本书是作者的回忆文字、自传文字。作者在“童年杂忆”和“吃马铃薯德日子”这两部分中记述了成长、求学过程中的点点滴滴，特别是刻骨铭心的艰辛和磨砺。“ 童年杂忆”写作者童年时的生活——告别父母、离乡背井、寄人篱下、按押度日、失学、当童工，读之令人心酸；“吃马铃薯的日子”叙述作者求学美国的辛苦经历 ——凄楚无援、退亦无路、孤苦寂寞，读之令人伤感。

　　本书是作者最新推出的散文集，分为“试遣愚哀”、“师友文章”、“旧日的足迹”、“屯门杂思录”四辑。作者所发之思、所遣之怀，既有于小中见大对当下文坛的点评，也有由文及人对先辈大家的追怀；于信手拈来中细论友朋、调侃日常的文字尤显细腻，而对人类永恒问题如生与死的思考，对生活情趣如浪漫的剖析，更显作者对生命的独特体验。

　　This book is the author of essays, divided into "old", "The writing thing", "How can it be what the text", "cultural addiction," "Lonely translation thing" five series. Article Dalv to scholars, literary works or their own experiences as a literature review cited express to explain feelings, including the recollections of old Hong Kong, the ridicule of Jinxi literary anecdotes, interesting narrative of literary trivia, the word "color" of the comments on unique experience of literary translation, the analysis of cultural phenomena.