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Susanna's body is hijacked by the "Devil Mother" Mia. Mia's purpose is to have her child delivered by the evil "Blood King" - a child who will bring destruction to all worlds. Time is running out, Father Callahan, Jack and O. B. Track Susanna and Mia to Manhattan, while Roland and Eddie come to Maine in 1977 to look for bookstore owner Kevin Tarr. Stephen King himself also appears in the book...

The Dutch sinologist Roberto Gorope rewrites the legend of Di Renjie, a famous official in the early Tang Dynasty, combining the elegance of Chinese classical literature with the fun of Western detective novels. It is a brand new unabridged translation with a full analysis of the creative background. The translator has studied Gao Luopei for many years and is responsible for the translation alone to ensure a unified writing style. "The Case of Di Gong of the Tang Dynasty" successfully created "China's Sherlock Holmes" and was translated into and published in many foreign languages, leaving a significant mark in the history of cultural exchanges between China and the world. Fifteen versions of the translated version of "The Case of Di Gong of the Tang Dynasty" are planned to be published. Zhang Ling, who has studied Gao Luopei for many years, is responsible for the translation and writes annotations and postscripts that are both academic and readable. It is currently the only version on the market that has been independently translated by one person. The third volume of "The Case of Di Gong in the Tang Dynasty" includes "Purple Cloud Temple", "Liu Garden Picture", "Guangzhou Case", "Necklace Case" and "Mid-Autumn Festival Case". "Pictures of the Willow Garden" tells the story that in 677 AD, when Di Gong was appointed minister of Dali Temple in the capital, he was appointed to concurrently serve as the governor of Gyeonggi Province. With the assistance of Ma Rong, Qiao Tai, and Tao Qian, they solved the case of a wealthy businessman falling from a building, the murder of a prince, and an old case.

Raymond Chandler, a mystery novelist who entered the palace of classic literature, was hailed as the "Poet Laureate of Crime Novels" by the authoritative American library "American Library". He is known as the soul of hard-boiled detective novels, and is the first among the outstanding writers in the 150-year history of detective novels voted by the Mystery Writers of America (MWA). His four novels have been adapted by Hollywood seven times. Raymond Chandler, a mystery novelist who has entered the palace of classic literature, was hailed as the "Poet Laureate of Crime Novels" by the authoritative American library "American Library". He is known as the soul of hard-boiled detective novels, and is the first among the outstanding writers in the 150-year history of detective novels voted by the Mystery Writers of America (MWA). Four of his novels have been adapted onto the screen by Hollywood seven times. His major works include "The Big Sleep", "The Woman at the Bottom of the Lake", "Goodbye, My Love", "The Long Goodbye", etc. On the screen. His major works include "The Big Sleep", "The Woman at the Bottom of the Lake", "Goodbye, My Love", "The Long Goodbye", etc.

The story takes place in Corsica, France. That's Napoleon's hometown. It happened before the 1820s, shortly after Napoleon's defeat. At that time bourgeois civilization was far from being able to cross the sea and conquer the island. The quaint folk customs, a little barbaric in the Middle Ages, are preserved there. Of course there are laws on the island. But the people often disregard the law and act according to their conscience and ancient traditions. One of the ancient traditions is "Hindata", which means revenge.

"Wind Wave" was created in 1963 and is based on the two failed battles of Mongolia to conquer Japan in the early Yuan Dynasty, namely the Battle of Wenyong and Hong'an. The story unfolds from the perspective of the King of Goryeo. After the Mongols conquered Goryeo, they wanted to use it as a springboard to conquer Japan, but they encountered obstacles. However, Kublai Khan did not give up, and he still did not hesitate to increase the burden on Goryeo and prepare for the Eastern Expedition. Goryeo went through two dynasties, Wonjong and King Chungryeol, and the whole country suffered from the Eastern Expedition. The surrounding fields are in ruins, and the people are in dire straits. However, the two Eastern Expeditions ended in failure, which finally put the Eastern Expedition on hold and allowed Goryeo to relieve itself of the heavy burden imposed by the Yuan Dynasty. Although the novel uses the era of these two battles as the historical background, it does not describe the battles themselves at all. All the ink is focused on the dealings between the King of Goryeo and his subjects and the Emperor Kublai Khan of the Yuan Dynasty, as well as the sufferings suffered by the Goryeo people. The title of the work comes from a sentence in the edict issued by Kublai Khan, the founder of the Yuan Dynasty, to the Goryeo Kingdom: "Don't use the danger of the storm as an excuse." Its purpose is to urge Goryeo not to shirk the responsibility of sending an envoy to Japan, but to assume the responsibility of being the vanguard of the invasion of Japan. The word "wind and wave" is also a key word that connects the whole text. It was wind and waves that stirred up in the sea between the envoys and the Japanese rulers. It was wind and waves that led to the destruction of the Yuan army in the Eastern Expedition. It was also wind and waves that the rulers of the Yuan Dynasty provoked many incidents against the kings and ministers of Goryeo. It can be said that the whole work is filled with waves of stormy waves.

