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This book selects Aimee's novellas, the most famous of which is "Transfiguration". Raoul has a successful career and a happy family. His only regret is his ugly appearance. One day, he suddenly found that he had become young and beautiful. This face was like an invisible wall that separated him from his previous life. He lived in seclusion in Paris under a pseudonym and continued to interact with his secretary, relatives, friends and lovers. His friend Julien suspected that he had killed Raoul and pretended to be an impostor. This novel became popular in Europe and the United States as soon as it came out. The supernatural and weird conception, realistic description, and philosophical implications make this novel a masterpiece comparable to Kafka's "The Metamorphosis".

This book is a complete collection of short stories by Marcel Aimé, a master of imagination and a master of French short stories. It contains nearly a hundred of Aimé's short stories except children's stories. It was translated by the famous French translator Li Yumin who spent more than thirty years. The setting of "Survival Card" is that resources are tight, and humans can only gain survival time by relying on cards. The tax collector in "Wife Collection" cannot afford to pay taxes, so he decides to use his wife to offset the taxes. Mardan, the bicycle racer in "The Last Place", persistently dreams of being first, but keeps missing out on competitions throughout his life. "Shadow in the Well", "Through the Wall", "Pastoral", "The Toufal Case"... Nearly a hundred of Aimee's classic stories, all of which are exquisitely conceived and imaginative. Real life can be seen in the grotesque, and various aspects of the world can be seen in the absurd.