This book, through its realistic and descriptive style, portrays a group of familiar classmates, colleagues, friends, and chance encounters with ordinary people struggling to make a living at the bottom of society. They come from all walks of life, young and old, and their ways of coping with life's hardships are diverse, even unexpected. Yet, they are all true heroes in the author's eyes, because they face life's hardships with unwavering resilience, accepting them calmly, engaging in self-deprecating humor, or possessing unique "skills" to cope. In short, the diverse characters in the book represent only a tiny fraction of this vast world, but they resonate with the author's inner yearning for humanity, compensate for the author's own unrealistic expectations, and provide some relief from the increasing tension of the nine-to-five grind.
本书通过白描写实的手法, 描绘了一群作者熟悉的同学、同事、朋友以及偶遇的在社会底层讨生活的小人物。他们男女各异, 老少有别, 但, 他们应对各自生活困境的做法各式各样, 甚至出人意料。但, 他们都是作者心目中真正的英雄, 因为面对生活的艰辛, 他们不屈不挠, 或坦然接受, 或自我调侃, 或身怀“绝技”应对之。总之, 书中的各色人等, 只是这大千世界的极小极小部分, 但他们呼应了作者内心对人性的渴望, 弥补了作者个人能力上的眼高手低, 松弛了作者因朝九晚五的生活而日益紧绷的神经。
本书通过白描写实的手法, 描绘了一群作者熟悉的同学、同事、朋友以及偶遇的在社会底层讨生活的小人物。他们男女各异, 老少有别, 但, 他们应对各自生活困境的做法各式各样, 甚至出人意料。但, 他们都是作者心目中真正的英雄, 因为面对生活的艰辛, 他们不屈不挠, 或坦然接受, 或自我调侃, 或身怀“绝技”应对之。总之, 书中的各色人等, 只是这大千世界的极小极小部分, 但他们呼应了作者内心对人性的渴望, 弥补了作者个人能力上的眼高手低, 松弛了作者因朝九晚五的生活而日益紧绷的神经。
