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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.

Such a cute Keigo Higashino is really rare to see! Raising cats × skiing × writing × complaining, this book is an autobiographical novel by Keigo Higashino, a work that breaks through the dimensional wall! This is Higashino's "Wonderful Cat Story"! Lazy\u002F Poisonous tongue\u002F Stubborn\u002F Cuteness\u002F Tsundere\u002F Timid... "Cat Detective" Monkichi, the character that Higashino has put the most effort into, appears! A strange dream that makes people laugh! When he woke up, Dongye's pet cat suddenly turned into a young man. One person and one cat embarked on a "wonderful journey" that made people laugh: In order to get the cat to participate in the ski competition, Higashino used all means: seducing beautiful team members, seducing with Olympic gold medals, and pouring out all the grievances of being a senior ski fan... Talking about this autobiographical novel, Keigo Higashino complained that it is easy to write novels, but it is difficult to thank yourself, so he could only write about himself in novels, and vowed never to write about himself again. Do those weird dreams have such a big impact on our lives?

The innocent Ifemelu and Obinze met in a school in Lagos and had similar visions for the future. Like all Nigerian young people, their hometown seemed more like a transit point for their pursuit of the West. The beautiful and confident Ifemelu followed her aunt's footsteps and came to the United States, but experienced for the first time what it meant to be a "black". As she became increasingly poor and unable to continue her studies, she had to betray her love with Obinze in order to survive in this country. After 9/11, opportunities to study in the United States were repeatedly blocked. Obinze, who was not favored by fate, took advantage of his mother's study tour in the UK and came to the UK with her, but he had to face his status as an illegal immigrant. Obinze tried various menial and insecure jobs, but the indifference of British society and the snobbery of his fellow countrymen made him feel inexplicably disappointed with the West he originally imagined. After many years, Obinze has achieved success in a "Nigerian-style" way, and Ifemelu has also achieved great success with his pungent, sharp, and critical blog on American racism. I am eye-opening the bblog. When she feels that returning to Nigeria and starting a new life that is real and full of excitement and contrast with life in the United States, she and Obinze have to face the most difficult choice in their lives.

"Through this cat's eye marble, I saw my entire life." The painter Elaine never thought that she would return to her hometown again after so many years. What awaits her is not the joy of revisiting her old place, but the lingering "ghost of childhood" - Cordelia, her best friend and enemy, the creator of her endless pain. Isolation, hostility, and mental violence once made Elaine's life worse than death; and it only takes one compromise for the violence to escalate step by step. As an adult, Elaine still cannot get out of the shadow of her childhood and can only keep running away from those darkest years. In fact, as long as you fight back ruthlessly once, you can break away from the false friendship.

In 1946, O'Connor, who was in his early twenties, published his first short story "Geranium", which together with several early short stories such as "The Barber", "Wild Cat" and "The Crop", demonstrated his vitality and penetrating creative talent. This book "Geranium" selects 12 short stories written by O'Connor. In addition to the early 9 short stories, it also includes "A Festival in Partridge Town" and "Why Do Foreign Countries Fight?" " "You will not be worse than the dead" are three mid- to late-stage works. Among them, "Train", "Peeler", "Heart of the Park" and "Enoch and the Gorilla" outline the prototype of his full-length masterpiece "Wisdom of Blood", while "You Can't Be Worse Than the Dead" is the beginning of the novel "Force to Take".

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"Childhood" is one of Gorky's autobiographical trilogy. It describes the growth experience of a Russian teenager from a first-person perspective. The creation of this work is based on the author's real experience. In this work, Gorky observes various bizarre events in old Russian family life through the eyes of his childhood - some of which are already commonplace in the eyes of adults, but colorful in the eyes of children - and the various people who make up these events, including relatives, domestic servants and neighbors, all of them are meticulous and lifelike. In particular, the image of the smart, capable and considerate grandmother has warmed thousands of readers and left a deep impression on them. This edition of "Childhood" is a direct translation from the final Russian version. It is accompanied by a thousand-word introduction by the translator Mr. Yuan Tinglei, character relationship diagrams, geographical diagrams and other illustrations to help readers better read and understand this century-old classic.

