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"Gadfly" was written by the Irish female writer Egel Lillian Voynich. This book describes the life of Gadfly, an Italian revolutionary. The protagonist, Arthur, a naive and naive patriotic young man, was misunderstood by his revolutionary comrades, so he pretended to commit suicide by drowning in a river and fled to South America. Thirteen years later, when he returned to his hometown with a disability, the painful experience had tempered him into a determined revolutionary. He participated in the struggle against the Austrian rulers and fought for the independence and reunification of the country, and finally gave his life for it. The novel touches on the colorful themes of struggle, faith, and sacrifice.

The best novel of the year by The Guardian, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, and Publishers Weekly. It was twice shortlisted for the Booker Prize and a popular candidate for the Nobel Prize. Ali Smith's tender novel was shortlisted for the Orange Literary Award and the James Tait Black Memorial Award. Miles Garth attended a dinner party held in Greenwich. After the main meal, he suddenly went upstairs and locked himself in an empty bedroom. He refused to leave and refused to talk. He only communicated with the outside world by stuffing notes under the door. The incident sparked intense coverage in local media. People gathered outside the window just to find out the underlying reasons behind this behaviorism. Using rhetorical sophistication and a distinctive style, Ally Smith describes four distinct but occasionally intertwined lives, exploring the conflicting needs for separation and true connection while striking a balance between wit and compassion, the surreal and the profound and moving truth-a balance that only Ally Smith can achieve.

I thought silently and wrote slowly. Seeing the camel team approaching under the winter sun, and hearing the slow and sweet ringing of bells, my childhood came back to me. Summer passed, autumn passed, winter came again, camel caravan came again, but childhood is gone and never returned. I will never do the stupid thing of imitating camel chewing under the winter sun. But how much I miss the scenery and people living in the south of Beijing in my childhood! I said to myself, write them down, let the actual childhood pass and the spiritual childhood last forever. In this way, I wrote a book "Old Things in the South of the City".

In Victorian England, there were over a million more women than men. These "leftover women" are unable to enter into marriage and struggle hard for their social roles and moral status. This book represents the lives of women from different social classes, truly depicts the late-Victorian scene, and reflects the early feminist movement.

In the book, Anderson depicts characters in a small town, a group of people he calls freaks. The "freakness" of the freaks is not reflected in their appearance, but in their personalities. They all have "strange and beautiful personalities" and have a certain behavior or a certain firm belief that ordinary people do not have. Therefore, their actions or beliefs are incredible and strange in the eyes of ordinary people, and they are regarded as abnormal. What the book embodies is not optimism filled with praise for life and nature, but various difficulties and helpless emotions in life. This work consists of twenty-five short stories that are both independent and related to each other. The young journalist George Willard writes throughout the book. As one of the first American writers to write the subconscious into his novels, Anderson successfully combined the two techniques of realism and stream of consciousness in this book. It was with this work that he established his status as "one of the pioneers of modern American literature".

In such a world, there are no individuals, only collectives, and individual personalities are completely suppressed. Then the protagonist Equality 7-2521 is classified as an alien by society because of some of his own ideas. In front of him, an adventure is beginning with no end... The book describes the consequences of dystopia, a virtual scene after the victory of collectivism in the future. "Carol" found no publisher willing to publish it in the United States, so it was first published in England.

"The Pat Hobby Series" contains a total of 17 short stories, all of which were serialized in "Esquire" magazine. The first article, "Pat Hobby's Christmas Wish," was published in January 1940, and the last article, "Pat Hobby's College Years," was published in May 1941. The author's language is humorous and satirical, and the work is compact and interesting, microscopically recreating the style of Hollywood in the 1930s and 1940s.

Woolf is one of the most important British writers of the 20th century. She was diligent throughout her life and wrote prolifically. Woolf believed that writing should abandon complicated material representations, freeze the "meaningful" "moments" of human "existence" in the exploration of nature and the essence of life, and uncover the veil of life through the characters' momentary perceptions to explore the philosophy of life. "The Waves" and "Mrs. Dalloway" are considered to be Woolf's two most important works.

