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"The Shackles of Life" is one of the most important masterpieces of the famous British writer and "story master" Maugham, and also his most famous autobiographical novel. The protagonist of the novel, Philip Carey, lost both his parents when he was young. Unfortunately, he was also born with a disability. He spent his childhood in an indifferent and unfamiliar environment, making his character withdrawn and sensitive. The years he spent in boarding school made him suffer from the unreasonable school system, and when he entered the society, he experienced pain in love. On the bumpy road of life, he had to struggle hard every step he took, but Kaili, who was independent in thought and personality, had been trying to break away from the two shackles that restricted his spirit, religion and petty citizen consciousness, and tried to find the true meaning of life in the chaotic and chaotic life.

"The Painter of the Floating World" won the "Whitbread Literary Award". It is an early masterpiece by Ishiguro Kazuo and the most Japanese-style work. It describes the devastation of Japan after the war, and the painter Ono's later life, which seems to be idle and idle, has a hidden spiritual undercurrent. In order to create a good social relationship for his little daughter when she gets married, he regained his memory. The past events of his old friends were connected one by one like an ukiyo-e, showing a battlefield without smoke. The bilingual version of "The Painter of the Floating World" includes for the first time a preface specially written by Kazuo Ishiguro for the 30th anniversary of the book's publication, recalling the creative process and interpreting it in detail. Attaching the original text of the work allows readers to appreciate Ishiguro's exquisite and beautiful original English text at the same time, and enjoy a double beauty.

Based on the first volume, this series adds Murakami's classic masterpieces, showing Murakami's re-understanding of life and family, focusing on the heart, and reflecting on society. The author uses the confusion of teenagers to continue shouting for youth, looking for the meaning of life under the shell of love, and popping the bubble of capitalism's prosperity and decline through lost women and families. "Collection of Ryu Murakami's Works, Volume 2 (Set of 5 volumes in total)" includes Ryu Murakami's second work "The War Begins Across the Sea" after his debut novel "Infinitely Approximating Transparent Blue" published in 2021, the long love novel "The Melancholy of the Tennis Boy", the author's most famous semi-autobiographical novel "69", "Ibiza", a work that shows the loss of the times, and "The Last Family", a work that asks "what is an ideal modern family relationship". Ryu Murakami once again used his bold and precise brushwork to present a scene with great sensory impact, vividly expressing the despair and confusion of the characters, and the chaos and collapse of society, which is breathtaking.

In the spring of 1975, in Istanbul, the 30-year-old wealthy son Kemal Kemal was engaged to the socialite Sibel, but unexpectedly met his distant cousin from a poor background, the 18-year-old innocent girl Füsun. After the passionate love between the two, Kemal finally broke off his engagement with Sibel, only to find that Füsun had already left him. Kemal followed the girl's shadow and ghost deep into another Istanbul, walking through the poor back streets and hanging out in open-air cinemas. On the streets destroyed by nationalist bombs, on the strait illuminated by the fires of oil tanker collisions, under the curfew after the military coup, he tried to get closer to Füsun until the unbearable longing made life completely deviate. In order to calm the pain of love, he carefully collected everything about his sweetheart, everything she loved, and even everything she touched, and collected them into his "Museum of Innocence"... Pamuk said: "Everyone should be able to gaze into each other's eyes and talk about love, so that we can have true love." In this work, Director Pamuk proves one thing, what exactly is love?

The literary witch Atwood's masterpiece is published for the first time in mainland China! Nobel Prize winners Kazuo Ishiguro, Alice Munro, and Liang Yongan are all loyal readers of Atwood. The mother said that she was born with the power of a witch and turned her long-absent father into a goblin; a black cat named "Taint" died of illness, and the hostess rewrote ancient poems, hoping to freeze her memories with the black cat every word; the female bank employee felt that she was a The snail was forced to endure crude human love one after another. She felt that the snail's soul was gradually separated and dying in the human body. The old lady knew that all the teeth would eventually collapse into a rotten wall, and some people would inevitably sail away first, leaving her alone in the cold moonlight. All death in the world separates us from each other, but memories bring us together again and again. Open this book and listen to the imagination and memories of Atwood, the literary witch.

This book is a representative collection of short stories by Borges, the Argentine poet, novelist, critic, and translator, and a master of Spanish literature. It includes two sixteen novels, "The Garden of Forking Paths" and "The Collection of Fictions." In 1944, Borges officially published these stories under the name "The Collection of Fictions." Borges named his iconic work directly after "fiction", which was also the final form of Borges' version of "The Garden of Forking Paths". "The Garden of Forking Paths", published in 1941, is Borges's most well-known novel. The context of "novel-garden-time-maze" appeared for the first time in Borges' writing and became a keyword in his art. The understanding of different sequences of time that are parallel, divergent, converging, or intertwined is integrated into writing, and endless possibilities arise from this. "Apocryphal Collection" continues the theme of fictional legendary stories. The collection of novels includes the author's "most proud story" "The South", which is regarded as a turning point in Borges's writing.

