从21岁至今，历经三十余年轮椅生涯，史铁生成了一位睿智的作家和思想者。本书是凝结了史铁生近两年来所思所想的二十余篇随笔集。书中还收录了史铁生的十几首诗作。(Shi Tiesheng has become a wise writer and thinker after a 30-year life on a wheel chair since 21 years old. The book includes more than 20 desultory essays describing his thoughts in the recent two years as well as a dozen of poems written by him.)