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Keigo Higashino's dark style masterpiece challenges readers' kidnapping reasoning! Who is the ultimate winner of this "kidnapping game"? I, Shunsuke Sakuma, am an advertising person. This was the first time I had the idea of ​​"revenge on a customer". Because of the client's almost humiliating torture, I inadvertently had the idea of ​​spying on the client, but unexpectedly, I opened up a new identity. Will that girl who ran away from home become my "best weapon" to take revenge on her father? Temporarily trusted "interest parties" are cheating and exploiting each other! I am "Juri", yes, I am the "Juri Katsuragi" who was kidnapped. Faced with Sakuma, who co-designed the "kidnapping" with me, why would I be so obedient and follow the trap he designed step by step to help him take revenge on my father? When should I tell him the secret I keep in my heart? "Kidnapping" begins... The personality game between virtuality and reality, the morbid love that gradually becomes attached! This work has been adapted into TV series and movies many times.

There are 10 volumes in the Mitarachi series, including: "The Melody of Mitarachi", "Greetings of Mitarachi", "The Dance of Mitarachi", "Crime in the Sloping House", "The Foreign Knight", "Abnormal Place", "The Man-eating Tree of the Dark Slope", "The Screwman", "Astrological Killing Magic" and "The Clown on the Roof".

"The Sound and the Fury" is a novel written by American writer William Faulkner in 1929. It tells the story of the family tragedy of the Compson family, a declining landowner in the South. Readers who like Faulkner's works should not miss this book. Old Compson was idle and addicted to drinking and drinking. His wife is selfish, cruel, and resentful. The eldest son desperately clung to the so-called old traditions of the South. He was filled with love and hate because of his sister's romantic nature and her status as a southern lady, and even committed suicide by drowning. The second son is cold and greedy, while the third son is an idiot. At 33 years old, he only has the intelligence of a 3-year-old child. The full text revolves around the sister's fall through the inner monologues of the three sons. Finally, the black maid's "limited perspective" on the first three parts is supplemented. The work uses multi-angle narrative methods and stream-of-consciousness techniques such as montage. It is a classic work of stream-of-consciousness novels and even the entire modern novel.

Eustace and the girl Jill were chased by a group of bad students and escaped into a small door leading to the wilderness. They unexpectedly found themselves in Aslan's land. They accepted the task entrusted by Aslan to find King Caspian's missing only son, Prince Rilian. The queen was bitten to death by a green snake, and soon the prince was lured away by a beautiful woman in green. In fact, the beauty in green is a snake spirit who uses magic to control Prince Ruilian. Prince Ruilian was awake for only one hour at night. But at this time, the snake spirit tied him in a silver chair and controlled him with magic. Eustace and Gil, together with the swamp monster who helped them, embarked on a dangerous road of search, but because Gil forgot Aslan's instructions, a lot of dangers increased.

The representative work of Richard Yates, a faithful recorder of mainstream American life in the mid-20th century and the "writer's writer"; Richard Yates is on par with Chekhov, Fitzgerald, and John Cheever in literary attainments, and is deeply loved by Kurt Vonnege. Gut, Andre Du Bois, Nick Hornby, David Hare, Raymond Carver, Joan Didion and Richard Ford and other famous writers fans; "Yates, Fitzgerald and Hemingway can be regarded as the three indisputable American figures in the twentieth century. The greatest compliment I can give Yates is that he writes more like a playwright than a novelist: he wants you to see what he describes." - David Hare (The Hours and The Reading) The protagonist of the novel, John Wilder, is a real visionary. Over the age of 35, he is a boring but slightly successful salesman in the countryside. He has a lovely wife and a 10-year-old son, who is plain but warm. However, life is always full of twists and turns: his family no longer regards him as the glory of the family, because he abandoned and betrayed his marriage, his former family collapsed, he had nowhere to go, and eventually became addicted to alcohol. Overwhelmed, Wilder left home, resigned, and came to Hollywood, where he believed his dream would eventually become a reality. It seems that bad luck has never let go of this sinner who has made mistakes. His lover abandoned him and the producer ruthlessly rejected him. All kinds of misfortunes deepened his dependence on alcohol and dragged him into an increasingly bottomless hell.