Susan and Philip grew up together. They were everything in each other's lives, but fate kept them apart. Susan, who experienced a family tragedy prematurely, has never been able to learn to live in peace with the world. Even when she is with the people who love her most, she cannot overcome her inner panic. As a result, she kept running away, traveling far and wide to help those who had lost their homes due to hurricanes. Susan knew that no matter where she went, Philip was her last resort and the only person she could trust with her life. This is their promise to each other, and this promise will bring unpredictable changes to their destiny.

"The Scholars" is a long satirical novel depicting portraits of intellectuals. The work describes various absurd and hypocritical behaviors of Confucian scholars who were deeply poisoned by stereotypes. It belittles and satirizes fake Confucian scholars and fake celebrities, criticizes the corrupt secular atmosphere at that time, and creates the image of a few true Confucian scholars and real celebrities who stay away from fame and pursue freedom, in which the author's ideals are embedded. The Scholars is a model of ancient Chinese satirical literature, the first of its kind to use novels to directly evaluate real life. It can be compared with the works of Boccaccio, Cervantes, Balzac, Dickens and others. It also has a profound influence on the world's modern literature and can be called a world literary masterpiece.

"Summer Anxiety" includes three of Wang Jinkang's novellas "The Mayflower", "The Vulture and the Prophet", "Summer Anxiety", "The Return of Xia Wa" and "The Long Farewell". Wang Jinkang's works are unique in the Chinese science fiction literary world, with a desolate and melancholy style, cold and steep, and rich in philosophical connotations. He has good literary skills, calm and smooth language, exquisite structure, ingenious conception, and good at setting up suspense. His works are highly readable and are a good combination of serious literature and popular literature.

"Some days are like taking a deep breath and holding it. Some summers refuse to end." "Fahrenheit 451" author and "science fiction poet" Ray Bradbury is the final work of the coming-of-age novel "Greentown Trilogy", a wonderful story about childhood, summer, time and death; "Summer Farewell" is the last novel published by Ray Bradbury, the author of "Fahrenheit 451" and science fiction master, before his death. This story took a long fifty-five years to take shape. It is the perfect conclusion of the "Green Town Trilogy", a masterpiece of coming-of-age novels, and returns to the origin of the author's life creation. The story takes place in the late summer of 1929. The once lazy and peaceful American town ushered in a war: in order to compete for control of the "time machine", a group of teenagers formed an army and launched an attack on the elderly, refusing to be trapped by time and refusing to become boring adults. While the boys resist growing up, the old men avoid the inevitable death. Like a poetic fable, this novel shuttles between reality and dream, slowly and sometimes hurriedly capturing all kinds of unforgettable moments that make people grow up overnight and dare not admit it until old age: revisiting Green Town, staring at the ghost house, listening to the distant bells, running in the river valley, dancing on the cemetery, being kissed by a girl for the first time, feeling the wisdom of the deceased... The unique smell and picture in the air at the end of summer are everyone's childhood.

Sherlock Holmes is the detective created by the British novelist Arthur Conan Doyle. Now he has become the best synonym for famous detectives in the world. Sherlock Holmes as a literary image has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. The works in this book condemned various crimes and immoral behaviors, promoted the idea that good and evil will be rewarded and that there is no escape from the law, arousing psychological resonance among the general public.