Like McEwan's other novels in recent years, "Sweet Tooth" is the kind of work whose plot is particularly closely aligned with the era in which it is set. As the only "female literary youth" in the Five Divisions who is keen on reading novels, and who "happens" to have a figure and appearance that seems to have come directly from a novel, Selina accepted a special task: "Operation Sweet Tooth" aims to indirectly and covertly fund writers who are ideologically aligned with British interests and have influence on the public. The person Selina is responsible for approaching and luring them to join is the only novelist in this operation, Tom Haley. Tom and Serena fell in love with each other, and they loved each other step by step, they loved each other true and false, and they survived desperate situations. But if you guess the beginning, you may not be able to guess the end.

Power and love are always difficult to have at the same time, but truth and death go hand in hand - in the autumn of 1558, church bells rang throughout England, announcing the news that Elizabeth had become queen. Only one person was worried about it: Amy Dudley. The bells will call her husband Robert back to power and to the amorous Queen. The favored minister fell in love with the queen, but money and power could not fill Robert's expanding ambition. He dreams of regaining control of his destiny and marrying Her Majesty the Queen of England, but he believes that the only obstacle on this road is Amy... "The Virgin Lover" centers on Elizabeth I and writes about the men and women who surround her after she ascends the throne. How much sincerity and how much flattery is there in love based on power?

The story takes place in 1864. During a voyage, Sir Glenarvan, the owner of the cruise ship Duncan, got a drift bottle, which contained clues about the Scottish navigator Captain Grant who was in distress and disappeared two years ago. In order to rescue Captain Grant in distress, Sir Glenarvan took his wife, his sailors, Captain Grant's children, and the geographer who accidentally entered the cruise ship on a journey to find Captain Grant. Floods, wolf attacks, scams... They experienced numerous hardships along the way, overcame all dangers with wisdom and courage, and finally rescued Captain Grant on a small island.

"One Million Pounds" is one of Mark Twain's classic novels. The novel uses an exaggerated approach to tell the story of Henry Adams, a poor American boy who got involved in a gambling game in London and became a rich man, winning the love of a beautiful lady. "One Million Pounds" reproduces Mark Twain's satirical and humorous skills and exposes the money worship in British society at the beginning of the 20th century.

People who act solely on instinct are at a disadvantage in front of smart people, that is, they will be seen through very quickly. Thoughts based on instinct are too simple, too dazzling, and can be easily understood at a glance. It is no better than understanding scheming thoughts. Both parties must be equally intelligent.

"Money" is Martin Amis's masterpiece and was selected as one of "The 100 Best English Novels" by Time magazine. The protagonist of the novel, Self, is a producer who "makes commercial TV commercials for tobacco, alcohol, junk food, and nude magazines." For money, he even more unscrupulously makes pornographic videos, and travels between London and New York, two money-worshiping metropolises. In this web of money and sex, Self's relationships with everyone around him are laid bare. Money is everywhere and omnipotent. As the only "true god" that Self trusts, it can not only fulfill all of Self's despicable and greedy human desires, but at the same time pave the way for Self to fall into hell. In this money and sex scam, Self ultimately became the biggest loser. In its straightforward, uninhibited and decadent description, this book profoundly highlights Amis's extreme ridicule of "money" and the silent sorrow of the twisted human soul corroded by "money".

This book is the author's first novel written in English. The protagonist Sebastian wrote several books and died young due to a heart disease. He was lost in love once in his short life. The book contains both the impoverished wandering life of the Russian aristocracy and the sincere memories of his half-brother. Fragments echo throughout the book, exploring time, love, death, art and other eternal themes in a gorgeous and simple way.