In the early morning hours of July 2, 1950, a figure approached the relic hall of Kinkakuji Temple, a national treasure of Japan, in the dark. Soon, flames shot into the sky and many precious cultural relics were reduced to ashes. Soon, the police suddenly announced that they had caught the arsonist: a 21-year-old college student, who confessed that he ignited the crime because he was envious of the beauty of Kinkakuji... The news spread, shocking the whole of Japan. Popular writer Mishima Yukio decided to go to the crime scene in person to find the truth. He was vaguely aware that there were unknown secrets hidden here.

"The Curate of Tours" mainly tells the story of how a bishop rose from obscurity, lurked at the bottom, and was suppressed by others for more than ten years. When everyone saw that he was about to die and relaxed their vigilance, with an attitude of sympathy and mercy, step by step, by what means, he finally succeeded in climbing to the position of bishop; and how did he turn around and attack at the most hopeless moment?

"The Count of Monte Cristo" (1844-1845) is also translated as "The Count of Monte Cristo". This novel is the most righteous masterpiece among Alexandre Dumas's works. The novel tells a wonderful story of revenge. A young and handsome captain was assassinated by his friends. After experiencing a long and difficult injustice, he learned the essentials and principles of surviving in desperate situations with superhuman perseverance and wisdom. When he finally escaped from the unjust prison and breathed the first breath of free air after going through all kinds of hardships, he got a second rebirth from body to soul. Fate gave him infinite wisdom and huge wealth, which enabled him to finally succeed in revenge...

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I always wanted to die, but unexpectedly I have survived until today. On top of the complete denial and destruction of the self, the poignant and beautiful flower of material sorrow blooms. Known as the "measles book" - just like every child will have measles, every Japanese will inevitably read "Heart" once in his life, Natsume Soseki's masterpiece. Natsume Soseki died of illness three years after the book was completed. This is a very dark novel, written in 1914, and it is still readable 100 years later. It is a heart-wrenching novel that is a must-read in Japan. Just like a child who gets measles once in a while, this book is known as the "measles book". It is a masterpiece that brings Japanese aesthetics into full play. Xu Jianxiong, a senior translator, advocates using "quality inspection" to pursue accurate and beautiful translations.

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"Notes from Boz: Scenes" is part of "Notes from Boz", the first collection of essays by the British writer Dickens. The author intercepts some scenes from life and shows them to readers, such as streets, shops, carriage stations, markets, theaters, amusement parks, parliaments, prisons, etc. Through these scenes, readers can understand the people's living conditions, joys, sorrows, and customs and political forms in the era in which the author lived.

Shortlisted for the second Jingdong Literature Award, McEwan's acclaimed work shows the moral and legal dilemmas in civilized society and directly attacks the cowardice, hesitation, selfishness and paranoia of human nature. The 2017 movie of the same name stars Emma Thompson, Fionn Whitehead and others, and they jointly perform a "teenager's affair". Fiona Meyer is a female High Court judge who has always been known for her harsh wisdom, precision and rationality. But her successful career could not cover up the discord in her family, and her thirty-year marriage was in jeopardy. At the same time, a seventeen-year-old boy, Adam, refused blood transfusion treatment due to his religious beliefs and his life was hanging by a thread. As time passed, both the prosecution and the defense gave their reasons. In order to make a fair and reasonable verdict, Fiona decided to visit the boy in the hospital in person. A sincere conversation touched Fiona's deep-seated emotions. In the end, what unexpected consequences her ruling will bring to the two of them... McEwan once again presented difficult moral dilemmas in "The Children's Act": Emotions surge under the suppression of rationality. How much impact will an accidental choice have? Should we respect religious beliefs and personal will, or should we insist on putting life first? Carrying the heavy shackles of a civilized society, which side will the balance of human nature tilt to?

The story takes place in a small town in the southern United States, where there is an old southern judge Fox Crane and his grandson Jester, as well as a young black boy Sherman with a pair of blue eyes, and a pharmacist suffering from leukemia, Mr. Malone. Jester wants to find the truth behind his father's suicide, while Sherman wants to find his mother. In less than a year, the lives and fates of several characters are intertwined. Their intersection is not because they like each other, but just because of excessive loneliness.