Since the death of his wife, James Bond has been strongly stimulated and has become extremely decadent. Although he is an agent, he does not look like an agent. He and his colleagues were in a dangerous situation. M didn't want to lose such a good friend, so he finally decided to send him to Japan to complete an almost impossible task. But when he arrived in Japan, he was taken to a mysterious residence called the Castle of Death. There he encountered an elderly enemy. All signs indicate that Bond is doomed this time...

Mochizuki Yoshio owns a green Mazda Demio, and one day he meets a hitchhiker who turns out to be the famous star Sui Araki. The good husband happily sent the star away, but before he could show it off, he learned that Araki Sui died in a car accident that night, and the person in the car was her cheating lover. Wherever there are humans, there is gossip. This tragedy has become a hot topic because it involves a celebrity's affair. Wherever there are humans, there is stupidity. In fact, after a long time of doing this, humans have not figured out the truth of the incident at all! There is another hidden story behind this tragic car accident, which has long been known in the automotive industry. Xiao Lu, the car owner of the Mochizuki family, wanted to tell the owner the truth so much that the windshield wipers were so anxious that they started to swing! So don't underestimate cars, give them a little gas and they can rock the world!

"Kill me". The man who made the emergency call in the early hours of the morning and is now in critical condition has these three words carved on his chest. The murder "souvenirs" scattered around the room point to him as a serial killer who has never been caught. The emergency doctor who arrived was hesitant because her sister was one of the victims. Unexpectedly, this is just the beginning. A forensics expert looking for the truth behind her husband's death, a criminal tracker who has lost his memory, a series of unsolved mysteries that have resurfaced... The "Eternal City" of Rome is surrounded by dangers, and murderers who have been lurking for a long time appear in turn, and behind them is a secret that has been hidden for hundreds of years. The true face of the perverted murderer will be revealed one by one...

Children's Day, College Entrance Examination, Dragon Boat Festival, a busy June, this issue of the magazine includes for you: Cai Jun's "My Old Bestie's Secret Night" reveals for you the secrets of the College Entrance Examination 30 years ago... Get an early preview of "Silkworm", the sequel to the international number one bestseller "The Cuckoo's Calling"!

From "Songs of the Four Seasons: A Selected Collection of the Bucket Rider", The Bucket Rider is known as China's Kafka. He makes Chinese fantasy become real literature. He also integrates the simplicity, ethereal, beauty and weirdness of Chinese characters, where the poetry, absurdity and imagination of the East reach their peak.

Terrorist organizations secretly plotted to launch a second 9/11 attack on the United States. The date of the attack was set on September 12, 2016, the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 attack. The weapon used in the attack was a super virus that could spread rapidly. The attack method was both clever and secretive... In 2028, personnel from an advertising company flew three airships over Tokyo. Paper flower flyers were distributed over Tokyo, and then a terror alert was spread. The super virus had been scattered all over the city along with the paper flowers, and at least one million people were infected... The entire Tokyo was filled with extreme panic... Shortly thereafter, the suicide bombers carried the Ebola virus and began to bite innocent civilians like crazy in crowded places. The world was once again facing a crisis...

He is revered as the "Father of Time" because he invented the first clock; he was severely punished by God like Prometheus because he dared to measure time, which is the best gift from God to mankind. He was imprisoned by God in a bottomless cave, listening to the same words year after year, which are the same words that will never be restored. They are the earnest pleas from the people on the earth. They are diligent and demanding for time. They want to turn back the clock and let time stop for them. Just when the "Father of Time" was about to suffer a mental breakdown from being tortured by these pleas, he was forgiven by God and accepted a mission: to carry a magic hourglass to the earth to enlighten all living beings and reveal the true meaning of "time". At the same time, God also assigned two partners to him, one is a girl who wants to commit suicide because of a broken love, and the other is a rich man who hopes to rely on modern technology to live forever. The "Father of Time" must save them both before he can finally redeem himself.

Flaubert was a 19th-century French realist novelist. He has been engaged in writing all his life, but the number of finished products is not very large. Including the unfinished novel "Bovard and Pécuchet", there are only five novels and three short stories in total. However, these few works are enough to make him surpass many writers of his generation and enter the ranks of masters. This set of books is the complete collection of his novels, divided into three volumes: the first volume contains "Madame Bovary" and "Salembo"; the middle volume contains "Emotional Education" and "The Temptation of Saint Anthony"; the second volume contains "Three Stories" and "Bovart and Pécuchet".

