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"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.

Did you know that the speed of cherry blossoms falling is 5 centimeters per second? How fast do I have to live to see you again? Director Xin Hai of "Journey to Suzuya" and "Your Name" wrote his first novel, looking for an unforgettable green love in the passing time. "5 Centimeters per Second" is based on a young man, and is composed of three consecutive short stories "Sakura Copy", "Astronaut" and "5 Centimeters per Second" that are gradually unfolded to form the complete "5 Centimeters per Second". This work is the first novel written by Makoto Shinkai himself. Through delicate brushstrokes, he sensitively and delicately depicts the indescribable character of him and their mood swings in the animated film "Five Centimeters Per Second" he directed. This is a story that quietly and slowly penetrates the heart, depicting the unchanging and changing love, as well as the wandering of the soul. The world is so beautiful and youth is so gorgeous, but the protagonist in the story only wants to talk to himself. What is the "farthest distance in the world"? For a young man who has been living in yesterday, walking out of the room in his heart is the longest distance... The simple story is extremely real, and it arouses the deepest silent emotion in his heart.

"The Narrow Gate" tells the story of a love tragedy that is pure and hot but infinitely poignant. Alyssa and Jerome are cousins ​​and childhood sweethearts. They spent a long but carefree childhood in the countryside of Normandy. Love gradually sprouts among boys and girls of the same age. At first, they secretly fell in love with each other, each hiding their secrets and worries. When they are deeply in love, their spirits merge and they want to become a better person for each other and cannot tolerate any imperfection. However, Alyssa saw love in other people's marriages end up becoming ordinary, and she had doubts about the end of love. What she wanted to pursue was eternal love, and she firmly believed that there was immortal love in the world, but the road to eternity was a narrow road, and the door to enter was a "narrow door" that only a few people could find...

"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".

This book describes how from September 3, 1939 to May 10, 1940, Nazi Germany mediated in various countries and launched a series of activities to annex Central and Northern European countries under Hitler's planning, thus paving the way for Germany's eventual invasion of France and the United Kingdom.

"The Cthulhu Mythos I: The Call of Crewe" includes Lovecraft's famous works: "The Call of Cthulhu", "Dagon", "The Sabbat", "The Stranger", "Pickman's Model", "The Rat in the Wall", "The Dunwich Horror" and "The Haze over Innsmouth". "The Cthulhu Mythos I: Call of Crewe" novels often take the form of semi-formal forms such as diaries, reports, and research notes. They start with puzzles and collage a vague but quite real strange world: incest, strange murders, strange things in small towns, summons of evil gods, pagan worship, and family feuds. Fate... And the source of the mystery ultimately points to a powerful force that breaks the laws of time, space, and nature... "Cthulhu Mythos I: Call of Crewe" transcends the era of "cosmism" core and its huge world of gods, becoming the spiritual core and source of inspiration for countless works in later generations...

Chapters included in "Cthulhu Mythos IV": "Color of the Stars": The strange color phenomenon falling from the universe, the thing in the well that corrupted the town. "The Horrible Old Man": There's an old captain living in town, and it's best not to disturb him. "The Thing on the Doorstep": Believe me, it wasn't me who killed my friend. "The Strange Picture of the Old House": That painting is not a work of fantasy, but... "The Music of Erich Zenn": It is true that music makes people possessed. "Herbert West - Resurrection of Corpses": Resurrection of a recently deceased person immediately, will he tell the scene after death? "Cold Wind": suitable for summer. "The Diary of Alonzo Tempel": The night of the Magic Feast is coming, and I must be ready. "Moonmarsh": a swamp under the moonlight, a ruin and people dancing on it. "Who is he. "Night Ocean": The tenderness and romance of love craftsmanship.

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"The Cthulhu Mythos" is known as the most influential horror novel system in the 20th century. The author Howard Philip Lovecraft advocated "cosmism" and believed that human beings are far from being the masters of the world. In the unknown universe that has not yet been explored, there are unimaginable and unspeakable horrific truths hidden. Even a glimpse of it may make people fall into madness or death. As the author said: "The oldest and strongest human emotion is fear; and the oldest and strongest fear is the fear of the unknown." This book contains 6 short and medium-sized stories such as "The Call of Cthulhu", "Whispers in the Dark" and "The Dunwich Incident". Each of them is enough to arouse your inner fear of the dark.

