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His father, who died five years ago, appeared in front of Thomas in the form of a ghost and asked him to help him do an incredible thing. Thomas went from disbelief to acceptance, risking being regarded as a madman, and embarked on an "adventurous" journey. After many twists and turns, Thomas fulfilled this "last wish". A story, no matter how crazy it is, as long as two people believe it, it becomes true.

In 1977, Billy Milligan, a serial rape suspect in Ohio, was arrested by the police, but he had no memory of the crimes he committed. In fact, there are a total of 24 personalities in his body. These personalities are not only different in personality, but also in terms of IQ, age, nationality, language, gender, etc. How did these incredible personalities come about? Is he a liar who deceives the public, or is he an unfortunate victim? His father committed suicide and his stepfather abused him in every possible way. This made Billy eager to escape from the world - committing suicide many times. On the other hand, his survival instinct came to comfort and protect him. These two forces came together and tore Billy into pieces... When Billy closed his eyes, the guardian Reagan would come out to repel the abuser. 8-Year-old bearer David cries, lesbian Adalana, gangster Philip, professional liar Kevin, clown Leigh, workaholic Mark... A personality to bear his pain, a personality to express his happiness, a personality to protect his body, a personality to enjoy the care of others, a personality to learn to escape...

This book is the memoir of Daniel Keyes, the master of psychoanalytic novels. It revolves around the origin, conception, writing and publication of his classic work "Flowers for Algernon" and the tortuous process. It reviews his life story from a rough childhood to the success of his work. It also talks about his novel writing skills and ethical thinking about writing motivations. Specially included is the Hugo Award-winning novella "Flowers for Algernon", which was later expanded into a full-length version that is best-selling worldwide.

Adults with fangs, a little girl faced alone... Sally Potter still remembers the four dolls she had when she was a child: Nora - the calm, rational painter; Darry - the optimistic tomboy; Bella - the sexy and sultry genius of singing, dancing and acting; Jinx - the cold-blooded killer full of hatred for men. Not only are they Sally's closest friends, they are also Sally's saviors who help her escape her pain. Now Sally Potter is always dressed plainly and is an ordinary waitress working in New York. But she has ulterior worries. Ever since she was a child, Sally would get headaches and lose time whenever she encountered unbearable stress. As a result, she was unable to work for a long time, her marriage came to an end, and she was forced to leave her beloved children. Sally doesn't know that she still has four personalities in her mind: Bella comes when she meets a man; Nora appears when she needs to think about a problem; Jinx steps forward to deal with thugs... Taking a certain incident as an opportunity, Sally accepts treatment from psychiatrist Roger Ash. Roger is a psychiatrist with serious mental problems. His responsibility is to try his best to integrate the four split personalities in Sally. As the treatment proceeds step by step, the dusty past events in Sally's life gradually emerge. While Roger worked hard to integrate Sally, Sally also awakened Roger's inner passion for life. Confused consciousness, hidden years, unbearable nightmare chains, wardrobes, tomb theft, temptation, self-mutilation, becoming someone other than yourself, or dying...

This book contains 24 Neil Gaiman's classic short stories, describing the love, fear, jealousy, greed, suspicion and vanity of primitive human nature. When the sleeping Sleeping Beauty becomes a youth-sucking witch; when all the past tenants are sunk into the sea by your landlord; when the statue of a werewolf is found among the father's belongings; when a cannibal man accidentally eats his own child... I opened "High Energy Warning" and felt chills on my back this time, but at the same time, the original human nature was once again exposed.

Liu Cixin, Margaret Atwood, Neil Gaiman and other world-class science fiction masters highly praise it, and authoritative international media such as The Guardian, Daily Mail, and The New York Times Book Review have praised it! "Death" and "loneliness" have been hot topics in human history and literature for a long time. However, Lao Lei used humorous language and suspenseful and slightly absurd plot design to eliminate the heaviness of this topic. In the late 1940s, in the forgotten town of Venice, California, a poor mystery writer sat in an empty tram car late at night when a storm hit. Along with the whine of the tram, a drunk man sat behind him, mumbling some words about death, but the writer never dared to turn his head and look at this man's appearance. After getting out of the car, he found a body in the dark canal. Over the next few days, a series of mysterious accidents begin to occur to those around him. The bedridden canary old woman, the lousy hairdresser, the shrewd police detective, the female singer who never opens her door, the little old man with a face like Edgar Allan Poe, the outdated Hollywood actress... In this foggy town, who will be next on the death list? Who is the murderer hiding in the dark?

