Summer of catching silver carp/逮鲢鱼的夏天

Set against the backdrop of Wuhan and urban and rural areas of Hubei Province, this collection of short stories focuses on the survival dilemmas and spiritual struggles of ordinary people, rendered with raw and sincere emotion. It includes nine excellent short stories such as "Summer of Catching Carp," "Post-Adolescence," "Burning," "Grandpa on Shouyi Road," and "Water Park." Author Ni Jiang excels at capturing the "glimmers of light" in the cramped realities of the lower classes. Seemingly trivial daily details carry weighty themes of dignity, escape, and reconciliation. Beneath the author's calm and restrained writing, the storms of fate often arrive without warning, as these ordinary people struggle forward in the mire of life, trying to find a sliver of stability in a shaky world.

本书短篇小说集以武汉及湖北城乡为背景，聚焦普通人的生存困境与精神挣扎，粗粝而真挚。共收录了《逮鲢鱼的夏天》《后青春期》《燃烧》《首义路的外公》《水上乐园》等九篇短篇佳作。作者倪江善于捕捉底层人物在逼仄现实中的那些“微光瞬间”，看似琐屑的日常细节里却承载着关乎尊严、逃离与和解的沉重命题。作者冷静克制的笔触之下，命运的骤雨往往来得毫无征兆，小人物们于生活的泥泞中挣扎向前，在摇晃的世界里试图寻找一丝安稳。