８０年代中期以后的文学大势，大致表现为以下的特征：由表层人性的描写变为对深层本能揭示的泛滥，人物的生存场景由实而虚，叙事法则更是以极度私人化为特征。但张欣小说似乎是这股大潮边缘的一支涓涓细流，不张扬，不喧哗，却以其独特的南方都市小说正稳步获得越来越多... The general trend of literature after the mid-1980s generally shows the following characteristics: from the description of the surface human nature to the flooding of the deep instinct revealing that the living scene of the character is from the real to the empty, and the law of narration is characterized by extreme personalization. However, Zhang Xin’s novels seem to be a trickle of the tide of the tide, without publicity and noisy, but with its unique southern metropolis novels are steadily gaining more and more ...