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"Akin" is a collection of short stories that Maugham personally edited and selected during his lifetime. It includes six short stories based on his experiences during his two trips to the Malay Peninsula and surrounding areas in the early 1920s. The title is the name of a Chinese servant the author hired during his travels. The six novels have different themes, ranging from bizarre murders to passionate love and hopeless marriages. Maugham uses his clear and smooth language to tell these twists and turns of the story without any obscurity, but with foreshadowing everywhere. In Somerset Maugham's works, those Westerners who have escaped from the Western civilized world and come to remote and unfamiliar environments are often swayed by their own desires, become erratic, unpredictable, and do unusual things. The ending of the story often presents a surprising and thought-provoking turning point.

Popular writer Alroy Keel wanted to write a biography of the late famous writer Driffield, but he knew little about the young Driffield, so he asked Driffield's friend, another writer Ashenden, for help. Under Keel's insistence, Ashenden recalled his early relationship with Driffield and his ex-wife Rosie. "Fun", also known as "Family Scandal", was published in 1930 and is Maugham's favorite novel. The author changes the prejudice against women in his previous works and draws materials from the real literary and artistic circles. He recalls the life of a beautiful woman as an admirer and sarcastically embellishes it with interesting anecdotes from the literary and artistic circles.

A masterpiece of Japanese pyramid literature that has sold tens of millions of copies. "Disqualification" is a classic masterpiece with deep aesthetics of destruction. It is the representative work of Osamu Dazai, the master of Japanese rogue literature. It is also an autobiographical account of his writing career. It can be said to be the culmination of the scandals that happened to him. Osamu Dazai has been very sensitive since he was a child. He made up his mind to become a writer in middle school. He began to live a bohemian life in college. He once lived with a geisha, attempted to commit suicide four times, and finally committed suicide with his lover by drowning. Dazai Osamu used the life experience of the protagonist in the novel to cleverly cover his own life and thoughts. He believed that he was a "person who has lost his personality". In describing the degeneration process of a middle-aged man in the novel, he was actually using the sharp edge of literature to cut into the weakest depths of his heart.

Dostoevsky's investigation of human nature is unprecedented, at least in terms of depth. He often touches the most extreme mental states and explores the upper and lower limits of the human soul. As a result, morbid psychology often appears in his works, especially those that are conscious or unconscious abnormal behaviors, and abnormal states that are close to coma and madness. The physical and mental pain of the protagonist in the novel is like a dying struggle, and its shocking effect is unmatched by other writers.

"The Outsider: Selected Novels and Short Stories by Camus" is filled with a strange and grotesque atmosphere. The protagonist in the book is passive, indifferent, lazy, and indifferent to life and people, and his words and actions are very absurd. Readers can often feel a kind of indifference behind this absurdity, and at the same time they can also experience a kind of rationality, and resonate with this rationality in real life.

He said: "Dong Zhiwei, I want you." He didn't say that I want to pursue you, he didn't say that I like you, let alone that I love you, he just said, "Dong Zhiwei, I want you." He had never shown such a restless look in front of her. Such Yuan Jingrui made Dong Zhiwei feel strange and soft-hearted, and the previous trembling was replaced by a deep sadness. "No!" She spoke before she choked, preventing any further movement from him. It's not that she doesn't know that he loves her deeply, it's not that she doesn't know how deep his affection is, it's just that after being hurt, she is no longer brave and confident. All she can do is refuse and escape. And he doesn't understand these!

Chang Huan found several tutoring and part-time jobs while studying. Once after tutoring, I passed by a wine lounge and met Yan Zifei. When they first met, Yan Zifei was gentle and elegant, and behaved like a gentleman, making Chang Huan fall in love with him at first sight. When tasting wine, the sound of clinking glasses and the swaying of red wine, couldn't it be that happiness was rippling in her heart? On New Year's Eve, she was devastated, and he rushed to her side immediately. She stayed up late with him, watched the fireworks together, and received his ambiguous embrace... In the years to come, he warmed her life again and again, creating a pure and beautiful time. She thought happiness was nothing more than this, even if he never said "I love you". However, she didn't know that sometimes, beauty is like an illusion. She wants to reach out and touch it, but it is shattered in an instant.

