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"Funeral Games" opens with Alexander dying. The Babylonian palace in 323 BC was shrouded in a heavy and depressing atmosphere. The former ruler of the empire was declining, and the heirs he left behind were not yet born. On his deathbed, Alexander left only the last words "to the strongest" before passing away. From then on, the ambitious generals and relatives around Alexander began a chaotic struggle to seize the inheritance of the empire: some ruthlessly cut off dissidents; some were forced to step on the stage to play puppet roles; some formed fragile alliances and soon turned against each other... In the vortex of the power struggle, everyone is a pawn and cannot control their own destiny. The huge empire that Alexander had worked so hard to build was coming to an unpredictable end.

A new 20,000-word manual "Awakening and Echo" has been added, which selects 15 letters from readers that made the editor cry. Kim Ji-young was born in Seoul on April 1, 1982. Growing up in a family of civil servants, a family of six lived in a house of 33 square meters. She is just that ordinary girl you meet every day. Since childhood, Jin Zhiying has had a lot of confusion. The best things in the family always go to her younger brother first. She and her sister can only share one room and one quilt. When she was in elementary school, she was bullied by the boy sitting next to her. She cried and confided in her teacher, but the teacher smiled and said, "Boys are like this. The more girls they like, the more they will bully her." When she went to middle school, she often had to be wary of bad guys on the subway and buses. We should not take it lightly in school, as there are also male teachers who like to touch female classmates. But they often choose to swallow their anger. After graduating from college, I entered a public relations company. She found that while her colleagues were mostly female, the senior executives were almost entirely male. I have to socialize after get off work, endure dirty jokes from customers and endless requests to drink. She got married at the age of thirty-one and soon had a child at the urging of her elders. With everyone's "natural" expectations, she quit her job and became a full-time mother. Jin Zhiying felt as if she was standing in the center of a maze. She had been looking for an exit down to earth, but she found that she could never reach the end of the road.

This book is a novel written by Norwegian novelist Alan Lew. The book tells the story of the protagonist Lu and a group of his friends who felt that they had not made much contribution to Norway. They wanted to make up for this, so they decided to go on an adventure. The purpose of the adventure was to prove one of Lu's absurd theories: He believed that the residents of the Pacific islands were South Americans long ago, and that the first batch of island immigrants skated across the South American continent when the Pacific Ocean froze. They felt that by proving this theory they could put Norway back on the world map and become a national hero. The second half of the book amounts to a journal of their adventures on a small island in the Pacific Ocean called the Cook Islands. This book continues Lu's method of writing novels as documentary literature among young people. The book provides a large amount of evidence, including photos of himself and his friends on the expedition, and even a scanned copy of a reply letter from the king's secretary, to "prove" that what he wrote is true.

British banker, liberal politician, philanthropist, scientist and polymath Sir Lubbock said: "The primary goal of life should be to make full use of your life" and asked: "How can we make full use of the wealth of life? This book is Lubbock's answer to "how to use life", starting from "On Wit", "On Money", "On Leisure and Nourishment", "On Health" "On National Education" and "On Self-Education" answer the important question of the purpose of life. It is very similar to "Collection of Bacon's Essays". It is a collection of essays full of wisdom, but the language is more concise and the content is closer to modern life. The English version of this book was very popular as soon as it was published. It has been translated into many languages, and its chapters have been included in English textbooks. It is a life guide suitable for young people to read.

Selborne is a small village located 50 miles southwest of London, England, and is also the hometown of the author White. White loved nature and liked to observe biological dynamics. He often corresponded with two friends in London who were also engaged in natural history research and exchanged observations. "Selborne Natural History" was written on the basis of these letters. With a leisurely attitude and a rigorous scientific attitude, White described the natural scenery of the British countryside and observed and recorded the birds, animals and plants of Selborne. His simple and straightforward writing depicts Selborne like a picture scroll, and at the same time shows the British rural life in the 18th century, full of pastoral interest.

