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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.

Life is boring, tell me a story and let me escape reality. The master of short stories, Etgar Keret, conquers readers all over the world with his classic masterpiece! A talking goldfish can help you realize three wishes; a habitual liar unexpectedly meets the fictional character when he lies; and a girl finds a zipper in her boyfriend's mouth, and after opening it, a completely different man appears. These creative stories based on daily life, with the rare magic of words, provide a possibility of changing our painful reality. After reading Keret's story, we will understand: It turns out that as long as we give ordinary life a little imagination, we can stir up profound surprises.

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.

"The Pit" is a collection of short stories and short stories by the master of Russian literature Andrei Platonov. The novel "The Pit" of the same name is a landmark novella by Platonov full of ideological depth and artistic innovation. This novel, "Gradov City", "A Beautiful and Furious World" and "Makar with Doubts" are all Platonov's early masterpieces, which combine symbolism and realism. Through in-depth observation and thinking of real life, the writer uses plain language and humorous and joking style to depict allegorical pictures, exploring philosophical issues such as ideal and reality, material and spiritual, individual and collective, etc., Reflecting his thoughts on the fate and future of mankind. "Flo", "July Thunderstorm", "Return" and "The Third Son" are all Platonov's later masterpieces. These novels focus on themes such as love and family affection, reveal a natural, simple and restrained artistic style, deeply explore the subtleties of human nature, and conduct a profound analysis of social changes.

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.

"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.

A companion piece to "The White Tower"! No. 1 In Japanese online bookstore literature category! The genuine Chinese electronic version is on sale for the first time! Adapted from the Japanese drama "The Gorgeous Family" starring Kimura Takuya, Douban scored 8.8! Uncover the shady secrets of Japan's banking industry! Wives and concubines having sex, cannibalism, collusion between officials and businessmen, naked human desires are everywhere! In the face of huge commercial interests, family, friendship, love, everything has become a transaction. Open this book and see through the naked human desires! In the face of huge commercial interests, family, friendship, love, everything has become a transaction. Hanshin Bank General Manager Manta Daisuke appears to be a successful and respectable banker, but secretly he keeps a mistress and leads a dissolute life of wives and concubines. By manipulating his daughter into marrying high-ranking officials, he attempted to annex other banks. Daisuke's eldest son, Wan Tieping, is young and promising, but because he looks exactly like his grandfather, he is suspected of being the result of incest between his mother and grandfather, and is hated by Daisuke... Fratricide, shady government and business affairs, and human conflicts. Under the wealthy life of a flashy family, naked human desires are hidden.

When I reach middle age, I have a successful career, a big villa, a husband who has become a bad temper, and a son who doesn't know what he is busy with all day long. I was finally alone and free again. I must say that loneliness is the best gift in the world and the only haven in life. But one night, masked men broke into my house and raped me. This accident split my life in two. On the surface, I continued to deal with a miserable life: my son was a naughty old man and wanted to marry a girl who was pregnant with someone else's child; my mother insisted on marrying a pretty boy who was younger than her; my ex-husband had a new date, and I was having an affair with my best friend's husband. Secretly, I want to find out the true identity of the masked thug. I used an iron fist and cold blood to keep my daily life running as usual, and at the same time I had to deal with the rapist until the accident happened again...

"It's All Fantasy" is a collection of two works, "Plum Soul Fantasy" and "Photography Fantasy". "Plum Soul Fantasy" has six chapters and tells the love story of a talented and beautiful couple: Nishiki Chi Shang and Yan Feifei, the beauty in the painting. It's both real and illusory, and it's unparalleled in beauty. It is similar to the novel about gifted scholars and beautiful ladies, but its interest is different because of the fantasy and dream. It is a rare excellent work in the early Qing Dynasty.

This book is the second half of "The Master of the Dark Hunter: King of Kunlun" by the Japanese fantasy literature master Meng Zhenyu. It is also the last book in the author's "The Master of the Dark Hunter" series. In order to cover up his family's secrets, Saichiro decided to give up the commission for Ninety-Nine Ranzan. Luan Zang was attracted by the hidden secrets and determined to find out the truth on his own, and the past events surfaced. It turns out that fifteen years ago, in order to build a dam, the powerful Kuganuma family killed Han Yueweng's son and daughter-in-law, and even sacrificed his grandson as a human pillar under the auspices of the priest Benimaru. For fifteen years, Han Yueweng worked hard to take revenge, and finally cursed Yangtaro, disrupted the Kuganuma family, and attracted Benimaru. With the help of Kujiu Ranzang and Dragon King Yinhong, the great revenge was finally avenged.

