“恪守小说中最基本的恒定不变的规则的小说家,因此成了不会过时的小说家”(《马原文集·第四卷·百窘》),马原的这句话,我认为适用于陈世旭。二十多年来,小说被“艺术创新”这条疯狗追得已经只剩下喘气的份儿了。小说写得好与坏的概念与标准,现在越来越不易界定了,这倒不是因为小说艺术或生活本身变得有多么复杂,而在于人们认识世界、理解存在的差异变得越来越复杂了。更何况,小说在人类文化中不是一种教条,而是一种活的力量,其独具一格之处就在于永不停息地为我们熟知的“人” “The novelist who abides by the most basic and constant rules in the novel has become a novelist who will never become outdated.” (Ma Yuan, Volume IV, Hundred Embarrassment) I think that applies to Chen Shixu. For more than two decades, the novel has been panting for the mad dog chase “Art Innovation”. The concepts and standards of writing good and bad novels are now more and more difficult to define. This is not because of how complicated the art or life of the novel itself is, but because people become more familiar with the world and understand the differences in existence. It’s What’s more, the novel is not a kind of dogma in human culture, but a living force whose uniqueness lies in the fact that we are constantly familiar with “people”