Masters who have gone through the wash of time are not all big books, there are also small chapters. This book collects all the works of masters. They are not large in length, but very nutritious. Traveling alone is suitable for reading when you are lonely. It is relaxing and enjoyable. Going to any place in the world is not as good as walking into your own soul alone.

Open these six science fiction novels, invisibility, time travel, alien invasion, genetic modification, moon exploration, dystopia... All here! In the history of human literature, Wells created a new era of science fiction literature. Many common themes of contemporary science fiction began with Wells's science fiction novels! Starting from him, science fiction became an independent literary genre. This set of books selects six of Wells' masterpieces of science fiction, "The Time Machine", "The Invisible Man", "The War of the Worlds", "The Island of Dr. Moreau", "The First Men on the Moon" and "When the Sleeper Awakens", which created six science fiction themes that are attracting much attention today. It can be said that it is these six books that established the contemporary science fiction system! Liu Cixin, Arthur Clark (one of the three giants of science fiction in the 20th century), and George Orwell were all influenced by Wells! British Prime Minister Churchill even wrote to Welles: "I have read all your books!" The "time machine" in which Sheldon and Leonard competed for seats in "The Big Bang Theory" is also from "The Best Collection of Science Fiction Master Welles"!

"Humans are free when they can decide what they want." Due to an accident during gene editing, Judas, the hybrid human born from Lilith and the Oankali people, mutated as he grew up, and he carried some unknown dangerous gene. He exiled himself to the earth, looking for human companions, hoping that they could save him...

A strange thing happened at Shanghai S Art Museum: at the end of a certain art exhibition, when the 50 paintings on display were counted, there was one more painting. This painting of unknown origin is not signed by the author. It shows a dental clinic. A female dentist wearing a mask is sitting on the window sill, looking dimly at the world outside the frame. Director Chen of the art museum stole this extra painting and hung it in his home. A few days later, the highly respected Director Chen suddenly went insane, ran naked in public, and was sent to a lunatic asylum. As the private collection of Director Chen, the oil painting was put on the auction block, purchased at a low price, and then changed hands several times. Anyone who comes into contact with this painting will receive an inexplicable text message asking the recipient to do something crazy within twelve hours. Some people followed it obediently, while others ignored it and thought it was a prank. As a result, at midnight, the female doctor in the painting slowly took off her mask, revealing her face...\

The movie "Wrath" of the same name stars Ken Watanabe, Aoi Miyazaki, Kenichi Matsuyama, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Go Ayano, Mirai Moriyama, and Suzu Hirose. In the summer of 2011, an ordinary couple was brutally murdered outside Tokyo. The murderer Kazuya Yamagami stayed in the house for six hours after committing the crime and left the word "anger" on the wall with the victim's blood before leaving. The brutality of the case was outrageous, and the motive baffled the police. A year later, the mountain god, who underwent minor plastic surgery, is still on the run. At this time, there were three men of unknown origin in each of the three places, who were gradually integrating into local life. Tashiro from the Bosou fishing port, Naoto from downtown Tokyo, and Tanaka from the outlying islands near Okinawa, each have a certain degree of coincidence with the wanted criminal Yamagami. Those who accept strangers and invest their emotions belatedly notice the wanted information released for the second time, and trust and love are put on the scale. Who is the murderer? How can you believe that the person next to you is not a murderer?

Forsyth, the master of spy novels who alarmed the world's four major intelligence organizations! Forsyth worked secretly for MI6 for more than 20 years, drove a tank at the age of 6, and became a fighter pilot at the age of 19! He is well aware of the espionage techniques of various countries around the world, and is the focus of the CIA and Israel's Mossad! At the same time, he is also the winner of the Edgar Allan Poe Award. Eight of his works have been adapted into movies, with cumulative sales exceeding 70 million copies! In the world of espionage, if you can't solve the problem, you become the problem! This book contains a total of 10 classic suspense short stories by Forsyth, including assassination, conspiracy, revenge, hijacking, blackmail and counter-blackmail. Its ingenious and witty arrangements and unexpected endings will surely amaze you. For most wealthy people, finding a partner who doesn't love money is crucial. Sanderson, who had been single for many years, met such a woman. They admired each other, but fate played a big joke on them: she was already someone else's woman. The intertwining of love, need, desire, and lust left Sanderson in agony. He was determined to get rid of the troublesome husband. Sanderson's assassination plan was precise and rigorous. However, the fruit of the nightmare had been quietly planted long before he had thoughts of murder...