On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of Gorky's birth, we chose to publish Gorky's autobiographical series to help readers understand the writer and better understand his works. Among them, "In the World" is the second part of the trilogy. It describes the life of the protagonist Alyosha and his grandmother. On the road of life, he went through many ups and downs, met many people, read many books, and determined to "be a strong person and not give in to the environment." With such firm belief, he left his hometown and went to Kazan.

This book selects eight of Gorky's works, most of which are his early short stories. As we all know, among Gorky's rich literary heritage, short stories are a treasure. It was from short stories that Gorky began his creation and became famous for his achievements. His short stories are both romantic and realistic. Romantic works aim to praise freedom and light and entrust the author's lofty revolutionary ideals and passion for fighting, such as "Makar Chudra" and "Old Lady Izegil".

"My University" is the third part of Gorky's famous autobiographical novel trilogy and one of Gorky's "Life Trilogy". The remaining two are "Childhood" and "In the World". The author describes his life experiences in his youth. From this truly recorded tutorial, we can see that as a teenager, Gorky had a deep hatred for the habits of the petty bourgeoisie, a passionate pursuit of freedom, a strong yearning for a better life, direct contact with the working people at the bottom of life, going deep into society, accepting the influence of revolutionaries' ideas, and eagerly absorbing knowledge and nourishment from books. These were important conditions for him to grow up and climb to the peak of culture from the bottom of life.

The 37-year-old "I" Chujun owns two prosperous bars in downtown Tokyo, as well as a beautiful wife and two lovely daughters. He can be called a successful person with a successful family and career, but he always feels empty inside. Hatsumi's past consists of his emotional entanglement with three women, Shimamoto, Izumi, and Izumi's cousin. It seems that the shortcomings in his heart can only be made up for by his girlfriend Shimamoto, whom he met in elementary school and had a vague relationship with. 25 Years later, Shimamoto suddenly appeared, and the two rekindled their love. However, Shimamoto was unwilling to reveal his experience and current identity. He only hoped that Hatsumi would not ask anything and just accept herself as she was, and just treat her as the girl who loved classical music in elementary school. Hatsumi accepted these harsh conditions and accompanied Shimamoto to the Tokyo River to scatter the baby's ashes. The two spent an unforgettable night at the Hakone villa. The next day, she disappeared without a trace.

You've heard of King David, the legendary warrior and king of the United Kingdom of Israel, the husband of Bathsheba, and the father of Solomon. Now, meet the real King David: a proud son of the Jews, a poet who was constantly copied, a husband and a father. In his later years, David was described as haggard and dying. With a bittersweet nostalgia, but more of a regret, he looked back on his magnificent life on his death bed: his early military exploits, eight marriages, several children who broke his heart or disappointed him, constant fights with relatives, and a God who did not know whether he had forgotten or abandoned him. "God Knows" is Joseph Heller's fourth novel, based on the story of King David. Joseph Heller used black humor to restore a more realistic and vivid image of King David. "God Knows" dissolves traditional historical writing, reveals the mystery of theological knowledge through different versions of stories, and dispels the sacred halo of sacred works of Western culture. From deconstructing David to subverting religious classics to dissolving God, Heller subverts everything sacred, from literary classics to religious beliefs. The book is Heller's meditation on his own life and an exploration of Jewish perspectives on family, life, death, and more.

"No Consolation" is Kazuo Ishiguro's longest novel, an extremely dense and delicate psychological novel that makes people unable to extricate themselves. This book adheres to Kazuo Ishiguro's consistent style, which is simple on the outside but strong on the inside. The novel describes the mysterious days a pianist experienced in a mysterious city. Sometimes he is a bystander, and sometimes he is involved. The people he sees are all passionate but obsessed with it; the things he encounters are all weird, absurd, and full of variables. In this city where people's hearts are dominated by bizarre artistic values, while trying to find the exit from his dream and seeking an explanation for all this, he gradually realizes that he is facing the most severe performance in his life. The bilingual version of "No Consolation" comes with the original text of the work, allowing readers to appreciate Ishiguro's exquisite and beautiful original English text at the same time, and enjoy double beauty.