A heavy snowstorm, a boy's three days and three nights, the ancient and charming world of Iceland a hundred years ago. "They are too young, have read too many useless books, and their hearts beat with more uncertainty than others." The boy and his only companion, Bart, who loves to read, went out to sea with the cod fishing fleet. Before leaving, Barthes was so fascinated by reciting the poems of Milton's "Paradise Lost" that he forgot to bring waterproof clothes. As a result, he encountered a heavy snowstorm on the way and froze to death on the boat. With great grief and confusion, the boy set out that night and trudged for two days and two nights in the snowy seaside valley to return the book to the coffee shop on behalf of his friend. He has decided that after returning the book, he will reunite with his friends in death.

The book "Uncle Bangs" tells that Uncle Bangs is an honest and noble musician. He had a very high artistic taste and would do anything to enrich his collection of paintings. When people didn't know he had these treasures in his house, no one took him seriously. When people learned of the value of these famous paintings, people from the upper class, led by the president's wife, tried every means possible to gain his wealth.

This book collects all of Flannery O'Connor's short stories. With the sharpness and absurdity of Southern Gothic, it interweaves deformed souls, violent fates and secret divinity, and cuts through the folds of human nature in cold narratives. It is not only an irreplaceable collection of dark fables in the history of American literature, but also an excellent mirror to peer into human moral dilemmas and glimmers of redemption.

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The story of the book takes place on a seaside street in Monterey Bay, California before World War II. In the early 1940s, the production of canned sardines was the main feature here, so it was called Cannery Row. The central character of the novel is a marine biologist named "The Doctor". Being highly educated, he did not look down on his neighbors - gamblers, traders, prostitutes, and homeless people. In his eyes, these people were "very healthy and surprisingly clean." Another group of characters, Mark and his friends, are a group of penniless vagrants with no ideals or pursuits. They live happily in Cannery Row. Their lives are simple. They neither hide their desires nor let money corrupt their souls. They are sincere and helpful.

"Disillusionment", written by the French realist writer Balzac, is a novel that reflects the commercialization of literature and art and the shady world of journalism. It is also one of the most profound masterpieces in "Human Comedy" and the one that best reflects the spirit of the times. Through the encounters of two talented and ambitious young people, the novel reflects the situation and mental state of an entire generation of young people after the French Revolution. It points out that with the disintegration of the feudal system and the victory of capitalism, there will inevitably be competition between people, which will inevitably produce poems of personal struggle and tragedies of shattered ideals.

"Aunt Bei" is a novel written by French writer Balzac in his later years. The story takes place in Paris in 1838 and revolves around the fate of Baron Hulot de Hervé and his family. The Baron had served as a military auditor and director of munitions in the republican era. Now he was the head of one of the most important departments of the War Department, and was also a counselor of state. He was awarded the second class of the Legion of Honor. The novel describes how, driven by crazy passion that lost his reason and morality, he gradually ruined the reputation of his family and the honor of the army, embarked on the criminal path of speculation, fraud, and embezzled military funds, and finally lost his reputation. Hulot is a very symbolic character. His fall means the end of the glory of the old era and reflects the moral corruption of the entire upper class. The typical example of Aunt Bei belongs to Balzac's style and also shows the deepening of Balzac's creation. This is a "paranoid" character, and a complex full of contradictions: city and countryside, civilization and barbarism, rebellion and decadence, are cleverly intertwined, integrating rich life connotations and social consciousness.

Elegy of the Jazz Age, Fitzgerald's novel, translated by Mr. Wu Ningkun, a famous literary translator from Southwest Associated University. It profoundly reproduces the dream and decadence, arrogance and temptation of America in the 20th century. In the United States in the 1920s, the air was filled with singing and drinking. By chance, the poor clerk Nick breaks into the secret world of the spendthrift tycoon Gatsby. He is surprised to find that the only bond in his heart is the little green light on the other side of the river. In the flickering light, lives his beloved Daisy. However, reality cannot tolerate misty dreams. In the end, the goddess in Gatsby's heart is just a material girl in the earthly world. When all the truth is revealed, Gatsby's tragic life is like fireworks. The brilliance is only for a moment, and the disillusionment is eternal.

