Illusory Dust

Name: Illusory Dust
ISBN: 9787521211054

丁海龙Writers Publishing House · ChinaAug 2026

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Word count: 28K words
Chapters: 156
ISBN: 9787521211054

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Summary

Virtual Dust is Ding Hailong's first poetry collection and a record of his spiritual insights and life over the past fifteen years; it spans a considerable period, and the contents move gradually from immaturity toward a fuller maturity. The book is divided into five sections: "Voices of the Illusory," "Autumn of the Illusory," "Light of the Illusory," "Dust of the Virtual," and "Words of the Illusory." The poetry is fresh and refined, at times solemn and forceful, at times tender and plaintive, intoxicating to read and capable of making one forget the mundane world. Virtual Dust is at once the author's history of growth and his love of nature, his reflection on life, and his longing for his hometown.

Editor's review

Virtual Dust is a novel that asks to be savored slowly. With a delicate, cool-headed touch, Ding Hailong builds a narrative space somewhere between reality and illusion, memory and forgetting. The story's core is not plot progression in the traditional sense, but the protagonist's state of being amid the flow of time and consciousness. The language has real texture, and the pacing is unhurried without dragging; within seemingly ordinary details of daily life lies a profound inquiry into the nature of life, the truth of memory, and self-identity. This style brings Virtual Dust close to a spiritual ramble or an inward journey. From an editor's perspective, the book's value lies in the singular reading experience it offers—it does not rush to hand you a conclusion but invites you into an atmosphere, a state of mind, to feel with the narrator the folds of time and the dust of memory. It challenges the usual expectation of "story" in fiction and pursues instead a resonance of mood and thought. For readers on its wavelength, Virtual Dust will be a quiet and rewarding intellectual experience; yet it may feel remote to readers seeking strong dramatic conflict or rapid turns of plot. Overall, this is a work that displays the author's personal style and literary ambition, showing a rare composure and inward exploration in contemporary fiction.

Who it's for

A good fit for

Readers who favor literary fiction with attention to the texture of language and psychological description
Readers interested in philosophical questions of time, memory, and existence
Those seeking moments of quiet and introspective reading in a fast-paced life
Readers who appreciate unconventional narrative structures and can accept a de-emphasis on plot

Not a good fit for

Readers expecting strong plots, fast pacing, and a clear storyline
Readers new to literary fiction who are more accustomed to popular narrative styles

Reading tips

Read in a relatively quiet, undisturbed setting so as to enter the atmosphere the text creates
Do not be in a hurry to trace clear causal links in the plot; try instead to follow the narrative's rhythm and feel the cadence and imagery of the language itself
Pause after reading to reflect on how the book's explorations of memory and time relate to your own experience

About the publisher

Writers Publishing House China · Founded in 1953

Writers Publishing House is a Chinese publisher focused mainly on literary publishing. Its output covers classical literature, foreign literature, folk literature and Eastern philosophy, with some extension into popular reading such as social fiction and parenting books. Its catalogue contains more than 900 titles, including representative works such as Dream of the Red Chamber and its edited editions, Shakespeare's Macbeth and A Midsummer Night's Dream, and foreign literary classics such as The Brothers Karamazov and Lost Illusions. In terms of authors, it includes classical writers such as Cao Xueqin and Gao E, foreign masters such as William Shakespeare, Dostoevsky and Balzac, and translations by translators such as Zhu Shenghao, Geng Jizhi and Fu Lei. Overall, its publishing profile balances Chinese and foreign literary classics, emphasizes quality translations, and serves both academic and general readers; publicly available information on its specific publishing plans is limited.