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Lisa is back! The girl who calmly saved herself after being kidnapped sent the trafficker to jail. But it wasn't over yet. On the day of the trial, Lisa was stopped in the court parking lot by Verada, a girl who said she was also a victim of a human trafficking organization. Verada told Lisa that the kidnappers were just members of several branch organizations, and that the core "central ring" of the organization was still behind the scenes, and planned to turn Lisa into the 20th victim of the "lobster pool" eighteen years later. What is a "lobster pond"? Where is the "central ring" hidden? In order to find the answer, complete the revenge plan, and save all the victimized women, Lisa followed the clues left by Verada and pursued her for 18 years, even her mother died for it. In grief, Lisa turned into a sharp knife and went straight to the throat of the mastermind behind the scenes. This time, no one can escape justice...

Red London - the balanced world protected by magic; Gray London - the cruel ordinary world; White London - the representative of power and absolute control; Black London - the source of magic destroyed by the plague and isolated from the world. Hundreds of years ago, the door connecting the worlds in London was opened, and the world was balanced and stable. But the good times didn't last long. Humanity's thirst for power, endless demand for magic, and expansion of desires led to the fall of Black London, and the magic disappeared. People closed the door to travel and stayed away, assigning the few remaining "travelers" selected by magic to travel through it and exchange information through letters. Red London, which lost Antari, fell into chaos. The evil shadow calling itself "God" controlled the entire city, intending to force everyone to surrender and seize the world. Laila went to White London alone to rescue the scarred Kyle. After the two returned to Red London, they found that the world had become riddled with holes. They had to sail away to find the hope of victory. After successive blows, forced growth, and tragic betrayal, the grieving Len had to shoulder the heavy responsibility of the entire kingdom, guard the palace alone, never give up, and defend his Red London...

In a small village on the border of France and Germany, a mysterious stranger was killed. Brodeck, the only college student in the village, was responsible for drafting a report to the higher-level administrative agency. In the process of investigating the incident, Brodeck, who is also an "outsider" himself, retraced the strange events that happened after the strangers arrived in the village, and discovered many secrets hidden by the villagers. He gradually uncovered the darkness and ugliness of human nature, and also awakened his own painful memories of World War II.

This is a wonderful story about a man who keeps distance from the era of desire, but lives a fulfilling life. I followed my uncle not only because he was a botanical genius, but also because he had an anachronistic quirk. He was immersed in the world of scientific research and had no intention of seeking power. He longs for happiness more, but suffers a lot in the pursuit of love, calculations and deceptions. He did not dare to endure it, let alone sink. Instead, he lamented: More people died of heartbreak than nuclear radiation. Just escape to the Arctic and spend some time with plants!

"Lowlands" is the most ambitious novel by American Pulitzer Prize winner and Indian-American writer Juppa Lahiri. The novel spans India and the United States and tells the story of the joys, sorrows and fate of four generations of an Indian family. Next to the lowlands of Kolkata, India, a pair of brothers of similar age but very different personalities played and grew up here. After graduating from college, his elder brother Subash went to the United States to further his studies. His younger brother Udaan devoted himself to the revolution enthusiastically, but was arrested and shot beside the lowland for killing a policeman. After learning about his brother's death, Subash hurried back to India. In order to protect his brother's pregnant wife, Gauri, Subash married her and took her to the United States. However, the ghost of Udaan has always haunted Gao Li. Finally one day, Gao Li left his young daughter and Subash behind and headed to California alone. Many years later, when Gaoli's daughter had grown up, Gaoli suddenly appeared in front of her and Subash, and brought back a secret about Udaan...

