It is not the mere happiness or unhappiness of fiction that grips us, but the questions it asks, the people and situations it creates, the complexity of emotions it stirs.

• 吸引读者的不只是小说的喜剧结尾还是悲剧结尾，而是其提出的问题，所描绘的人和社会背景，其唤起的复杂情感。