"Gone with the Wind" is a novel written by Margaret Mitchell, a famous modern American female writer, based on the background of the American Civil War. Through magnificent war scenes and delicate and lifelike characters, the work interprets a touching love story in poetic language.

The protagonist of the novel, Mendel Singer, is a devout Jew living in a small town in Eastern Europe. His family makes a living by teaching Hebrew scriptures to Singer. The youngest son Menusim was not only born with epilepsy, but also suffered from dementia and aphasia. After the eldest son joined the army, the second son fled to the United States. The Singhs later immigrated to the United States with their daughter. With the outbreak of World War I, misfortunes ensued. His second son died on the battlefield, Singer's wife died suddenly, and his daughter went crazy and entered a mental hospital. Singer's fate is like that of Job in the Bible, withstanding the test of disaster. When he gave up his fear and belief in God, lived like a zombie and planned to return to his hometown, a miracle happened - his youngest son Menusim suddenly appeared in front of him. He was no longer the dementia with epilepsy, but became an elegant and charming young musician.

Is there anyone who suffers from emotional pain like him? The unpredictable nature of his life experience and the psychological damage caused by his relatives and lovers forced him to leave his hometown far away. Thirteen years later, why did he return to this sad place? Is today's "Gadfly" still the pure and kind Christian he was at the beginning? Love and hate, revolution and religion, perform a vigorous human tragedy. For the sake of his ideal, Gadfly gave up love and family affection, and also gave up the Gypsy girl Zida who loved him deeply, and walked to the execution ground with a smile...

"The Last Lesson" describes the last French lesson in a rural primary school that was ceded to Prussia after the Franco-Prussian War and bid farewell to the language of the motherland. Through the self-narration of a naive and ignorant primary school student, it vividly expresses the pain of the French people under foreign rule and their love for their motherland. Although the subject matter of the work is small, it is carefully cut and appropriately detailed. It has Dude's consistent euphemistic, tortuous and suggestive style, and the theme is deeply explored. The psychological activities of little Franz, a primary school student, are written in a delicate and touching way. As a typical example of a patriotic intellectual, Mr. Amell, a teacher, has a lifelike image.

The book is divided into two volumes. The main detailed contents include the small town, the mayor, the property of the poor, father and son, negotiations, depression, special affection, worldly affairs, country night, poor people with great ambitions, such a good night, a trip out, carved stockings, British scissors, cockcrow, the next day, the first deputy mayor, the visit of five officials to Veriye, lamenting the national pain, anonymous letters, conversations with the head of the family, the way of doing things in 1830, the troubles of being an official, Detailed content such as first rot, seminary, what the world or the rich lack, first monasticism, Eucharistic feast, first promotion, ambition, etc.

Julien is extraordinarily handsome and intelligent. He came from a humble background but was ambitious. He wanted to rush to the battlefield and make achievements and become famous. He regarded Napoleon as his idol, and after the fall of the First Empire, he could only choose to become a priest to improve his social status. Fate made him fall in love with the mayor's wife of a small city, and then brought him to the daughter of the Marquis of Paris. How will the two women get entangled with his rise, and in what way will they achieve the pinnacle of his life.

This novel takes family life as the description object, and uses the emotional entanglements of family members as clues to describe the family love of the March family. Among the four sisters of the March family, whether it is Meg who is willing to be poor for love, or Jo who becomes a writer through her own efforts, Beth who faces death calmly, and Amy who takes it as her duty to support the weak, although their ideals and destinies are different, they all have the common characteristic of self-reliance. It describes their attachment to family, their loyalty to love and their desire for family affection. The plot of "Little Women" is simple and true, but deeply touching. Since its publication more than 100 years ago, it has been translated into various languages ​​and has become a classic masterpiece in the treasure house of world literature.

