对民族秘史的书写是中国作家挥之不去的情结。新时期以来,小说对民族历史叙事的意识并没有根本改变,改变的是历史观和新的表达方式。阿来正是新兴"民族秘史"的重要书写者,他对藏族历史的全新理解和人类主体归属意识的强化,通过个性化的艺术表达而获得巨大的艺术张力和深刻的思想内涵。这也对重新定义"文学"的概念具有启示意义。
Writing unofficial national history is a kind of complex that never goes away for Chinese writers. In thenew era, there is not much fundamental change in novelists' intension to narrate national history; what has beenchanged is the conception of history and ways of expression. Alai is one of the newly emerging writers of "unofficialnational history". Through individualized expression, his new comprehension of Tibetan history and emphasis on thesense of belonging as human being have created great artistic tension and profound ideological connotation, which isenlightening for the re-defining of what literature is.