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.

The girl Xia Qi is about to leave the town due to her parents' divorce. She was worried and asked Yusuke to watch the fireworks together. Although Yusuke had a crush on Xia Qi, he was too shy to say it. In the end, because he and his friends were arguing about whether the fireworks were round or flat, he decided to go to the fireworks festival with everyone to find out. Xia Qi then took the road to Diandao, but her destination became the more distant Tokyo. Diandao, who also had a crush on Xia Qi, embarked on this "elopement" journey in a daze. When the fireworks bloom, the ignorance of the young people and their answers rise into the sky together, leaving brilliant colors on the summer night.

This autobiographical novel not only has an attractive plot with ups and downs, but also shows the enlightening and thought-provoking aspects of the changing times. The author attempts to use stories to show the social life history of ordinary rural people in Taiwan's economic development process and the stories behind the "Taiwan Economic Miracle", and to see through the life picture of Taiwan's rural areas and the difficulties and hardships in the transformation to an industrial society and a commercial society over the past century. And those scenes that seem familiar during the rapid development process are worthy of deep thought and reference by mainland readers.

A woman, a piece of hot land, a wonderful and touching experience, a sincere and free life experience. In 1914, 29-year-old Karen set foot on the hot land of Africa, full of longing to run a coffee farm with her husband. Horse riding, hunting, practicing medicine, planting her own coffee garden... She lovingly recorded every detail of her life in Africa, feeling the most profound call and response between soul, life and nature.

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It exposes the current situation of reorganized families that is more common than "Shoplifters" and "In the Name of Family". In the face of various negative news about "original family PUA", "child abuse", "irrational chicken baby", "fear of marriage and childbirth" and "high divorce rate", it is a literary work with great freshness, reflection, care and educational significance! Yuko Morimiya is an ordinary 17-year-old female high school student, but she has an amazing family structure. Her mother died when she was 3 years old, and her father left everything behind and went abroad. Her stepmother and two stepfathers lived with her successively. For this reason, her name was changed a total of 4 times, and the family structure changed 7 times in 17 years. The sudden disappearance of her parents, the caution of being dependent on others, the betrayal and rejection of her friends, the feeling of loneliness being questioned by the eyes of those around her... Various sensitive scars from her native family and adolescence have all brought Yuko sad and helpless life problems. "Why do parents leave? What is the secret they are trying so hard to protect?" How much tender companionship does a girl need to break out of her cocoon? Cherish the people around you who love you and move forward bravely!

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.

Lujiazhai in downtown Shanghai attracted people's attention because of the case of a headless corpse. The creepy legends of the ancient village, the strange ethnic rules adhered to by the villagers, the effeminate village party secretary, the stubborn old patriarch, the mysterious pockmarked girl, and the sinister owl from the Western Regions are all incompatible with the modern metropolis. Why did the long-standing Guigu Sect and the mysterious Bat Demon Sect sneak into this ancient village, set up a maze of gossip, and pull up a dragnet? How can the mystery of the Bible "Quiet Song", which has been lost for thousands of years, be played? Ye Qingping, a young female detective, persisted in investigating the case. With the help of experts, she learned the unique skills of I Ching, Feng Shui, and Qi Men Dun Jia. Along the way, she used her unique skills from Eastern metaphysics to fight vampires, werewolves, and corpse turtles. She finally uncovered a layer-by-layer trap and unlocked a shocking secret that has been passed down for generations.

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.

This article describes how Santiago, an old Cuban fisherman, finally caught a big marlin alone after eighty-four consecutive days without catching a fish. On his way back, he was repeatedly attacked by sharks. When he finally returned to port, only the head, tail and a spine were left. "A person can be destroyed, but not defeated." This sentence will always give people the courage to face reality.

