《当代小说与民间叙事》,晓苏著,湖南人民出版社2015年5月出版。这是晓苏研究中国当代小说的一部专著。这部论著有几个方面引起我的兴趣和注意。第一,它的作者是一位作家,一位小说家,以小说家的身份撰写二十余万言的小说论著,这并不是很常见的。晓苏的小说写作经历已经有三十年之久,发表过长篇、中篇多种,近年尤其注力于短篇创作,他的短篇小说获得过蒲松龄全国短篇小说奖、《人民文学》林斤澜短篇小说奖和《小说月报》百花奖以及其他很多重 “Contemporary Fiction and Folk Narration” by Xiao Su and published by Hunan People’s Publishing House in May 2015. This is Xiaosu research a contemporary Chinese novel. There are several aspects of this book that have drawn my interest and attention. First, its author is a writer and a novelist. It is not uncommon to write more than 200,000 novel articles in his capacity as novelist. Xiao Su’s fiction writing experience has been 30 years, published a long, nosy variety, in recent years, with particular emphasis on short stories, his short story won the Pu Songling national short story award, “People’s Literature” Lin Jinsan short story Awards and “Novel Monthly” Hundred Flowers Award and many other heavy