"The Concrete Garden" is one of McEwan's two "small masterpieces" and one of his most acclaimed masterpieces. This story told by a fifteen-year-old boy who was in the rebellious period of youth is indeed a bit sensational from a secular perspective. After their parents died one after another, the four children - Julie, Jack, Sue and Tom - were trapped in the cement garden like prisoners in the vast world, like survivors on an isolated island. In an isolated world, they interpret the conventional ethics between parents, brothers and sisters, and children, as well as stories that transcend ethics, are shocking yet reasonable.

Although Mr. Sherlock Holmes occasionally suffers from rheumatism, which makes walking somewhat inconvenient, his friends are pleased to know that he is still alive and well. For many years he had lived on a small farm in the Downs of southern England, five miles outside Eastbourne. He spent his time thinking about life and doing farm work. During his seclusion, he refused to take on all kinds of extremely lucrative cases because he decided to retire completely. However, as the war with Germany was about to break out, he decided to respond to the government's call. He perfectly combined wisdom and practical activities and achieved outstanding achievements, which were collected in "Holmes Takes a Bow". To make this collection perfect. The story includes nine chapters: The Wisteria Apartment, The Cardboard Box, The Red Circle, Bruce Partington's Submarine Project, The Dying Detective, The Disappearance of Ms. Frances Carfax, The Devil's Feet, and Sherlock Holmes' Final Bow.

This book contains a total of eleven short stories, among which "The Last Case" is Conan Doyle's work to put an end to Sherlock Holmes. Although Holmes is widely popular and fascinated by people, and although he is a hero created by Conan Doyle, Conan Doyle himself hated him very much and wanted to end the creation of Sherlock Holmes. Therefore, in "The Last Case", he arranged for Holmes to have a decisive battle with London's crime boss Professor Moriarty at Thunder Bay Falls. As a result, both of them fell off the cliff. As a result, as soon as this work was released, it unexpectedly aroused crazy anger and protests among the contemporary people. After that, Conan Doyle could only arrange for Holmes to return in "The Adventure of Nothing". The work promotes the humanitarian idea of ​​punishing evil and promoting good to a certain extent, and caters to the psychology of the general public.

"Cheer up!" She shouted, "Look at those clowns!" "What clowns? Where are they?" "Oh, they are everywhere. All around you. Plants and trees are clowns, words are clowns. Scenes and numbers are clowns. Put two things together, one joke, one image, and you have a three-part clown. Come on! Play! Fictional world! Fictional reality!" I really did. Oh my gosh, I really did. To commemorate those first daydreams, I invented this great-aunt, and now she is walking tremblingly along the marble steps of the front porch of memory, sideways, sideways, poor lame lady, touching the edge of each step with the rubber tip of her black cane.

This book is Nabokov's first novel, which embodies the themes of youth's first love and homesickness in exile. The story describes the evil officer Ganin who was exiled in Berlin. From a neighbor's photo, he discovered that the neighbor's waiting wife Mashenka turned out to be his first love in middle school. In the following days, Ganin kept reminiscing about his past and the good times he spent with his loved ones. Time then set the neighbor's alarm clock to pick up Mashenka on his behalf, hoping to rekindle the old relationship with Mashenka. However, while waiting for the bus, Ganin suddenly realized that today's Mashenka is someone else's wife, and no matter how nostalgic the past was, it is gone forever. Finally, Ganin boarded another train and left Berlin to start a new life in France.