The American young man Barnes suffered a spinal injury in World War I and lost his sexual ability. After the war, while working as a reporter in Paris, he fell in love with the British Mrs. Ashley. She pursued pleasure blindly, while he could only drink to drown his sorrows. The two went to Pamplona, ​​Spain, with a group of male and female friends to participate in the bullfighting festival in pursuit of spiritual stimulation. The lady rejected the pursuit of the Jewish young man Cohen, but fell in love with the 19-year-old bullfighter Romero. However, after getting along for a period of time, due to the huge age gap between the two parties, and Mrs. Ashley could not bear to ruin the future of the innocent young man, the relationship ended sadly. Madame eventually returned to Barnes, although both parties knew that they could never truly be together.

In the first half of the 1920s, Hemingway lived in Paris as a correspondent in Europe. The book "A Moveable Feast" records this period of the author's life at that time. However, this book was written nearly forty years later. In other words, the "scene" of the feast has long since disappeared. The author and readers are only tracing those past years in their memories. For both the author and the readers, these memories have been out of focus and distorted through the lens of time. All memories about Paris blend into a common historical memory of Paris. Among the countless fictional and non-fictional works about Paris in history, "A Moveable Feast" is one of the most famous works. The dedication on its title page - "If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then she will be with you wherever you go in your life, because Paris is a moveable feast." It has become the "cultural calling card" of Paris and is widely recited.

Borges's conversations are as profound and wise as his works, and they remain timeless. The most important founder of American Spanish literature and one of the most influential classic writers of modern literature. Borges's character and conversation are at least as meaningful and witty as his works. During the last decades of his life, he traveled widely dictating poems, fables, and stories. In his travels and chats, he developed a special oral literature. The ubiquitous themes in his works are interwoven and shining in these eleven conversations, giving people a glimpse into the soul of this literary giant. This book is a poetic collaboration between three poets, Borges, Barnstone and Nishikawa, that spans time, space and language. Nishikawa began to translate and introduce Borges in the 1980s. Twenty years later, he revised and refined the translation and revised the new edition. Editor Barnstone's new work "Postscript" thirty years later re-evaluates Borges's literary legacy.

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".

The book "Enlightenment of Rhythm" is based on thirty rhymes of Shangxiapingsheng. Each rhyme has three antiphons, and each rhyme has ten pairs of antiphons. After the elementary school students memorize these sentences, they are initially familiar with the rhyme and rhythm, and naturally understand the contrast between oblique and oblique words. It will be much easier for them to learn to compose couplets and poems. In the old days, there was a saying that "if you read 300 Tang poems by heart, you will be able to recite them even if you don't know how to recite them." Memorizing these couplets will probably have the same effect.

"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.

This collection contains a total of seven of my novellas. Among them: "Sunshine Like Smoke" was published in the first issue of "Harvest" in 2002. "October Lilac" was published in "Shanghai Literature" in 1998, and was later included in "Chinese Contemporary Emotions and Ethics Book Series". After "Ningyang Yidiao" was published in "Special Zone Literature" at the end of 2001, it was reprinted by "Selected Novels" and included in "2001 Selected Chinese Novels" compiled by the China Writers Association.

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.

Among all his works, the short stories that made Hemingway the earliest and most enduring are his short stories that created a generation of writing style. These novels 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 contains all of Hemingway's short stories. 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.

This book attempts to use the externalized state of existence of most of us: seeking and not seeking, hunter and prey, to explore the inner world that is opposite, vague or parallel to it. Bad and bad meet, a seeker and a waiter. They fell in love, communicated, wrote, talked, and broke up. "This kind of sadness belongs to both of them: the sadness of not being able to get love, the sadness of not being able to release love. She is like a drowning person, waving her hands, trying to grab anything she can. Every relationship is actually a hopeful struggle in life, and only this struggle can prove that she is still alive." Just like some dreams, some conversations, accidents, poems read, novels read, a trip, a certain inconspicuous throbbing, will touch our deep truth. It is not just telling a story, it requires you to put down your guard, put down your restraints, put down your hesitation, put down your stance, sort out the forgotten or being forgotten fragments, and step into yourself before you can enter its world.

In the future world, technology is king. Mas and Hosaka, two giant companies, are huge and each has its own side. Genius scientists have signed indefinite contracts with these multinational groups and become prisoners of extremely high incomes. The employment relationship is not terminated until death. Scientist Christopher Mitchell invented a new type of biochip with huge potential, involving countless interests and affecting people from all walks of life. At the same time, Mitchell decided to rebel with the biochip, ran away from Mas, and took refuge in Hosaka. Turner, the world's top mercenary, was assigned to carry out this extremely dangerous mission, and he himself had just woken up from a shattering explosion...