Princess Ping An was frail since she was a child, so she was favored. When she was thirteen, she got Ji Feng, the son of a guilty minister, as her life attendant, and she fell in love with him at first sight. However, something unexpected happened in the palace soon. Ping An's royal brother forced the palace to kill his father, and then married her to a foreign country. Ping An was attacked by foreign rebels on the way to her wedding. At the critical moment, Ping An was rescued by people in the world, but Ji Feng died trying to save her. Wen De, the leader of the alliance, was entrusted by Ji Feng to take Ping An in and accepted him as a closed disciple. Three years later, Ping An entered the world and happened to meet Mo Li, the right envoy of the cult. Li left and right, Mo Li had doubts about Ping An's life experience, and wanted to take her back to the head teacher, but encountered resistance from Wen De and dissidents in the religion. After he gradually developed an unusual feeling for Ping An, Ping An suddenly discovered that he was indeed not an old friend from back then.

One is a cute, smart, lively and interesting genius girl, and the other is a big boss who likes to pretend to be pitiful when he has nothing to do. Manman was unlucky to offend the big boss during the interview, but she was able to get into the company of her dreams. Unfortunately, she was unlucky enough to see through the big boss's secret! Turn out to be! The big boss who usually looks just pretty will turn into a peerless beauty when he sings Kun Opera. Turn out to be! The big boss actually has no real power, so he can only act leisurely in the office. The price of peeking into the secrets of big shots is heavy. The soft-hearted Manman is attracted by the boss who pretends to be pitiful, and she falls in love stupidly...

Siddhartha, a young Brahmin from ancient India, embarked on a long road of asceticism. He left the privileged aristocratic home alone, went from conscious abstinence to self-exile and sensual enjoyment, and finally achieved inner peace. He left the past behind all the way, and after realizing that the world is a grassroots team and the meaninglessness of life, he went to live a positive life.

The 1960s and 1970s were an era of spiritual introspection for young people in Europe and the United States. Hermann Hesse's "Siddhartha" became an instant classic. The spiritual journey similar to this book was also written into the songs of youth rock by many pop singers and bands. The book became the inspiration for Nick Drake, a Van Gogh-esque figure in rock history. It was also appreciated by the American "Beat" writer Henry Miller. The famous Taiwanese dance company Cloud Gate Dance Theater's repertoire "Song of the Wanderer" is adapted from this. The translation of this book comes from Ms. Su Nianqiu, a famous Taiwanese translator and essayist who has earlier studied the translation of Hesse's works. It provides an excellent translation choice for the majority of domestic lovers of Hesse's works.

This book includes Osamu Dazai's most representative novels "Disqualification in the World" and "Setting Sun" as well as literary essays "This I Hear". "Disqualified in the World" is Osamu Dazai's last completed work, and it is the pyramid of Japanese "private novels". In the form of a confession, it explores the cowardice deep in the heart and explores the qualifications of a human being. It goes straight to the soul and is inescapable. "Setting Sun" writes about the pain and redemption of Japan's declining aristocracy after the war. "Setting Sun Clan" has become synonymous with declining people, and Osamu Dazai's memorial hall was also named "Setting Sun Hall". "This I Hear" is Osamu Dazai's response to the criticism of him by other writers in the literary world. It includes criticism of some "old writers" in the literary world at that time, as well as a defense for himself. It also states his views and attitude towards writing. It can also be regarded as Osamu Dazai's "Declaration of Independence", which shocked the literary world when it was published.

Alyssa and Jerome are cousins ​​since childhood. Alyssa often read poetry and literature with Jerome on the bench behind the garden, and the two spent a long but carefree childhood in the countryside of Normandy. Love gradually took root among several boys and girls of the same age. At first, they secretly fell in love with each other, each hiding their secrets and worries, just like all teenagers who are just starting to fall in love. When they are deeply in love, their spirits blend together and they want to become a better person for each other, completely unable to tolerate any imperfection. However, cousin Alyssa saw love eventually fall into an ordinary appearance in other people's ordinary marriages, and she had doubts about love. What she wanted to pursue was eternal love, and she firmly believed that there was immortal love in the world, but the road to eternity was a narrow road, and the door to enter was a "narrow door" that "only a few people" could find. Immortality and eternal love require a lifetime of dedication and great efforts to achieve.