In this storm-ravaged rocky country where no grass can grow, the destinies of four God-chosen people are about to intersect. A warrior who gave up studying medicine for his family but became a slave; a general who was loyal to his duty but hidden a shadow; an assassin who shed tears because of killing people; a female thief disguised as a scholar. Who will bring salvation? Who can commit grave sins? As the sun sets in the sky, the mysterious blade returns, and ancient magic returns. A devastating storm is coming. A tragic night is coming.

Mersault, a clerk in the company, does boring work day after day and leads an unchanging life. He is lonely, nihilistic, and has no interest in the whole world. After orchestrating a murder, he gained vast wealth and was able to escape his eight-hour day job, becoming rich and free. Start traveling and traveling around... Can you be happy if you have money? Can you be happy if you have time? Can you be happy with a lover and love? How can we truly feel self-satisfaction and happiness? Mersault kept thinking about these issues during his journey and explored the joy of living... "A Happy Death" is the debut novel written by Nobel Prize winner Camus at the age of 24. Camus used his own real experience and "absurdity" experience as material to create the protagonist Mersault, which was his initial exploration of the meaning of life. The origin and answer of the questions that Camus has been thinking about throughout his life can be found in "The Happy Death"!

Why do we fight? In order to preserve the fire of survival, protect human beings and provide them with a safe haven. What price do we bear? The cost is irrelevant, humanity must survive. We are tasked with saving the nation, and all other ideas are just a drop in the ocean. The world is approaching destruction, the storm has reappeared, and the glorious knights who have abandoned their oath have no intention of saving mankind. And the servants who have been enslaved by humans for a long time are summoning another brand new storm. Xu Du, who possesses ancient power, is about to reappear in the world. Will human civilization end as a result?

The destruction of "Iron Heart" allowed Chicago to regain its freedom, and a new order gradually formed, but the plan to eliminate superpowers is still in progress. The new powerful epic sect "Shenglin" began to recruit superpowers of all levels in an attempt to build a second new Chicago and lure the liquidators closer... First time entering the water city David discovers a series of strange events, everything seems to be a long-planned trap, but the "Fire Phoenix" saves him again and again. All this makes David doubt that people with superpowers can also uphold their humanity and return to ordinary people. He begins to question whether the organization's actions to completely eliminate people with superpowers are correct. Revenge is no longer the only motivation, and his path begins to change... The faith remains, towards the light; there are always people who rise to the challenge and become heroes who protect the weak!

"I Am a Cat" is based on the daily life of the main character, middle school teacher Jinno Kusami. With the help of a cat's vision, hearing and feeling, it intersperses the conflicts between neighbor capitalist Kaneda's attempt to marry a girl and his plot to retaliate against Kusami. It mocks the intellectuals of the Meiji era. It satirizes the empty spiritual life of intellectuals who claim to be noble but do nothing; they are dissatisfied with reality but unable to resist; they are mediocre and boring, but they denounce the contradictory character of the world, and lash out at the snobbish, vulgar and cruel nature of Kaneda and other bourgeois figures and their accomplices. The novel has ingenious conception, exaggerated description, flexible structure and distinctive artistic features.

A beggar becomes an emperor? No, this is a passerby who becomes the protagonist.

"Spring Snow" tells the "elegant and beautiful" love tragedy of a pair of childhood sweethearts. Kiyoaki and Satoko are childhood sweethearts, and both come from noble families. When Kiyoaki was 18 years old and Satoko was 20, Kiyoaki's trouble was: he knew Satoko loved him, but she always thought of herself as a sister who taught him a lesson, which made him very angry. After they had a passionate first kiss, a misunderstanding arose. Qingxian refused to answer Satoko's calls or read Satoko's letters. Hearing that Satoko's family arranged for Satoko to have frequent blind dates, he was secretly happy that he could get rid of Satoko. However, Satoko was favored by the imperial family, Toin Palace, and wanted to marry him as his daughter-in-law, and received the emperor's permission.