"Snow" is not only the pinnacle of the famous Japanese writer Junichiro Tanizaki's personal works, but also one of the outstanding masterpieces of the entire Showa literary world. French writer Sartre praised this work as "the highest masterpiece of modern Japanese literature". "Snow" is a genre novel describing the love story between Japanese middle-class young men and women. It tells the life story of four sisters from the wealthy Shifeng family in Osaka. The story revolves around the main plot of the second daughter Sachiko and his wife arranging the marriage of the third daughter Yukiko and the fourth daughter Taeko, and finally ends with Yukiko's successful blind date.

This book is a collection of short stories written by John Updike, the father of the "Rabbit Tetralogy" and a master of contemporary American literature, in the last ten years of his writing career. It was first published after the author's death in 2009 and includes a total of eighteen stories, including "Tears of My Father". These novels are the final short works of a generation of literary giants. In them, Updike reveals his true feelings, looks back on the past in a farewell gesture, records the world with tender touches, and depicts the pain and joy, love and guilt, affection and betrayal, fear and relief of ordinary Americans from the "Great Depression" to the post-9/11 era.

This book selects Maupassant's most representative short and medium stories, including popular masterpieces such as "The Necklace" and "My Uncle Jules", as well as the twists and turns of "The Olive Garden" and "Pierrot". "The Necklace" uses a necklace as a clue to unfold the story. The layout is unconventional and has been included in middle school Chinese textbooks; "My Uncle Jules" reveals and satirizes the alienation of relationships between people in class society. Maupassant was good at cutting out typical fragments from ordinary and trivial things, and summarizing the reality of life with small insights. His novels have unique conceptions, ups and downs of plots, vivid and detailed descriptions, and lifelike characters, which make people have endless aftertaste after reading them.

Works by Peter Handke, winner of the 2019 Nobel Prize for Literature. "On Tiredness" contains five unique narrative works created by Handke from the late 1980s to 2013. These five "novels" deconstruct traditional narrative forms further than all Handke's previous works, and can almost be said to have created a new style of writing. No matter how the narrative form changes, Handke always focuses on the relationship between self and the world. Tiredness in "On Tiredness" is an important way of perceiving the world; "On the Jukebox" recalls and summons the passing time; the "quiet place" mentioned in "On the Quiet Place" turns out to be the toilet. The author's unique expression style completely surpasses people's habits. Taking things as commonplace and self-evident; "On the Mushroom Maniac" creates a fictional character who is obsessed with mushrooms. From curiosity, pursuit, obsession, and madness, to gradually calmness, detachment, and relief, Handke used this to review and reflect on his own life.

Alai, male, Tibetan, born in Markang County, Sichuan Province in 1959, is a famous contemporary writer, the youngest winner in the history of the Mao Dun Literature Award, a representative of the National People's Congress, chairman of the Sichuan Provincial Writers Association, and a member of the Presidium of the Eighth National Committee of the Chinese Writers Association. In 2000, Alai, who was only 41 years old, won the fifth Mao Dun Literary Award for his novel "The Dust Has Settled", becoming the youngest winner in the history of the Mao Dun Literary Award. The judges believe that this novel has a unique perspective and "has rich Tibetan cultural implications. A light layer of magical color enhances the opening and closing of the artistic expression", and the language is "light and charming", "full of smart poetry", and "shows the author's outstanding artistic talent". The famous military writer Liu Jianwei even said with certainty that Alai will win the Nobel Prize for Literature for this book.

Ancient Greek literature and art are an important source of Western civilization and culture. They share the same spirit with ancient Chinese civilization and complement each other brilliantly. Ancient Greek drama not only occupied an important position in people's cultural life at that time, but even today, its important historical value and high artistic achievements are still amazing. As the beginning of the development history of European drama art, ancient Greek drama had a significant impact on later European literature and drama. This book contains more than ten comedies and tragedies by ancient Greek writers such as Aeschylus and Sophocles. The selected plays include "The Persians", "Agamemnon", "Antigone", "Medea", "Knights", etc.

