张炜把自己称为“守望者”，他的小说中反复出现的核心意象葡萄园是“守望者”最后的田园。这种守望是对人性真、善、美的坚守。张炜力图以农业文明的诗性与道德来医治机械时代的痼疾，力图营建葡萄园式的具有和谐的人与自然的关系与人性美的乌托邦王国。在这个日益浮躁的时代，张炜的声音是清纯而独特的。 Zhang Wei calls himself a “watchman,” and the central image of the vineyard that repeatedly appears in his novels is the last field of “watchmen.” This watchmen is true, good and beautiful of humanity. Zhang Wei tried to heal the chronic diseases of the mechanical age with the poetic and moral of agricultural civilization, trying to build a vineyard-style utopian kingdom with a harmonious relationship between man and nature and human nature. In this increasingly impetuous era, Zhang Wei’s voice is pure and unique.