A masterpiece that rivals "One Hundred Years of Solitude", it is the masterpiece of Nobel Prize winner José Saramago. It won the "Camões Literary Prize", the highest award for Portuguese literature, and has been translated into more than 40 languages. Recommended by the Nobel Academy! A fantasy of flying, a miracle of construction, a passionate romance, and an adventure in a magical era. This is an era of depression and ignorance under the shadow of the Inquisition. Balthasar, a soldier who lost his left hand on the battlefield, and Blimunda, a girl with special vision, are invited by the mad genius and Frankenstein Father Lorenzo to build an aircraft together. The aircraft did take off, but what happens next... Laughter is next to tears, calmness and anxiety are only one step away, relaxation and fear are close neighbors. This is true in everyone's life and in every period of history.

"Animal Farm" is an outstanding fable novel that tells the story of an animal revolution led by pigs that took place in Manor Manor, England. Unable to bear the oppression of the manor owner, the animals rebelled angrily and drove away the humans in the manor. Since then, the manor has been renamed "Animal Farm" and animal autonomy has been implemented. Based on the principles of animalism, Animal Farm issued seven commandments. However, the subsequent development of the manor was not as harmonious and shared freedom and equality as the animals expected. The conflict of rights and interests led to serious disagreements and even bloody conflicts among the leaders. One of the pigs was regarded as a traitor and was expelled and framed in various ways; the other pig relied on the vested power and the support of the dog to gradually concentrate power in his own hands. He ruled the animals increasingly harshly, brutally killed protesters, and eventually became a ruler and exploiter no different from humans. The Seven Commandments were abandoned, and Animal Farm was renamed to its original name.

"The Cataclysm" tells the story of five members of the Winthrop family who died unexpectedly in less than a year. How likely is this? Who would want to eradicate such an extraordinary family? Dana, a female reporter from Washington Forum TV, realized that there must be something fishy and determined to get to the bottom of the matter. The bright rhythm, tense plot, and heavy suspense vividly demonstrate the psychological and behavioral characteristics of Western politicians.

"Oblomov" was created more than a hundred years ago and is Goncharov's masterpiece. The novel creates a typical "Oblomov character" and reveals the profound social and life roots of Oblomov's tragedy of self-destruction. Oblomov was upright, kind, and gentle, but he was lazy, indulged in fantasy, inactive, conservative, and pampered, and regarded labor and public duties as unbearable burdens. Although he envisioned a huge action plan, he was unable to accomplish anything. In the end, he could only lie on the sofa and dawdle, becoming a complete lazy man and waste. The novel delicately describes his spiritual death process and expresses the strong anti-serfdom sentiment and desire for change in society on the eve of serfdom reform. Oblomov is a product of the collapse of serfdom, and his character is the inevitable result of the influence of lifeless manor life on his spiritual life. His image marks the limit of the degeneration of Russia's "superfluous people" in the 19th century. He is a typical example of a declining landlord. This is also the most successful aspect of the novel. This image marked the end of the image of the "superfluous man" in Russian literature in the 19th century.

"The Adventures of Good Soldier Schweik" written by J. Hasek, through the various encounters of an ordinary soldier Schweik in the First World War and the activities of various people around him, uses a wonderful technique of joking but not cruelty, adding solemnity and humor, and containing anger and laughter, exposing the cruel and decadent Austro-Hungarian Empire and all its ugliness to the broad daylight.

"Long Journey Into the Night" is an autobiographical work that describes the daily life of four members of the Talon family from morning to night. They complained, sarcastically, quarreled, talked and reconciled. It does not seem to have much drama, but its inherent tension makes the audience feel a sense of nervous suffocation, because the corrosive power of vulgar life on the good things in human nature is demonstrated here in a natural and thrilling way. He used his own personal experience and his family's misfortune as material, and relentlessly made the pain and the most unspeakable truths of his family public to the public. In his works, scandals and misfortunes in the family such as his father's stinginess, his mother's drug abuse, his brother an alcoholic, himself suffering from lung disease, his beloved son's early death, etc. Are all revealed in the play, showing amazing boldness and magnanimity.

