老舍《四世同堂》是我太太强迫我读了一些中国作家的作品,她说我应该为中国之行多做些准备。我觉得老舍非常有趣,非常好,他就像一个编年史的作家,就像是一个史学家那样精确,他在描写一个个体的编年史,在这点上读他的作品真的是很好。我自己也曾经希望成为这样一个编年史的作家,但是也许因为我个人身 Lao She's “Four Generations” is my wife forced me to read some Chinese writers' works, she said I should do more for the trip to China. I think Lao She is very interesting and very good. He is like a chronicler writer who is as precise as a historian. He is really good at describing an individual's chronicle and reading his works at this point. I myself once also wanted to be such a chronicle writer, but maybe because of my personal life