This book selects 10 novels by the famous American writer Jack London, including "Love of Life", "Call of the Wild", "Northern Odyssey", etc. Among them, "Love of Life" tells the story of how a lonely gold digger trudged hard in the wilderness and won by fighting against hunger, cold, injury, wolves, etc. With his strong will to life. It vividly, realistically and almost cruelly demonstrated the two great qualities of bravery and perseverance in human nature. "The Call of the Wild" tells the story of how a dog named Buck was forced to leave the warm and comfortable countryside, went through many hardships, and became the leader of the forest wolves. It has been adapted into movies many times and put on the screen, and is deeply loved by readers all over the world.

"Counterlife" is Roth's fourth novel with the novelist Nathan Zuckerman as the protagonist, following his "Zuckerman Bound" trilogy. Roth won the National Book Critics Circle Award for the novel and was a finalist for the National Book Award. ? The novel takes the fate of the two Zuckerman brothers, Nathan and Henry, as two main lines. His elder brother Nathan is a well-known American novelist, and his younger brother Henry is a slightly accomplished dentist. The two fell out over Nathan's famous work "Karnofsky," and Henry accused Nathan of irresponsibly exaggerating and distorting his private life. After many years of no contact with each other, Henry walked into Nathan's life again because of Nathan's funeral. On the other hand, in the first-person narrative with Nathan, the host of the funeral becomes Henry, and it is Nathan who attends the funeral. Henry first died in a surgical operation in the United States, and then was resurrected as Hanoch in Israel. The dual narratives of Nathan and Henry do not run parallel to each other, but intersperse, entangle, and even contradict and subvert each other. With the help of postmodern writing techniques in which the protagonist comes back from life and death, "Counter Life" reveals how environment, encounters and a series of related life choices change people's subjective initiative, how they bring people different identities and recognition and interpretation of identities.

This book is the work of the Japanese national writer Natsume Soseki during his turning period. It includes three novels, "Autumn Wind", "Two Hundred and Ten Days" and "The Miner", published from 1906 to 1908. "Autumn Wind" revolves around the poor student Takayanagi and the rich boy Nakano. Although the two are good friends, their financial situations and situations are completely different. The two young men met Mr. Doya, a poor scholar. Shirai Michoya was originally a teacher in a certain school. He once taught Takayanagi. Because he was very critical of the world and the powerful, he was kicked out of the school by the villagers and students. He currently lives a life of poverty. A series of stories about morality and ideals happened among the three people around one hundred yen. Natsume Soseki focused on portraying the idealist Mr. Doya and showed his views on society; "One Hundred and Twenty Days" tells the story of two young mountaineers thinking about philosophy and life; "The Miner" tells the story of "I", a young man from a rich family who went to work in the mines because of a temporary impulse, and was deeply shocked.

This book contains 15 novels by Ryunosuke Akutagawa, including "Rashomon", "In the Bamboo Forest", "Hell Transformation" and "The Nose". "Rashomon" tells the story of a family of servants under Rashomon who are waiting for the rain to stop at dusk. When he was at a loss, as if his life and death were hanging in the balance, he met an old woman who made a living by pulling out the hair of dead people. The desperate domestic slave became evil and determined to abandon suffering and follow evil. He stripped off the old woman's clothes and escaped from Rashomon. The plot is simple, the characters are sparse, the short length, the small scenes, the time, place, characters, and the ending are all displayed in front of the reader. "Rashomon" uses a weather-proof layout to push people to the limit of life and death choices, thereby showing the inescapability of "evil" and conveying the author's understanding of people, their helplessness and despair.

The beginning of the story tells that a little boy and a girl accidentally entered a different world called "Narnia", where they experienced a series of adventures and saw the creation of that world...,

This book is the prequel novel of "Fate\u002FPrototype", the story prototype of the world-popular Japanese classic IP "Fate\u002Fstay night". The content of this work tells the story of seven magicians who each signed contracts with seven heroic spirits, fought to obtain the Holy Grail that can grant any wish, and performed a ritual called the "Holy Grail War." During this Holy Grail War, the magician Sajo Ayaka formed a contract with the Heroic Spirit Swordsman. Then Ayaka encountered a major crisis, but she was not affected by it. Together with the swordsman, she overcame many difficulties and resolved the crisis.