The story is set in Chang'an in the late Zhenguan years of the Tang Dynasty. It describes a young wizard named Ming Chongyan who has been cursed since childhood. In the process of pursuing the secret of his life experience, he is involved in the conspiracy of the prince, the bearded guest, and the prince of Nanzhao to fight for the throne. At the same time, people with talents and abilities from Japan, Silla, Baekje and other neighboring countries also appeared one after another with their own purposes. There are many characters in the work, and the structure is very open. However, the content is exciting and compact, and the clues are intertwined and confusing, which is very attractive to readers.

Poirot, who was on vacation, was accustomed to going to the "Happy Café" for dinner and coffee at seven o'clock every Thursday night. This Thursday, he met a woman who called herself Jenny. She looked panicked and claimed that someone was going to kill her. Jenny was horrified by this, but admitted that she deserved it. That night, three murders occurred in a famous luxury hotel in London. The victims all died alone in their rooms. The scene was exactly the same. The most important thing was that each of them had a gold cufflink with letters engraved in his mouth. Three pairs of cufflinks have appeared. Who is the murderer going to put the remaining one into?

This book is a carefully compiled collection of Naoya Shiga's short story masterpieces, including seventeen immortal masterpieces from different periods of his creative career, including "In Kinosaki", "Walking to the Net", "Van's Crime", "Seibei and the Gourd", "The God of the Apprentice", "Grey Moon", etc., Which comprehensively demonstrates the style of his short story creation.

This book collects the essence of Anne Prue's eleven short stories, many of which have won individual awards. "Brokeback Mountain" not only won the 1998 O. Henry Short Story Award and the National Magazine Award, but was also adapted onto the screen by director Ang Lee, winning multiple international film awards. All stories are set in Wyoming. The author uses sharp writing techniques to dissect the passion and desire for life behind the cowboys' rough and wild lifestyle, and uses poetic language to extract beauty and hope from the cruelty and roughness.

European literary geniuses comparable to Kafka and Proust, great works praised by Sontag, Milosz, Coetzee and others, directly translated from the original Polish text, presented in full in Simplified Chinese for the first time! This book collects all the surviving fictional works of Runo Schulz: 32 independent but interconnected stories. In these works, Schulz describes unusual childhood memories with a high degree of originality, blending reality and fantasy with beautiful language and full of whimsy. Like Kafka, he used a lot of grotesque surrealist techniques to create one of the most frightening father figures in the history of literature, which is still shocking to read today.

This book contains the masterpiece "Awakening" and ten other representative short stories with excellent reputation. Edna deserves to be happy. As a wealthy lady in the upper class, she only needs to look after her husband, raise her children, and entertain guests to maintain a life rimmed with gold. As for her husband, she occasionally felt that she loved him, and he treated her well. But there was always something that made her unhappy. Until that summer, their family went to Glen Island for vacation, and she met the person who changed her life... That summer, her perspective on the world changed, and a new voice awakened in her body.

Yan Lianke, a famous Chinese writer, is known as the "master of absurd realism". He is currently a professor at the School of Liberal Arts at Renmin University of China. The works have been translated into more than twenty languages.

"National King" Jiro Asada's short story collection, starting with the work of the same name "Angel Reflected in the Sunset", includes 6 selected works including "Ticket", "Special Day", "Amber", "White House on the Hill" and "Man in the Sea of ​​Forest". Describes ordinary things that happen on extraordinary days, and extraordinary things on ordinary days.

"Camp Milo Mountain", "Sarawak War", "Red White and Black", "Girl and Salmon", "City in Black and White Movies" and "West Nile Syndrome" are highly recommended by Mai Jia, winner of the "Mao Dun Literary Award"! This book "Girl and Salmon" contains five novels: "Night Patrol", "Dancing Shoes by the Waterside", "Ipoh Nights", "Southern Barracks" and "". "The Road to Scobie" is a collection of short stories by Chen Hezhong. It collects some of Chen He's recent influential short and medium-length stories and recent works, including "Birds on the Road to Scobie", "Ups and Downs", "Western Wild Goose River", "Grandpa Had a Magic Boat", "Winter Blackout Night", etc.