This complete collection collects all of Mr. Alai's masterpieces of novels: "King Gesar" is a well-known classic historical novel, which has been adapted to the big screen many times as Alai's most anticipated work; "The Empty Mountain" trilogy and "The Dust Has Settled" can be described as twin peaks in artistic thought. The structure and artistic pattern of the novel is Alai's new artistic exploration, and it presents a completely different style from "The Dust Has Settled". If "The Dust Has Settled" is a closed structure and a complete story, "The Empty Mountain" expresses the major theme of "the secret history of a village" and uses a common culture, a common background, and different people and things to form a three-dimensional picture of the contemporary Tibetan countryside, which is the so-called "petal" structure.

"The Burning Field" On the solid, cold land, the dust on the shoulders of the poor is as small as grass. Because of poverty, a cow can decide the fate of a young girl. They were allotted to the ground, but there was not even a blade of grass to protect them from the wind. The raindrops that accidentally fell were swallowed up by the thirsty earth and disappeared in an instant. He committed a crime by begging for grass for the poor animals and hid for most of his life, but they still refused to let him go... On the plain, the wind was dark black and the time was long. No one remembers the time, only the silence contained in the loneliness of all things. Death is a hope for all.

Chekhov, the king of short stories, created seven to eight hundred short stories in his life, most of which were based on the ordinary lives of the people at the bottom. The 14 short and medium-length stories included in this book are all Chekhov's masterpieces. Some reflect the tragic life of small people, such as "Anguish" and "Wanka"; some reveal the helplessness of small people struggling to survive, as well as their trembling, groveling mentality and appearance. Such as "The Death of a Petty Official", "The Fat Man and the Thin Man", and "The Oyster"; some whipped the servile and obsequious people who act according to the wind, such as "The Chameleon"; some portrayed the faces of the defenders of the autocratic system, such as "Sergeant Prishbeev"; some exposed the oppression of the society by the autocratic system and its conservatism and weakness, such as "The Man in the Trick"; some criticized the pursuit of vanity, vulgarity and boredom, and short-sightedness. Light's philosophy of life, such as "The Jumping Woman", "Anna Hanging on the Neck", and "Gooseberry"; some reveal the gloomy and terrifying current situation of Russian society under the autocratic system, such as "Ward No. 6"; Some express the pursuit and longing for a better life, thereby arousing people's disgust for the muddy and half-dead life, such as "Talk about Love" and "The Unmarried Bride".

I'm all for short stuff, so if I started a humor magazine, I'd give anything long a cross. --Chekhov. Chekhov's short stories are witty, humorous, and ironic, short, concise, and profound in meaning. He is extremely good at discovering creative materials from ordinary daily life. Through ridiculous plots, he draws lifelike characters and directly touches the essence of life in a calm manner. Chekhov connected the living conditions of the little people with the reality of life in Russia, or ridiculed, joked, or ridiculed, behind which he was full of tolerance and deep love for the little people, and expressed the majestic social reality in a limited space. "With just one word he can create an image, with just one sentence he can create a wonderful short story."

Raymond Chandler is good at creating cold, hard, and dark story atmospheres. His short stories are thrilling at every step. Lonely and dangerous souls can be found in every corner of the metropolis. Celebrities, prostitutes, gangsters, businessmen, private detectives, policemen... All fight openly and secretly for their own purposes. The protagonist is entangled in a conspiracy. With his sophisticated skills and shrewdness, he can see through each sinister conspiracy and uncover the shocking inside story hidden in the darkness.

Hemingway's 120th anniversary edition. Hemingway can be said to be the most well-known writer in my country and the most loved by Chinese readers among all Nobel Prize winners in literature over the past century. It collects all of Hemingway's short stories with standardized classification and complete catalogue, focusing on the classics of Hemingway's creation of a generation of writing style and profound influence on later writers. Famous translators include Chen Liangting, Wu Lao, Cai Hui, Zhai Xiangjun, Lu Jin and other elite translators of the generation of British and American literature. The earliest and most enduring works that made Hemingway famous were his short stories that created a generation of writing style. His short stories are mainly declarative sentences, with precise descriptions and short dialogues, giving readers the most direct and vivid impression and influencing many modern and contemporary writers in the world. This book is divided into two volumes and contains all of Hemingway's short stories. The first volume contains the writer's first complete collection of short stories published in 1938, namely the "First Collection of 49 Stories", including famous works such as "The Snows of Kilimanjaro"; there are another 6 stories that are not included in the "First Collection of 49 Stories", and the works that obviously belong to the same period are placed in the "Appendix". The second volume includes short stories published in books and magazines after the "first series of 49" and previously unpublished novels, a total of 21 stories. There are another five articles in the appendix, which were not included in the original complete collection and were only discovered in the mid-1980s.