"Irregular Resistance" is the eighth book in the "Ikebukuro Nishiguchi Park" series by Ishida Iroshi. It includes four stories: "Chikawa's Mother", "Ikebukuro Cleaning Team", "Retired Bulldog" and "Irregular Resistance". "Irregular Resistance Elements" continues Ishida Yiliang's consistent style, with twists and turns of the story and rich urban fashion elements, plus a cool and dark warm writing style, making it highly readable. "The story I want to tell this time is not the story in the United States or Central and South America where monopolies collude with dictators and wantonly exploit workers, but a real story that happens before our eyes. It is a story about transparent people who have been ignored by our society and formed a resistance army." The four stories in "Irregular Resistance" are all wonderful, and they all reveal important social issues. "Chikawa Yusei Mama" is about a single mother standing on the edge of a cliff; "Ikebukuro Cleaning Team" is about a rich man who leads young people in Ikebukuro to collect garbage; "Retired Bulldog" is about a punk girl and a retired policeman who were threatened with nude photos; "Irregular Resistance" is about temporary workers who rise up against giant human resources companies.

Maybe I shouldn't find out the truth, but your life shouldn't be trampled on. An old man who was wandering in Tokyo stabbed a food shop owner to death in Sensoji Temple over a small dispute. Detective Yoshiki Takefumi believes that there is another hidden secret in the case. After various investigations, an unsolved mystery that happened on a snowstorm night in Hokkaido more than 30 years ago gradually surfaced... How much hardship and suffering is hidden behind the shocking conspiracy? In this work, Takefumi Yoshiki has experienced the most bizarre and poignant cases in his life; Shoji Shimada spares no effort in writing and meticulously portrays the clear mind and persistent beliefs of this passionate detective. In 2013, Japan's Shukan Bunshun selected the "BEST 100 East-West Mystery" book list, and this book was well deserved to be selected.

The novel adopts humorous, satirical and comical techniques, using the vision, hearing and feeling of a cat. It takes the daily life of the protagonist, middle school teacher Jinno Kusami, as the main line, interspersed with the conflicts of neighbor capitalist Kaneda who fails to marry a girl and plots revenge on Kusami, making it laugh. It explores the empty spiritual life of intellectuals in the Meiji era, and satirizes them for claiming to be noble but doing nothing; being dissatisfied with reality but unable to resist; being mediocre and boring, but denouncing the contradictory character of the world, and lashing out at the snobbish, vulgar, and cruel nature of Kaneda and other bourgeois figures and their accomplices. The novel has ingenious conception, exaggerated description, flexible structure and distinctive artistic features.

Based on Ryunosuke Akutagawa's absolute masterpieces "Rashomon" and "In the Bamboo Forest", this book not only includes Akutagawa's talented literary masterpieces "The Nose", "Yam Porridge" and "Hell Transformation" in his early creative period, but also "Warnings of the Dwarf" which deeply analyzed the inner world in his later years. ", "Kappa" and "The Life of a Certain Idiot", with a special focus on Akutagawa's creative turning period, and selected three works full of modern humanistic colors, "Miscellaneous Mandarin", "Autumn" and "Christ in Nanjing", to provide readers with a complete and complete picture of the creative trajectory of Akutagawa's entire life. Early stage - classical origins, brilliant "Rashomon": a sharp-edged debut. A glimpse into the darkness of human nature. "Nose": Natsume Soseki was full of praise. "There are people who laugh, but there are no people who hate." "Yam Porridge": as famous as "The Nose". Realizing a dream is also a tragedy. "Hell Change": Mishima Yukio personally adapted the stage play. The human heart is hell. The turning period - focusing on the present and seeking redemption "Miscellaneous Mandarin": fresh, tranquil, and a rare life novel by Akutagawa. "Autumn": the first attempt at a modern emotional novel. "Christ of Nanjing": Liang Jianhui stars in the movie of the same name. Talk about the power of believing. "In the Bamboo Grove": The real original work of Akira Kurosawa's film "Rashomon". Later years - self-analysis and seeing through human nature. "Warnings of the Dwarf" - a collection of aphoristic essays, full of golden sentences. "Kappa" - a fable that is beyond reality but extremely true. "The Life of a Certain Idiot" - Akutagawa's posthumous manuscript, alluding to his own life.