The long wait is finally over, and the carnival of Cthulhu is here again! The second volume of "The Cthulhu Mythos" that is a must-have for believers, including "At the Mountains of Madness", "Innsmouth", "Rat in the Wall" and "The Shadow Beyond Time"! The truth in the unspeakable dark abyss challenges your Sanity. The first choice for entry, a must-have for collection

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The most influential fantasy and horror novel system in the 20th century! The "Cthulhu Mythos" was created by the American writer Lovecraft. He built an extremely grand world, filled with creations and existences that transcend human cognitive dimensions and are extremely distant in time and space. George Martin, Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, the author of "American Gods", and the famous Japanese cartoonist Junji Ito are all loyal fans. The games "World of Warcraft", "StarCraft", "Hearthstone", science fiction masterpieces "Ultraman", "Pirates of the Caribbean", "Alien" and "Batman" are all deeply influenced by it. This series is compiled by the well-known translator Qu Changxuan. The first volume is an eclectic collection of 12 classic short and medium-sized novels, including "Call of Cthulhu", "Temple", "The Nameless City", "The Last Days of Shanas", "Pickman's Model", "History (Outline)", "Old Books", "Him", "The Terror in Red Hook", "Air Conditioner", "The Terror in the Wax Museum" and "Across the Aeons". An unlockable and immersive read that takes you into the world of horror! "I think the greatest kindness in the world is the limitations of the human brain in understanding."

O. Henry was good at describing the lives of ordinary people in American society. He wrote more than 300 novels in his life and was famous for his humorous language and ingenious conception. "The Gift of the Magi", "The Policeman and the Hymn" and "The Last Leaf" are all his classics. His works have novel ideas and surprising endings; and because they describe many characters and are full of interest in life, they are known as "the humorous encyclopedia of American life." His works focus on the little people at the bottom of society, showing the complexity of human nature and the helplessness of life, making later literature pay more attention to the in-depth portrayal of human nature and the reflection of social reality. Together with Russia's Chekhov and France's Maupassant, he is also known as the world's three major short story masters. This book was selected into the "Chinese Translators' Translation Series" of the new edition of the Humanities Society. The translator of this version is Mr. Wang Yongnian, a famous translator. Our company has the exclusive publishing rights of this translation. The translation is fluent and elegant, embodying O. Henry's language style in every detail, and is widely praised by readers.

Mark Twain (1835-1910), American writer, founder of American critical realism literature. He created a lot of works throughout his life. Most of his works were set along the Mississippi River, reflecting all aspects of American society in the late 19th century. His writing style was humorous and humorous, and he pointed out the current ills in a profound and accurate way. "Selected Novels and Novels by Mark Twain" selects thirty-five of the author's most popular works and arranges them in chronological order. These works are extensive in content and profound in meaning, and each one is full of humorous satire.

Selected masterpieces of Hemingway's "Outdoors" short and medium stories × newly translated by travel literature author Liu Zichao! Forests, seas, snow-capped mountains, grasslands, and rivers are all good places we want to go. The book includes ten masterpieces of Hemingway's short stories and short stories about "outdoors" and "travel", including "The Big Two-Hearted River", "Cross-Country Skiing", "Alpine Pastoral", "An African Story", and "The Snows of Kilimanjaro". The characters in the story traveled all over the Americas, Europe, and Africa; they started from the Big Two Heart River, crossed the Mississippi River, came to the Alps, and went to Tanzania... They hiked, fished, skied, and hunted, visiting some old places and some new places; they also chatted around the fire on stormy days, beside the bonfire raised in the wild, and at the tavern where they rested on the way, meeting unexpected people and hearing strange things. Through changes in time and space, they continue to expand their life radius, break away from the established rules of survival, and re-establish their connection with the world.

"Hamlet" is the pinnacle of Shakespeare's tragedies and one of his four major tragedies. It has reached unprecedented depth and breadth in ideological content, profoundly revealing the sins and essential characteristics of late feudal society. Based on an ancient Danish myth from 1200 AD, it tells the story of a Danish prince who pretended to be crazy in order to avenge his uncle who killed his father, married his mother and usurped the throne. After being tortured, he finally took his revenge. The entire story of "Hamlet" is permeated with the spirit of Shakespeare's era and is the most profound expression of Shakespeare's humanism and critical spirit of real life.

