《你本是尘土》小说描写了如今五十岁下下的一代人的生存经历和心路历程。主人公梅巾从部队转业后二十多年来，时代的剧烈变迁，单位人际关系的纷纭复杂，家庭生活的隔膜疏离......给她带来了诸多迷惘、苦痛与思索。The novel "You Are Originally Dust" depicts the life experience and spiritual changes of the generation under fifty years old. Over more than twenty years since the protagonist Mei Jin demobilized from the army, the times have taken dramatic changes, the relationships in the work unit are complicated, the family life is alienated...All these brought her quite a lot of confusion, pain and thinking.