Perhaps it is the fact that she came of age in a time of historic upheaval that explains why the plot in Wang Anyi's stories so often seems to be guided along by a rampaging, immutable force of destiny.
也或許是經歷了這樣驚天動地的時代動亂，王安憶的小說中，經常有著一條命運的長河引導故事的發展。