"The Strange Current Situation Witnessed in Twenty Years" is one of the four major condemnation novels of the late Qing Dynasty. The work observes the world from the eyes of a fledgling simple scholar, understands real life from his interactions with the world, and peels off the truth hidden under the disguise layer by layer. The author focuses on moral criticism and attacks the shortcomings of officialdom. His purpose is to touch people's souls and analyze the root causes of mental breakdown and its morbid status.

Liu Tie traveled to the Lanyun Star, whose culture is somewhat similar to that of Earth. On this planet, there are extraordinary beings who can overturn rivers and seas, secret realms containing wealth and danger of death, and terrifying evil gods who are high above, overlooking all living beings, and eyeing the Lanyun Star with covetousness. Liu Tie awakened and became a [Summoner], and after obtaining the achievement system, he began to take risks and grow. "You destroyed the statue of the King of Sword Demons and obtained the Sword Demon Pill." "You killed the dragon and obtained the Dragon Heart Pill." "You destroyed the void mecha and obtained the source of the mecha." "..." A few years later, Liu Tie looked at the evil god that exuded terrifying energy in the void, making it impossible for people to look directly at it. Behind him were evil dragons, artificial gods, strange evil spirits and many other summons that could easily destroy a country. A burning color flashed in his eyes: "I should be able to hunt the evil god!" (VIP group 262012178 needs to fully subscribe to the ordinary group 300847271)

"Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals" collects the mixed and unmixed words of hundreds of schools of thought, covering the principles of heaven and earth, all things and all living beings in ancient and modern times! The content of the whole book is based on the theories of Confucianism and Taoism, integrating the theories of various schools into one. It is an excellent summary of China's political, military, philosophical, and strategic thoughts before the great unification of the Han Dynasty.

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"A Brief History of the World" is a unique history of the world written by the British historian Herbert George Wells. With an extremely broad vision and a brisk and concise style, it sorts out the history of mankind since the origin of biology. The content of this book traces back to the beginning of human civilization, the origin of life, and the evolution of species, to the end of World War I and the reconstruction of world politics and economy. The book has unique descriptions of ancient Egypt, ancient Greece and Rome, the European Renaissance, the Reformation, the British Industrial Revolution, the American War of Independence, the French Revolution, etc.; It also touches on Eastern culture, including Confucianism and Taoism.

Herbert George Wells (1866-1946), a famous British science fiction writer and social thinker, was one of the three masters of British realist novels in the early 20th century. His representative work is "The Time Machine". Wells wrote more than one hundred works in his lifetime, covering various fields such as literature, science, history, society, politics and so on. He was one of the most prolific writers in modern times. After World War I, he created the 1 million-word "Outline of World History", which showed his side as a historian. "A Brief History of the World" is another popular classic of history after his masterpiece "Outline of World History".

In this collection of short stories, Dr. Watson records several strange cases solved by Sherlock Holmes: helping the King of Bohemia avoid the threat of scandal; the wonderful story about the London Red-headed Society and the resulting major case; and the confusing and confusing Spotted Belt Case, which is recognized as one of Holmes' most classic cases.

Holmes' abilities are shown time and time again in Dr. Watson's files. About how Sherlock Holmes found the missing famous silver white horse and how to find the real culprit; about the mysterious yellow-faced man who appeared at the window and the strange cases that resulted from it; and about the Reichenbach Falls, Sherlock Holmes's last case, which made countless Sherlock Holmes fans around the world stumped.

The tragedy that happened in Birlstone involved two stories: the criminal master Professor James Moriarty who controlled London; and the place called the Uncanny Valley and the sound of death there across the ocean.

This book discusses two different kinds of human beings. We are one, and the other is Neanderthals living in a parallel world. In that world, Neanderthals became dominant. Neanderthals have reached a level comparable to ours in culture and science, but their development history, social customs and life philosophy are completely different. Ponte Bodite, a Neanderthal physicist, accidentally crossed the passage between two worlds and came to our universe. Isolated and studied, he was alone and helpless, and our world was a completely foreign place to him. Still, Ponte found a friend here. In another world, Ponte's partner Adik Hood found himself in a dilemma: the experiment failed, Ponte disappeared, people around him doubted him, and he was accused of murdering Ponte... Can he prove his innocence?