The "Math Girls" series unfolds in the form of novels, focusing on a group of young people exploring the beauty of mathematics. The content is from the shallower to the deeper, and the mathematical explanation part is very exquisite. It is called "an excellent popular science book on mathematics". The protagonist "I" is a high school boy who likes mathematics. His hobby is discussing calculation formulas. He often thinks about mathematical problems alone at his desk. After entering high school, he met Mirga, a genius girl who is good at mathematics and smart, Tedora, a school girl who is curious, energetic and hard-working, and Risa, a taciturn computer expert. In addition, Yuri, a cousin with a flexible mind and gradually fell in love with mathematics under the guidance of "I", several young people traveled in the world of mathematics together and discovered the beauty of mathematics. Differential calculus from "Secret Notes of a Math Girl". The author Hiroshi Yuuki collected the questions raised by readers on the Internet about the "Mathematical Girl" series and compiled them into chapters. In the form of character dialogue and exercises, he once again explains various mathematical concepts in simple and easy-to-understand terms.

This book is a widely circulated collection of animal stories from Sidon. Adhering to the unique tradition of realistic animal stories, a "native specialty" of Canadian literature, Seton describes eight extraordinary individual animals in this world-famous collection: the wolf "Lao Bao", the crow "Silver Spot", the white rabbit "Huo Huo", the pet dog "Bingdog", the spring fox, the wild horse, the yellow dog "Wuli" and the grouse "Redneck". By depicting the struggle of these sentient creatures with nature and human beings for survival, the tragic fate of each animal is shown. The collection's insistence on the moral message that wild animals should also have their own rights fully demonstrates Seton's modern consciousness. One The more than 300 illustrations created by Seaton for this book are full of wit and wit, which adds to the appreciation and collection of this book.

The steak and burger restaurant "JUJU" was inherited from Mitsuko's grandfather and later run by her parents. It is a nostalgic store with sizzling burger patties, and the food and atmosphere are memorable. Mitsuko's mother's favorite comic is "Salome, Princess of Hell". After taking over the burger shop, her mother changed the name of the shop to "JUJU" based on the name of the burger shop where Salome worked in the comic. When her mother died suddenly, Mitsuko took over and ran a burger restaurant with her father. However, she did not know how to cook and had no confidence, and she was not as good at dancing as her mother. With the help of his father and first love boyfriend Shinichi, a wonderful transformation happened...

"The Great Gatsby" is set in the upper-middle class society living in New York City and Long Island in the 1920s. From the perspective of a poor boy, Nick, it tells the story of Gatsby's unscrupulous efforts to acquire wealth, and his eventual transformation from a pauper to a "great" rich man, as well as his emotional entanglement with Daisy, his lover whom he lost due to poverty in his first love. Gatsby had a fanatical love for luxury cars, mansions, and extravagant parties. His crazy hedonism and unscrupulous pursuit of wealth reflected the common restlessness and moral regression of the society at that time. Daisy's emotional attitude towards him also revealed the cruel social reality at that time and the destruction of the "American Dream". This book received high praise once it was published. Famous writers such as Haruki Murakami, Hemingway, and Eliot all gave the book high praise.

"This story explains everything we are going through in one sentence!" A masterpiece of the era in Hemingway's eyes, Haruki Murakami's literary creation benchmark! The commanding heights of American literature! A constant reminder of the temptations, corruptions and indulgences that money brings. In the common spiritual world of mankind, "The Great Gatsby" dissects eternal confusion and loneliness. Eliot regarded it as a pioneer of American novels, and Yeats regarded it as an annotation of American society and a milestone in literary history.

James Kazburn, a farmer's boy, has dreamed of becoming a big shot since he was a child. After some hard work, he finally achieved some success and changed his name to Jay Gatsby. When he was a lieutenant in a military training camp, he fell in love with Daisy Fee, a popular lady. But when he returned after the war with military medals, Daisy had married the dandy Tom Buchanan. After some hard work, Gatsby eventually became a millionaire and bought a luxurious villa on the west end of Long Island, across the bay from the Buchannons who lived on the east end. Gatsby's villa was brightly lit every night, and guests gathered in groups to drink and have fun. But Gatsby's biggest wish every day is to see his lover who has been separated for five years. They finally reunited, and Gatsby thought they could relive their old dreams, but he slowly discovered that Daisy was far from perfect as he had dreamed. Afterwards, Daisy drove and killed Tom's mistress, and Tom blamed Gatsby. Gatsby was eventually killed, and Daisy didn't come to the funeral.

Nick, a clerk, first came to New York. The house he rented happened to be next to the mansion of the rich man Gatsby, so he met Gatsby and accidentally learned about Gatsby's deep inner connection - Daisy, his old lover from New York's upper class society. When Gatsby was still an officer, he fell in love with Daisy, the daughter of a wealthy family, but the gap in social class eventually caused the two to part ways. After the war, Gatsby went to the east to make money by any means necessary, and built a mansion across the river from Daisy's house as he wished. Gatsby spent every night singing and dancing, living a luxurious life, creating topics in the upper class society, aiming to attract the attention of Daisy. At this time, Daisy had already married the aristocrat Tom, but the marriage was not happy. Tom's tryst with his lover was already known to everyone. After many twists and turns, Gatsby finally reunited with the depressed Daisy. Their romance was on the verge of breaking out, but tragedies also followed...

