Fortune
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Who it's for
A good fit for
- 喜欢中国当代现实主义短篇小说的读者
- 关注乡镇青年、城乡流动与底层生活的读者
- 读过《王能好》《土广寸木》，想补齐魏思孝早期作品的读者
- 偏好粗粝语言、黑色幽默与短篇快节奏的文学爱好者
Not a good fit for
- 期待温情治愈、情节圆满故事的读者
- 不习惯粗口、市井口吻与灰调现实的读者
- 需要系统梳理人物关系与完整长线剧情的读者
Reading tips
- 不必按顺序通读，可从《废物》《时运不济》等篇目切入，感受语言质感后再决定节奏。
- 上篇多为修订旧作、下篇为新篇，可分开读，对照看作者十余年间关注点的变化。
- 读完一篇留一点时间回味，留意那些自嘲式的幽默背后被轻轻带过的失落。
- 若想理解作者的乡村写作脉络，可接着读《王能好》《土广寸木》，把短篇与长篇互相对照。
About the publisher
Shanghai Literature and Art Publishing House takes modern and contemporary Chinese literature and folk literature as important publishing directions, while also covering social novels, classic works, and prose and miscellaneous writings, and has long introduced foreign literature and philosophical works. Its books include masterpieces such as Lao She's Teahouse and Camel Xiangzi, Lu Xun's Call to Arms and Wandering and Dawn Blossoms Plucked at Dusk, and Xiao Hong's Tales of Hulan River, as well as translations such as Gilles Deleuze's Nietzsche and Philosophy, Erich Maria Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front, and The Pillars of the Earth trilogy. Its authors include Lao She, Lu Xun, Xiao Hong, Zhou Ying, Liu Yuyu, and Jiang Yi, reflecting a publishing character that balances original literature, academic translation, and general reading.
Contents
- Part One
- Everyone on the Street Is Overjoyed
- Trash
- Just Like Its American Relative
- Teach You to Make Delicious Eggs
- Peeping
- The Story of Li Lie
- Why Don't You Look for a Job
- If You Are Destined to Be Poor
- People in Poor Health Have No Future
- Hard Luck
- Zheng Youhao, Collector
- Physical Examination
- My Friend Zhao Xi
- Trust
- Brother, We're About to Get Rich
- The Apprentice Detective
- Has This Month's Horoscope Come Out Yet
- Part Two
- Meeting
- Conversation
- They Can All Do the Thomas Flair
- Like Many Communist Youth League Members
- Shorten the World Record by Fifteen Seconds
- Niu Hui Inn
- Inn Documentary Literature
- None of the Guests in the Other Rooms Are In
- Real Life
- Recording Wang Dong's Words Before Death
- The Jumper
- Shen Dongwu
- Afterword
FAQ
《时运》是长篇小说还是短篇集？
这本书和《王能好》《土广寸木》有什么关系？
读起来会不会很压抑？
需要了解作者背景才能读懂吗？
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About the author
Wei Sixiao is a writer about whom limited public information is available; the only confirmed work is All Are the Masses. Judging from the title and its common classification, the writing shows a clear concern with reality, tending to focus on the everyday lives and collective circumstances of ordinary people. Using the plain and broad term "the masses" as its point of entry, the work presents the living conditions and emotional experiences of ordinary individuals. It is classified as a classic work, suggesting that its choice of subject and manner of expression are representative to some degree and can prompt readers to reflect on the people and events around them. Because public information about the author's life, education, and creative career is very limited, this introduction makes no speculation and relies only on the work and classification recorded in the database. Overall, Wei Sixiao's writing is characterized by closeness to reality and attention to ordinary people, and readers are encouraged to appreciate it through the work itself.
