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"Dream of the Floating Bridge" depicts the protagonist Jiu'er's strange attachment to his mother, or to his mother's breasts. The scene of sucking on the breast of my birth mother as a toddler is unforgettable. After his biological mother passed away and his father married another woman, Jiu'er showed no affection towards his stepmother. Even when he was thirteen or fourteen years old, he often sucked his stepmother's breasts. My father also turned a blind eye. It wasn't until his stepmother gave birth to a baby but was sent away that Jiu'er began to realize the inappropriateness of his relationship with the wet nurse. The baby may be the child of the stepmother and Jiu'er. This incestuous relationship became the talk of the neighborhood for a while. Later, his father and stepmother died one after another, and Jiu'er went to find the baby and raise it alone.

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.

A collection of selected short stories by Ryunosuke Akutagawa, who is unique in the Japanese literary world. Japan's highest pure literary award is named after him! Carefully selected 11 short masterpieces by Akutagawa Ryunosuke, including the famous chapters "Rashomon", "The Nose", "Hell Transformation", "In the Bamboo Forest", etc., Covering the entire creative cycle and wonderfully presenting the literary world of Akutagawa Ryunosuke. Haruki Murakami said: Ryunosuke Akutagawa's novels are classic works that will be passed down to future generations. No matter how many times you read them, you will never get bored. Lu Xun, Osamu Dazai, Natsume Soseki... The creations of many famous artists were influenced by Ryunosuke Akutagawa!

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".

"The Gluttonous Man" is the sixth volume of "The Complete Collection of Maugham's Short Stories", which contains a total of 15 short stories. These short stories were all written before the outbreak of World War II. The background of the stories may take place in Southeast Asian countries during the British colonial period, or on an isolated island in the South Pacific, or in Capri, Italy, or in French Guiana, showing readers the humanistic and historical pictures of different regions. Some stories are embarrassing to read, some are awe-inspiring, some torture the humanity of ordinary people and praise the kindness of ordinary people, and some satirize the hypocrisy of the Western bourgeoisie and criticize the absurdity of the Western capitalist system. The descriptions of their thoughts and feelings are sincere and delicate, and the writing style is also extremely humorous. The stories are full of warning words of wisdom and aphorisms.

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.

Published in a collection with reference to the title and contents of the Japanese first edition! A classic work by Ryunosuke Akutagawa, the literary genius and king of short stories! A sharp analysis of the good and evil of human nature, a new interpretation of historical allusions, the struggle of emotional desires, and a philosophy of life that is detached from the world... This book contains 14 short stories and short stories, which are works created by Akutagawa Ryunosuke from the fourth year of Taisho to the sixth year of Taisho, including "Rashomon", "Nose", "Father", "Sake Insect", "Yam Porridge", etc. If you are looking for a way out at the end of the road, you have to resort to any means. If we "choose the means", we can only starve to death under the rammed earth wall or on the side of the road, and then be abandoned like a dog under this Rashomon gate. --"Rashomon"; People naturally feel compassion for the misfortune of others, but if that person manages to escape the misfortune, it is their turn to feel as though they have lost something. To exaggerate a little, people may even hope that the person will fall into the same misfortune again. --"Nose".

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...

The distortion of the soul and the misery of the spirit connect the ups and downs of life, failures and self-deprecating memories... This book collects eighteen late works and posthumous manuscripts of Ryunosuke Akutagawa, including "The Words of a Dwarf", "The Life of a Fool", "The Westerner", and "The Continuation of the Westerner". The form and style are rich and colorful, and the content is very different, showing the author's flexible creative talent. "The Life of a Fool" is a posthumous manuscript of Ryunosuke Akutagawa's short story. After Akutagawa committed suicide, his friend Masao Kume compiled and published it. This novel actually alludes to Akutagawa's life, which includes his review of himself, thoughts about his family, and uneasiness about the social development at that time. "The Words of the Dwarf" is Akutagawa's essays and comments. It can be regarded as his masterpiece of aphorisms. It expresses his mood with wisdom and expounds his views on art and life. It is a work about life understanding and social discussion. Although the form is an essay, it is spoken by a dwarf, which seems to have the style of a novel. "The Westerner" and "The Westerner" are the last works left by Akutagawa before committing suicide. They explore the image of Christ in Akutagawa's mind and reveal the influence of Christianity on Akutagawa himself and his creations in his short life.

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.

This set of books includes a total of 7 volumes of Hardy's classic novels, namely "In vain", "Far from the Dust", "The Return of the Native", "The Mayor of Casterbridge", "Tess of the D'Urbervilles", "Jude the Obscure" and "Selected Short and Novels". The translation was chosen by Zhang Guruo and other translators. It was very popular among readers after it came out. Now it has been out of stock for many years and is no longer in stock. In this reprint, the translation has been revised for excellence. It is a set of literary classics worth savoring and collecting.