"Low Desire Society" is a best-selling social observation work recently published by the famous Japanese management scientist and "Mr. Strategy" Kenichi Omae. The book focuses on Japan's current socio-economic status and characteristics, and summarizes social problems that other mature countries have not encountered yet into one word, "Low Desire Society" - -The population is shrinking, super-aging, and more and more young people have lost their ambition and desire; citizens hold a large amount of financial assets, and companies also have high internal reserves, but they fail to use funds effectively. Neither monetary easing policies nor public investment can improve consumer confidence, and money-spreading policies cannot revitalize the economy...

The works of global best-selling author, lifestyle leader, and speaker Alain de Botton have long been on bestseller lists in Europe and the United States. 80 Paintings and photographs, and more than 30 excerpts of excellent works are beautifully presented; the novels on the left hand are full of talents; the prose on the right hand comforts people's hearts. The beautiful words of Wordsworth and Baudelaire take you to taste the world. A new preface written by de Botton especially for Chinese readers has been added. Pricking a needle into the dream at the end of "Love in Prague", the oozing light blue can color de Botton's journey; the true color of any journey is transformed by the blue of the heart and the blue of the mist, becoming an irresistible temptation; the space loses its geographical meaning In the direction of the location, time lazily turned into a wisp of fragrance; only Wordsworth, Baudelaire, Van Gogh and de Botton, a talented man, connected the itinerary and words, and the resonance throbbed in the depths of the soul; walking with de Botton, the road ahead was a journey to a distant place or a return to home in the sunset...

"I hope you will be interested in this course, and I mean real fun, serious fun. Fun and seriousness are not inconsistent. My name is Elizabeth Finch, thank you." Almost everyone fell in love with her, including Neil, who was about thirty-five years old. The first time he came to her class, he vaguely knew that for the first time in his life, he was in the right place. Twenty years later, Yiffin died, and Neil inherited Yiffin's documents and book collection. He hoped to write a biography of Ifine, and the result was this portrait-cum-memoir and the final essay he failed to deliver: on Julian, the last pagan emperor of Rome, whom Ifine calls "a hero who persevered to the end." In the retrieval of memories again and again, Yifen transformed into everything that writer Barnes cherished. What kind of finished product will people, their memory and being remembered, imagination and being imagined be spliced ​​into in the end?

The essays in "Faulkner's Essays", like his novels, also present a very special diversity. For example, "Mississippi", "On Privacy", "On Fear", etc. Are all masterpieces of Faulkner's non-fiction works. Faulkner's wisdom, knowledge, imagination, talent and sense of humor are fully reflected in this book. These articles, while showing us what this extremely passionate, extremely complex, and extremely secretive writer was willing to reveal to the public during the last forty years of his career, also allow us to gain a better understanding of his person and his work.

[The masterpiece of feminist pioneer Woolf. Kafka, Mu Xin and Yang Lan praised it highly. "A Room of One's Own" is one of Virginia Woolf's masterpieces. It was written based on the "Women and Novel" lecture she gave at two British universities in 1928 and published in 1929. The author's writing is delicate, funny and full of wisdom, and he puts forward a series of feminist viewpoints with his profound insight and unique literary style. She used "five hundred pounds and a room of her own" as a metaphor, pointing out that economic freedom is the prerequisite for women to be able to create freely, which has had a profound impact on feminist thought and literary creation.

This book is Alexandre Dumas's masterpiece. It's a story about revenge. This book was translated directly from the French original by French translator Li Yumin, while the original version of our agency was translated from the English version by English translator Jiang Xuemo. Moreover, the translation took place a long time ago and there were not many books available for reference at that time, so it is inevitable that there are some errors and omissions. This re-publication replaces the old version with a new version that is more in line with modern people's reading habits.

Thomas Bernhard is a frequent recipient of literary awards and has won dozens of important awards, including the most important Büchner Prize in German literature, the Austrian National Prize, etc. But he soon lost interest in winning awards and refused to accept any literary awards. In the mid-1970s, Bernhard was twice nominated as a candidate for the Nobel Prize. In the end, the jury decided to avoid touching this thorn in view of his attitude towards the award. "My Literary Prize" contains 9 articles by Bernhard about his love and hatred for winning the literary prize, 4 speeches at the award ceremony, and 1 confession about withdrawing from the German Academy of Philology and Literature. Thomas Bernhard roared at all mankind and shook his head at himself as he recorded his true experience of receiving literary awards and prizes.

