This book tells the story of a man named Fangyan who committed suicide. No one knows why he committed suicide. Several years later, Fangyan's daughter Mimifang grew up abroad, got married and had children, but she could not let go of her father's suicide. So she returned to China and found Fangyan's best friend Lao Wang. After more than 30 years, Lao Wang, who was already in his twilight years, finally opened his heart and told Mimifang, the daughter of his best friend Fangyan, the mystery of her father's life and death. As Lao Wang spoke insincerely, dodged, denied, and used all kinds of sophistry, he gradually entered the depths of the secret, thus revealing a person's painful inner life and the whole taste of life. The conversation between the two became long and difficult.
本书讲述了：一个叫做方言的人自杀死亡了，没有人知道他自杀的原因。若干年后，方言的女儿咪咪方在国外长大成人，结婚生子，但对父亲的自杀始终不能释怀。于是她回国，找到方言生前的挚友老王。已值“风烛残年”的老王，时隔三十多年后终于敞开心扉，向逝去多年的挚友方言的女儿咪咪方说出了她父亲生死的谜底。随着老王言不由衷、躲躲闪闪、矢口否认、百般诡辩而渐渐进入到隐秘的深处，由此揭开了一个人痛苦的内心生活和全部人生滋味。两人的谈话变得漫长而艰难。
本书讲述了：一个叫做方言的人自杀死亡了，没有人知道他自杀的原因。若干年后，方言的女儿咪咪方在国外长大成人，结婚生子，但对父亲的自杀始终不能释怀。于是她回国，找到方言生前的挚友老王。已值“风烛残年”的老王，时隔三十多年后终于敞开心扉，向逝去多年的挚友方言的女儿咪咪方说出了她父亲生死的谜底。随着老王言不由衷、躲躲闪闪、矢口否认、百般诡辩而渐渐进入到隐秘的深处，由此揭开了一个人痛苦的内心生活和全部人生滋味。两人的谈话变得漫长而艰难。
