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1、徐則臣XuZechenBornin1978inJiangsuProvince,Xuobtainedamaster'sdegreeinChineseliteratureatPekingUniversity,andisnowaneditoratPeople'sLiteraturemagazine.Despitethispedigree,Xu'sfictionisfocusedprimarilyonChina'sless-fortunatesocialclasses–peddlersofpiratedDVDs,migrantworkers
2、–andhisspare,realiststylelendssomewryhumortotheirstruggles.Xuhaspublishedthreenovels,?Midnight'sDoor,?NightTrain?and?HeavenonEarth,andacollectionofshortstoriesentitled?HowGeeseFlyuptoHeaven.HehaswonseveralprizeswithinChinafornewandpromisingwriters,andisgenerallyconside
3、redoneoftheburgeoningnewstarsofChina'sliteraryscene.GALLOPINGHORSESWhenIgotontothemainroadinWudouqu,theretheywere–thehiggledy-piggledyprintsofeighthorsehooves.Awaveoffineyellowdustroseintheairwhenyourfoothittheloosesurface,butthegroundwasfirmandshinywherethehooveshadbe
4、en.Ididn'tneedtotakeacloserlook.Iknewthatthey–HongqiandDongliang–hadcomethisway.Andtherehewas,standingshirtlessinfrontofthemelonshack,hiseyesfixedonthetwojujube-redhorsesgallopingdownthedustyroad.HisnamewasSoybean,orthat'swhathisfathercalledhim.HongqiandDongliangcalled
5、himBeansprout,becausehewassmallandthin,likeabeansproutthathasn'tgrownproperly.IonlygottoknowhimwhenIstartedpassingthroughWudouqutotakemybuffalotograze.Therewereveryfewpeoplewhoreallyknewhim.Allweknewwasthatheandhisfatherlookedafteramelonpatchandtwofishpondsintheroughla
6、ndnotfarfromthedirtroad.Theyweren'tfromroundhere.Iusedtowalkmybuffalopasthismelonshack,andthat'showIgottoknowhim,bitbybit.Ithoughthewasyoungerthanme,buthesaidhewasthesameage,infactolderbysixweeks.Onedayheaskedmewhereallthecarsandtrucksthatrushalongthesandyroadweregoing
7、.We'donlyjuststartedtalkingtoeachotheratthatstage.'Idon'tknow',Isaid.'I'veneverbeeninacar.'Itwasawhilebeforehespoke.'Meneither,'Isaid.Astheeveningsunfaded,allkindsofcarsandtruckstrundledalongtheroad,raisingduststormsintheirwake.Finegrainsofsandswirledintheairinfrontofh
8、ismelonshack,andleftathicklayerofdustonthemelonseedlingsandthefishponds.Icouldn'tresistfollowingthehoof-prints,leapin