这是一部着力描述长江中下游平原的开垦史和繁衍史的长篇小说，全书以诗性的语言、磅礴的气势和史诗的调子渲染着河床孕育生命的神奇，着力叙写了以家族为象征的民族历史记忆和文化生成。江南充沛的雨水，江南水汽充盈的阳光，轮番制造着河床上具有强大母性本能的女子，一轮一轮的怀胎生育就像季风带来的暴风雨，不可遏止的泛滥与漫漶。河床也就永远处于一种奇异的怀胎孕育中。和生命一同孕育的还有人类对别的生灵的残杀，以及原因不明的仇恨和人世间的种种复杂纠缠。但也有希望，有爱与受难、拯救与寻找，有同命运的不屈的抗争。（This full length novel focuses on describing reclamation and reproduction history of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. With the poetic language, tremendous momentum and epic tune, the book renders the miracle that the riverbed breeds lives, focusing on narrating the national historical memory and culture formation with families as symbol. Abundant rainwater and sunshine full of moisture in Jiangnan produce repeatedly women with strong maternity on the riverbed. Pregnancy and reproduction round by round are like the rainstorm brought about by the monsoon with irresistible inundation and unclear. The riverbed is always in the strange pregnancy and reproduction. Together with the pregnancy of life, there are also slaughter of other creatures by human as well as hatred with unknown reasons and complicated entanglement in the world. But there are also hope, love, suffering, relief and search as well as the unbending struggle with fate.）