The number one youth book, known as "the soul philosophy poem of young people". The first critical realist masterpiece, becoming a symbol of the birth of critical realist literature! Hemingway's list of must-reads in a lifetime; Maugham's true masterpiece. In the history of human literature, "Red and Black" describes the conflicting inner feelings of every young person in society when pursuing personal ideals and social values. It is known as the "philosophical poem of the soul of young people" and becomes the first critical realism masterpiece! The "young careerist" Julien portrayed in "The Red and the Black" is a highly typical and extremely charming character, and he can make many young people find resonance with him. The number of Western works on the study of Stendhal (especially "The Red and the Black") is comparable to the number of "Red Studies" in China on "Dream of Red Mansions".

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Due to climate deterioration and frequent weather events, the earth has entered the "dust age" and familiar animals and plants have become extinct one by one. Human physique also changed. One type developed antibodies to dust and was captured and traded. The other type became half-man, half-machine, used and discarded by their former compatriots. To isolate the dust, humans split into different groups. One group built a "dome city" protected by a huge glass cover in the city, while a small number of marginalized people and refugees built "forest villages" in the mountains. In "Dome City", resources are scarce and competition is fierce. People are willing to trample on each other to protect themselves. However, under the leadership of a legendary woman, Zhixiu, the "Forest Village" is self-sufficient and takes in refugees from all over the world who have been displaced by wars and massacres. In the dense forest deep in the forest village, there is a huge greenhouse hidden in which a strange man-made plant grows. Some people say that in the silent night, it will glow green... At the end of the day, both mortals and heroes face choices. Choose love or choose hate, choose to lead to a different future.

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"May everyone in the world have enough to eat." For this simple ideal, Yuan Longping, the "father of hybrid rice," has always been fighting on the front line of agricultural scientific research, bringing green hope and golden harvests to mankind's use of scientific and technological means to overcome hunger, and making significant contributions to solving the Chinese people's food problems and ensuring national food security. This book vividly, rigorously and scientifically describes Mr. Yuan Longping's scientific exploration of developing hybrid rice. It also describes Yuan Longping's life experience in the past ninety years. It tells a series of scientific experimental activities of Yuan Longping's research and development of hybrid rice in a rigorous and scientific manner, vividly showing his scientific research and life world. This book places Yuan Longping in the country, nation and era at that time, so his narration also reflects the progress of a country and nation.

The new article "Dr. Liao's White Rose" has been published~ As the "first sister" of Shaohua Quick Travel Company, Qin Zhiyi has never failed in the mission of dismantling CPs, and her life is prosperous. But there is also a day when everything goes wrong in a beautiful life. Qin Zhiyi, who has been going smoothly, will inevitably have times when the boat capsizes in the gutter, but... If the boat capsizes, why does a big boss come out? From the actor in the entertainment industry to the interstellar commander, this boss is omnipotent and omniscient. The key is, he still likes her and dotes on her! ! ! As we all know, the correct interpretation of this man named Shang Nai has always been "What can you do to me?" Qin Zhiyi said that living with Mr. Nai is really not a pleasant experience. The boss can lead her to torture scumbags and monsters at first, and bend down to tie her shoelaces at the next. His words about not loving her behavior are more detailed than anyone else's. I really have to love this kind of guy!

If you don't control the evil and greed of human nature, do you know? , It will find you, it is coming.

Lord Wimsey's brother gathered his friends and came to Liddesdale Hall. Hunting, playing, and the countryside are intoxicating... Until one night, a man's body was found lying in the chrysanthemum bushes, wearing evening clothes and loafers. Surprisingly, he was Wenxi's future brother-in-law; not only that, the person suspected of the murder was Wenxi's brother. Witnesses come on stage one by one, with various testimonies. Where is the truth hidden?