"Sangeuki": a Chinese historical fanfic written by the Japanese writer Nakajima Atsushi, based on "Zuo Zhuan", "The Analects of Confucius", "Zhuangzi", "Historical Records", "Journey to the West" and "Tang Dynasty"; "Light and Wind Dream": a collection of folk tales spanning South America, North Africa and Southeast Asia, which depicts the ideals and realities written by the Japanese writer Nakajima Atsushi.

This book contains five novellas and four short stories, all of which have been published in various domestic literary journals. With skillful literary techniques and compassionate feelings, the author truly depicts the lives, encounters and fates of various little people during the reform and opening up period. The work has a strong sense of story, the text is simple and natural, and has a strong appeal. Because it is a realistic subject, it is easy to resonate.

"The Old Man and the Sea" tells the story of an old Cuban fisherman's desperate struggle with a formidable marlin in the sea. The book is fluently written, concise and capable, vividly expressing the fighting spirit of human beings in the face of danger, and the strong character image it creates is a classic. The author won the "Pulitzer Prize" and the most important "Nobel Prize for Literature" in one fell swoop.

Works by Peter Handke, winner of the 2019 Nobel Prize for Literature. "Slow Homecoming" contains Handke's two novellas "Slow Homecoming" and "Apocalypse on the Holy Mountain". The protagonist of the former, Sorger, comes from Central Europe and is a geologist who conducts geological research in Alaska, close to the Arctic Circle. While at work, loneliness enveloped him and he lost himself. He realized that Europe was his spiritual home. The latter continues the theme of the former, describing the first-person "I"'s two pilgrimages to Mount Saint-Victoire in Provence to follow the creative footsteps of the French Impressionist painter Cézanne.

The young man who lost his companions after being rescued got rid of his guilt and faced growth bravely. The young man who lost his legs rediscovered himself in the process of learning to dive. The motorcycle rider who was ridiculed fought back. The student wandering on the edge of decadence found the way to be independent and self-reliant... The miracle of life is often hidden in the pain that is caught off guard. Brave and strong people can always make miracles happen...

Zhang Henshui (1895～1967), whose original name was Zhang Xinyuan, Henshui was his pen name. A native of Qianshan, Anhui. The master and master of Zhanghui novels in the Republic of China. Keywords in life: popularity, fans, spring, Beijing flavor, reporter, boldness, attitude, character, hate water, the first writer in the Republic of China, and a professional writer. Mr. Lao She called Mr. Zhang Henshui "the only old writer in China who is well known to both women and children." This collection includes 37 representative works of Mr. Zhang Henshui, including not only the classic novel "The Golden Fen Family" that established his status in literary history, but also the popular and popular "Chunming Foreign History" and "The Cause of Cry and Laughter"; it also includes the weird and mysterious book "Eighty-One Dreams", the classic Anti-Japanese War novel "Long Live the Tiger", and the collection of essays "Shanchuang Essays". This collection maintains the original Zhang style and is a classic collection version not to be missed by those who like Zhang Henshui's works.

The set includes: "Four Sides of the Wind", "Firefly Alley", "Goodbye, Firefly Alley" and "The Great Solitude".

"Shishuoxinyu" is a famous traditional Chinese novel about people, mainly describing the conversational styles and anecdotes of characters in the late Han, Wei and Jin Dynasties. The book contains a total of 36 chapters and 1,130 articles. It covers politics, economy, society, literature, thought and many other aspects. Therefore, it is also an important material for studying the history of this period. It truly reflects people's thoughts, life and social style at that time, and also shows its high value in society, politics, thought, literature, language and other aspects. "Shishuoxinyu" has a great influence on the development history of Chinese classical Chinese novels and has always been highly valued by people. It had been introduced to Japan as early as the end of the 9th century AD. In 1974, Shishuoxinyu was fully translated into French. In 1976, it was translated into English. Lu Xun called "Shishuo Xinyu" a "textbook of celebrities" and summarized its artistic characteristics as "the words are profound and distant, cold and meaningful, and the deeds are high, simple and magnificent".

