特色：
The eleven stories included here mark Tie Ning's writing career, varying as they do in theme and style, treating youth and age and country and city life. "Ah, Fragrant Snow", "June's Big Topic" and "The Red Shirt Without Buttons" have won national literary prizes. Wang Meng, and established writer, has remarked:"Fortunate is the author who writes with such fine feeling for the reality of life, and fortunate too are the readers of such work."　　Anad S. Toroptsev, a Soviet critic, has commented:"Tie Ning's simply plotted stories, with their familiar characters culled from life and their delicately witty dialogue, are an open window on to the bustle of life."