自1990年代以来,中国长篇小说的创作开始成为小说诸类别中最为引人注目的一类。越来越多的作家从事于长篇小说的创作,且其中确也不乏一些精品力作的出现。可以说,长篇小说艺术质量的明显提高,乃是新时期文坛有目共睹的客观事实。这样一种总体创作态势,在即将成为过去的2006年, Since the 1990s, the creation of Chinese novels has become the most compelling category in the categories of fiction. More and more writers are engaged in the creation of long novels, and indeed there is no shortage of quality masterpieces. It can be said that the apparent improvement of the artistic quality of the novels is an objective reality that has been witnessed by the literary world in the new era. Such an overall creative situation is about to become the past in 2006.