This book mainly describes the historical facts of Europe from 1911 to 1914. When analyzing the real causes of World War I, Churchill revealed the historical origins and intricate international relations of conflicts of interest among major capitalist countries since 1870, outlined the situation of arms expansion and war preparations as World War I approached, and introduced the frequent diplomatic activities of the two major groups. Churchill called the period from August to December 1914 after the outbreak of World War I the first stage of the war. It describes the situation when Germany raided neutral Belgium and invaded France after the war began, and then Britain crossed the sea to support France. At this stage, France and Britain jointly launched the massive Marne River and other battles, resulting in hundreds of thousands of casualties, a waste of lives and nothing gained. In addition, this book also describes the initial stages of the naval battle between Britain and Germany, and the German navy's shelling and continuous harassment of British coastal cities. At the same time, the relationship between Türkiye and the Balkan countries, which will affect the overall situation of World War I, is introduced in more detail.

This book chronicles the catastrophic process of France being invaded by Germany in 1940 after experiencing a series of defeats in key battles. The fall of France had a bad impact on the war situation: on the one hand, the newly established Vichy government after the fall completely became a puppet of fascism, and the French people were ravaged under the iron heel of the invaders; on the other hand, Germany's occupation of France made Britain face the threat of Germany crossing the English Channel and attacking the British Isles. In the book, the author, as a decision-maker, provides a comprehensive description of the little-known inside information during the development of the war, especially the two major events that occurred during this period, namely the Dunkirk evacuation of the British and French coalition forces and the Oran incident of the British and French navies.

Giulio Douhet of Italy, William Mitchell of the United States and Hugh Trenchard of the United Kingdom are three famous thinkers. Their air force theory had a great influence on air force construction and combat theory, and established a solid air power theory. "On National Defense in the Air", also known as "Winged National Defense", is the main work on air power. As an outstanding strategist, Mitchell believes that aviation has promoted a revolution in combat methods; the air force is the decisive force in future wars; it is necessary to establish three major arms: destroyer aviation, bombing aviation, and assault aviation; because the air force can penetrate deep into the enemy's hinterland and destroy the enemy's power in a short time, once it gains air supremacy, there will be no more long-term wars that sacrifice millions of lives; an air defense system consisting of listening stations, interceptors, searchlights, and anti-aircraft artillery must be established to defend the homeland with the power of the air force.

The book completely reproduces the pre-war preparations of both sides for the offensive and defensive war surrounding Constantinople in 1453 that was endowed with sacred significance, the unfolding of the war process, and the historical trend of the Mediterranean world after the war. The author mobilizes historical ink and paints thick and colorful portraits of the two supreme commanders, the initiator of the war, Sultan Mohammed II, and the Emperor of the Byzantine Empire, Constantine XI. At the same time, Roger Crowley uses line drawings, sketches, or light ink to depict the group portraits of the commanders, chief ministers, religious leaders, and skilled craftsmen of the two armies in the confrontation.

"By getting to know others, I've also learned about myself." In every conversation, tap into possibilities you may not even know you have. This is a collection of life conversations between Shuntaro Tanigawa and six wise men of the era. This is a precious record that only a conversation can capture. He talks about life, loneliness, family, ideals, life and death with his father, talks about rhythm and the evolution of language with linguists, talks about books and art with poets, talks about the use of language and education with social activists, talks about childhood and literature with neighbor aunts... These conversations are relaxed and comfortable, but the content of the conversations is profound and closely related to everyone. Reading every word, it is like being present at the conversation in person, feeling that they use the gentleness and silence of language to resolve your confusion and confusion.

