第一次同严歌苓见面,是上个世纪八十年代中期解放军文艺出版社的一个欢庆庆典上,时令是夏天,地点是位于北京北郊的远望楼宾馆。那时的严歌苓还很年轻,在文坛上也因“女兵三部曲”之一的《一个女兵的悄悄话》出版而崭露头角。在我印象中的严歌苓,与其说是一位才华四溢处处想引起人们注目的青年女作家,倒不如说更像是一位还有几分羞涩的女兵。据介绍,她刚离开部队的文工团不久,在那里,她是一位不错的舞蹈演员,善于用形体来抒发自己的情感,因此在那次聚会上,她的话不多,却颇为专注地听别人说话。记得最后还有一张合影,但我始终没有找到,不知放到哪里去了。这次见面很偶然,也很短暂,但在我和严歌苓的记忆里都留下了很深刻的印象。后来我就一本本地读她的“女兵三部曲”, The first meeting with Yan Geling was a celebration of the People’s Liberation Army Literature and Art Publishing House in the mid-1980s. The seasonal season is summer, and the place is Yuan Yuan Lou Hotel in the northern suburbs of Beijing. Yan Geling, who was still young at that time, came to prominence in the literary arena for publishing the “Private Message of a Female Soldier,” one of the “female soldier trilogy.” In my opinion, Yan Geling, not so much a talented young woman writer who wants to attract attention, is more like a somewhat shy female soldier. According to reports, she just left the force’s art troupe soon, where she was a good dancer, good at expressing her emotions, so at the party, she did not talk much, but rather focused on listening People talk. I remember the last photo, but I have not found, I do not know where to go. The meeting was very fortuitous and short-lived, but I was deeply impressed with the memory of both myself and Yan Geling. Later on, I read her “Female Soldier Trilogy” locally,