不但见微,还见深。人物都有厚度,个性与特性兼具,<秧歌>里几个人,读时决不会混淆。谭大娘和金花婆婆,都是厉害的老妇人,厉害劲儿也不一样。谭大娘厉害里带糊涂,自己的一套哲学换汤不换药的对付历届政府。金花婆婆是精明刻薄的厉害。作者怎么能在脑子里有那么多生动的性格存着!我为什么观察人就没深度呢?

She lacks neither of the two. But keen observation provides raw material for both. Lived before the time of internet or reality TV, she doesn't have much access to "naked truth". It takes a good observer to capture people's daily life before making anything out of it. Her earlier works are often based on rumors and stories going around the big family, about characters she either lived with or visited a couple of times a year for 20 years. <Rice Sprout Song> amazes me because she had lived with them for only several months yet able to make so much out of it.Jun wrote:It's not only an issue of observation, but also insight into people's psychology and mercilessly precise depiction.