藉由對那個時代脈絡的耙梳，以及對作者主體狀態的貼近，重讀這篇在陳映真的作品之中一般認為算是比較平淡淺白的小說，期望透過來自這兩端的對話互文，使文本的某些隱密皺褶能夠重新被打開，而同時，也幫助我們更理解這個時期的作者。

By taking the historical context into careful examination and by close encounter with the condition of the writer subject, this article attempts to reread the Chen Yingzhen’s 1966 fiction “The End of One Summer Time”, which has often been considered as a minor work compared with his other contemporary works such as the well-known “The Comedy of Tangqian”. As a result of the continue dialogue among history, text and the writer, we expect, hopefully, to achieve a better understanding of the time and a closer appreciation of the condition of the writer.