故事的主人公丹尼尔是一位欧洲诺贝尔文学奖得主，丹尼尔的创作灵感都是来自于这片故土。这是丹尼尔时隔40年之后，再次踏上这片土地，就像史丹尔自己说的那样，自己从未离开过家乡，但也从未回归过家乡。当时戴尔踏上家乡的那一刻，就注定会发生一些不一样的故事，让这个沉默寡言的小说家见证了，光鲜背后的世俗消费，一些人堂而皇之的道德绑架

丹尼尔在返乡的前就已经提出谢绝媒体打扰，经过一番波折来到了小镇上，村民们对于丹尼尔的到来十分的欣喜，同时也受到了市长的欢迎。还安排丹尼尔在家乡展开巡回讲座，担任画展的评委。年轻时代的好友更是告诉丹尼尔，自己娶了被丹尼尔抛弃的女孩艾琳。丹尼尔在接受电视采访时，电视台也是很是敷衍，只是为了插播广告。新鲜感过后小镇的居民对丹尼尔的态度也发生改变，让丹尼尔见识了世态的炎凉，和小镇人们的虚伪。

The protagonist of the story, Daniel, is a winner of the European Nobel Prize for Literature. Daniel’s creative inspiration comes from this homeland. This is the first time Daniel has set foot on this land again after a lapse of 40 years. As Steiner himself said, he has never left his hometown, but he has never returned to his hometown. The moment Dale set foot in his hometown, some different stories were destined to happen. Let this taciturn novelist witness the secular consumption behind the glamor and the high-handed moral kidnapping of some people

Before returning to his hometown, Daniel had asked not to be disturbed by the media. After some twists and turns, he came to the small town. I was very happy to arrive and was also welcomed by the mayor. It also arranged for Daniel to conduct a lecture tour in his hometown and act as a judge of the art exhibition. A good friend in his youth even told Daniel that he married the girl Erin who was abandoned by Daniel. When Daniel was interviewed on TV, the TV station was also very perfunctory, just to insert commercials. After the novelty passed, the attitude of the residents of the small town towards Daniel also changed, allowing Daniel to see the cruelty of the world and the hypocrisy of the people in the small town.