This article is Dazai Osamu's rare "Sunrise Work". Through the description of the "journey to find roots", he explores his own nature as a Tsugaru person, and indirectly expresses his rich customs through stories with his friends. While showing his love for the countryside, he also faintly reveals a desire to stay away from the hustle and bustle. In the context of the time, it was also a rare masterpiece in pursuit of tranquility. Dazai Osamu (だざいおさむ), whose real name is Tsushima Shuji (つしましゅうじ), is a Japanese novelist and a representative writer of Japanese post-war rogue literature. His major works include the novels "Retrograde", "Setting Sun" and "Disqualification in the World". Dazai Osamu had wanted to become a writer since he was a student. At the age of 21, he attempted suicide by throwing himself into the sea with a waitress at a Ginza cafe. In 1935, the work "Retrograde" in the book "Late Years" was listed as a candidate for the first Akutagawa Prize. After getting married, he wrote works such as "One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji" and "Setting Sun" and became a popular contemporary writer. Late at night on June 13, 1948, he and Yamazaki Furei, a female reader who admired him, committed suicide by jumping into the Tamagawa River. He was 39 years old and left behind works such as "Disqualification in the World".

There is Greek specialty wine that exudes the scent of pine, and roasted chicken with pearls served on a silver plate decorated with the Medici family coat of arms. There are also studios of artists in the center of Florence in the 16th century, major banks all over Europe, and a dazzling array of shops filled with foreign goods. You will pass by plainly dressed civilian women cooking Egyptian bean soup in a large pot, and you will also have a heated discussion about Machiavelli's prophecies with nobles wearing fine satin and lace. Not only that, the love drama between a handsome man and an elegant geisha, the power struggle between ambitious young people, and the complex relationships between the great powers at that time are all presented in this "Renaissance Novel" series. In the 16th century AD, Marco, a young diplomat of the Republic of Venice, received a secret order asking him to save his homeland from the attack of Spain, which attempted to dominate Europe, and the Ottoman Turkish Empire, which dominated the entire Islamic world. Elvis, a close friend who knew Turkey well and was deeply involved with the court, was supposed to be Marco's help. However, the fate of the world was turned upside down by the dark light shining in his eyes. Elvis commanded the armies of the Ottoman Turkish Empire in battle, and was canonized as Governor of Hungary by Sultan Suleiman I. But then the Ottoman Turkish army was unwilling to obey this commander who was not an Ottoman Turk or a Muslim. Elvis was later beheaded by two farmers. The "Committee of Ten" in Venice also discovered Olympia's true identity as a spy for Charles V, the Holy Roman Emperor and King of Spain, and Marco was suspended.

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"Steppenwolf" is Hesse's novel published in 1927, with a strong autobiographical flavor. It is a literary expression in which Hermann Hesse investigates the protagonist Harry Haller and strives to reveal and resolve his conflicts with popular culture, industrial society and the power class, as well as his deep psychological crisis. The novel switches between creative multiple perspectives, including the anonymous publisher, a manual called "On Steppenwolf", and Harry himself, showing readers a vivid picture of civil society and the marginalized Steppenwolf during the period of dissociation.

In 1848, Dostoevsky began writing "Nedochka". In 1849, he was exiled to Siberia and then interrupted his writing, leaving the novel unfinished. In this book: he writes about a wasted genius, who cannot live his life in vain. If he is decadent for too long, his talent will be taken away; he writes about a arrogant girlfriend, and the friendship established in his youth is more pure and precious than anything in the world; he writes about the growth of a young girl, in order to protect the people she cherishes, cowardly girls dare to stand up. Wang Xiaobo said: "I read this book and have remembered the first half for the rest of my life. I still think this is the best book, worthy of being a major masterpiece. I think people should always commemorate Dostoevsky for it."

"Italian Fairy Tales" is a "fairy tale book for all Italy" that Calvino adapted from the folk tale materials recorded in various dialects across Italy for centuries and rewritten it in modern common Italian. It is suitable for all Italian people to read and can be easily introduced to the world. Here, Calvino calmly jumped into the sea of ​​stories, sifting through the traditions and myths scattered in the Italian folk countryside and restoring their original clean and simple appearance. In the two hundred stories, readers are exposed to a world with strong Italian characteristics: emperors and peasants, saints and devils, and strange animals and plants; some are humorous or simple, some are absurd or mysterious. Because of Calvino, "Italian Fairy Tale" stands at the same level as "Grimm's Fairy Tales", and its narrative text is more concise and outstanding.

The most representative masterpieces of the Miss Agatha Marple series: "The Furies", "The Mystery of the Rye", "The Mystery of the Caribbean", "Murder Through the Looking Glass", "Bertram's Hotel", "The Murder Is Instructed", "The Magic Hand", "The Witness of a Murder", "The Grass of Death", "The Mystery of the Corpse in the Library", "Murder Through the Broken Mirror", "The House Mystery", "The Sleeping Murder" and "Miss Marple's Last Case", a total of 14 volumes.