The homeland that you cannot return to and the foreign country that you cannot integrate into, together become a shackle around your neck... Relatives and friends say that when you come here, you will soon have a big car and a big house, not to mention bags, perfume, shoes and clothes. But in reality, the new life is about working in a restaurant without social security; it is about constantly hearing from your classmates in community college whether you have lived in a real house in your hometown in Africa; it is about escaping from the so-called American uncle's house who wants to do evil things to you; it is about giving up studying in order to pay the rent for that small room with stains on the carpet. Then you remember that he said that the United States is a place of "gains and losses." Later, you meet a boy with eyes the color of high-grade refined olive oil. He likes Africa, but he doesn't have the condescension of other white people. He still likes you. You like him too. You want to like him. But you can't do it. Twelve stories tell the historical pain and social current situation of the homeland, as well as the psychological journey of immigrants' separation and migration.

"The Picture of Eight Horses" is a model work among Shen Congwen's urban-themed novels. It describes the elegant but trivial and artificial erotic expressions of so-called gentlemen and ladies. Shen Congwen satirizes the way of life of urbanites with sharp writing style, and expresses his recognition and praise of the natural and healthy living conditions of his hometown.

Raymond Chandler is good at creating cold, hard, and dark story atmospheres. His short stories are thrilling at every step. Lonely and dangerous souls can be found in every corner of the metropolis. Celebrities, prostitutes, gangsters, businessmen, private detectives, policemen... All fight openly and secretly for their own purposes. The protagonist is entangled in a conspiracy. With his sophisticated skills and shrewdness, he can see through each sinister conspiracy and uncover the shocking inside story hidden in the darkness.

Hemingway's 120th anniversary edition. Hemingway's most outstanding novel and a milestone in the history of world literature. "Spring Tide" is Hemingway's only parody, which combines romanticism and naturalism. Fitzgerald praised it as "the most harmonious work in any book written by an American." The classic image of the old fisherman as a "tough guy" has infected generations of people - "A person can be destroyed, but he cannot be defeated." At the turn of winter and spring, a series of strange things happened in the northern mountain town of Michigan, which formed the interesting core plot of Hemingway's early novella "Spring Tide". "Spring Tide" is Hemingway's only parody, which combines romanticism and naturalism. It was praised by Fitzgerald as "the most harmonious work in the book written by an American." "The Old Man and the Sea" is the last novel published by Hemingway during his lifetime. It tells the story of an old fisherman's struggle with a big fish. It has a profound theme and won Hemingway the Pulitzer Prize in 1953. Due to the achievements of this book, Hemingway won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954. The "tough guy" image of the old fisherman created by the novel has infected generations of people. "A person can be destroyed, but he cannot be defeated." It has also been praised by readers all over the world and will last forever.

This book contains two famous novels by Camus: "The Stranger" and "The Plague". "The Stranger" is Camus' famous work and a representative work of existential literature. It vividly embodies the concept of "absurdity" in existential philosophy; due to the separation of man and the world, the world is absurd and meaningless to people, and people are powerless against the absurd world, so they have no hope and are indifferent to everything. "The Plague" is a philosophical novel written with symbolism. It tells the story of a plague in Oran, Algeria. The sudden plague makes people overwhelmed. At this time, the protagonist stepped forward to rescue the patients and became sworn friends with some of his colleagues. However, his wife was far away in the nursing home, and her life or death was uncertain. The outlook on life expressed in this novel is that one's own life is no longer important, only the life of the group is meaningful, personal interests are no longer meaningful, and only the interests of the group are meaningful.

This book collects 6 short historical novels by Yoshikawa Eiji, "Soy Sauce Buddha", "The Origin of Shitou Bridge", "Rogue Jiroji", "Otani Punishment Department", "Foot" and "Ghost". This book is like a spectacular Ukiyo-e painting scroll, with vivid story scenes, vivid characters, and ups and downs of the plot. Readers can appreciate the customs and customs of different eras, experience the joys and hatreds of the samurai, and enjoy a hearty cultural experience. Especially when the story ends abruptly, readers can spread their imagination and write their own sequel.

