Dong Xi’s first major novella, published first in Harvest in 1996, winner of the Lu Xun National Excellent Novella Award, and adapted into a CCTV-8 television series in 2009 (as Sky Lovers) takes the form of a modern parable, telling the story of Wang Jiakuan, who is deaf; Wang Laobing, who is blinded in an accident; and Cai Yuzhen, who cannot speak. Wang Jiakuan and Cai Yuzhen meet and fall in love and live with Wang Laobing. The trio work together to get by in a cruel world, eventually bring a child into the world, and then finally withdraw from society.

中文翻译：

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没有语言的生活

董曦第一部大型中篇小说，1996年首次发表于丰收，获得鲁迅全国优秀中篇小说奖，2009年改编为CCTV-8电视剧（《天之恋人》），以现代寓言的形式讲述故事失聪的王家宽；意外失明的王老兵；还有不能说话的蔡玉珍。王家宽与蔡玉珍相识相恋，与王老兵同住。三人携手在残酷的世界中渡过难关，最终将孩子带入这个世界，最终退出社会。