"The Great Gatsby" is a novella written by the American writer Fitzgerald, set in New York City and Long Island in the 1920s. It is regarded as a symbol of the "Jazz Age" of American literature. The story mainly tells the story of the young and mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby's persistent pursuit of Daisy Fay. The novel is Fitzgerald's great work, which explores depravity, idealism, resistance to change, social changes, and debauchery; it provides an in-depth description of the Jazz Age and the Roaring Twenties, and can be called a classic representative of the microcosm of American society.

"The Great Gatsby" is a novel by American writer Scott Fitzgerald, set in New York and Long Island in the 1920s. The novel describes how Gatsby, who was born in poverty, went through all the hardships and unscrupulous means to acquire wealth, and later became a "great" rich man in people's hearts. He also struggled to pursue the lover he lost due to poverty in his first love. It reproduced the social reality of the "Jazz Age" in the United States in the 20th century and revealed the temptation and disillusionment of the "American Dream". The novel's text is short and concise, its structure is well-proportioned, and it uses typical scenes and actions, concise and lyrical language to provide readers with a "particularly touching American tragedy" full of charm and beauty.

This novel vividly reproduces the legendary romance of Mr. And Mrs. Fitzgerald, bringing to life the glamorous Jazz Age on the page. A classic work that represents the transformation of Fitzgerald's artistic style from youthful to mature. One of the greatest English-language novels of the twentieth century, a gorgeous elegy of the Jazz Age, and the work that had the greatest influence on Haruki Murakami. 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 connection in his heart is the little green light on the other side of the river - in the flickering light, lives his beloved Daisy. However, Bee's 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. A gorgeous "Jazz Age" elegy, written by Fitzgerald like a poem and a dream, leaving a deep mark on the history of contemporary American literature.

"The Great Gatsby" is the masterpiece of Fitzgerald, one of the most outstanding American writers in the 20th century. Gatsby, a boy from the Midwest, went to the East to make a fortune overnight. He entertained guests every night in his mansion, just like a generous and absurd rich tycoon. He looked dreamily at a shining green lighthouse on Long Island, New York, looking for the woman of his dreams, Daisy. However, the cold reality cannot tolerate misty dreams. In the end, the goddess in Gatsby's heart is just a material girl in the world. When all the truth is revealed, Gatsby's tragic life makes Nick's dream of the glitzy celebrity life in the East shattered. Disillusionment is eternal.

"The Diamond as Big as the Ritz" (The Diamond as Big as the Ritz) is a classic novella by the famous American writer Fitzgerald. The story follows a young Southerner who travels to Montana to escape the summer with a wealthy college classmate. But it turns out that this classmate's family is much more than just rich...

A nightmare that is both real and imaginary, the Battle of Songhu and the Siege of Shanghai are described by a Nobel Prize-winning writer. "We Are Orphans" is the fifth novel by Nobel Prize winner Kazuo Ishiguro, first published in 2000. London, England, 1930s. The young and successful Christopher Banks is a well-known detective throughout the UK. His legend of solving crimes has long been spread word of mouth in London social circles. However, for many years, an unsolved case has lingered in the mind of the famous detective for a long time. That is the mysterious disappearance of his biological parents in old Shanghai when he was a child. "Chasing the shadow of the disappearance of his parents", our protagonist searches all the way from the rich and luxurious London upper class, and finally returns to Shanghai under the gunfire of the Japanese invaders. This was by no means a tender homecoming. In this city that was once bustling with traffic and is now full of smoke and smoke, what awaits him is a dark secret and a cruel truth, and his Sherlock Holmes-like fairy tale life will be reduced to ruins like his childhood hometown... The new edition includes Kazuo Ishiguro's Nobel Prize-winning speech, and reads the Nobel Prize-winning writer's writing outlook and growth history in one volume.

I am a cat who has not yet been named. He seems to have nothing to do on weekdays, lying lazily on his back, either basking in the sun or sleeping. Let me tell you quietly, in fact, I have been observing you humans, looking at people through the peephole, and I can spot them accurately! My owner is a teacher. He seems to be diligent and studious. After coming back from school every day, he goes into the study room. Everyone thinks that he is studying and preparing for lessons, but this is not the case - I peek and see that he is most likely sleeping soundly in the study room, sometimes drooling on the books! Those who come to visit the host's house are even more bizarre. Some are flattering, some are hypocritical and cunning, some are stupid and ridiculous, some think one thing, say another thing, and do another... In my opinion, the human heart is not complicated, but some people just can't see it clearly, can't see it clearly, and can't see it through. Open this book and let you see through the human heart at a glance!