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"The Blade" is Maugham's classic philosophical work. Maugham condensed his thoughts on the world and life into this work. Riley served in the Air Force during World War I and flew high in the vast sky. He wanted "power and honor far beyond the world." The death of his comrade made him realize the helplessness and insurmountability of life. After being discharged from the army, Riley refused to go to college, get married, or find a job. He left his relatives and friends behind and traveled to Europe. Finally, he went to India, where he was inspired by a Ganesha master's ashram and realized the true meaning of life. In the end, Riley chose to disappear among all living things.

Everyone who truly finds himself is called "Siddhartha"! In the history of human literature, "Siddhartha" uses poetic language to thoroughly explore the meaning of personal existence in the world, and has become synonymous with those who pursue the truth! Li Yinhe, Jiang Xun, and Jiang Fangzhou jointly recommend! The masterpiece of Nobel Prize winner Hesse! A must-read for every Western college student! Influence the spiritual growth of 140 million young people! Five major features of the new hardcover collector's edition of "Siddhartha": (1) Translation by German "National Merit Medal Winner" Yang Wuneng! Not a word is deleted! (2) Postscript to the translation by Bashu Translator Weng! Let you appreciate the essence of his works. (3) An original biography of Hesse, providing an in-depth understanding of the "Romantic Knight" Hesse. (4) A special collection of 10 watercolors painted by Hesse, vividly presenting the poetic world described by Hesse. (5) Carefully designed chapter pages and text layout, new editing, and smooth reading without obstacles. Siddhartha, a young man in ancient India, had everything, but his easy life did not make him happy. In order to seek the meaning of his existence, he embarked on the path of spiritual practice alone. On the way, he experienced the temptation of lust and the troubles of fame and fortune, but could not escape. In despair, he came to the river and planned to end his life, but then he heard a voice from his heart...

The character in Balzac's works is not just a character, but a typical example of the times. The factors of tragedy are not limited to personal temperament, but especially the promiscuous and corrupt social environment. ... The struggle of the careerist for fame and fortune is intertwined with the desperate fatherly love of Old Man Goriot, making the content of the novel more bizarre and touching. This book is a particularly serious and exciting one among Mr. Fu Lei's translations.

The protagonist of "The Eternal Princess" is the wife of Henry VIII and the mother of Mary I: Princess Catherine of Spain. When she married into England, she was just a young girl with extraordinary beauty and pure heart. However, one tragedy after another cast an increasingly thick shadow on her life. From an innocent girl to a political victim, Catherine, the mother of "Bloody Mary", fell into the quagmire of royal battles step by step.

There is Greek specialty wine exuding the scent of pine, roasted guinea chicken served on a silver plate decorated with the coat of arms of the Medici family, Pecorino goat cheese, and snacks made of almond flour wrapped in cream that can be swallowed in one bite. There are also studios of artists in the center of Florence in the 16th century, major banks all over Europe, and a dazzling array of shops filled with foreign goods. You will pass by plainly dressed civilian women cooking Egyptian bean soup in a cauldron, and you will have a heated discussion about Machiavelli's prophecies with aristocrats wearing fine satin and lace. What's even more incredible is that you can also go to watch and "interrupt" Michelangelo's own creation of the Sistine Chapel's ceiling frescoes! Not only that, the love drama between a handsome man and an elegant geisha, the power struggle between ambitious young people, and the complex relationships between the great powers at that time are all presented in this "Renaissance Novel" series. Marco came to Rome, Olympia's hometown, and met Michelangelo, the painter of the Sistine Chapel ceiling. He was influenced by art. Under the leadership of Enzo, he immersed himself in searching for ancient ruins every day and felt the charm of ancient Rome. After learning about Olympia's past, he decided to cross social barriers and marry her. However, when Venice lost a naval battle with Turkey, Marco's sense of national honor forced him to return to Venice. The fate of the two people once again encountered the impact of the historical wave.

The novel describes the joys and sorrows of a pair of twin sisters. Due to a poor family, her sister Chieko was abandoned and adopted by a silk and satin wholesaler, and she became a pampered young lady. Although her younger sister Miaozi stayed at her parents' home, she became an orphan when she was infancy. When she grew up, she stayed in the village to be employed and support herself. The two sisters are beautiful in appearance and kind-hearted. Chieko is sensitive and possesses the delicate emotions of a girl, while her younger sister Miaozi is gentle and simple, like the spirit of Beishan fir, tall, beautiful and full of vitality. Kawabata Yasunari used two parasitic purple-flowered cicadas on a large maple tree to compare the fate of the two sisters. Although they are so far away from each other, they can meet each other for a while, but they never get together.