This book is a collection of two of the most representative novels by the famous French writer Camus. "The Outsider" reveals the paradoxes in the modern judicial process through the true feelings of a clerk. The social significance of "The Outsider" lies in its profound revelation of absurd reality. "The Plague" is a symbolic novel. In the novel, the story of the people of Ahlan City uniting to fight and defeat the plague fully explains how people should face absurd philosophy. These two works are the shining gems of Camus's literary creation and have become immortal classics in world literature in the twentieth century.

Chekhov, known as the "God of Short Stories", is a master in the eyes of many literary masters. His works are dedicated to showing the constant human nature in the changing world, sadness, loneliness, absurdity and helplessness, as well as the inability to control the ups and downs of fate... His works have won many awards and are enduring. They have been selected into many language textbooks and have been translated into various languages. Chekhov is good at using wonderful and unique stories to allow every reader to instantly see himself and others he seems familiar with, bringing comfort and healing to the difficult life. This book contains Chekhov's recognized mature works, including 17 excellent works such as "The Man in the Trick", "The College Student", "On Love" and "The Sixth Ward".

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When Laoguai came to Kanshang with his 5-year-old Qingguo, rapeseed flowers were blooming all over the ditches and ditches of Macun. That year, I was 7 years old. I spread my legs and blocked the wood door, stared at Laoguai and shouted: This is my home, I hate cripples. My mother grabbed my ear and said, call me dad... I said my dad was dead. My mother turned her head and glanced at me hatefully, then turned back to Laoguai and said, "The child is spoiled, and that's his virtue... Don't be angry." Lao Guai smiled innocently and said, "No, I don't care, I don't care," but his expression was extremely embarrassing. Looking at Laoguai's pitiful look, I felt very angry.

Dostoevsky (1821-1881) was not only one of the greatest novel masters in the Russian literary world of the 19th century, but also one of the most complex, contradictory, and greatest novel masters in history in the world. With his voluminous creations, he is unique and unparalleled in his profound description and in-depth exploration of human beings' complex and even divided human nature, psychology and even abnormal spirits. If Tolstoy represents the breadth of Russian literature, Dostoyevsky represents the depth of Russian literature. Shanghai Translation Publishing House's cloth-bound hardcover "Collected Works of Dostoevsky" includes all seven novels by Dostoyev "The Injured and Insulted People", "Notes from the House of the Dead", "Crime and Punishment", "The Idiot", "Ghost", "The Boy" and "The Brothers Karamazov", as well as the collection of short and medium stories "White Nights", totaling eight types and nine volumes, basically covering all the most important works created by Dostoyev throughout his life.

Whenever he is in trouble, Haruki Murakami turns to Chandler! There are many books to read when you want to be awake. But when you want to get drunk, read Chandler! This collection includes all three masterpieces of Chandler, Haruki Murakami's literary idol and a master of American literature: "The Long Goodbye", "Goodbye, My Love", and "The Big Sleep"! As the founder and soul of "tough guy" literature, Chandler created the classic image of "tough guy detective" Marlowe with his textbook-level polished writing. Since then, all tough guys have the shadow of Marlowe. Chandler is recognized as one of the spokespersons of American literature in the 20th century! Chandler is also one of the great screenwriters in film history and the ancestor of Hollywood "film noir". Famous directors such as Hitchcock and Billy Wilder have collaborated with him. Chandler's novels have been adapted for the screen 11 times, and Nobel Prize winner Faulkner participated in the screenplay of his works. Hollywood actors in the 1940s were proud to play Marlowe. The three books in the series all feature private detective Philip Marlowe as the protagonist. Watch how a lonely tough guy detective wanders around the edge of the dark city, how he faces all kinds of people and complicated cases he encounters, and how he maintains the justice in his heart in this dark world...

Flannery O'Connor (1925--1964) is an American female writer of southern literature as famous as Faulkner and Carson McCullers. In her short life of 39 years, she wrote two novels, 32 short stories and many miscellaneous reviews. The Complete Collection of Short Stories published after her death won the 1972 U. S. National Book Award. This book is intended to include the most authoritative version of O'Connor's complete collection of short stories, a total of 31 pieces.

