本书共收录四个故事。它们发生在遥远的宇宙和不明的时代,充满幻想色彩又和我们的世界若即若离。名为“南十字星”的星球贯穿全书,它是星际漫游客,收藏宇宙间的各种奇观。在《在海边放了一颗巨大的蛋》中,南十字星随手送出了“文明的礼物”。《和唯一知道星星为什么会发光的人一起散步》里,南十字星的命运与选择呼应了全球瘟疫下人类面对的的困境和希望。《在威尼斯重建了时间》中,时间不再是从过去流向未来,而是回归它混沌的本质。在《边境来了陌生人》中,南十字星化作一个符号和仪式,静静地倾听在一个偏僻堡垒中被讲述的真理与谎言,旁观历史如何自我重复。当世界失序,人群惶恐,小说中的四个主角却孤独而平静,他们选择仰望星空,与南十字星分享只有他们才懂的秘密。 "This book contains four stories, which happen in the distant universe and unknown age, full of fantasy and maintaining a lukewarm relationship with our world.
The planet named Southern Cross Star is through the entire book, which is an interstellar wanderer and collects various marvelous spectacles in the universe.
When the world is out of order and people in panic, the protagonists in the novel are lonely yet peaceful. They choose to look up at the starlit sky and share with Southern Cross Star secrets only they know. "