"Dancing Princess" begins with the main line of the family of dancer Namiko and her husband Yagi, daughter dancer Shinoko and son Takao. After dancer Namiko married Yagi, she gradually left the stage and turned to education. Later, Japan was defeated and Bozi had to sell off his belongings to maintain the family's livelihood. Bozi unexpectedly met her childhood sweetheart Takehara during a performance, and a spark of love burst out between them.

The work of Nobel Prize winner Kawabata Yasunari depicts the dangers and chaos of young sensibility, the loneliness and fear of being born a woman, and delicately paints a picture of Showa women's life. "Born a Woman" is a representative novel by Nobel Prize-winning writer Kawabata Yasunari. In "Born a Woman", the Sayama couple, who are nearly forty years old, still have no children, but they have a harmonious relationship and live a prosperous and worry-free life. Out of sympathy, Sayama took in Taeko, the murderer's daughter; Arong, the daughter of his wife Ichiko's old friend, also ran away from home to join Ichiko, who longed for a free life in Tokyo. Taeko is restrained, introverted and sick, and her father committed a crime, which made her even more inferior; Arong is bold and willful, and falls in love with Ichiko and Sagawa at the same time. The originally peaceful family is in trouble because of these two girls... Kawabata Yasunari is a master of describing women's emotions and life. In his light narrative, he shows the pure, quiet and lamentable world of women.

"Collection of Kawabata Yasunari's award-winning masterpieces (2 volumes in total)" includes "Snow Country" and "The Dancing Girl of Izu". "Snow Country" includes seven classic works from "Snow Country" and "Oil", "Fantasy of May", "Bonfire", "Her Dress", "Chiyo", "Orphan's Feelings" and "Human Heart" from the short story collection "First Love Novels". The story of "Snow Country" mainly tells the story of a Tokyo dance art researcher named Shimamura, who went to the hot spring hotel in Snow Country three times and had a love entanglement with the local geisha Komako and the girl Ye Zi who met by chance. The article is full of delicate emotions of love and futility. "The Dancer of Izu" is a famous work by Kawabata Yasunari. It describes a pure first love story of a young student who meets a teenage dancer in the green mountains and beautiful waters of Izu. It includes "The Dancer of Izu", "The Blue Sea and the Black Sea", "Reunion", "The Wife Riding a Donkey", "Soul Song", "Twenty Years Old", "Beasts", "Parents", etc., A total of 8 short stories.

Tokyo dance artist Shimamura went to a hot spring hotel in Snow Country three times and fell in love with a local geisha named Komako by chance. At the same time, on the second train to the Snow Country, Dao Cun expressed his admiration for the girl Ye Zi who met by chance on the other side of the glass window. Shimamura, who has a lot of nihilistic thoughts, idles around and eats all day long. He believes that all the pursuits and efforts in life are "in vain". He feels helpless about Juzi's life experience and decides to break up. Although Juzi pursues true love, it is "in vain" and comes to nothing. After the death of his beloved, Ye Zi made an agreement with Shimamura to go to Tokyo. Unexpectedly, a fire broke out in the end. The novel finally ends with Ye Zi's unexpected death and Ju Zi's madness. It is a tragic story with beautiful writing and touching plot.

Summer, seaside, love, fire, death. The Chinese version of Yasushi Kawabata's debut novel is released for the first time. "The Fire Festival of the Sea" is the debut novel of the famous Japanese novelist Kawabata Yasunari. In this work, Kawabata Yasunari interweaves his first love experience with Indian and Greek mythology to write a charming youth novel. The story of the novel takes place on the Kamakura beach in midsummer. Young men and women Shinichi and Yumiko ignited the flames of love, but then the elegant and mysterious girl Tsukiko appeared, making Shinichi fall in love at first sight; Tachikawa and Asako were regarded as a perfect match by the people around them, but they both dared not break through the window paper; Tsukiko and his sister had a deep relationship, but the fathers of the two sisters were not the same. This secret made both of them extremely painful... Several young people chased each other on the beach of Kamakura, wandering, savoring the sweetness and sadness of their respective youths. When the Kamakura Umi Fire Festival was held, the lanterns of comfort disappeared with the waves, and the youth stories of several young people also came to an end.