This book contains 16 of the most representative short stories and short stories by the famous Austrian writer Zweig. Among them, "Letter from a Strange Woman", "Twenty-Four Hours in a Woman's Life", "The Malay Madman", "The Story of Chess", "The Invisible Treasure", etc. Are all must-read masterpieces for Zweig fans.

Mark Twain is the founder of American critical realism literature and a world-renowned master of short stories. William Faulkner called him "a truly American writer from whom we all descend." "Mark Twain Short Stories" collects Mark Twain's famous short stories. These popular short stories are humorous in writing, pungent in language, sharply satirical, and expose the speculation, money worship, and dark social reality that are prevalent in the United States like a plague. He is a writer in the history of American literature who writes in purely American spoken language. He is called the "Father of American Literature" by Faulkner and the "Lincoln of American Literature" by Howells. Called America's great satirical novelist by Obama.

In the eight short stories of "The Purple and the Black", K. J. Parker fully demonstrates to readers his unique knowledge and his profound insight into human nature - the former makes the construction of his worldview solid and complete, and the latter gives life to the characters.

Yukio Mishima's collection of self-selected short stories is a masterpiece that uses all techniques to depict the real themes of life; the gorgeous writing that despises daily life, the sound and realistic presentation of the decadent taste of literature, and the extreme depiction of the forgetfulness of fate and hunger. When a loved one dies, can those left behind be saved? "Death in Midsummer" is a collection of short stories written by the author in the 1940s and 1950s. It contains 11 short stories in total. "Death in Midsummer" was created in 1952. It was conceived by the author based on a true story he heard in Kanaihama, Izu. It depicts the joys and sorrows of lovers, life and death, and is a tear-jerking novel. "Tobacco" is his famous masterpiece and was recommended by Kawabata Yasunari. The work depicts the social, political, cultural and other realities of Japan after the end of World War II, as well as the Japanese people's mentality of emerging from the shadow of the war.

This book is a collection of short stories, including six novels created by the author based on characters in his own life. "Chastity" is an unexpected love story in which the author is indirectly involved, involving infidelity and death. "The Whole Dozen" tells the story of a man who regards marrying a dozen wives as his life pursuit. "Human Nature Is Unpredictable" describes the unrequited love of an infatuated man. "Jane" depicts Jane, a woman who suddenly becomes attractive in middle age. "A Foreign Land" tells the life of a Jewish family who immigrated to Britain and the tragedy of a young man's life. "Eureka" is the story of a female writer regaining inspiration after experiencing the shock of her husband's departure.

In the literary history of France and the world, Maupassant, a 19th-century French writer, is not only famous for his novels, but also for his short and medium-sized novels, with more than 300 pieces in total, and is known as the "King of Short Stories". "The Complete Collection of Maupassant's Novellas and Short Stories" consists of five volumes. These short and medium-sized novels reflect the breadth of materials, covering all aspects of French social life at that time, allowing readers to have a glimpse of the master's superb artistic skills. The second volume includes the following 4 short story collections: "Harriet Miss", "Sisters Rondorie", "Yvette" and "Story of Day and Night". Published from 1884 to 1885. This volume collects Maupassant's earlier works, and the writer's style is slowly taking shape. Take "Harriet Miss" as an example, which became a bestseller at the time and was deeply loved by French readers.

A representative work of philosophy by French Enlightenment thinkers, a must-read classic. Diderot is known as the "standard bearer of the Enlightenment philosophers" and his works have influenced ideological trends for hundreds of years. The pinnacle of Diderot's philosophical novels and a masterpiece of dialectics. "The Nephew of Rameau" is the second volume of the "Collected Works of Diderot", which includes "The Nephew of Rameau" and "This is Not a Story". "The Nephew of Rameau" is a dialogue-length philosophical novel written between 1761 and 1762, but was not published during the author's lifetime. In 1805, Goethe translated it into Germany, but it was not until 1823 that Lameaux's Nephew, compiled from Diderot's own manuscript, was first published in France. "Ramaou's Nephew" is as much a conversation as it is a debate. On one side of the conversation "I" is a philosopher who represents universal values, and on the other side is the nephew of the musician Rameau, a poor young man. The two met in a cafe and started chatting. The argument became more and more intense. Their words were full of laughter, curses, ridicule and speculation. Engels praised him as a "masterpiece of dialectics". "This is Not a Story" is a short story published in "Literary Letters" in 1773, telling two short love stories.