On the morning of Joseph K.'S 30th birthday, he was arrested by two strangers who broke into his home. But K. Did not know his crime and did not lose his personal freedom. He just needed to be tried regularly. During this year, K. Traveled around for this difficult lawsuit. He turned to painters, businessmen, lawyers, priests, etc., And obtained a lot of information about the courts and the law. However, the more K. Knew, the more confused and helpless he felt. On the eve of his 32nd birthday, K. Was arrested again and the trial came to an end.

"Sunset on the Long River" is the third volume of the series of novels "Emperor Qianlong". On the one hand, Qianlong withdrew his generals in exchange for positions and devoted all his national power in an attempt to restore his dignity by severely punishing Shaluoben in the war against Jinchuan and Jinchuan. On the other hand, he sent Liu Tongxun and Liu Yong and his son to try to stabilize the domestic situation in the struggle to destroy the female leader "Yizhihua". Based on Confucius's thoughts on benevolent government, he reused Fu Heng, Liu Tongxun, A Gui, Ji Yun and others, and continued to implement the policy of lenient government to prosper the economy, in an effort to create the heyday of feudal society. However, due to his wrong strategic guiding ideology and his incompetence, the Jinchuan War was defeated again and again. The corrupt forces in the court and the public, represented by Gao Heng, merged with the land, and the internal contradictions in the feudal society of inequality between rich and poor were fueled and intensified. Although Qianlong called for diligent administration and severely punished corruption, he was unable to save the embarrassing situation that Qianlong's prosperous period was in decline.

The whole book is about the experience of the protagonist "Youngster". As a teenager, he joined the U. S. Military and went to Mexico. Soon he was fatally attacked by the Indians. Later, he accidentally joined a team of bounty hunters composed of criminals, veterans and Indians. The nominal leader of this team was Granton, a veteran of the American-Mexican War. In fact, it was Judge Holden who directed life and death. This team of hunters hunted Indians everywhere in Mexico, regardless of age or sex. Naked violence raged across the wilderness. Twenty-eight years later, all team members died one after another. This is a book composed of books. Elements of literature, philosophy, theology, science, and mythology can be seen everywhere. The superposition and integration of multiple dimensions create a huge text capacity and endless interpretation possibilities for the book.

The story takes place in Verona, Italy. The two families, Capulet and Montague, are hostile to each other because the two families have a deep feud and have a tendency of sworn hatred. At a banquet, a man and a woman from these two families met and fell in love dramatically. Their fate may have been decided at this moment. Although the two families have a deep hatred, they cannot stop the tide of love. They spend time together and talk to each other. The strong opposition from the two families only made the fire of love burn brighter and stronger. They further made a private lifelong engagement and held a wedding ceremony under the auspices of the kind-hearted Father Lawrence. Their hearts were full of longing for the future, and they were willing to hold hands and grow old together with their son. Unexpectedly, a fight ruined their beautiful love. A drama that tests the love and will of two young people is staged in this way. How will the conflict between the love of the two young people and the family continue to be entangled? What will be the ending?

Albanian European Parliament official Mr. Y and his lover Rowena were killed in a traffic accident. The surviving taxi driver was in shock and vague about the cause of the accident. He only repeatedly said that he was frightened when he saw the two passengers "trying to kiss" in the rearview mirror. The special identity of the victim and the vague testimonies of the survivors attracted the intervention of the security agencies of many Eastern European countries. However, the investigation was fruitless and they withdrew one after another. In the end, a persevering investigator uncovered the hidden story behind the traffic accident by analyzing the witness testimony, the two people's notes and the memories of Rowena's close friends.

"Black Spring" was created during the same period as "Tropic of Cancer" and "Tropic of Cancer". The book traces Miller's teenage years in Brooklyn and his time living in Paris. Through constant replays from New York to Paris, as well as surreal dreams and symbolic techniques, Miller outlines people and the cities they live in in a subversive and self-revelatory way, and on a deeper level, he is seeking the spiritual home of the soul.