人们知道钱钟书,大多是因为《围城》。知道他还有一本散文《写在人生边上》的,大概不多。其实,这本散文集正是《围城》的前奏。《写在人生边上》(以下简称《边上》)写于抗战中期,即1939、1940年间,1941年由上海开明书店汇集出版,是一个薄薄的小册,仅10篇文章,应该说仅仅是个开头。为什么没继续写下去呢?一个根本原因就是作者兴趣转移 People know that Qian Zhongshu, mostly because of the “siege.” I know he still has an essay “written on the edge of life,” probably not much. In fact, this collection of essays is a prelude to the “siege of the city.” Written on the edge of life (hereinafter referred to as “the edge”) was written in the middle period of the Anti-Japanese War, that is, 1939 and 1940, published by Shanghai Kaiming Bookstore in 1941, is a thin booklet with only 10 articles, which should be said Just the beginning Why did not we continue to write down? A fundamental reason is the author interested in the transfer