"Mountain Sound" describes the story of Shingo's family. The old man Xinwu has passed the age of hearing, and his two sons and daughters have got married one after another. It is supposed to be a time for them to enjoy family happiness. However, the daughter's marriage failed and she returned to her parents' home with her two children. The son had an affair. Xinwu felt sorry for his daughter-in-law Juzi, but he developed a subtle attachment, and the whole family was enveloped in an abnormal atmosphere. One night, Shinwu heard the sound of the mountains, like the sound of wind or waves. After the sound stopped, he fell into a kind of fear... In "Mountain Sound", everyone has everyone's misfortune. Kawabata never wanted to criticize anyone or laugh at anyone. He just appropriately presented the helpless feeling of fate.

"A Thousand Cranes" contains four classic novels by the world-famous writer Kawabata Yasunari, "A Thousand Cranes", "Cangha Plover", "Dancing Girl of Izu" and "Hot Spring Hotel". Among them, "A Thousand Cranes" was one of the three novels mentioned when he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. It tells a story about an abnormal love affair involving two generations. Mitani Kikuharu's father was a famous tea ceremony master who once had an affair with a woman named Kurimoto Chikako, and later fell in love with Mrs. Ota. Many years after his father's death, Kikuji and Mrs. Ota met unexpectedly at a tea party held by Chigako. Ota, longing for his former lover, actually moved on to his son Kikuji, who also accepted this unethical love... The novel shows the conflict between love and morality, and depicts Japanese culture and psychology to the extreme.

This book fully incorporates Kawabata Yasunari's unique style: the sense of fantasy, the sadness of secludedness, and the mysterious aftertaste, which are traditional Japanese literary features. In his beautiful articles, he conveys people's subjective spiritual realm and charm, which is very contagious. Starting from the natural aesthetics, Kawabata describes concrete, detailed and delicate works, and adds a thicker and more delicate subjective emotional tone. Several of his speeches in the book became Kawabata Yasunari's Theory of Japanese Beauty and Japanese Art, constituting his unique aesthetic theoretical system, which shines uniquely in Kawabata's literature.

This book contains four of Kawabata Yasunari's late masterpieces: "The Lake", "Waltz of Flowers", "Sleeping Beauty" and "Arm". In the late period of Kawabata Yasunari's creation, the themes of his works became more bold and the thoughts he expressed became more profound. "The Lake" reveals the loneliness that cannot be cured throughout a person's life, and all pursuits and longings are nothing but sorrow and illusion; "Waltz of Flowers" expresses the author's belief in art through a lingering and pathos first love; "Sleeping Beauty" and "Arm" embody Kawabata's unique thinking on the philosophy of life based on the Eastern cultural tradition. Although the content is absurd, it is full of Zen principles. The inclusion of Kawabata's late masterpieces in one book reflects the literary professionalism of People's Literature Publishing House in selecting the collection of Kawabata Yasunari's works. The translator of this book, Chen Dewen, has been immersed in the translation of Japanese classic literature for many years. He not only has a special liking for Kawabata Yasunari's writings, but also has many years of painstaking research, making him the best choice to translate Kawabata's works. In this publication, the text has been revised again to make it more concise and elegant.

Kikuchi's father is a famous tea ceremony master who once had an affair with a woman named Kurimoto Chikako, and later fell in love with Mrs. Ota. Four years after his father's death, Kikuchi met Mrs. Ota at a tea party hosted by Chikako Kurimoto, and began an illicit love affair with her... This book includes Kawabata Yasunari's Nobel Prize-winning novel "Thousand Cranes" and its sequel "A Thousand Birds of Blue Waves", which is known as the watershed in Kawabata Yasunari's writing career. It is a profound description of the conflict between love and morality. The text is meaningful and meaningful.

"The Dancing Girl of Izu" is Kawabata Yasunari's famous work and a representative work of his aestheticism. It tells the story of a pure first love between a young student and a teenage dancing girl in the green mountains and beautiful waters of Izu. The new translation of "The Dancer of Izu" includes Kawabata Yasunari's most popular and famous classic "The Dancer of Izu", as well as "Blue Sea, Black Sea", "Reunion", "Wife Riding a Donkey", "Soul Song", "Twenty Years Old", "Beasts", "Parents", etc., A total of 8 short stories.