An elderly woman who has lived a life of elegance, gentleness, obedience and obedience. After her husband died, her children arranged her widowed life without authorization. However, she resolutely cut off contact with her children and rented a house in a remote place to live by herself. She recalled the ideals of her youth and enjoyed her own complete freedom.

Pascal Mercier conquered millions of readers with his novel "Night Train to Lisbon". In this book, he wants to tell the story of Laiya. After the death of her mother, Laiya began to embark on the path of becoming an outstanding violinist, with a brilliant career beckoning ahead. Although he has a good father who cares for his daughter, and has met good teachers like Mary and Levi, Laiya's tragic fate seems unstoppable, just like the priceless Guarneri violin. What is the cause of the misfortune of the father and daughter who love each other deeply? Pascal Messier successfully integrates philosophical reflection, psychological insight and superb narrative art in this novel, making it another excellent literary work that provides readers with a unique reading experience.

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1965, As Gorge, Provence. This is a country that belongs to childhood, or to be more precise, it is a country that belongs to children, a lonely child, a lost child. 12-Year-old Beike lives with his parents in a gas station. He is a unique child. His language skills are limited and he is often laughed at by other children in the class. His teacher also suggested that he be sent to a special school. Beike was very worried that one day his parents would really send him away and no longer care about him, but that day came anyway. Curious about the smell of cigarettes, Shell accidentally set fire to the bushes, and his parents were tempted to send him away. In fear, Beike quietly left home. On the first morning after leaving home, he met an equally "strange" little girl Vivian, and Beike's true understanding of the outside world began.

Zweig's collection of short and medium stories, including "The Invisible Collection", "Twenty-Four Hours in a Woman's Life", "The Story of Chess" and other masterpieces. Among them, "The Story of Chess" was the last novella published by Zweig during his lifetime. In 1939, Zweig fled to Brazil with his family, and the story background of "The Story of Chess" is set on a ship bound for Buenos Aires. By chance, a mysterious stranger played against world chess champion Czentovic and easily defeated him. But just as the game continued, the stranger encountered an unexpected situation... This was his last game of chess. Where is he from? What kind of experiences have you had? His story is surprising and sad at the same time.

"In Search of Lost Time" is a novel written by the 20th century French writer Marcel Proust and published between 1913 and 1927. This is a novel that is different from traditional novels. The book consists of seven volumes, with the narrator "I" as the main body, integrating what he sees, hears, thinks and feels. It is not only a true description of social life and human relations, but also a record of the author's inner experience of self-pursuit and self-understanding. In addition to narrative, it also contains a lot of reflections and discussions. The whole work has no central character, no complete story, no ups and downs, only plot clues throughout. This set of books includes the first volume, the second volume, the fifth volume and selected works translated by the famous French translator Mr. Zhou Kexi.

The original novel of the Oscar-winning classic film of the same name is a masterpiece about African creatures. This book is one of the greatest English literary works of the 20th century and has been hailed as "one of the best books describing Africa". Its superb and unique narrative art has impressed a generation of great writers such as Hemingway and Updike, and the author Isaac Dinesen has become a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature. The original work and the Oscar-winning film of the same name have a profound impact (starring Meryl Streep, best picture at the 58th Oscar). The famous translator Liu Guozhi has an excellent translation that is as standardized as a Chinese textbook. Isaac Dinesen (1885-1962), whose real name was Karen Blixen, was a famous Danish female writer. After her marriage, she went to the then British Kenya with her husband, who had a noble title, to start a coffee planting farm. After the business failed, she returned to China in 1931 and began writing. He was once a strong contender for the Nobel Prize in Literature. The work is based on the author's experience of running a coffee farm in the foothills of the Ngong Mountains in Kenya from 1914 to 1931 - a vast land that is neither fertile nor fertile, but seems to be purified by nature. It ingeniously blends many people, scenery and objects into one. It is a faithful and literary observation and description, and it also always runs through the thinking about oneself and human nature. At the same time, it truly reproduces the life of European immigrants in the special environment of Africa.

