湖光山色（英文版） 本書特色

《湖光山色》通過楚暖暖和曠開田從貧窮到富裕的經歷講述了一個關于人類欲望的寓言。
小說以曾進城打工的鄉村女青年楚暖暖為主人公，講述了她回到家鄉楚王莊之后不斷開拓進取、進而帶領全村創業的故事。暖暖是一個“公主”式的鄉村姑娘，她幾乎是楚王莊所有男青年的共同夢想。村主任詹石磴的弟弟詹石梯自認為暖暖非他莫屬，但暖暖卻以決絕的方式嫁給了貧窮的青年曠開田，并因此與橫行鄉里的村主任詹石磴結下仇怨。從此，這個見過世面、性格倔強、心氣甚高的女性，開始了她漫長艱辛的人生道路......
小說結構嚴密，充滿悲情和暖意，作家以他對中國鄉村生活的獨特理解，既書寫了當代中國鄉村表層生活的巨大變遷和當代氣息，同時也發現了當代鄉村中國深層結構的堅固和蛻變的艱難。
The fateful story begins with Nuannuan, the youthful villager called home from the city to care for her mother. Upon her return, Nuannuan forges ahead with plans to invigorate the rural village with new enterprises and business. As the sublime image of a woman in the eyes of the village men, village chief Zhan Shideng plans to marry Nuannuan to his younger brother, however, her refusal and subsequent elopement with the desperately poor young man Kuang Kaitian brings on the full wrath of the rampant chief. Worldly, resilient and spirited, Nuannuan must contend with those that transpire around her as she marches on to the beat of her own drum.
A tragic tale not without warmth, the author provides unique perspectives on rural life in China, at once scratching into the surface layers of the monumental changes brought by modernity, and then taking us deep into the core structure of a village governed by stiff tradition and the ardours of change.