In the first article, he defends the Marquis de Sade. Beauvoir starts from the privileged class's understanding of their situation, taking the old aristocracy as an example: the aristocrats defend their rights without considering the rationality of this right. Sade was born into a noble family, but he had the courage to take on his own uniqueness, violated the moral standards followed by the nobles, and used the most extreme method to demand his own pleasure as an absolute law. Although he failed in the end, his flamboyant behavior revealed that the egoism of the privileged class could only be wishful thinking and could not give itself legitimacy in the eyes of everyone. The second article "Merleau-Ponty and the Pseudo-Sartre Doctrine" is also written from the perspective of the privileged class. In the French environment of the 1950s and 1960s, some intellectuals stood on the side of the greatest interests, tried to confuse the general interests and the interests of the bourgeoisie, and had a debate with Sartre. Beauvoir defended Sartre and wrote this article.

This set has 10 volumes in total, including the must-read 9 classic works of Yukio Mishima, including the world-recognized masterpieces "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion", "Tidal Wave" and "Hunger of Love", the early famous work "Confessions of a Mask", the ultimate youthful writing, the ultimate work of heterochromatic aesthetics "Forbidden Color", and the literary miracles of the 20th century: "Sea of ​​Fertility" tetralogy "Spring Snow", "Galloping Horse", "Akatsuki Temple" and "The Five Declines of Heaven and Man"

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"The Complete Works of Borges Volume 1 (16 volumes in total)" includes "The Villain", "The Garden of Forking Paths", "Apocryphal Collection", "Aleph", "The Brody Report", "The Book of Sand", "Evaristo Calle" Ge", "Discussions", "Eternal History", "Discussions", "Poetry", "Prefaces and Prefaces", "Borges, Oral Narration", "Seven Nights", "Nine Dante Cantos" and "Private Collection: Prefaces", a total of sixteen volumes. Borges led the trend of Latin American literature in the twentieth century and was a landmark figure in Spanish and Latin American literature. He "paved the way for a generation of Spanish-American novelists to stand out" (Nobel Prize winner in literature, South African writer Coetzee). Garcia Marquez, the author of "One Hundred Years of Solitude" said: "The only novel I bought in Buenos Aires was The first thing is "The Complete Works of Borges". I put this set of books in my suitcase and carry it with me, intending to take it out and read it every day. "His influence extends beyond Latin America and Europe, and he has become a world-renowned literary master in the twentieth century. This version is an exclusively authorized version that fills the gap in the market in the past ten years. It is an authoritative translation and has been revised and improved; it also eliminates the heaviness of the complete set. It is launched for the first time in the form of a stand-alone independent version of the author's original work, allowing readers to experience the world of Borges in detail.

"The Gardener" is Rabindranath Tagore's most important representative collection of poems, with a total of 85 poems. It incorporates the poet's experience in his youth and delicately describes the happiness, troubles and sadness of love. It can be regarded as a love song of youth. With his delicate and agile writing style, Tagore affectionately eulogized the passionate romance, purity and beauty, and melancholy of love. He infiltrated his own youth experience into it, and at the same time conducted rational examination and thinking, making this love song shine with philosophical brilliance from time to time.

Select 16 Tagore paintings and enjoy a double feast of poetry appreciation and painting. Asia's first Nobel Prize winner in literature. Every flower, every tree, every grass, every dust, in his writings are all beautiful words and lively thoughts, "as if looking into the eyes of the Creator." Tagore shows us such a culture, a culture that reaches perfection in the vast tranquility and soul-cleansing forests of India, a culture whose main purpose is to obtain peace of soul by continuously increasing the harmony with the natural body of life.

"The Collection of the Prodigal Son Returns Home" has six texts in total: Narith's Explanation, Love Experiment, El-Aqian, Philocdande, Bai Shapei, and The Prodigal Son's Return. It is like a prose poem, a novel, and a drama, but the author collectively calls it a "monograph" (Traités). The translator, Mr. Bian Zhilin, feels that the translation as "explanation" is not satisfactory. The materials of the six texts are all taken from myths, legends or fables in Greece and the Bible, and the symbols are interpreted with symbols. There are books in books and paintings within paintings, layered and full of meanings. They fully reflect the unique aesthetic, artistic, religious and moral views of Gide, the most complex literary master of the 20th century. Each of the six texts has its own emphasis but complements each other. It can be regarded as Gide's most artistic spiritual autobiography.