"The Paths" is the last self-selected collection written by Nobel Prize winner Buning in his later years. It took eight years to write and is the best and most original collection in his life. "The Path" truly expresses the author's nostalgia for his motherland and his attachment to his lost youth. The work is exquisitely conceived, very delicate, and has a strong magnetic attraction; the writing is concise and lyrical, and it is good at expressing the subtle inner emotions of the characters. It has a far-reaching artistic conception and thought-provoking philosophy, showing eternal artistic charm.

In the past, I always thought it was better not to take love too seriously, otherwise it would hurt you too much, but after I met you, I didn't care whether the hurt was serious or not, I just want to love you with everything I have. Maybe we won't be together in the end, but I still want to give you all the good things. More than 70 love stories, more than 100,000 words of spiritual monologue, words like poems, and insights like aphorisms, are still far from being able to describe the unprecedented feeling you brought to me. When I look over at you and realize that you are already staring at me, it is the most wonderful feeling. "Things That Are Taken for granted in Youth" hopes that the good times of joy and confusion, constant farewells and confessions, and parallel injuries and growth will be frozen here.

This collection mainly consists of four books by author YK. This book collects the columns that YK has published in fashion and lifestyle magazines such as "Red Show", "Guangzhou Daily", "Marie Marie", and "Hope" over the past few years. It is a heart-warming and insightful analysis of all aspects of the relationship between men and women. It is a hormone advocate and teaches us how to fall in love scientifically.

In 323 BC, the conqueror Alexander the Great fell ill after pacifying Persia, and soon died of hatred, and his dominance in Europe, Asia and Africa dissipated. The ancient Roman Republic thus escaped disaster. In 60 BC, the founder of the Roman Empire, "Holy Julius" Caesar, was assassinated by members of the Senate. His adopted son became the founding monarch and started the glorious Roman Empire. In 600 AD, the Western Roman Empire fell, and the Eastern Roman Empire declined day by day. This once unprecedentedly vast empire and the spreader of ancient civilization finally came to the end of history... In some distant time and space, the Western Roman Empire did not perish as we know it, but jointly ruled the vast territory with the Eastern Roman Empire. Until the ancient curse suddenly appeared and the Persian cavalry invaded in large numbers, the empire was once again pushed to the cusp of war. In order to break the source of the curse, Prince Maxian of Western Rome launched a forbidden spell in an attempt to turn the tide on his own. Alexander and Caesar returned from the underworld one after another with unfulfilled regrets from their previous lives. Facing the war in troubled times, they decided to return to the battlefield with the prince and rewrite the fate of their failed success...

This book is a biographical novel written by Zoya and Shura's mother, Liu Kosmodemyanskaya, describing how Zoya and Shura grew up to become heroes of the former Soviet Union's Patriotic War. Main story: Sudden artillery fire disrupted the peaceful life of Zoya and Shula's family. The two siblings used their actual actions to write the most touching answer to life. Youth, life, sunshine, and smiling faces disappeared in the flames of war, leaving behind the brave and fearless righteousness of the two little heroes. They were the two children's deepest love for their motherland, everyone around them, and their mother.

This set of books is the commemorative collection edition for the 40th anniversary of Lin Yutang's death. There are 18 volumes in total, including "From Pagan to Christian", "The Rumbling of the Wind", "Red Peony", "Smoke in Beijing (2 volumes)", "The Wisdom of Confucius (2016 Commemorative Collection Edition)", "Lai Boying", "Laozi's Wisdom (Commemorative Collection Edition)", "American Wisdom (Part 1 and 2)" Volume) (2016 Commemorative Collector's Edition)", "Qidao (Commemorative Collector's Edition)", "The Art of Living (2016 Hunan Literature and Art Edition)", "The Biography of Su Dongpo", "Chinatown", "Laughing and Laughing", "My Country and My People (2016 Hunan Literature and Art Edition)", "The True Biography of Wu Zetian", "The Wisdom of India", "The Wisdom of China", "Zhumen".