Isn't the depth of grief the depth of love? "A Thousand Cranes" is the Nobel Prize-winning work of Kawabata Yasunari. It is the ultimate masterpiece that combines morality and desire into the tea ceremony. The novel tells the story of Kikuji, who was born in a famous tea ceremony family, and quietly met several women who had a close relationship with his father at a tea party, and was involved in the whirlpool of fate. The work uses Yukiko's cloth bag decorated with thousands of cranes as a symbol of beauty, to metaphorize that the beautiful and pure women in the heart are like flowers in the water, moon and mirror, out of reach. In the conflict between morality and taboo, it touches the cold and warm love, famous objects, life and death, showing an illusory beauty of sorrow. The sin may not be eradicated, but the sorrow will eventually pass. Supreme purity cannot be contaminated by any filth, and it is therefore inclusive of everything.

"Ancient Capital" is one of the three novels mentioned by Kawabata Yasunari when he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. It is also one of his highly regarded novels. It describes the joys and sorrows of a pair of twin sisters, and also presents the customs and customs of Kyoto. Chieko was adopted by a brocade merchant and became a beautiful girl. On the night of the Gion Festival, she met Miaozi, a girl from a mountain village, and was surprised to learn that the two were twin sisters. They miss each other, but they cannot recognize each other because of their different identities. The sisters' faint sadness is woven into the beautiful scenery of Kyoto in all four seasons. Kawabata Yasunari uses light and delicate writing to narrate the story of the twin sisters Chieko and Naeko and the loneliness of the world. It brings the readers into a light poetic sentimentality. He writes about the bitter life experience and pure love of the twin sisters, their yearning for a better life, and at the same time shows people's simplicity and kindness.

The work of Nobel Prize winner Kawabata Yasunari is an ukiyo-e depicting all living things in Asakusa. "Asakusa Nine Palace Birds" collects three Asakusa-related novellas "Rainbow", "Asakusa Nine Palace Birds" and "Asakusa Sisters" written by Kawabata Yasunari in the 1930s. As the earliest bustling city in Edo, Asakusa is a prosperous and lively public entertainment area in Tokyo. Kawabata Yasunari came to Tokyo from his hometown in 1917, and initially settled in Asakusa. Since then, he created a series of works with Asakusa as the background, depicting ukiyo-e paintings depicting all living things in Asakusa. Most of the characters who appear in the novel are those at the bottom of society. They are the dancers in the sketch drama who are swept away by the winds of fate, and are precocious and coquettish mixed with childish innocence in "The Rainbow". They are the idle but still adhering to their own rules in the world of "The Asakusa Birds". A Fei is also the singing girl in "Asakusa Sisters" who walks the streets with a shamisen and protects each other in suffering... Kawabata Yasunari observes and reproduces their dreams and love, innocence and evil, the pain of life and the yearning for beauty with lyrical eyes.

Kawabata Yasunari's timeless masterpiece, a Nobel Prize-winning work, a Japanese literary classic that has influenced countless people. The elegance and sadness of the thousand-year-old ancient capital, the sadness and dreams of the girl, a timeless and cool aria, and the passing of the four seasons weave a beautiful and sad picture of Kyoto's customs. "Ancient Capital" is set in Kyoto, which was transformed between classical and modern times after World War II. It takes the young girl Chieko as the protagonist and tells the story of Chieko's experiences during this year. Chieko, the only daughter of a long-established silk and satin merchant, feels sad about her status as an abandoned child. However, her family's declining business and her father who is escaping from the world make her even more worried. On the night of the Gion Festival, Chieko accidentally met her twin sister Miaozi, a girl who worked logging in a mountain village. Because of the disparity in their identities, the twin sister Miaozi is unwilling to disturb Qianezi's life. In addition, Qianezi's love and marriage are also undergoing subtle fluctuations...

"Youth" is a coming-of-age novel that takes the growth experience of a young man who is inexperienced in the world and deeply influenced by Rothschild's thoughts as the main line, and depicts the various conditions of Russian society in the 1870s when capitalism was developing rapidly. In academic circles, "The Idiot", "Crime and Punishment", "The Demons", "The Boy" and "The Brothers Karamazov" are known as the "Pentateuch". These five novels are Dostoevsky's mature works. They not only fully demonstrate his writing talent, but also profoundly and comprehensively demonstrate his world view and outlook on life.

"Song of Life" describes a musician who was accidentally disabled due to a love affair in his teenage years. When he emerged as a composer after hard work, his lover was taken away by his friend, the singer, who was the embodiment of passion. In the end, the male protagonist Kun became a great musician, and the singer Maude and the heroine Gertrude got married. However, the love triangle ended in tragedy due to incompatible personalities. In the story, the hero Kuhn, with his great and pure will, overcame a difficult fate and composed a triumphant song of love and life. This is a novel full of philosophy, with themes of singing music and pure love. It is the pathos of a lonely person pursuing happiness.