2017 new unabridged complete version! The elegant translation by Dong Jiping, a Nobel Prize-winning translator and poet who has gained a lot of reputation, perfectly presents the sad beauty of the original work! For the first time in China, a complete set of illustrations by Henry P. Raleigh, the benchmark painter of the Jazz Age, is included! "The Great Gatsby" is a well-known and immortal classic in the history of American literature. It has been selected as one of the "Books that Shaped America" ​​by the U. S. National Library and a standard textbook for American high schools and colleges. It has been ranked first in the classic literature category on Amazon in the United States for 10 consecutive years, and has swept the world's most authoritative lists such as Time Magazine, The New York Times, and The Guardian. In the top social circles of New York, USA, a mysterious rich man named Gatsby suddenly broke into the world. He often held lavish parties at his home. One day, Gatsby's hidden secret was discovered by his neighbor: when he was a poor boy, he fell in love with the rich girl Daisy, and they remained in love for life. For the sake of his beloved Daisy, he did whatever it took to become a rich man, but the former goddess had already married into a wealthy family. Gatsby, who was crazy about love, made a series of amazing moves and rekindled his old relationship with Daisy as he wished. However, what awaited him was self-destruction and the cruel truth of human nature...

"Dandelion Wine" is a collection of childhood stories by science fiction master Bradbury. It records the daily life in a small town full of whimsy and relives a period of youth that neither curls up nor lies down. The protagonist of the story is Douglas, a 12-year-old boy who makes dandelion wine with his grandfather every summer. Dandelion wine is "summer on the tip of the tongue", putting all the joy into a bottle and fermenting it into a panacea for growth and cold winter. Summer is the green apple trees, the mowed lawn that exudes the smell of fresh grass, a new pair of sneakers that can make people fly, the distant tram bell in the hazy afternoon; it can also be the departure of a best friend, a puzzling old girl and her A childhood treasure, a happiness machine that can predict the future, a high fever that brushes against death... All these make the boy feel the joy of "living" like never before, with miracles, sentimentality, forgiveness, magic, fantasy, and a never-ending summer.

Chasing the Sun is McEwan's most ambitious and controversial novel in recent years. Theoretical physicist Michael Beard, who won the Nobel Prize in Physics when he was young but has since been gradually reduced to an academic role, encountered family changes when he entered his twilight years: his fifth wife had an affair and openly had an affair with the home decorator. Beard never expected that things would get out of hand - in a typical "McEwan moment", love turns to blood, stealing turns to murder, and the story takes a sudden turn, which is both shocking and reasonable, reviving Beard's already doomed life chess game. The long-lost ideal light of "saving the earth" actually shined into the dark room of his soul again through a conspiracy that was both accidental and despicable - thus, the good, the bad, the abysmal, the ridiculous, were all forced to be exposed in front of the readers...

Zweig, no male writer knows women better than him! In classic works such as "Letter from an Unknown Woman" and "Twenty-Four Hours in a Woman's Life", Zweig uses meticulous psychological descriptions to nakedly display the emotional world of women's undercurrents and breakaway from reason. The stories are brilliant, allowing readers to have a better understanding of society and human nature while being amazed. This book selects five Zweig's masterpieces of short stories and short stories. Reading any one of them will shock your soul and trigger your thinking. Gorky once commented: ""Letter from a Strange Woman" deeply shocked me with its touching sincere tone, extraordinary tenderness towards women, originality of the theme, and strange expressive power that only a true artist can have... You wrote it just right! The sympathy for your heroine, her image, and her sad heart song made me so excited that I couldn't control myself. I actually cried without shame."