William Butler Yeats is a famous Irish poet, playwright and essayist. He is also one of the greatest modern poets in the English-speaking world. He is the winner of the Gothenburg Poetry Prize and the Nobel Prize for Literature. Yeats created richly throughout his life and was deeply influenced by romanticism, aestheticism, mysticism and symbolism. The collection of essays "The Tree of Life" reflects his many influences from Shelley's poetry, Blake's romanticism, Irish folk mysticism, etc. It is the crystallization of Yeats's literary and artistic thoughts.

Tolstoy's most important short story in his later years has been newly translated by Professor Zhao Guilian of Peking University; the famous writer Huan Yan has written a preface and recommended it to interpret and understand the classic "Living to Death"; it is the pinnacle of human beings facing death and the ultimate questioning of the meaning of life and death. "The Death of Ivan Ilyich" is Tolstoy's most important short story in his later years. Through a detailed description of the entire process of Ivan Ilyich's death, it raises the ultimate question on the meaning of life and death. Ivan Ilyich's life was "extremely simple, ordinary, and extremely terrifying." He lived an extremely self-consistent life until he contracted a serious illness due to a minor accident, which eventually developed into an incurable disease. As his life came to an end, he realized as if struck by lightning that something was "wrong" with his past life. He thought hard about the meaning of life and what death was, and finally had an epiphany at the moment before his death. Although this novel is not large in length, it contains huge spiritual energy and can be regarded as the pinnacle of facing death in human literature. People's clear understanding of their mortality is not only a source of anxiety, but also an opportunity to reconstruct the meaning of life. "The Death of Ivan Ilyich" may be a key to understanding "living toward death" and breaking away from the sinking state of daily life.

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"Box Man" is a novel full of experimental spirit. "Box Men" are urban wanderers who are covered from head to waist in cardboard boxes and only observe the world through a peephole. The work takes the "Box Man"'s notes as the axis, interspersed with fragmentary records from different time and space: articles by unknown authors, abrupt fables, newspaper news, poems, photos, etc. The protagonist of the novel, "I", wanders around the city and records everything in cardboard boxes. In the records of "I", there are the process of "I" becoming a box man, the entanglement between the fake doctor C and the drug-addicted military doctor, and the young boy D who was caught using a homemade multi-angle peepscope to spy on the female teacher next door while using the toilet... The whole work is scattered in form but inseparable in spirit. It is full of surrealism throughout, but it is a true portrayal of the absurdity of modern life.

"The Years" is Woolf's last novel published during her lifetime and her best-selling novel. It spans more than 50 years from 1880 to the mid-1930s and tells the history of three generations of the Padgett family. Although it covers such a long period, the book focuses on some aspect of each character's personal life. Except for the first chapter, each chapter tells what happened on a certain day that year from the perspective of a different character. Historical events loom as the background, and the stories of three generations of the Padgett family become a microcosm of the external world, running through the author's thoughts on survival and the meaning of life.

In this book, McCullough mercilessly lashed out at the evils of human nature woven from ignorance, backwardness and religious dogma more than a hundred years ago, and enthusiastically eulogized the brilliance of trampled civilization and ravaged humanity. The "Book Review" pointed out that this is a "colorful story about colorful characters in a colorful time and place", which accurately outlines the artistic achievements of the book "The Calling".

The four-hand collaboration between literary masters Borges and Casares - "One rainy morning Bioy said to me that we should write something based on this story. I reluctantly agreed. That morning we determined the signature of the novel, Honorio Bustos Domec. Domec is the name of one of Bioy's great-grandfathers, and Bustos is the name of one of my great-grandfathers. ""Chronicles of Bustos Domec" is a fictional sketch co-written by Borges and the Argentinian writer and his close friend Adolfo Bioy Casares, published in 1967. The two writers invented a fictional author named Bustos Domec, and used his mouth to describe the imaginary modern eccentric artists - architects, sculptors, poets, novelists, tailors... The novel is written in the style of a pious modern critic, with fiction and reality, reality and fantasy. The style itself is a kind of joke.