"Hamlet", "Romeo and Juliet", "A Midsummer Night's Dream", "The Merchant of Venice"... Shakespeare's plays have been popular for centuries and have long become the most dazzling jewels in the history of world literature. Zhu Shenghao is regarded as the first person in my country to translate Shakespeare's plays. The translation is smooth, fluent and poetic, and appropriately conveys the style and charm of the original work.

"Forest" is the masterpiece of the famous Soviet popular science writer Vitaly Valentinovich Bianchi. This book was published in 1927. The author uses his artistic talent to describe the life of animals and plants. He uses a brisk writing style and adopts the form of a newspaper to report the news in the forest, the happy festivals and sad events in the forest, the heroes and robbers in the forest, and the life of animals and plants in a vivid and fascinating way. The author also tells children how to observe nature and how to compare, think and study nature.

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"The Right and Back" was written when Camus was 24 years old and became the source of his future creations. The book traces childhood life, revealing the opposition between poverty and happiness everywhere. "Wedding Collection" includes four essays, which eulogize the combination of man and nature with a rich lyrical style. Love for life and secret despair, these two symbiotic emotions are fully reflected in the book. "Summer Collection" presents another side of the origin of Camus's thoughts, that is, while refusing to succumb to history, he promotes the pursuit of beauty in poverty. At the end of this book is appended the speech Miao delivered in Sweden after winning the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1957.

Sir John Hart, the father of modern strategy, has classic masterpieces on war strategy, including "Strategy: The Indirect Route", "Beyond the Mountain: Captured German Generals Talk about World War II", "History of the First World War" and "History of the Second World War". "Strategy: The Indirect Route" occupies a lofty position in the study of Western war history and is a must-read for military theory. Because of this book, Liddell Hart was regarded as the "Pope of Military Theory" by the West. In "Strategy: The Indirect Route", Liddell Hart used his profound research foundation in military theory and war history to analyze 30 wars and more than 280 battles in world history from the Greco-Persian War to the Second World War, and came to a conclusion: the indirect route strategy is the most effective and economical strategic form. The route that seems the furthest and most winding is often the real "shortcut". In any competition, you can only win by defeating your opponent. Before overcoming the opponent's resistance, you should first weaken his resistance. The most effective way is to draw him out of your own defense line. This is the essence of the indirect route strategy. Therefore, the "indirect route" is not only a law of war, but also a philosophical truth. In addition to war, it has extensive applications in all aspects of political and economic activities in human life. "Other Side of the Mountain: Captured German Generals Discuss World War II" is a unique history of World War II. Most of it comes from Liddell Hart's interrogation records of senior German generals in Nuremberg. Liddell Hart comprehensively and impartially collected the conversations with German generals such as Blumentritt, Rundstedt, Thoma, Kleist, Heinrich, Manteuffel, and Student, cutting out the redundant and concise, and interspersed his own analysis and conclusions in the account. He made the German generals the narrators of the course of World War II. This is the so-called "other side of the mountain" - referring to the psychology and military policies of the German army in World War II. This book not only records the most direct evidence of World War II, but readers can also feel the real atmosphere at that time and appreciate the details of the successes and failures of the war from the descriptions of the German generals. This book is quite readable and as exciting as "The History of World War II". "History of the First World War" is one of the important masterpieces of the world-famous military historian and modern strategy master Liddell Hart. It details the entire process of the First World War and the application of the strategies and tactics of all parties. In 1914, a gunshot in Sarajevo detonated the whole world. The European powers have fully mobilized and devoted their national efforts to this unprecedented cruel and bloody battle. Thousands of miles of barbed wire trenches became a wrestling ground for the will of the great powers. Millions of soldiers are trying to usher in the dawn of a new world order on muddy battlefields littered with debris and rivers of blood. War disasters spread across Asia, Europe and Africa, with gunfire and smoke, old empires disintegrated one after another, and the power structure in Europe also changed. However, the result of this war, which was claimed to be the end of all wars, turned out to be the next larger-scale world war... The Second World War of "History of World War II" The World War is the largest war in human history. No other war can compare to it in terms of the areas affected by the war, the countries directly or indirectly involved, the loss of life and property, etc. Its impact and impact are comprehensive and far-reaching, and deserve our attention and reflection. Among the works on the history of World War II, Liddell Hart's book is undoubtedly one of the most comprehensive works. The author relied on his personal military experience, rich information documents, and interview records of the parties involved, and spent 22 years to complete this masterpiece. This book contains detailed descriptions of the major and minor battles in World War II that lasted for six years. In addition, the author provides a calm and objective analysis and reflection on this period of history. People often say that "history is a mirror." This book can enable readers to learn about the past and understand the present. The truth of history still has a warning significance today.

