了炽热的气氛。这里,宾主正在纪念《世界文学》创刊三十周年。这既是一次纪念活动,又是首都的文学界和外国文学界人士相聚的一次盛会。说它是盛会,确实不算夸张。文学创作和文学评论界的规模盛大的集会有过多次,外围文学界的大型学术会议也有过,然而象今天这样两界二百人云集在一起的盛况,据人们的记忆确实是颇为难 Beijing in early July may have entered the summer even earlier than the southern city. On the 8th afternoon, the temperature has reached 32 degrees. Although the hall is equipped with air-conditioning equipment, but the stream of people coming, the owner’s excitement, the enthusiasm of the guests have been quite cool hall has added a hot atmosphere. Here, guests are commemorating the thirtieth anniversary of “World Literature”. This is not only a commemorative event, but also a gathering of literary and foreign literary figures in the capital. It is an event, really not an exaggeration. The large-scale rallies of literary and literary critics have taken place on numerous occasions. Large-scale academic conferences have also taken place in peripheral literary circles. However, the grand gathering of two hundred people in two circles like today is indeed quite difficult.