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.

"The Gift of the Magi" is a collection of O. Henry's short stories, which selects seventeen of O. Henry's representative short stories, including "The Cop and the Hymn," "The Gift of the Magi," "The Child in the Jungle," "The Drunkard's Will," and "The Double Liar." O. Henry's novels display ironic compassion, unique humor and an ending that is never predictable. 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.

The short story "Letter from a Strange Woman" is one of Zweig's masterpieces. A man received a letter without a signature or address on his forty-first birthday. A dying woman told an unforgettable love story, but the hero of the story, the man who received the letter, knew nothing about it. The story begins eighteen years ago. The moment she first met a man, she was still a child. Later, she experienced the obsession of a girl, the passion of youth, and even became a prostitute. However, she never changed her love for the man, and she did not decide to confess her love until her death. This book is a collection of Zweig's short stories. In addition to "Letter from a Strange Woman", it also includes such famous pieces as "The Invisible Collection" and "The Story of Chess".

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.

"Maupassant's Short Stories" contains Maupassant's classic masterpieces, which are still of world-awakening significance in today's era. The protagonists of these works include women who suffered a lifetime of hardship because of their love for vanity; there are also old people who died of depression due to attacks from rumors; there are families who were betrayed because of their gambling... Every story can give a glimpse of the other side of society. Of course, there are also shining points of humanity in these works: there is undying love, kindness and fearless courage that are worth remembering... These positive energies turn into a warm current in the stories and reach people's hearts.

This set contains three volumes, namely "Letter from a Strange Woman", "Twenty-Four Hours in a Woman's Life" and "When Humanity's Stars Shine".

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.

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 collects Chekhov's recognized and famous works, including 22 excellent works such as "The Chameleon", "The Death of a Civil Servant", "A Day Outside the City", "Afflicted", and "The Jumping Woman".

First published in 1829, "Dykonka Nights" is Gogol's first anthology of novels and the first collection of novels that established the writer's position in the history of Russian literature. It includes eight works: "Saudinsky Market", "St. John's Eve", "May Night", "The Lost Credentials", "Christmas Eve", "Terrible Revenge", "Ivan Fedorovich Shpanka and His Aunt" and "The Devil's Land". Most of these works are based on Ukrainian folklore, reflecting the people's lives and historical events in Ukraine, and revealing the thematic features and descriptive features that will appear in "Dead Souls" in the future. Gogol's three novels form a set of readings, which is conducive to a centralized grasp of Gogol's literary concepts and creative characteristics.

This book includes "Love of Life", "The Call of the Wild" and "White Fang" by Jack London. "Love of Life" tells the story of a gold digger who trekked hard in the wilderness and defeated hunger, cold, injury and wolves with his strong will to life, showing the bravery and tenacity of human nature. "The Call of the Wild" tells the story of a dog named Buck who was taken from the warm countryside to the cold wilderness and gradually returned to the wild. "White Fang" tells the story of a little wolf cub who began his adventurous life alone in the forest in the cold land of North America. In the forest, wolf pups learn the rules of life in the wild. But the encounter and interaction with humans changed his life forever: from humans he got his name, White Fang, and he also understood the preciousness of friendship and love.

Maupassant was a master of French literature in the second half of the 19th century. With more than 340 works of creation and superb artistic attainments, he was recognized by readers around the world as the "King of Short Stories". Together with the American short story master O. Henry and the Russian short story master Chekhov, he was also known as one of the "three major short story writers in the world". The essence of this book contains 25 classic masterpieces of Maupassant's short stories, including all famous masterpieces. It is divided into five chapters: the Franco-Prussian War, the tragedy and joy of staff, rural anecdotes, love and lust, and weird stories. It includes such must-read classics as "Ball of Suet" and middle school Chinese texts. "My Uncle Jules" and "The Necklace" are recommended extracurricular books. It also includes the rural story "Tuva" that makes people laugh to tears, the famous story "Two Friends" that accuses the brutal war, the beautifully written "Moonlight", and the tearful love tragedy "The Woman Repairing the Upholstered Chair", etc.

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.

This set includes 13 classic representative works by Yu Hua, including "Alive", "Xu Sanguan Sells Blood", and "Brothers".

This set includes: "The Witch's Curse", "The Resurrection of the Doll" and "The Joker's Haunting"

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."

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 Last Night on Earth" consists of fourteen stories. The protagonist of most of the stories is B: a Chilean exile who wanders aimlessly in South America and Europe. It connects the stories of other people of his generation. Almost all of them are a generation of people who have been disillusioned in their exile life, struggling on the edge and trapped in nightmares. These people are like in a dream, constantly changing their images, names or backgrounds in different stories. Critics generally believe that Bolaño's proficiency in short stories is comparable to that of Kafka and Borges.