"There is no perfect article, just as there is no complete despair." The first part of Haruki Murakami's "Youth Trilogy", the beginning of Haruki Murakami's literary universe, is a youth full of contradictions but understated. Listening to the wind singing, I feel the melancholy and helplessness of passing youth. "Hear the Wind Sings", "Pinball in 1973" and "Sheep Hunting Adventures" are collectively called the "Youth Trilogy". The novel unfolds in the first person. "I" was a college student in Tokyo. When I spent the summer vacation in my hometown in 1970, I drank and chatted at the bar with my friend Rat all day long. One day, "I" saw a drunk girl with no little finger on her left hand lying on the ground in the bar bathroom. So he escorted him home and guarded him for a night, which caused a misunderstanding. A few days later, the two met by chance in a record store and started dating, and their relationship became increasingly close. This relationship lasted for 18 days until the end of "my" summer vacation. After that, "I" returned to Tokyo to continue my studies. When I returned to my hometown again during the winter vacation, the girl had disappeared without a trace. A short love affair started accidentally and ended without a clue. In the end, only "I" sat alone on the beach and listened to the summer breeze. The major Chinese publishers of Haruki Murakami's works and translator Lin Shaohua have joined hands to present a new revised edition of Haruki Murakami's long-running series. In terms of design, we cooperated with the internationally renowned illustrator NomaBar. The three colors of black, white and red depict the subtle blur in Murakami's works between the square and the circle, and the overall presentation is both simple and classic. In terms of content, a lot of revisions have been made around foreign words, restoring the details of the author's intentional emphasis in the original version. Lin Shaohua updated the prefaces of the translations of many works, and made slight adjustments to some of the tone and expressions in the translations. The chronology of Haruki Murakami has been updated to the latest, and a music list is attached at the end of each book.

Anne, the daughter of a declining aristocrat, fell passionately in love with Lieutenant Commander Wentworth when she was 19 years old. However, she believed in the advice of her relatives and friends and felt that the other man was from a humble background, so they broke up with her. Eight years later, Anne's family fell into decline, but Wentworth returned to his hometown in glory. I have many social circles, so I have many opportunities to observe other people's love affairs and examine past loves... This book tells about a dilemma when facing love: listening to others and making rational and prudent choices, will it bring happiness or long-term regret? Sometimes, people should give themselves some confidence and not be afraid that love will ruin their lives. Love first and then talk about it.

This is McEwan's first book for children. It tells the story of the daydreams of a ten-year-old boy, Peter. Through seven carefully linked episodes, the grown-up Peter uncovers the mysterious journeys, transformations and adventures of his childhood. Living between dreams and reality, Peter experienced an unprecedented Metamorphosis... In the United Kingdom and the United States, "Peter the Dreamer" was published in the form of an illustrated children's book, while in many other countries, it was published in a more serious form for adults to read. McEwan once again demonstrates his boundless imagination - and a children's book written for adults is born.

The sequel to the global bestseller "The Handmaid's Tale" and winner of the Booker Prize for the second time by "Queen of Canadian Literature" Margaret Atwood, it features new characters from different perspectives and reveals the secret behind Gilead for the first time. ["Dear readers: You have asked me many times about the very details of Gilead's inner workings. These questions have become the source of inspiration for this book. Another source of inspiration is the world we live in." - Margaret Atwood] Fifteen years after the ending of "The Handmaid's Tale", the rule of Gilead is showing signs of decay from within. At a critical moment when great changes are coming, the destinies of three women with different identities and backgrounds begin to intersect, leading to subversive consequences. They witnessed the changes in history from their own perspectives. Three different narrative voices constructed a larger and more open time and space, revealing for the first time the secret behind the fall of Gilead. The past and the future gradually overlap in the narrative, and the truth is presented to readers in a stunning way.

