小说生动地描写了1973到1974年间，苦寒封闭的雁北农村生活。作品对黑旦、温孩、丑哥、板女等一系列温家窑人看似荒谬却又极其真实地描述，透彻地表现了人类生存挣扎的种种欲望。小说“照生活写生活”，浑然天成。作者对这样一种看似荒谬的生活在叙述时却以一种极其冷静的态度作如实的叙述，在如实的叙述中抑制着悲痛，悲痛的背后是作者对人和生活的极度关切。小说的语言极具特色，作者采用雁北人叙述方式，语言莜面味十足，简练而不失精致，幽默而不失情感色彩，令人回味无穷。(This novel gives a vivid description of a toilsome, solitary and cold rural life in Yanbei from 1973 to 1974. Description of Heidan, Wenhai, Chouge, Bannv and a series of Wenjiayao people seems to be absurd but extremely authentic in the novel, thoroughly presenting various desires in human’s survival and struggle. This novel “describe life as it is” and feels like to be natural. The author has an extremely cold attitude when narrating such life seeming to be absurd and suppresses sorrow in faithful narration; behind sorrow, it is the author’s extreme care for human and life. Language of this novel is extremely distinctive; the author adopts a narrative way of Yanbei people, which is fully local-featured, concise but delicate, humorous but emotional with...