This is 1901, and the Ottoman Empire is in turmoil. On Mingel Island, where foreign powers are eyeing the enemy, spies are everywhere, gang disputes are rife, and rumors are rife, the plague spreads quietly and murders occur one after another. Princess Pakze, her husband Dr. Nuri, and her bodyguard Camille came to the island to fight the plague, and tried to work with the local governor to find out the real culprit who killed the empire's chief pharmacist. In just six months, they not only encountered an irresistible change in their fate, but also inadvertently rewritten the course of history... Nobel Prize winner Pamuk followed up "My Name is Red" with another suspense epic. It was conceived for forty years and presents a panoramic view of late Ottoman Empire society. How do we survive a disaster? When cruel death approaches us, some people will live alone, go into their hearts, write, and think about the meaning of life; others will go to the streets, looking for family and friends, hoping to find comfort in the community.

The Tough Guy Hammett series is the originator of tough guy detective novels. It is the complete collection of American writer Dashiell Hammett's novels, including "Bloody Harvest", "The Dane Family Trouble", "The Maltese Black Hawk", "The Glass Key" and "The Thin Man". It is the only complete collection of Hammett's novels in simplified Chinese so far. These five novels were written in different periods. They are all promoted as representative works of hard-boiled detective novels and have become the standard for later generations to evaluate the works of other writers. The most famous of them is "The Maltese Hawk", and "The Thin Man" is Hammett's last masterpiece.

"Three Coins" is Woolf's important work. The book is in the style of an epistolary novel and revolves around a letter from a lawyer. Faced with the question "How to stop the war", Woolf borrowed three gold coins to give the answer: used to rebuild women's colleges, promote female employment, and maintain peace and equality. She profoundly analyzes the oppression of women in patriarchal society and explores the relationship between women and war.

Introduction to "Selected Novels of O. Henry": This book selects dozens of masterpieces of O. Henry's short stories such as "The Gift of the Magi", "The Cop and the Hymn", "Twenty Years Later", "Children in the Jungle", "The Intention of the Drunkard", "Double Liar", etc. 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.

The plot of the novel is not fundamentally unfamiliar; in fact, I suspect that two respectable writers, Balzac and Dreiser, would accuse me of gross imitation, but, I swear, I had not read their absurd works at the time, and even now have no idea what they said in Under the Cypresses. After all, Charlotte Humbert's husband wasn't that innocent either. The question of the title of the book. The three face cards were all heart cards, so I kept them and discarded a small pair. The two new cards I was dealt might prove that the gamble was right, because I always have an ivory thumb in this game of gambling. Evenly matched, very lucky, and inextricably squeezed out a slight advantage through the sting of smoke. I can only hope that my good old poker partners, who all have a full house and a straight, think I'm trying to scare off my opponents with big bets.

Atwood has long been known in the world of literature more for her novels, but her literary creation began with poetry. This book collects Atwood's poetry creation from 1965 to 1995, including two previously published poetry anthologies "Poems: 1965-1975" and "Poems: 1976-1986" and the poetry collection "Morning in the Burnt House". The language of Atwood's poetry is accurate, clear, and restrained, without any arrangement, and is devoted to the exploration of rhythmic flexibility. A bus trip, a few postcards, the vast wilderness, and everyday trivial matters can all be loaded with astonishing passion and power. In a large number of poems that focus on women's topics, she reveals the oppression and violence of women in a patriarchal society. Her writing style is often sharp and almost cruel, reflecting the poet's strong spiritual foundation.

Graham Greene divides his works into two categories: "serious novels" and "pleasure novels". "The Power and the Glory" is one of the most famous "serious novels" and one of Green's most highly praised by experts and readers. It is based on the two months the author spent in Mexico in March and April 1938. Five weeks of these two months were spent alone and exhausted traveling between Tabasco and Chiapas in the south for two weeks. Containing un-British Roman Catholic elements while being steeped in Manichean darkness and a faithful depiction of suffering, it can be called Green's most ambitious work.

The immortal work of the genius novelist Somerset Maugham, a classic full of idealism based on the famous painter Gauguin. The plot of "The Moon and Sixpence" is based on the life of the French post-Impressionist painter Gauguin. The protagonist was originally a securities broker. After reaching middle age, he suddenly responded to the call of his heart and abandoned everything to live with the indigenous people on the island of Tahiti in the South Pacific. He gained inspiration and created many artistic masterpieces. Maugham deeply explores the contradictions and interactions between life and art in his novels.