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.

As if awakening from eternal chaos. I don't know who I am or what I have done. There is only one powerful driving force that urges him to overcome hardships and overcome obstacles. He finally found his sister. But being reunited with your family doesn't mean you're safe. Instead, a series of adventures begins.

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?

A self-selected collection of Yan Geling's novels, the main work is "Heavenly Bath", a film of the same name starring Li Xiaolu, which won 7 Taiwan Golden Horse Awards and the American Society of Film Critics Award. Li Xiaolu, who was 16 years old at the time, won the Golden Horse Award for Best Actress, the Paris International Film Festival and other awards for this film. However, the film was not released in China. This self-selected collection of short stories and short stories mainly tells various stories that happened in special times. The titles include 7 short and medium-length novels, including "Heavenly Bath", "The Falling River", "The Actor", "Ugliness Trial", "The Death of the Second Lieutenant", "The Old Prisoner" and "The Love Dog". The main title "Heavenly Bath" tells the story of Wenxiu, a female educated youth who desperately wants to return to the city, and Lao Jin, a local Tibetan. Wenxiu sold his body just to return to the city, but Wenxiu's sacrifice did not give him the opportunity to return to the city. Lao Jin got angry with Wen Xiu and made a scene, and finally shot Wen Xiu to death in despair and was buried with her.

In school, I was punished for various reasons because of my strabismus. They kicked my knees and thighs, stepped on my stomach, and forced me to drink water from the pond and toilet. They said, "Your eyes are so disgusting, I'm going to punish you!" Whenever I do these meaningless things I always see their smiling faces lined up in a row. "As usual, it's no big deal." I comforted myself in my mind and waited for time to pass. I knew that even if I told my parents about this, they wouldn't be able to participate in my world. Even if I told them, things would never get better. But even though I did nothing, the situation got worse. They used the open stapler to press down the staples on my palms, leaving round marks on my palms that throbbed and hurt. They also sealed my head into a football leather and asked me to be kicked by them as a "football man". The blood on my head fell on the floor. Until one day, I received a note saying "We are friends" from Xiaodao, another bullied person in the class. Therefore, correspondence with the island became my only real happiness. At nights when I was troubled by uneasiness and couldn't sleep, when I was worried about the future and going to school but couldn't do anything about it, I would lie down and look at the bookcase, staring at the spine of the dictionary sleeve filled with letters. But what I didn't expect was that the island was dragging me into another level of hell...

Ouyang still has a crush on a boy named Lin Chi; she hates a boy named Gong Ming, who is Lin Chi's good brother. She has never met someone who thinks he is smart, considerate, and funny. But it was him who made her understand that love and secret love are different. Secret love is a lonely show performed by only oneself, while love is a bridge connecting each other and the future...

Cheng Lichen is a boy with young bones but mature and somewhat gloomy eyes. He has eyes ranging from those of a teenager to a thirty-year-old man. When you look over, you will only see eyes that are as dark as the night. He is not beautiful enough, he is arrogant, a little indifferent, and hurts people around him wantonly, but in fact he is just a child with a strong aura and a fragile heart. He and a girl named Baili met in lonely time...

Xiao Bing went to Hoh Xil alone, joined the anti-poaching organization "Storm", and fought with the brutal poachers in a bloody battle...

Jesse's life is terrible. Not only is her husband missing, but her teenage stepson is being bullied. Even if her daughter, who is good at math, has a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to go to school, she can't afford the expense. Jesse told the kids all the time that things were going to be okay and we would figure it out. But life without money is like a car without gas, and she doesn't even believe this nonsense. It wasn't until the appearance of an outsider that she saw a turning point. So, she decided to take the family's big dog, take the children to take an adventure, and travel across the entire UK with this foreigner.

"Love in the Sky" is one of Du Hong's latest novella masterpieces. It is divided into two parts, "Ma Xiaoshu's Love" and "The Trapped Beast". They describe two love stories that took place during the Republic of China and in contemporary times respectively, and express the different choices people make when facing the huge gap between ideals and reality.