"Babylon" centers on two middle-class couples living in an apartment in the suburbs of Paris, telling the story of a murder caused by a "spring party". The sixty-two-year-old heroine reconstructs the story of a murder case involving a neighbor and his wife. The motivation is difficult to fully explain, but we seem to be able to detect the danger of collapse hidden under the ordinary life, and can feel the pessimistic and solemn atmosphere contained in the entangled intimate relationship. Under the appearance of a crime novel, Yasmina Reza uses her unique humor and sensitivity to unfold absurd dramas about daily trivialities, husband-wife relationships, and social life, showing the loneliness of losing belonging in a complicated world. He has won the Renaudot Literature Prize and the Goncourt Prize for Secondary School Students.

Summary of "Impermanence": These are four stories that happened in Huangshan. The first story, a plausible martial arts revenge story, explains the swordsmanship and people, mysterious and philosophical; the second story, tells the distortion of human nature under the impact of the commodity economy, and the color and space behind the diverse world, beautiful and meaningful; the third story, a Buddhist koan, narrates the process of a woman's meditation and enlightenment, ethereal and quiet; the fourth story, describes beauty and life, reality and fantasy, life and death, erratic and uncertain. The four stories, each in its own chapter, seem to be connected by some kind of uncertain reincarnation. When combined together, they blur the concept of time and space and reveal the meaning and questions of life.

Sylvia Chang directs the film of the same name, produced by famous director Ang Lee and starring Rene Liu. Among Yan Geling's many works, short stories and short stories are an extremely important part. "Girl Xiaoyu" collects 12 wonderful "stories across the sea" created by Yan Geling: "Girl Xiaoyu", "Red Luoqun", "Haina" "The Edge", "Charlie the Robber and Me", "The Kite Song", "The Love Affair of the Insomniac", "Wu Chuan is a Yellow Girl", "Jasmine's Last Day", "The Riddle in Las Vegas", "The Lime Bird", "The Landlady" and "The Whisperer". The main chapter "Girl Xiaoyu" tells the story of Jiang Wei and his girlfriend Xiaoyu, who traveled thousands of miles from mainland China to New York. Unable to obtain residency, Xiaoyu worked as an illegal worker in Chinatown. Jiang Wei also came to the United States as a student and worked part-time. In order to get rid of the difficult life, he was forced to arrange a fake marriage for Xiaoyu with Mario, an Italian man in his 60s, hoping to get her a green card.

"I Am My God (Set Volume 1 and 2)" is a novel that makes people feel extremely heavy after reading it. The whole book is filled with heroic spirit and compassion, and tells the rough life of two generations of the Ulitugula family under the tremendous historical changes. The novel explains the connection and confrontation between life and emotion, sin and redemption, war and peace, existence and death in a touching style.

If time bends, can I meet myself in my youth? Blurring reality and fiction, exploring the essence of time, and practicing Einstein's theory of space and time in novels. "Bending Time of Krems" is the latest work of Italian writer Claudio Magris. It contains five short stories related to time. The protagonists of each story have different identities. An old doorman who was an entrepreneur in his youth, an old music teacher who met his students, a speaker who met a strange lady, a late-blooming writer, and an old professor who watched youth movies. In each story, the protagonist recalls a certain episode from the past, and everyone searches for time that has been lost and found. Those times associated with life, love and experiences. Time and cause and effect go hand in hand: the cause leads to the result, the effect will become the subsequent cause, and in the end everything will return to its origin.

When George was four years old, his father died. More than ten years later, while sorting out old toys, grandma discovered a personal letter written by her father to George. In the letter, his father used the Hubble Telescope to cut in, named it the "Eye of the Universe", and looked into the entire universe, telling George a story with the intention of leading George to explore the true meaning of life. Faced with the questions raised by his father, how would George answer?