"A Collection of Short Stories and Novels by Maupassant" is a collection of short stories and short stories by the famous French writer Maupassant, the "king of short stories in the world". It presents readers with a picture of French social life at that time and has profound ideological connotation and social value. By reading the novel, readers can feel its unique charm. Maupassant's short stories depict a wide range of aspects of life, and together they constitute a comprehensive secular picture of French society in the second half of the 19th century. In Maupassant's novels, all kinds of phenomena in the social reality at that time are vividly described; characters from all walks of life are vividly outlined; the scenery and people of France's urban and rural areas are also vividly portrayed. Among his wide range of materials, there are three outstanding focuses, namely, the Franco-Prussian War, the life of clerks in Paris, and the urban and rural scenery and anecdotes of the Normandy region of France.

"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."

Twice nominated for the Nobel Prize, the genius writer who brought Japanese literature into the top position in the world literary world, and the god of young literary and artistic people - Mishima Yukio's extreme writing trilogy: the extremely beautiful "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion", the extremely pure "Chao Sao", and the extremely loving "Hunger of Love". The latest fine proofreading of the authoritative Chinese translation, the first to be upgraded in 2021, a collector's edition with purple illustrations and hardcover illustrations. "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion": The ultimate beauty is destruction. The pinnacle of Mishima's aesthetics, a benchmark classic novel that is both perfect and original. Anyone can easily feel ashamed when facing the beauty of the Golden Temple. Mizoguchi, a young monk who stutters, is particularly sensitive. Mishima follows Mizoguchi's story, showing one by one the joy, awe, surrender, rebellion, hatred, and even desperate behaviors of defective people in response to "ultimate beauty". It logically completes the functional reversal of "ultimate beauty" from pleasing people to suppressing people. It is shocking to see a young man's relaxed aesthetic activity turn into a tragedy of fighting for his life. This shocking work pushed Japanese literature to a more prominent position in the world literary world upon its debut, and later became a benchmark literary classic that is both perfect and original. "Chao Sao": Only pure love can make the body pure. Mishima's unique work "against himself". 1954 Xinchaoshe Literary Award. Mishima said: "I want to write something that is completely opposite to myself." He changed the tragic concept that all characters have a dark side, and love and beauty to the extreme will inevitably turn into violence and death, and set pure characters and pure love in an Eden-like environment. Only pure love can make the body pure, and thus determine the human body to have the highest aesthetic value. He blended Japanese and Greek classical aesthetics to write this pastoral novel of pure love that can make people feel happy. As soon as the novel was published, it triggered a "name-changing craze". Thousands of Japanese girls changed their names to the name of the character in the novel - Hatsue. "Hunger of Love": If love cannot eliminate loneliness, it will eliminate the lover. A perfect work of Mishima narrative. After the death of Etsuko's husband, she relied on her father-in-law's manor to survive. She seeks a sense of security from her ambiguous relationship with her father-in-law, and longs for pure and dynamic love from the young hired worker Saburo. Etsuko's hunger for love cannot be satisfied after all, and that's because her intimate relationships are established in a twisted way. Many times I try to eliminate loneliness with love, but I end up getting even more lonely. With astonishing insight, Mishima once again exposed the tragic truth of modern people's spiritual level to our eyes with his "extreme writing". The overall structure of "The Hunger of Love" maintains the rigorous pattern of Japanese classical tradition. It is meticulous and exquisite, and the changes in time and space are neatly superimposed. It was highly praised by critics and praised as "the most rigorous work among Yukio Mishima's works."

"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.

"Gulna Collection·Volume 1" contains five important works by Abdulrazaq Gulna, a Tanzanian British writer and winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize for Literature. As a writer who has long paid attention to groups living in cultural mezzanines, Gurner draws from his own immigrant experience and has insights into many important issues such as identity, ethnic conflict, and historical writing in his works. The five novels included in this set include "Paradise", "In Praise of Silence", "By the Sea", "The Last Gift" and "Afterlife". The creation time extends from the 1990s to the present. The living conditions in the post-colonial era shown in them are considered to have important social reality significance.

"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.

Colm Tóibín's first collection of short stories focuses on the eternal human topic of the "mother-son" relationship, telling various stories arising from this complex relationship from different perspectives. Each of the nine short stories centers on the relationship between mother and son, capturing a transformative moment. At that moment, the delicate balance between mother and son is broken, or their understanding of each other changes. A man buried his mother and washed away the sorrow in his heart with a night of indulgence; a famous singer conquered the audience, but could not please the son present who had not seen him for many years. And in "The Long Winter," the last and best story in the book, a young man searches for his runaway mother in the snow-covered mountains. Tóibín meticulously, elegantly and fluently depicts men and women of all stripes who are trapped by convention, subject to unspeakable emotions and unable to escape the shadows of the past. Many people are helplessly stuck in the quagmire of life with no other choice. Through these stories, Tobin accurately demonstrates human fragility and longing, which is shocking and unforgettable. Everyone can gain spiritual comfort, inspiration, and courage to face life from reading these short stories.