Peter and Patrick are close friends. Peter is cynical and hostile to the world, while Patrick desperately tries to please others in order to prove himself; on the outside, they are both so different, but neither of them is happy. Until one day, a life-changing adventure allowed them to discover the value and power of love, and their lives changed completely. This book explores with readers a question about the conclusion of life and the meaning of existence through a vivid and touching story. Through humorous insights, the author tells you that the power of gifts lies in giving, and that choosing love-through forgiveness, empathy, humor, or other means-can solve all problems. Key idea: Everything that happens in life is the result of a coin toss. The visionary rejects nothing, desires nothing, and accepts only what is. The great thing about intimacy is that it takes you into deep emotional realms and into old wounds that are just waiting to be healed. Anger and denial are great ways to deny and mask pain, but denying pain is denying yourself. All pain is an illusion, caused by your belief that you are divided and incomplete.

Between truth and lies, there is a Rashomon gate. Is it because the truth of the world is too monotonous and boring, so it is dyed with mottled colors by human nature? "Rashomon" is the representative work of the Japanese genius writer Ryunosuke Akutagawa. He uses concise writing, concise language and highly charged details to present the various aspects of Japanese society in the early 20th century, and vividly depicts the selfish desires that swing between life and death, and the absurdity and sublimity of human nature. The book contains 8 representative works of Akutagawa Ryunosuke's writing career, including "Rashomon", "Nose" and "Yam Porridge", allowing readers to experience the swing between good and evil at the critical moment of life and death, and to discover the hope blooming in the subtle humanity in the darkness.

The book revolves around the protagonist Hugh Person and his four visits to Switzerland. It begins with a description of his fourth return to Switzerland, the first time he came here eighteen years ago. The young Hugh Person was a melancholy, shy publisher who fell in love with Amanda, who would become his wife, on his second trip to Switzerland. Hugh Person lives in memories and insists on staying in the same hotel every time he goes to Switzerland. However, at the same time, he tried his best to avoid memories, because memories can only bring pain.

"Chrysanthemum and Sword (Sparks Collector's Edition)": A tasteful visual feast, with a free Sparkle Collection, containing more than 600 exquisite sparkles, covering everything secular in modern Japan, and has collection value. It also selects dozens of master illustrations such as "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji" and "One Hundred Aspects of the Moon", painted by Katsushika Hokusai, Tsukioka Yoshitomo, etc.

"The Castle" is one of Kafka's famous representative works. The novel tells a story: Land surveyor K was ordered to take up his post at the castle, but was stopped outside. In order to enter the castle, K launched a lengthy negotiation with the castle authorities. The castle is located on a nearby hill, but K just can't get in. A huge bureaucracy, a strict hierarchy, countless departments and officials, and mountains of paperwork that cannot be processed. Faced with this powerful castle, K failed to enter until the end. The novel is shrouded in a mysterious and strange atmosphere from beginning to end, with profound meaning and thought-provoking meaning. Since its first publication, the book has been translated into more than a dozen languages. This edition is re-edited based on the translator's original translation. It is carefully bound and designed with reference to the original German version, and is accompanied by selected illustrations to commemorate Kafka's classic masterpiece.

"The Old Man and the Sea: Selected Novels by Hemingway" selects Hemingway's representative short and medium-length works, including excellent short and medium-sized novels such as "The Old Man and the Sea", "The Snows of Kilimanjaro", "Hills Like White Elephants", "The Boxer", "Indian Camp" and other classics. "The Old Man and the Sea" is an influential work by Ernest Hemingway. It is a masterpiece of tough guy literature. It creates an upright and unyielding spiritual image with a sharp and concise style. These works of Hemingway have influenced and encouraged generations of readers for decades.

"The Works of Somerset Maugham" is a collection of works by the British writer William Somerset Maugham, which includes a total of thirteen works. These works reflect Maugham's creative achievements and writing style. They include the novels "The Moon and Sixpence", "Christmas Holiday", "Carousel", "The Solitary Corner", "The Magician", "This Time", "Lady Craddock", "Catalina", "Lisa of Lambeth", short story collections "First Person Singular", "Malay Stories", "The Fall of Edward Barnard", and reading essays "Books and You".