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In this collection of short stories, the author uses his consistent prose style and humorous and calm language to explore issues of power, ethics and justice, and explore the core of the meaning of human life together. "Letter from Love" tells the story of a not-too-distant possible future, in some kind of dystopian society, through touching letters between a grandfather and his grandson, awakening their responsibility to their ideals, themselves, and each other. The story of "Ghoul" takes place in the hell-themed part of an underground amusement park. The protagonist - Brian, a lonely and somewhat morally complex man, questions the things he takes for granted in life. In "Mother's Day" two women who love the same man face the dilemma of survival together at the center of a Fargo. In "Elliot Spencer", the 89-year-old protagonist suddenly discovers that his memory has been "cleansed" and he is the victim of a plan to transform all poor and weak people into political protesters... Joy and despair, oppression and resistance, weird fantasies and cruel reality... These nine short stories are like prisms, reflecting the common spiritual dilemma of mankind.

"Wandering on a Rainy Pond" is a collection of witty and humorous reviews compiled by George Saunders, the Booker Prize winner and New York Times best-selling author, based on his more than twenty years of experience teaching 19th-century Russian literature at Syracuse University. In this book, Sanders provides an in-depth analysis of seven classic Russian short stories: Chekhov's "On the Carriage," "Baby," and "Gooseberry," Turgenev's "The Singer," Tolstoy's "Master and Servant," "The Broken Jar of Alyosha," and Gogol's "The Nose." He guides readers to explore the structure of short stories and identify ingenious designs and inadvertent flashes of inspiration in the works. In addition, there are three after-school activities at the end of the book: "Deletion Exercise", "Upgrade Exercise" and "Translation Exercise", which encourage readers to stimulate their creative enthusiasm and try to pick up a pen.