"Selected Short Stories of Somerset Maugham" has a total of twenty-three short stories, which take us to the United Kingdom, France, Italy and Mexico, and also lead us to appreciate the customs of the Pacific island countries. The secular men and women in Maugham's works play unforgettable roles in scenes of harsh human dramas. The weaknesses of human nature are always under precise perspective, and interpersonal relationships are coldly analyzed again and again. In various bizarre scenes, lost humanity triggered a series of tragedies.

A ridiculous and funny story that happened to a gambler, a dog's memories of his life when he was dying, the various states of the world reflected by a million dollar bill, a thrilling farce created by a boy, the smoke in a newspaper editing room, the debt collection triggered by a large beef contract... Feel Mark Twain's criticism of the society at that time and the serious creative purpose in the exaggerated and absurd comic stories.

Love is born out of despair, and subtle evil is more beautiful than rough goodness; Mishima Yukio's early novel is a classic work of homosexual description. The old writer Hinoki Shunsuke despised morality and vulgarity and advocated extreme aestheticism. Because he was born ugly, and because his three wives did not love him, he met the handsome gay young man Yuichi and decided to shape Yuichi into a work of art to take revenge on the woman he could not get...

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...,

Haruki Murakami's new novel is highly anticipated! Born out of the "Phantom Works" that has never been published separately in 40 years, it took 3 years of hard work to write! At the end of the article, there is a rare postscript by Haruki Murakami himself, describing the origin of the book. Haruki Murakami's breakthrough in his 45-year writing career! When a wall of uncertainty divides the world into two, which side will you choose? When I was seventeen years old, I understood for the first time: most important things in life happen at moments we don't expect. For example, your leaving without saying goodbye. All you left me were the enigmatic words and the love that ended abruptly. You say that you are just a shadow, and the real you is in a small city; outside the city is a living wall, which is indestructible and unpredictable. All I know is that I must reach the small town surrounded by high walls. I want to see you again. Even if what is waiting for me in the city is full of uncertainty.

Six bones are arranged in a room of death that is both real and imaginary. "My" old friend "Rat" has died in the sheep hunting adventure. "I" finally found Gotanda, an old classmate, whom he fell in love with, but this movie star, who was packaged as schizophrenic by the entertainment industry, strangled two high-end call girls to death one after another, and himself was buried in the sea in a "Maserati". Although the lonely girl "Xue" and her aloof mother "Yu" can barely survive in this crazy world, "Yu"'s patron saint Dick can't escape an inexplicable car accident. After a period of frightening days accompanied by death, "I" finally found a sense of security in the hotel maid Yumiyoshi, and made a concrete plan to live a quiet life in a quiet city. But, who does the sixth white skeleton mean? "I" still cannot escape from the house of death.

"People do not achieve immortality by extending time, but achieve immortality by decomposing time." A fresh and strange urban fable, a masterpiece of Murakami's dual-line writing. As long as you have the heart, you will lose nothing wherever you go. The novel consists of forty chapters, narrated in the first person. The structure of the novel adopts the form of two intersecting and parallel lines, consisting of two seemingly completely unrelated storylines. The twenty odd-numbered chapters are "Cold Wonderland" and the even-numbered chapters are "The End of the World". The two stories seem to be unrelated, but in fact the "I" in the two stories are essentially two sides of the same person. The "I" in "Cold Wonderland" is the actual real world, and the "I" in "The End of the World" is the virtual world in the subconscious. "I" is in a state of self-division and is at a loss to deal with all the fluctuations. The tragedy is caused by "I" being unable to change the two worlds and being confused and helpless. Both plots are extremely absurd, and the novel uses a deformed technique to express the author's understanding of contemporary capitalist society. "End of the World" can see the shadow of Kafka's "The Castle", which is relatively gentle and depressing. The "Cold Wonderland" part is full of American hard-boiled detective novels and science fiction, with a twists and turns and tense plot. 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.

