《虚土》是被称为“20世纪最后一位散文作家”的刘亮程继《一个人的村庄》之后的第一部长篇小说。依旧是一座村庄，建在茫茫的虚土梁上。一个五岁孩子，一直怀疑自己是否真的出生。或者已经出生却从没有长大，长大的全是别人，全是被别人过掉的生活，被别人做完……生活的方向被一场一场风吹偏，人们在虚土梁上落脚的村庄常常空无一人，人都去了哪里，我自己又去了哪里。在村庄之外，永远打问不到自己村庄的消息。在村里，永远打问不到自己和家人的一丝消息。每个人来到村庄都孤单一人，没有一个同龄人，他小的时候所有人长大走了，等他长大，那些大人都老了。每个人的生活都无人证实。

　　Liu Liang Cheng vision of a rural philosopher, take you into the ancient history of the city quiet Kucha. Experience the feeling like you to hear and feel his fingertips, weaving a story of another, there are too busy as festival-like "visiting the Bazaar," a surprising Caves and ancient ruins, there are dim twilight quiet old streets, there is also the last-generation ancestral thirteen stick with the blacksmith, as well as transfer to marry the ancient and modern antique dealer ... they flies a long life as slow as a donkey cart, there is no modern city Xuanzao ... ...