"Major General Nogi's Mother" is a classic collection of novels by Junichiro Tanizaki, a representative writer of Japanese aestheticism. It includes "Major General Nogi's Mother", "Fumiko's Feet", "Blue Flower", "On the Road", "A Lock of Hair" and other representative short stories and short stories. Among them, the famous story of the same name "The Mother of Major General Nogikan" was written in 1949. It is based on classic ancient books such as "The Tale of Genji", "The Tale of the Past" and "The Tale of Yamato". It weaves a magnificent legend of the Heian period with a strong classical flavor. It was highly praised by Japanese literary critics as "the synthesis and the highest crystallization of all Tanizaki's elements". Talking about this article, Tanizaki said, "I hope not to offend the dignity of historical facts as much as possible, and at the same time fill in the shortcomings of the record, so as to expand my own world." The world of Tanizaki's novels is full of absurdity and weirdness, seeking beauty in ugliness, affirming goodness in praise, and thinking about the meaning of survival in death. Whether it is the world of beautiful snow that expresses his demonic "ugliness as beauty" or the oriental culture that pursues Japanese classical traditional beauty, Junichiro Tanizaki's works are permeated with a strong sense of human emotions and psychology. Yukio Mishima once evaluated Tanizaki Junichiro's works as "the peonies blooming brilliantly against the gloomy background of naturalistic literature".

The short story collection "Moments of Existence - Woolf's Short Stories" (originally titled "The House of Ghosts and Other Short Stories") was carefully selected by her husband Leonard Woolf to fulfill her last wish after Virginia Woolf committed suicide. The book contains 18 short stories written by Woolf in different periods, including "The Spot on the Wall", "The New Dress", "The Moment of Existence", etc.

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.

"Selected Short Stories by Maupassant" is a collection of twenty-nine short stories by Maupassant. The protagonists in the stories told by Maupassant are mostly minor characters. These characters make up the bulk of French society. The stories that happen around them constitute everything in secular society. Many chapters in this collection of novels, such as "Ball of Suet", "Two Friends", "The Necklace", "My Uncle Jules", "Simon's Father", etc., Have become world famous. Maupassant's short stories are a model of natural storytelling and a model of secular stories ascending to the classics.

Richard Yates (1926-1992) was "the great writer of the age of anxiety". As a faithful recorder of mainstream American life in the mid-twentieth century, critics have compared him to Chekhov, Fitzgerald, and John Cheever. "The Liar in Love" is another masterpiece of Yates' short stories after "Eleven Kinds of Loneliness", which perfectly demonstrates the author's keen insight and descriptive power. This book contains a total of 7 short stories. Yates, who is good at writing about "failed life", relies on his keen mind and unique perspective of observation, like a collage art, to present the "little people" and their life fragments in the United States in front of us in three dimensions: failed artists, single-parent families with difficult lives, estranged family relationships, estranged marriages, rebellious daughters, fleeting love affairs, unreliable dreams...

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 third volume includes the following 4 short story collections: "Mr. Balan", "Tuva", "Little Rock" and "Ola". Published from 1885 to 1887. Maupassant's novel style has become increasingly mature. The most famous of them is "Orla". At that time, Maupassant was troubled by various fantasies due to his illness, so this short story has a unique imagination and free rein.

The "Collection of Maupassant's Short Stories" includes famous works such as "Ball of Suif", "The Necklace", "A Normandy", "My Uncle Jules", and other lesser-known works, such as "Moonlight", "Simon's Father", etc. This world literary giant writes with ease, and only a few Words can fully reveal the vivid life and heart of ordinary little people - the bleak fate of the prostitute Ball de Suif in the 19th century, the price paid by the vain girl Mathilde, etc. Human nature is timeless, and it still resonates strongly with readers when read today, so it has become an enduring classic and has been passed down to the world. This edition is also translated by Mr. Liu Mingjiu, a master of French literature research and translation.

"I" accidentally got acquainted with a "sir" who was noble and well-educated. During the interaction, "I" was deeply attracted by his aloof character and the mysterious past behind him. Later, "I" received a long letter from "Mr." In the letter, the husband recounted the past: When they were in college, "the husband" and his best friend K fell in love with the landlord's daughter at the same time. In order to get her, "Mr." Forced K to commit suicide. Although he finally got the beauty he wanted, he has been condemned by his conscience for many years...