The twenty-three short stories in "Selected Collection of Maugham's Short Stories" take us to the United Kingdom, France, Italy and Mexico, and also lead us to appreciate the customs of the Pacific island countries. The secular men and women in Maugham's works play unforgettable roles in scenes of harsh human dramas. The weaknesses of human nature are always under precise perspective, and interpersonal relationships are coldly analyzed again and again. In various bizarre scenes, lost humanity triggered a series of tragedies.

The novel is divided into forty-nine chapters. The odd chapters use a realistic approach to tell the story of a young man named Tamura Kafka who ran away from home alone on the eve of his fifteenth birthday in order to escape a prophecy from his father that was even more terrifying than Oedipus the King. However, he unexpectedly woke up in the forest covered in blood. When Kafka was four years old, his mother suddenly disappeared, taking only his sister, who was four years older than Kafka, with her. He came to a library by chance and was taken in by the director, Ms. Saeki. Kafka suspected that she was his biological mother, but Saeki refused to comment. Kafka learned the news that his father had been killed, and hid in the forest to evade police pursuit. He encountered two soldiers wearing army uniforms... The even-numbered chapters use magical techniques to tell the adventures of the old man Nakata. When Nakata was in elementary school during World War II, he lost his memory after a mysterious coma, but gained the mysterious ability to talk to cats. While Nakata lost control of his mind, he killed a cat killer who called himself Jonny Walker, and also took a ride here to look for the "Entrance Stone"... Many puzzles together create an elegant and dreamy masterpiece.

No wonder Haruki Murakami read it 12 times! The masterpiece of Chandler, a great American literary master! Whenever he is in trouble, Haruki Murakami turns on "The Long Goodbye"! Haruki Murakami once personally translated "The Long Goodbye", setting off a reading frenzy! Haruki Murakami: "Chandler is my idol, and I have read "The Long Goodbye" more than a dozen times." Haruki Murakami: "Whenever someone asks me, 'Which three books are most important to you,' I can answer without thinking: 'The Great Gatsby,' 'The Brothers Karamazov,' and 'The Long Goodbye.' Whether I am a reader or a writer, these three books are necessary for my life. Haruki Murakami Shuyan's lifelong goal was to write a novel that combined Chandler and Tolstoy. He personally translated "The Long Goodbye" and set off a Chandler reading craze in Japan. In the history of human literature, he used textbook-level polished writing to create the classic image of "tough guy detective" Marlowe. 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.

"In this lonely and helpless world, dancing is the only way out!" "Dance!" Dance! Dance! " Is another important novel by Haruki Murakami. The content of this book is connected with "The Adventures of Sheep Hunting". The protagonist "I" is the same person. The novel is divided into two clues. One is about "my" old classmate Gotanda, a perfect but suffering movie star who suffered from packaging. Unable to bear the burden of reality, he killed two call girls and then threw himself into the sea. Another line in the novel is that "I" got to know the lonely girl "Xue". She and her mother "Yu" were dependent on each other, while "Yu"'s kind-hearted boyfriend Di Ke died in an accidental car accident. The shadow of friends dying one after another continued to hang over "me". "I" lived a frightening time under the shadow of death, and finally fell in love with a hotel maid and gained a sense of security.

It describes an ancient god (Cthulhu) who lived on the earth long before the birth of human civilization and fell into a deep sleep for unknown reasons. Therefore, their bodies and civilization are sealed in the deep sea or the Antarctic, waiting for the moment of recovery to enslave the earth's creatures again.

Shakespeare wrote about all the conflicts that anyone may encounter in life! In the history of human literature, Shakespeare used great dramas to reflect all the emotions of being born. These plays, which are full of universal humanity, are the precious spiritual heritage that Shakespeare left to all mankind! Shakespeare is the soul of the times. He does not belong to one era, but to all generations! This time, I finally know why I should read Shakespeare! The exclusive features of Reader's Classic Library "Shakespeare's Drama Collection": a separate volume! An in-depth introduction by an Oxford University Shakespeare expert - "Why should we read Shakespeare today?" 8 Original color illustrations, restoring classic scenes in the play! Zhu Shenghao's classic translation, carefully proofread and accessible for reading! Appreciate classic lines from famous plays and feel the charm of Shakespeare's language! "Shakespeare's Drama Collection" contains 3 volumes of tragedies, 4 volumes of comedies, and 1 volume of historical dramas. The introduction is "Why should we read Shakespeare today?" Introduction into a volume. This time, I finally know why I should read Shakespeare!