In the future, an emerging technology that can scan and transplant brain consciousness into a new body appears, making Sullivan seem to see an opportunity for rebirth. He has been living in fear and anxiety since his father was reduced to a vegetative state due to a hereditary terminal disease - one day, he may follow in his father's footsteps. So this time, he did not hesitate to become one of the first to try something new - copy his own consciousness and upload it to a robot modeled after him. But unexpectedly, things began to develop in an uncontrollable direction...

What exactly is "Technical Encyclopedia"? Is it a collection of essays on the rise and fall of civilizations with the theme of "Total Engineering"? Is it a cybernetic interpretation of humanity's past and future? A picture of the universe seen through the eyes of the Builder? Is it something related to engineering in the power of nature and the creation of human hands? Is it a prediction of the development of science and technology in the next millennium? A set of hypotheses so bold that it is difficult to claim to have any solid scientific basis? Indeed, there is some of each. "Summa Technique" is a parody and response to Aquinas' "Summa Theologica". It was published in 1964 and covers evolutionary biology, physics, informatics, thermodynamics, cybernetics and other aspects. It shows the far-reaching impact of various breakthroughs, such as Claude Shannon's work on information theory. Development, Alan Turing's achievements in computing, and John von Neumann's exploration of game theory, etc., Discusses profound issues such as evolution, the universe, society, reality, artificial intelligence, and world creation. After its publication, it stirred up waves and aroused widespread discussion in the scientific community.

21 wonderful works by Ray Bradbury, the master of illusions - ghosts, fairs and magic shows, dead dogs, crazy inventors, cemeteries and adolescence. From the unbridled fantasy about the past and future to the unimaginable magical reality, from the exquisite sketches that make people laugh, to the timeless stories with magnificent settings, it opens the door to the fantasy world for us. Tender Murder tells the funny, poignant, and satirical story of an octogenarian couple who have spent their entire lives together and loathed each other as they plot to murder each other. Follow in the footsteps of Ray Bradbury and experience the various aspects of the world in the book!

I have thought about whether taking the brains of other creatures and adults is murder, or just like one robot taking parts from another robot.

I don't think I'll be selling these rocks anymore. I don't want to pass them on to anyone. I want to keep it to myself and enjoy it.

"The Mysterious Island" is the third part of Verne's science fiction trilogy. In this film, he connected the plot clues of the first two films. The story tells that during the American Civil War, five northerners who were besieged in a Confederate city took advantage of an opportunity to escape with a balloon. They were blown down by a storm on a desert island in the Pacific Ocean. Through solidarity and mutual assistance, and collective wisdom and labor, they overcame many difficulties and built a happy life. They started from nothing until they manufactured pottery, glass, windmills, telegraphs... Thus establishing a self-sufficient and happy life. However, although the victims on these desert islands lacked nothing, they did not give up their efforts to return to their motherland. One day, they boarded the Duncan, commanded by Captain Grant's son Robert, and returned to the embrace of their motherland. The plot of the work is thrilling and twists, the characters are lifelike, it integrates knowledge, interest and creativity. It is full of descriptions of the strange and colorful nature, and integrates all kinds of knowledge into thrilling stories. It is deeply loved by readers all over the world.

"Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" is a science fiction novel and the second part of Verne's trilogy. The work tells the story of 1866, when people at sea discovered a huge monster called a narwhal. The protagonist accepted the invitation and participated in the capture operation. Unfortunately, during the capture process, he and his servant fell into the water and accidentally swam onto the back of the monster. Later, I learned that this alarming narwhal turned out to be a submarine with a wonderful structure, so I experienced various adventures in this submarine. A submarine, a mysterious captain, and a scientist with extensive knowledge, in various adventures, in nearly a year, the protagonist traveled 20,000 miles under the sea, deducing stories for us, showing thrilling scenes, describing their adventures traveling around the oceans. The story is thrilling and fascinating with twists and turns, the pictures are colorful, and the atmosphere is endless. The whole novel is full of suspense and interlocking. It is both a pleasure to read and a thrilling one that will never be forgotten.

Two thousand years ago, a bloody palace coup took place in Taprobane, an island country near the equator, and the tyrant Kalidasa came to power. He was not satisfied with the joys of the world. He wanted to build a kingdom of heaven on the top of the mountain and challenge the gods, so the "Fountain of Heaven" was born. Two thousand years later, kings and empires have long since turned into dust, and mankind has entered the space age. In order to enter space conveniently and quickly, engineer Morgan chose to build a space elevator at the old site of the "Fountain of Heaven", continuing the unfinished ambition of his predecessors. In order to achieve his goal, he did not hesitate to face challenges from secular public opinion, religious monks and endless technical difficulties. Will the "Fountain of Paradise" finally be built? This is a great hymn to praise the human spirit, which is a precious spiritual wealth of the "Golden Age of Science Fiction".

