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In "Ask a Woman to Guess a Riddle", "I" lied about writing a novel "Looking at the Passage of Time" to send a nurse after a car accident. In order to cover up the lie, "I" began to conceive and write, and got lost in the text of the novel; "Recalling Qin'e" tells the story of the enigmatic woman "Su" who lives in the protagonist's house and interacts with her grandmother, mother and a group of lovers, enlightening "I" is in adolescence; "As if" has a novel that can be read from the inside and outside at the same time. The man sneaks into the land of rice wine from the pages of the book to start a mysterious journey, while the woman sticks to the books in the top floor room and waits for his return... "In the poetic narrative, Chinese writing has gained freedom in the true sense, enriching the understanding of the eternity of time and the instantaneity of existence." Sun Ganlu is a representative writer of the Chinese avant-garde. His main works include the novel "Breath", short story collections "Visiting Dreams", "Letter from the Messenger", "Remembering Qin'e", and essay collection "Dancing on the Ceiling", etc.

"I Heard the Voice of Suburbia Again: Poems and Thoughts" is a literary criticism and poetry collection by the famous "avant-garde" writer Sun Ganlu. It includes book reviews, art reviews and poems written by Sun Ganlu over the years. The biggest feature of this book is its focus on Sun Ganlu's poetry creation since the 1980s and the poetic atmosphere revealed in book and art reviews. His language is avant-garde and poetic, like a dream. In the book, he reflects on the bygone golden age of reading, being fascinated by the language of writers such as Proust, Salinger, Carver, Naipaul, and Eco, and pursuing the polyphony of images, music, and literature in the films of directors such as Antonioni, Kieslowski, Angelopoulos, Ang Lee, and Jiang Wen. He wrote: I miss the time when I wrote these words. Those powerful hands summoned my passion, and those tools gave shape to the ugly world, turned matter into another matter, and made impossible things happen. Ultimately, it led me to the path of seeking knowledge.

This book contains more than 30 conversations between Sun Ganlu and many friends from the 1990s to the present. The time spans more than 30 years, with scholars such as Mao Jian, writers such as Xiaobai and Wang Shuo, and filmmakers such as Xu Jinglei. The topics of the conversations involve not only Shanghai, novels, writing and other content related to the author, but also contemporary elements such as popular movies and changes in literary trends at the time. More than 30 dialogues reflected issues of concern to both parties at different times, and witnessed the vicissitudes of society. This book is a history of reading, watching movies, writing, and spirituality of the award-winning writer. It is an "oral history" that records the golden age of literature.

A new collector's edition of "Breath" by Sun Ganlu, winner of the "Mao Dun Literature Award". From summer to summer, a complete annual cycle, Rock spent a period of leisurely and confused emotional time, experiencing attachment at every moment, unmoved by the pressing heat wave. One snowy night, they slept in each other's arms, experiencing a flight, a breath, and the first and last awakening. In the years to come, they were almost immersed in the memory of that snowy night, and all the joys at midnight or early morning became the echo of that eternal night.

The winning works of the 11th Mao Dun Literature Award and the 16th "Five One Project" Award for Spiritual Civilization Construction! Sun Ganlu's stunning new novel presents the thrilling secret war in Shanghai in the 1930s with astonishing literary quality! In 1933, on the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, dark clouds enveloped Shanghai. A secret meeting was suddenly interrupted and half of the participants were arrested. Chen Qianli was ordered to reorganize his team in the face of danger and continue to implement the top-secret plan. Under the watchful eye of the public, a pre-announced dangerous battle for relocation begins... "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" salvages hidden and great historical events from Shanghai in the 1930s, and uses literary methods to imagine and present its process. The author kneads earth into bones, turns mud into flesh, and reunites the idealists scattered in the dust of history with their spirit and flesh and blood to join in the anxious and troubled times. They are fathers, lovers, and brothers, and they embark on an unfathomable journey in the dark night. In the darkest moment of loneliness, what a person sees and what he is willing to see determines what kind of person he will become.