Zweig, the humanistic fighter, is a true masterpiece in confronting war and society! A new authoritative translation, a literal translation of the original German version, translated by Pang Wenwei, professor of the German Department and Director of the Teaching and Research Section of Tongji University. Humanist fighters questioned and resisted the war, and showed concern and sympathy for the people. That is the most tortured punishment. When a person is locked up alone in a room, shrouded in endless loneliness and fear, a chess book is both a life-saving straw and the source of madness. The horn of war swept every inch of Europe, and the dawn of peace was far away. Zweig, with his infinite concern for life and his humanistic feelings, showed the powerlessness of small people swept up in the huge whirlpool of fate and the absurdity of war to the world. He caressed the scarred land with his scarred soul.

In the literary history of France and the world, Maupassant, a 19th-century French writer, is not only famous for his novels, but also for his short and medium-sized novels, with more than 300 pieces in total, and is known as the "King of Short Stories". "The Complete Collection of Maupassant's Novellas and Short Stories" consists of five volumes. These short and medium-sized novels reflect the breadth of materials, covering all aspects of French social life at that time, allowing readers to have a glimpse of the master's superb artistic skills. The first volume includes the following four short story collections: "The House of Tellier", "Miss Fifi", "The Story of the Woodcock" and "Moonlight". Published from 1881 to 1883. This volume contains Maupassant's earliest works. Although his writing style is still a little green, the style of a famous artist can already be seen. The heroine Mrs. Tellier depicted in the short story "The House of Tellier" is considered to be the plumpest female image except Ball of Suif.

Completely including "The Gift of the Magi", "The Last Leaf", "Love's Sacrifice", "Twenty Years Later" and other classic short stories by O. Henry, it can be called a "humorous encyclopedia of American life". Yale School critic Harold Bloom commented: "O. Henry enjoys a large and long-term readership, and his reputation is almost equal to that of the short story."

"Rashomon" collects many short stories by Japanese writer Ryunosuke Akutagawa, represented by "Rashomon" and "In the Bamboo Forest". It uses a weather-proof layout to push people to the limit of life and death choices, showing the inescapability of "evil" and conveying Akutagawa's feelings. Ryunosuke's helplessness and despair towards human nature also shows that in a one-dimensional society, people living in it have become one-dimensional people. Such people have lost their freedom and creativity and no longer imagine or pursue another life different from real life.

"Moral Stories" is a collection of Coetzee's short stories. The Chinese version is introduced for the first time, including "Dogs", "Stories", "Vanity", "When Women Get Old", "Old Women and Cats", "Lies" and "Glass Slaughterhouse", a total of seven stories. The novel uses mother and child, love and desire, youth and aging, and the relationship between humans and animals as entry points. It uses speculative dialogue and psychological portrayal to create a female image with rich heart and distinctive personality. The story is concise but meaningful, presenting Coetzee's deep thinking on the nature of human morality and the situation of life. A reader's comment on the Goodread page reads: "The seven stories are all shallow and profound. Some passages need to be read repeatedly to understand the author's meaning. I will keep this book and read it frequently 20 years later." "When I first heard about Coetzee, the Nobel Prize winner, I thought his novels were difficult and obscure; after reading these stories, I found that his style is actually clear, profound, and light."