This book is Freud's classic work on psychohistory about Leonardo da Vinci's childhood memories. It analyzes the psychological subconscious state presented in some of Leonardo's paintings. This was his only large-scale foray into the field of biography. The themes he studies range from Leonardo's emotional life from his early years, the conflict between his artistic and scientific impulses, the trajectory of his psychosexual history, to equally important sub-themes: the psychological nature of the creative artist, the origins of a special type of homosexuality, the concept of narcissism, which is of particular importance for the study of the history of psychoanalytic theory. These are all presented to the reader completely without exception.

A car accident caused Si Yongyao to lose her lover. Although she survived, she lost her memory before and after the car accident and suffered from severe depression. With the help of the professor, she used cutting-edge brain science equipment for treatment, and saw the phantom of her boyfriend during the treatment. By deciphering the bizarre events, she finally revealed the answer...

When I think back on the years of dating with him, there are always some unforgettable things that I want to write down. The first act of the Yushi trilogy series opens with a gorgeous opening. Is it really impossible to commit a crime in this world? The most idiosyncratic detective challenges four impossible crimes in a row: a murder in a secret room, a mysterious home visit, a bizarre cross-border kidnapping, and a running male corpse...

Shimada Shoji's classic masterpiece! Blood is its food, and curses are its soul. Man-eating nan trees, ancient legends, Edo execution grounds, mysterious families... The famous detective Mitarashi Kiyoshi shudders! On the dark slope of Yokohama City, next to the ancient execution ground of Edo, thousand-year-old nan and old Western-style buildings stand side by side. The gap in the ancient nan is ferocious, the bark resembles a human face, and there are hidden cries of injustice echoing. After a typhoon night, a bronze chicken disappeared quietly from the roof of a foreign-style building. Fujinami's eldest son died mysteriously on the roof, looking directly at the giant tree. Cases occur frequently and victims appear one after another! Is it the curse of the ancient tree, or is there another evil hand? Is the thousand-year-old giant nan really the legendary "man-eating tree"? The famous detective Mitate Washike shuddered! The truth is yet to be revealed...

The most famous work of Nobel Prize winner William Faulkner is an immortal classic in the history of modern literature. It tells the story of the family tragedy of the Compson family, a declining landowner in the American South, and performs a dark and confusing ethical drama. What is most praised is the classic use of multiple perspectives and stream-of-consciousness techniques in the book. The title of the book is taken from a line in Shakespeare's "Macbeth": "Life is like a fool's tale, full of noise and fury (sound and fury), but meaningless." The theme of the novel is also expressed in this line.

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The novel "To the Lighthouse" runs through the whole book, describing the life experience of the Ramsay family and several guests before and after the First World War. In this novel with a very simple plot, Woolf uses a stream of consciousness writing technique to faithfully transform human emotional fluctuations into words, and explores how to find oneself and eternity in a chaotic, impermanent, and perishable life.

My name is Holden, I am 16 years old, almost 1.9 Meters tall, and have gray hair on half of my head. But my dad says I look like a kid, okay, but I still feel like I'm much more mature than my actual age. If you are willing to listen, let me tell you about some ridiculous things I did a while ago. First of all, I failed the exam. For example, when writing essays, I like to express what's in my heart, but they care more about whether you use punctuation correctly. If you express yourself freely, you deserve a low score. I didn't study hard in some subjects, but I still respected the teacher very much, but he didn't save any face for me, which made me sad. Not long ago, a boy jumped out of the dormitory window, but nothing happened to his bullies... I bought a red hunting hat. I might be considered a weirdo, but I feel pretty cool wearing it. My narcissistic roommate asked me to help him with his homework because he had to go on a date. My date was a girl I had a crush on, but he couldn't even remember her name correctly. I had a fight with that kid. To be precise, I scolded him and got beaten. I was not in a good mood and wanted to give myself two days off and go to the city to relax. Yet everyone I meet makes me sadder. I asked the taxi driver where the wild ducks went to spend the winter after the lake in the park froze. I asked my well-informed classmates, what is the relationship between love and sex? I asked my trusted teacher if there was only one standard answer in life? No one answered me. I feel so uncomfortable that I want to escape from here and find a peaceful place to spend the rest of my life, but I am also afraid that my mother will collapse. I want to be a catcher in the rye and catch those children running towards the cliff. But will anyone catch me... There are too many books teaching people how to grow, but this book shows what growth really looks like. Let everyone who is young or has been young feel sad.