This book is a masterpiece of short stories by Richard Yates. He focuses on ordinary little people: children who are isolated by their classmates after transferring to another school, young men and women who are anxious about their upcoming marriages, instructors who are serious and responsible but not understood by others, who pretend to be ordinary people after being fired. The middle-aged white-collar workers who work outside the home, the clerks who have lofty ideals but have never been able to realize them... Yates's writing style is gentle and a little humorous, but he profoundly writes about the loneliness of ordinary individuals who are out of tune with the rhythm of the times, and outlines the life outline of the little people who can't help themselves. Eleven different stories, every time you open one, there are shadows of thousands of people, and they are all sighs from the deepest heart. Inadvertently, we all fell into the web of loneliness woven by Yates, unable to escape, just as everyone cannot escape their own lives.

"The Story of Chess" is a novel written only three days before the end of Austrian writer Zweig's life, and it is also his true masterpiece. Because he was deeply influenced by Freud, Zweig was very good at psychological description and was known as the "hunter of the human soul". The novel tells the story of an amateur chess player who defeats a talented player. This amateur chess player had almost never played real chess; he accidentally stole a chess book when he was under fascist supervision. Since then, this book has become his only spiritual sustenance. He studied chess books crazily and even split into two selves playing chess in his mind. In the endless time and extremely limited space, he could only use this method to relieve the huge pain in his soul. In this work, Zweig truly presents the psychological changes that occur after people are imprisoned physically and deprived of their spiritual life.

A new storm has arrived. Ashes and crimson thunder swept across the land, awakening ancient enemies. The soul of the dead enemy came out of hibernation and stirred up again in the name of the Destroyer. Human beings opened their eyes and discovered that this war had never been imagined. The power of the hurricane may be within grasp, just because the light reappears here and shines there. The lieutenant who has gone through hardships is constantly searching for reconciliation; the spy who has experienced cruelty is pursuing perfection; the stranger who is bound by the oath is stepping on the stone to explore the truth; the ambitious traitor is resolutely seeking freedom. Outside of the four members, there will always be a king. Once tired of fighting, now we want to find the dusty past.

Following "Facts" and "Legacy", another contemporary classic with Ross as the protagonist. A work of conscience that reflects the issues in the Middle East and a large-scale debate on the fate of the Jews. The deliberate dismantling and reorganization, subversion and hybridization of various texts can be called a masterpiece of postmodernism and a classic of metafiction. "Shylock" is Philip Roth's 19th novel and the fourth in the "Roth Series". It is also a masterpiece of contemporary Jewish literature. An American Jewish novelist named Philip Roth suffered a nervous breakdown in 1988. The cause of the collapse may have been due to taking a sleeping pill called Hylosin, which can cause harmful side effects to users. While slowly recovering from his collapse, the novelist heard that an imposter was attending Demjanjuk's trial in his name in Israel and preaching an outrageous doctrine called Diaspora. Demjanjuk is a former autoworker from Cleveland who may or may not be the "Ivan the Terrible" of the Nazi death camps, the diaspora movement that advocates that Jews should abandon Israel and resettle in Europe (the true homeland of the Jews). In order to stop the absurd behavior of the impostor, Philip set out for Israel. In the process of tracking the impostor, he encountered various people and things, which led to critical thinking about his own superiority and justice.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was the greatest playwright and poet of the English Renaissance and the master of European Renaissance humanistic literature. He is an unprecedented dramatic poet and the greatest literary figure in the world in history. In order to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, the "Collection of Shakespeare's Works in Vertical Illustration" is specially published based on the first poetic version of "The Complete Works of Shakespeare" in the Chinese-speaking world edited and translated by Mr. Fang Ping of Shanghai Translation Publishing House. It comprehensively considers tragedies, comedies, historical dramas, legendary plays and sonnets, and selects 20 published single volumes, accompanied by a full set of classic illustrations by Sir John Gilbert.

Neil Gaiman is synonymous with contemporary fantasy literature! "Smoke and Mirrors: A Collection of Neil Gaiman's Scalp-Tisting Short Stories" contains 29 Neil Gaiman's classic short stories, which cover the love, jealousy, greed, selfishness, fear and sadness of human nature. "American Gods" Odin, Rocky, Annecy... The ancient gods have actually always lived in the United States, living among us as humans, but they lost human faith and became weak. "Norse Gods" "Good Omens" According to the "Exquisite and Accurate Prophecy" written by the witch Agnes Fuko, the world will end on Saturday. To be precise, it should be next Saturday, before dinner. "The Graveyard Book" Raising a child requires the efforts of the entire cemetery. The appearance of a baby broke the thousand-year peace of the cemetery. Under the guidance of Death, the ghosts adopted the baby and named it Nobody.