"Collection of One Hundred Demons of the Past and Past - Moon" is a collection of mystery novels about monsters, featuring Atsuko Chuzenji, the younger sister of Kyogokudo Chuzenji Akihiko and editor of "Kitan Monthly", and female middle school student Gomi Yuki. "Tengu": What is the connection between a series of mysterious disappearances and deaths of women? Gomi Yuki, who wanted to go to the Rose Cross Detective Agency to say hello, did not see Enokizu, but unexpectedly met the congressman's daughter Shinomura Miyako. Her friend disappeared on Mount Takao, and almost at the same time, many women disappeared and died in the mountains one after another... "The locals said they met Kamigakure." "Kamigakure?" "It's not Kamigakure, should it be said that the Tengu kidnapped people?"

"The Idiot" is one of the important works of Fyodor Dostoyevsky, the great Russian writer of the 19th century. The novel describes Nastasya, a beautiful woman from a noble family in the 1860s who has been ravaged by the landowner Totsky for many years. Later, Totsky was willing to pay a large sum of money to marry her to the despicable Ganya. At the heroine's birthday party, the young Duke Myshkin, who was regarded as an idiot by people, suddenly appeared and was willing to marry Nastasya unconditionally, which moved her deeply. On the day of her upcoming wedding to the Duke, although Nastasya loved the Duke deeply, she ran away with the playboy Rogozhin and was eventually killed by Rogozhin. Dostoevsky was good at psychological analysis, especially revealing inner divisions. His shocking descriptions of human physical and mental suffering are unmatched by other writers. His novels are highly dramatic and the plot develops quickly. The ensuing catastrophic events are often accompanied by complex and intense psychological struggles and painful spiritual crises.

Nobel Prize-winning writer Kawabata Yasunari's masterpiece that will not be forgotten by time is published for the first time in simplified Chinese. Kawabata Yasunari's last novel for girls depicts complex and intimate emotions with the master's delicate writing style. "Best Friends" is a story about two girls who have similar looks. Emi and Kasumi were born on the same day and have exactly the same cute faces. By such a coincidence, the two naturally became good friends. Although their faces and birthdays are the same, their family environments and personalities are completely different. Huimei, the eldest daughter of a well-off family, has a calm personality; Kasumi, whose father passed away, grew up with her mother's pampering, is sensitive and willful. One after another unexpected things happened to them together, and the trivialities and inevitability of these lives made the two closer but also caused differences, and finally ushered in the moment of separation...

"The Dancing Girl of Izu" describes in the first person the story of a 19-year-old high school sophomore who traveled to Izu alone to relieve the unspeakable melancholy and anguish in his heart. On the way, he met a group of wandering artists and developed a longing for the 14-year-old dancer Kaoruko... "The Dancing Girl of Izu" is one of the three works of Kawabata Yasunari that won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1968. In it, every little thing is described in detail, until the final parting with Xunzi, and the indescribable sadness, emotion and the pain of youthful self-consciousness flow out...

This book is a collection of works by Nobel Prize winner and famous Japanese writer Kawabata Yasunari. The two works included are both his late masterpieces. In "Sleeping Beauty", the sixty-seven-year-old Eguchi was introduced to a unique hotel by a friend. At night, in a hotel, next to a sleeping young woman, Eguchi, who has reached the end of his life, is uncertain. His past emotions and his daughter's marriage come to mind, and he struggles with aging as time goes by... Yinping in "The Lake" embarks on another journey of struggle. After losing his father at a young age, he became an adult and could not suppress his desire for the opposite sex and beauty. However, he was addicted to sex and developed a abnormal emotion. Facing the unspeakable loneliness, Yinping wanders hopelessly on the road of life...

Dazai Osamu's masterpiece. "Disqualification in the World" (1948) is the most outstanding work in Dazai's literature. It was written before committing suicide. It is his last work and is also the "most profound reaching point" of Dazai's literature (Okuno Keno). The work depicts a young intellectual with an eccentric temperament, who suffered from the harshness of the world, indulged in wine and sex, and finally destroyed himself. "The Setting Sun" (1947) is a very important work in Japan's post-war literary world and has set a best-selling record for post-war literary works. The work shows the declining social status of the descendants of the nobles after the war and the dilemma of losing their glory. It can also be said to be Dazai's elegy to the declining nobles. The term "Xiyang Clan" is widely known as a synonym for declining nobles.