In Kamakura, there is a stationery shop that helps people write for others. Every generation of shop owners are women. They will accept any entrustment, even if it is a restaurant menu. Unknowingly, Hatoko Amamiya became the 11th generation. The misunderstanding with her grandmother and the fear of starting to live alone in the world made her full of confusion. Letters of condolence to deceased pets, announcement letters announcing divorce, rejection letters refusing to lend money, breakup letters to close friends... Ghostwritten letters are the realistic life of the guests, and are also lessons in life.

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

Expose the dilemma of widowed parenting and explore the truth about women's survival. Risako, a new mother, was selected as a jury to face the trial of an "evil mother" who killed her young daughter. As the trial progressed, Risako discovered that the defendant was so similar to himself... He gave up his career to raise children, but lost the last bit of his own space; no matter how much hard work he put in, he would be taken for granted, and no matter how little his husband helped, he would be praised by the outside world; there were countless questions and difficulties in child care, but they would only be dismissed as "this is how everyone gets here." Risako began to wonder: "Is it possible that every mother will become a suspect in the dock because of these experiences?"

"Petro Goriot" is the foundation work of Balzac's masterpiece "The Comedy Humane". Paris, 1819, the Napoleonic era has just ended. Behind the prosperity of the upper class, ladies are worried about lovers and debts, nobles are weighing wealth and love, and wealthy businessmen are planning speculation and business. In a low-income apartment in the lower society, various characters are inextricably linked to the upper class: the upstart old man Goriot was drained by his two daughters and died in a shabby corner; the mainland young man Rastignac was determined to rise to prominence and urgently needed to learn many rules of the upper class; the gang leader Vautrin was dormant in the dark, waiting for an opportunity to declare war on the secular society... The human relationships and world affairs of the society during the transition period were played out in turns in this human comedy.

In 1841, Dickens moved to Devonshire Lane and met the owner of an old antique shop, which he used as material to create "The Old Antique Shop". The book tells the story of the tragic experience of an old antique shop owner and his little granddaughter. In order to let his little granddaughter live a secure life, the owner Toronte unfortunately fell into the trap of a loan shark and lost his old antique shop. As a result, the grandfather and grandson were displaced. Dickens portrayed the innocent and kind-hearted little Nell with deep sympathy and love, which touched the hearts of countless readers.

In 1960, Nobel laureate John Steinbeck and his dog Charlie drove across the United States in a campervan called "The Rooster." From the North Cape of Maine to the Monterey Peninsula of California, what I saw along the way outlines the complex appearance of American society at that time.

"Cannery Row" was published in 1945 and focuses on life in a certain community during the Great Depression: both community prosperity and personal loneliness. Based on his recollections of real residents of the California place, including his long-time friend Ed Ricketts, Steinbeck portrays many fascinating characters in a difficult time, creating a novel that is both humorous and poignant.

The "Telepaths", an evil gang with the ability to implant thoughts into other people's bodies, have thrown Ghost Town into chaos. Ace Jerry lost his beloved woman and brother due to the crazy behavior of the telepath; the ghost alien accidentally broke into the telepath's base amidst confusion and contradictions, and fell into a dilemma; Takiyan's alien Sunbras ran away from home because of dissatisfaction with his discipline, and wanted to take revenge on Takiyan. Some want to return everything to normal, while others want to use this ability to embark on a path of destruction.

"The Scholars" is a famous classic satirical novel in my country. It mainly describes the spiritual outlook of intellectuals and officials in feudal society. It successfully portrays the portraits of feudal literati who lived in the late feudal society and under the eight-part imperial examination system, such as those who were successful or frustrated in the examination room, the official veterans who were honest or corrupt, and the scholars who cheated on food and drink... It reflects the decadent and dark social reality of feudal society, criticizes the eight-part imperial examination system, and exposes the evils of feudal rule. "The Scholars" not only provides people with a vision, but also forms a technique and creates a novel structure. It has become a groundbreaking masterpiece in the history of Chinese novels and has an unsurpassed position in the history of the development of Chinese novels.