From a teenager who is at a loss what to do, to a calm adult, whether it is disappointment or collapse, at least we still have Haruki Murakami. Haruki Murakami is that kind of writer. Before you read him and after you read him, you will be completely two different types of people. "Revised Edition of Haruki Murakami's Novels·Volume 1 (Set of 6 Volumes in Total)" contains 6 newly revised editions of Haruki Murakami's novels in 2023: "Listen to the Wind", "Pinball in 1973", "Sheep Hunting Adventures", "The End of the World and Cold Wonderland", "Norwegian Wood" and "Knight Commander". The cover of the revised edition is designed by the internationally renowned illustrator NomaBar; the content has been completely revised, and translator Lin Shaohua has updated the prefaces for many works; Haruki Murakami's chronology has been updated to the latest updates, and the music list of each new work has been added; at the same time, audio interpretations of Murakami's full-length works have been launched to comprehensively analyze Haruki Murakami's path as a professional novelist and find the secrets of Haruki Murakami's creation. I hope this version can provide everyone with a better reading experience, and welcome new and old readers to enter the "100% Murakami World".

The Sherlock Holmes series was introduced to China as early as 1896. In 1916, Zhonghua Book Company took the lead in launching "The Complete Works of Sherlock Holmes" - the first Chinese version of the complete works of Sherlock Holmes. In 2012, Zhonghua Book Company created a new version of "New Illustrations and New Translations" (seven volumes), with accurate translations and reliable annotations! In 2022, Zhonghua Book Company will launch the "Illustrated Collection Edition" based on the 2012 edition, which will be fully upgraded - all translations will be revised and nearly 300 additional annotations will be added.

Memory and forgiveness, revenge and peace: what choices should individuals and nations make? In England in the sixth century AD, the war between the native Britons and the Saxon invaders seemed to have come to an end - peace had come to this land, and the two groups lived side by side and lived together peacefully for decades. But at the same time, a strange "fog of forgetfulness" fills the valleys of England, swallowing up the memories of the villagers and making their lives seem like a meaningless daydream. An elderly British couple wanted to find their son who was still vaguely in their minds before their memory was completely lost, so they hurriedly embarked on an arduous journey. They are eager to let the fog dissipate, eager to regain the loving memories of their lifelong companionship - but this quiet fog conceals a dark and bloody past, that is, a giant who was buried decades ago by King Arthur of the British people in a way that goes against their ideals. A mysterious Saxon warrior comes to this seemingly peaceful valley with a mission. What secret motives are hidden behind his humble appearance? Will his mission bring to this country an olive branch of forgiveness or a sword and fire of revenge? Gawain, King Arthur's last knight, is determined to protect the king's legacy with his life, because protecting it means protecting the final peace. Memory and forgiveness, revenge and peace, the fate of the four people are inevitably intertwined, and there is only one ending. The new edition includes Kazuo Ishiguro's Nobel Prize-winning speech, and reads the Nobel Prize-winning writer's writing views and growth history in one volume.

Nobel Prize winner Kazuo Ishiguro's masterpiece and collection of classic short stories incorporate his own musical life into the Ukiyo-e, and explore how people who start with talent but are trapped by fate can save themselves. Timeless old songs, depressed musicians, singers who have lost their glory, solitary piano music... Kazuo Ishiguro, who determined to be a rock singer at the age of 20, in this collection of classic short stories, created a set of ukiyo-e of musical life through clever copying of reality and self-integration. The new edition includes Kazuo Ishiguro's Nobel Prize-winning speech, and reads the Nobel Prize-winning writer's writing views and growth history in one volume.

"1984" in the era of bioengineering: If you can see the end of your destiny in advance, should you still work hard to pursue beauty? "Never Lose, Never Forget" is one of the masterpieces of Kazuo Ishiguro, the winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize for Literature. In Hailsham School, deep in the English countryside, three good friends, Kathy, Ruth and Tommy, grew up here. They were carefully cared for by their tutors and received a good education in poetry and art. However, Hailsham, which seems like a paradise, hides many secrets. After the three Caseys grew up, they gradually discovered that the beautiful growth process in their memories was full of confusion and terrifying questions that could not be traced... "Don't Lose, Never Forget" is a science fiction novel with a dystopian color. It was shortlisted for the 2005 Booker Prize and the American Book Critics Circle Award. It was remade into a movie of the same name in 2010, starring British actress Keira Knightley. It was remade into a 10-episode Japanese drama in 2016, starring Haruka Ayase and Haruma Miura. The new edition includes Kazuo Ishiguro's Nobel Prize-winning speech, and reads the Nobel Prize-winning writer's writing views and growth history in one volume.

