作为农民军人和农民之子的阎连科在文坛上十分坎坷 ,文艺批评界对他重视程度不够。尽管他在军事题材的文学与“新乡土小说”创作的行列里地位比较突出 ,但对他的创作的研究明显不足。所以朱向前讲 :“多年来对阎连科创作关注的不足一直被我个人认为是一种失职。”(《小说评论》 Yan Lianke, the peasant soldier and the peasant’s son, was in a very rough situation in the literary arena. Literary critic circles paid insufficient attention to him. Although his position in literature on military topics and the creation of “new local novels” is more prominent, his research on his writing is obviously inadequate. Therefore, Zhu Xiangqian said: “Over the years, the inadequacies of Yan Lianke’s creation have always been regarded by me personally as a negligence.” ("