"The Catcher in the Rye": one of the top 100 novels of the 20th century, selected into the reading lists of many prestigious schools around the world and selected as the Book of the Century by the New York Public Library, with a cumulative global sales of 70 million copies. Hemingway, Nabokov, John Updike, Beckett, Su Tong, Mai Jia, Zheng Yuanjie, Bei Dao... A masterpiece in the hearts of generations of literary and art masters. Salinger resurrected Holden, who had disappeared on the battlefield in previous works, and recounted his various adventures during his three-day urban wandering after dropping out of school. The language of the novel is plain and restrained; Salinger uses dual characters, metaphors, intertextuality, puns... To explore the steep cliffs and dark paths between one's self and the world, innocence and maturity, life and death; and presents a sincere requiem for all that has passed. "Nine Stories": Before reading these nine stories, you dare not say you know what a short story is. "The Catcher in the Rye" is Salinger's only short story collection, included in the "Western Canon" as a writing model. The nine stories twist, complement each other, and reflect Salinger's beloved Glass family like a prism. "Franny and Zooey": Following "The Catcher in the Rye" and "Nine Stories", Salinger continues to write songs of innocence and tenderness. This book is composed of two mutually related novels, "Franny" and "Zooey". Pushing the conflicting sense of self-existence in "The Catcher in the Rye" and the discussion of spiritual salvation to a deeper level. The novel relies on exquisite dialogue to advance, is full of metaphors, turns a thousand times, and is hearty. The beautiful sister Franny is like the "female version of Holden", extremely confused and on the verge of suffocation; the brother Zooey uses words full of inspiration and humor to rescue his sister from the shell of autism. This is also a story about love and the expression of love. "Raise the Beams, Carpenters; Seymour: A Biography": "The Catcher in the Rye" Salinger's last published work before his death, a book of comfort dedicated to wanderers trapped at a spiritual crossroads. It is a powerful supplement to "Nine Stories" and "Francny and Zooey", deciphering the events of Seymour's life and death, and carving out a group portrait of the "Glass Family". It is also a book of comfort for wanderers trapped at a spiritual crossroads: the confrontation with absurd reality may make people crazy, but the penetrating poetic world in our hearts will never die.

This book collects all thirty-one of Flannery O'Connor's short stories, including those previously compiled into two short story collections, A Good Man is Hard to Find and Everything That Rises Must Converge, as well as some short stories that were adapted into the novels Wise Blood and The Violent Bear It Away. The book won the U. S. National Book Award posthumously in 1972. This volume is the second part, including 13 articles including "You Can't Be Worse Than the Dead".

"Selected Novels of O. Henry" selects dozens of O. Henry's representative short stories such as "The Gift of the Magi", "The Cop and the Hymn", "Twenty Years Later", "Children in the Jungle", "The Drunkard's Will" and "The Double Liar". O. Henry's novels show ironic compassion, unique humor and never-guessed endings. O. Henry's works can give you an unexpected ending every time, leaving you stunned and leaving you alone to think, cry and smile alone.

"Journey to the Past" is a collection of Zweig's short stories and short stories. It contains 8 articles, all of which are his famous, artistic and highly readable works, including "Adventures at the Auction House", "Journey to the Past", "Forgotten Dreams", "Interlude on Lake Geneva" and other famous works. Among them, "Journey to the Past" is Zweig's posthumous work. After decades of being buried in the archives of a London publishing house, it finally saw the light of day. The novel tells the love story between Ludwig, a talented doctor of chemistry who was born in poverty, and his boss's wife, who fell in love but could not fulfill their wishes. The novel does not have violent dramatic conflicts, but it has meticulous psychological analysis and delicate spiritual description. The story has an ending that you can't expect, but it's really reasonable.

Mishima Yukio's third collection of self-selected short stories before his suicide was published for the first time in China. It is a confession of an anti-era alien isolated in the modern jungle world. "Martyrdom" is Mishima Yukio's third self-selected short story collection before his suicide. The short works included in the collection symbolically depict the central theme of Mishima's literature - the relationship between the yearning for the Roman ideal world and the everyday world - through anti-era protagonists, and seek the meaning of modern "noble race exile" (people with noble blood are teased by fate and exiled) and alien isolation.

"Rashomon" includes 15 novels by Akutagawa Ryunosuke, including "Rashomon", "In the Bamboo Forest", "Hell Transformation" and "The Nose". Among them, "Rashomon" uses a weather-proof layout to push people to the limit of life and death choices, thus showing the inescapability of "evil" and conveying the author's understanding of people, their helplessness and despair. Although it is short, the plot is simple, and the characters are sparse, the time, place, characters, and ending are all vividly displayed in front of the readers.