Ukiyo-e of the life of the disillusioned generation after the war. Includes the author's preface written for the 30th anniversary of the book's publication. After the war, Japan was in dire straits. Painter Ono's seemingly idle life in his later years has an undercurrent. In order to create a good social relationship for his little daughter to get married, he regained his memories. The past stories of his old friends were connected one by one like an ukiyo-e, and he was depressed and hesitant about where to place the "artist role" on the battlefield where there was no smoke of gunpowder. This book won the "Whitbread Literary Award". It is an early masterpiece by Ishiguro Kazuo, and it is also the most "Japanese" work. In the preface written for the 30th anniversary of the publication of this book, the author analyzes a kind of "fear" in life, that is, he is afraid that despite good intentions, a person may support a cause that has been proved to be wrong or even shameful by the times and history, and waste his most precious time and talent for this. The new edition includes Kazuo Ishiguro's Nobel Prize-winning speech, and reads the Nobel Prize-winning writer's writing views and growth history in one volume.

The novel is based on the real incident in 1950 when the Kinkakuji monk Lin Yangxian set fire to the Kinkakuji. It tells the story of the young Mizoguchi who was obsessed with the Kinkaku. He firmly believed that "the beauty of the Kinkakuzu is unparalleled on earth", and at the same time believed that "immortal things can be destroyed forever". In the end, entangled with love and hate, a fire burned the Kinkakuji.

The story of "The Song of the Sad Cafe" takes place in a small town in the southern United States in the 1940s, dominated by textile workers. There is a wealthy Miss Amelia in the town. She has slanted eyes, is strong and aggressive, and looks like a man. On her wedding night, she once kicked out of bed Marcy, a handsome man who had been pursuing her for several years, and then walked out. But after she met Xiao Luo Guo Li Meng, she fell in love at first sight. In order to please Li Meng, she opened a cafe at home, giving the residents of the town a cheerful entertainment place. Marcy, who became a criminal, came back on parole to seek revenge on Amelia, but Hunchback Lemon suddenly became obsessed with him. In order to "win back" Li Meng's love, Amelia and Marcy have a wrestling duel in the cafe. Just when Amelia was about to win, Li Meng jumped up to help Marcy knock Amelia to the ground. From then on, Amelia retreated to the small building to live in seclusion, while Li Meng and Marcy destroyed the cafe and fled to a foreign country with no idea of ​​where they ended up. The ruined cafe made the town even more dreary than before. "The Song of the Sad Cafe" tells the story of loneliness, hopeless love, and the weirdness and alienation of human nature. McCullers does not provide cheap comfort, but uses sharp eyes and cold writing to explore the imbalance between loving and being loved, and the fatality of loneliness, leading readers to face the complexity and absurdity of life. It is for this reason that her words can transcend the times and resonate with the lonely and sensitive hearts of generations.

Steinbeck, the Nobel Prize winner and author of "The Grapes of Wrath", once again writes about the tragic and joyful fate of small people under the torrent of the great era, and it is a touching book of the century. This is a modern fable that touches the soul, telling the dreams and losses of farm workers at the bottom of American society. They tried their best to find their place in this world, but in the end they could not resist the torrent of fate. Their dreams are nothing but a fragile joke in the face of reality. Steinbeck, the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, uses fourteen stories to show the sorrows, joys and plight of small people under the torrent of the great era. "Of Mice and Men", a touching story of two outsiders trying to find a place in a cruel world, "Murder", a chilling short story masterpiece that won the O. Henry Award, "Chrysanthemum", which may be the writer's most ambitious female story, and "Little Red Horse", a well-known American coming-of-age novel... Under Steinbeck's refined and sensitive writing, these stories present a moving appeal, which makes us not only moved by the tenacious vitality of the characters, but also deeply attracted by the hidden cruelty and sadness.

This set of books includes ten classic works by the German-American novelist Remarque. Erich Maria Remarque (1898-1970), a German-American novelist, was born in a working-class family in Germany. He participated in World War I at the age of 18. After the war, he worked in various jobs such as teacher, reporter, and editor. In 1929, "All Quiet on the Western Front" was published, making him a world-famous writer. After the Nazis came to power, Remarque was forced to live in exile in the United States because of his anti-war stance. He did not return to Europe until 1948 and settled in Switzerland. Most of Remarque's works are autobiographical, with concise words and an objective and cold temperament in his lyrical writing. He has been compared to the German Hemingway. He wrote a total of fifteen novels, three screenplays and two collections in his lifetime, among which many works such as "All Quiet on the Western Front", "Arch de Triomphe", "March of Companions" and "The Age of Love and Death" were adapted into movies.