版权信息
第一辑虚幻之音
美仁草原
月亮升起时
晨雪
每一个清晨，都有鸟语盈耳
你是一股清流
雪地跫音
水之媚
远山
细雨点荷塘
野桃花
初春，落下凉薄的雪花
与一棵树的对视
雪花，雪花
一月短章
水里的花
甘南当周草原
黄捻子
小憩随想
绿旋风
又见春雪
昨夜落细雨，花落有残痕
今夜，落雪又落雨
这一日
起风了
那些云朵
听听雨水
东风不远
阳光里的微笑
在雪夜
听着鸟鸣醒来的人
小屋
白云天
深夜里你是幸福的
那夜，我听到神的对语
第二辑虚幻之秋
黑色的秋天
九月九日
忧伤地走过洮河河畔
暮秋最后一夜
麦浪
在秋雨里
把自己埋葬在秋叶里
秋天了
八月，麦子熟了
走丢于十月
十一月的天空
在秋水最凉处
七夕
我情愿这样
秋夜
秋天，这秋天
坚果的秘密
黄叶
那一日，我踏霜而来
第三辑虚幻之光
那些隐隐的桃花
春雪
在没有月亮的晚上
沉默
霜花
落雪的早晨
我依旧怀揣悲伤
桃花劫
在一盏茶里
阁楼上的女人
在梦的国度
往事
夏天是怎样来到的
在北国的天空下
在五月
允许你
东风里，早开的一朵小花
狼毒花
揶揄
大地
慢下来，你会看到不一样的风景
在雪花中漫步
梨花，那芬芳
杯盏
修改病句
画图
小旅馆
渐近年关
那年，那月
这一天
高高的屋子
必然
在灯下
天上飘着些微雨
等待
天亮了
疑问
画出我忐忑不安的心
隐藏多少刀剑，才能苟活于人间
我希望这样生活
一路走来
在草地上
深夜归来
起风了
黎明的曙光
一些人
在有星星的夜晚
无处安放的乡愁
遗忘，或生活的补丁
这一刻
我们翻过一座又一座山
某个中午
从黄昏出发
独步
一个黄昏之后
折柳曲
风景退潮
雨夜
一个王朝
绿色的手掌
绿瀑布下的微笑
杏花春雨
上午的阳光
这样活着是幸福的
第四辑虚幻之尘
风景这边独好
小憩八角
庙沟
故乡（之一）
故乡（之二）
三角城
常旗，常旗
来生，愿做洮水里的一尾鱼
梦归田园
今夜，我在洮滨的某个村庄
父亲，父亲
我的父亲母亲
碧水东流去
走过那些河流
雪落了一地
第五辑虚幻之语
一片叶的心思
让我静静地对自己说
有种心情，不是酸甜苦辣
睡吧
七点半，早安
对饮
假如，今生我不曾遇见你
老酒
痴情鸟
这冷雨
沈园
五月，本该这样
难得
我们彼此陌生地活着
假如我再年轻十岁
十四行情诗
深夜不孤单
后记

FAQ

What is the narrative style of this book?

The book adopts a quiet, introspective narrative style weighted toward psychology and atmosphere. Plot advances slowly, with greater emphasis on the protagonist's flow of consciousness, fragments of memory, and fine perception of the surrounding world; the language is literary and reflective.

What themes does Virtual Dust mainly explore?

The novel's core themes revolve around the unreliability of memory, the nonlinear passage of time, the solitude of individual existence, and how the self is constructed and dissolved between memory and reality. It prompts readers to think about the boundary between "the real" and "the illusory."

What frame of mind does reading this book require?

It requires a willingness to slow down and immerse yourself in the text's details and moods. It is not suited to quick diversion but is better as a focused, inward-reading journey, asking for some patience and an openness to literary writing.

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About the author

丁海龙 Author

Ding Hailong is a writer about whom limited public information is available. The only confirmed work is the poetry collection Xu Chen (Empty Dust), commonly classified as modern poetry. Based on this single piece of information, his writing centers on the field of modern poetry, presenting personal observations and feelings in poetic form. Because biographical details, a chronology of his writing, and critical materials are lacking, it is difficult to trace his full creative development or to judge the place of Xu Chen within his career; still less should one speculate about his teachers, awards, or publishing history. Given the available clues, readers may treat Xu Chen as the main entry point into Ding Hailong's literary world, approaching it through the texture of its language, its choice of imagery, and its emotional tone in order to appreciate the direction of his modern poetry. Further reading and research on this author will depend on the appearance of more works and public information.