"The Scholars" has fifty-six chapters. It is a long satirical novel depicting the portraits of ancient intellectuals. The novel depicts various people's attitudes and pursuits of fame and wealth in a realistic way, and points the finger at the dark politics and pedantic imperial examination system. On the one hand, the novel describes the various absurd and hypocritical behaviors of Confucian scholars who were deeply poisoned by eight-legged stereotypes, satirizes those fake Confucian scholars and fake celebrities, and criticizes the corrupt social atmosphere at that time. The novel depicts the characters in depth and detail, creating many typical characters, such as corrupt Confucians Zhou Jin and Fan Jin, corrupt officials Tang Feng and Wang Hui, Mr. Ma Er, Mr. Lu Bianxiu, real celebrities Wang Mian and Du Shaoqing, etc. The superb satirical technique makes this book a masterpiece of Chinese classical satirical literature. The Scholars also created an example of using novels to directly evaluate real life.

"The Moon and Sixpence" is one of Maugham's representative masterpieces. The story is partly based on the life of French post-Impressionist painter Paul Gauguin. Stock exchange broker Strickland's heart was burning with an unquenchable desire for art, so he abandoned his stable family life and wealthy economic environment, and left London alone to pursue his painting ideals in Paris and Tahiti. After experiencing a series of incredible twists and turns, he finally found the perfection of art and completed the sublimation of life. The game between survival and ideals, the coexistence of creation and destruction, are vividly demonstrated through the legendary experience of an artistic genius.

Writer Feng Ye, who was supposed to enjoy family happiness with his wife and daughters, was instead uneasily savoring "the last love in his life" in Jinzi's small apartment. Feng Ye suddenly discovered that he had been caught in a secret war between his wife and Jin Zi. The fear of losing stability and the desire to get rid of boredom made him waver between the two women, and finally fell deeper and deeper into the ridiculous quagmire...

"Oliver Twist" is a novel by the famous British writer Charles Dickens, which tells the tragic life and experiences of an orphan. The protagonist Oliver grew up in a workhouse, experienced an apprenticeship, escaped through hardships, strayed into a den of thieves, and was forced to associate with vicious murderers. The world around him is like a crazy machine, but little Oliver strives to maintain the purity deep in his heart. This persistence finally helped him to wait for a bright future - well-wishers extended a helping hand in time; at the same time, the truth about Oliver's strange life experience was also revealed step by step. While the novel deeply reveals social ills, it also leaves a series of vivid characters in the history of British literature, and has been deeply loved by readers for more than a hundred years.

"Oliver Twist" (1838), also translated as "Oliver Twister", is the first social novel by the British writer Dickens. The work exposed the miserable life of people at the bottom of society through the tragic experience of the orphan Oliver, which aroused great repercussions at the time. While the novel profoundly reveals social ills, it also leaves a series of vivid characters in the history of British literature, and has been deeply loved by readers for more than a hundred years.

"Intermission" tells a story that happened on a June day in 1939 in a village in central England with a history of more than 500 years, showing a picture of rural life. The author uses the method of polyphonic novels to set up two narrative threads. One mainly tells the story of the family of squire Bartholomew Oliver, and the other tells the story of Ms. Latrobe guiding the villagers to perform an open-air historical drama. These two clues are sometimes parallel and sometimes cross, forming an intricate picture. The author uses this method to skillfully combine the past and present, history and reality, art and life, stage drama and life drama.

Nanjing. By the Taihuai River. Singing girl Mrs. Tang has two daughters, one is Erchun and the other is Xiaochun, both of whom are pretty and lovely. Xiaochun has an outstanding singing voice and becomes a singer. She is very popular. Yang Yuquan, a Shanghai money merchant, took a liking to Xiaochun and molested her many times. After being rejected, he harbored a grudge. He kidnapped and raped Erchun in a poisonous plan, and then gave Erchun to his bodyguard Wei Laoba. Unfortunately, he was shot and killed. Yang Yuquan intensified his efforts and exerted all his lustful force on Mrs. Tang and Xiaochun, forcing the mother and daughter to suffer unspeakably. The people of the lower class along the Qinhuai River were so angry that they united...

The New Yorker book critic James Wood called his book "a kind of magic that makes people unable to stop reading." This book is the first one to describe the tense relationship between the author or the man named "Karl Owerk Nausgaard" and his father when he was growing up, and the sudden death of his father runs through the book. The opening chapter unabashedly describes the process of physical death. After a long and shocking passage, it suddenly turns around. Knausgaard is just an ordinary person who goes to school in the city, falls in love early, drinks and smokes, loves music and writing, and is no different from everyone on the surface. However, daily life is full of countless conflicts and struggles, which cannot be alleviated even by death.