"Love and Sacrifice" describes Goethe's ability to write "The Sorrows of Young Werther" and tells the story of the famous British actress Sidneys and the story of the British novelist Lytton. Several stories are all based on real historical achievements, and they contain profound lessons that smart readers will understand.

The novel "Horace" is one of the representative works of the French female writer George Sand. It tells the story of the vain and conceited young man Horace Dumont, who, with the help of his parents and friends, attempts to enter the upper class society in Paris and achieves a turning point in his life, but in the end everything comes to nothing. The author tries to illustrate through the protagonist's encounters that those who are self-interested by any means must pay the price for their selfishness, while those with a spirit of sacrifice and dedication can truly enjoy happiness.

This book is like a love letter to Manhattan, exquisite, elegant, humorous, fresh love and bread. Which one will you choose? There are no always right answers in life. In New York in the late 1930s, the Great Depression was coming to an end, and there was no threat of war. Under the peaceful atmosphere, a group of young people were looking for their ideals and love here. Katie Conten, a calm and wise commoner girl full of poetry, and her roommate Eve met a noble and charming young banker Tinker in a jazz bar. Katie fell in love with Tinker, but a car accident completely changed her life.

Chen Haowen, chief of the Investigation Section of the Tianan City National Security Bureau, accidentally encountered an old man who died of an unknown virus on the high-speed train, so he followed the clues and pointed the finger at an overseas organization called the Dragon Gang. In order to solve the case as soon as possible, the Tianan Municipal National Security Bureau set up a task force and discovered that the Long Gang went to Tianan to steal the design technology of the intercity high-speed rail. Immediately afterwards, Gao Tian, the chief designer of the intercity high-speed rail, was attacked during a business trip. Fortunately, Chen Haowen and his colleagues and They arrived on time, but the Dragon Gang sent out several more killers. With the enemy in the dark and ourselves in the clear, Chen Haowen led a group of comrades to go through many difficulties. After encountering life-and-death confrontations, they finally discovered the Dragon Gang's killers and overseas spies lurking in Tianan.

There is a town named Margaret. There is a house called Margaret in the town, and there are five Margarets living in the house. The giggling child Mei, the melancholy girl Mia, the sad young man Maggie, the surly middle-aged Maggie, and the deaf old lady Margaret are the same person but not the same person. A man who deeply loved Margaret was lost on the first day he came to this town. So he devoted his life to reading her heart. There is no magic in this world, we will age until we disappear, but we still firmly believe that love can last forever.

In Shanghai during the isolation period, the traitor leader died in an explosion in his apartment. In order to hunt down the assassin, the Japanese army sealed off the apartment and launched a closed terrorist investigation. Hunger and panic enveloped all residents. In order to save himself, a novelist with an imaginative mind used the mysterious woman in his novel as a bait to convince the Japanese soldiers to believe her truth step by step and complete the fatal blow. Xiaobai's story is full of suspense and reversals, recreating a Shanghai that is different from Zhang Ailing's. This book also includes the novella "Agent Xu Xiangbi", which won the 10th Shanghai Literature Award, and takes people into the mystery of twin brothers "exchanging lives".

The first winning work of the Mao Dun Literature Award, the highest award for contemporary literature in China, the film of the same name is directed by Xie Jin and stars Liu Xiaoqing and Jiang Wen. The novel makes a serious review and profound reflection on the nearly 20 years of China's history from the late 1950s to the late 1970s through the experiences of Hu Yuyin, a female vendor in Furong Town, and Qin Shutian, a "rightist" and others in a series of movements from the "Four Cleans-ups" to the "Cultural Revolution." The ups and downs in Furong Town are a microcosm of the history of contemporary Chinese society. The author adopts an almost chronological approach and expresses the true face of various characters in the face of history through the ups and downs of many characters. At the same time, he also sends out a call for humanity and a celebration of beautiful emotions. The novel's use of individual "sexual" psychological motivations to explain historical events is a major breakthrough in contemporary literature.