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"Where Is Home" is a collection of essays written by the famous writer Ye Zhaoyan about his nostalgia. The writing style is concise and the style is tranquil. This book contains a variety of themes related to his hometown in Ye Zhaoyan's prose, including recording the old customs of Nanjing, describing the scenery of Nanjing and its surroundings, or evaluating the style of various cities in Jiangsu. Behind the plain language is the author's love for his hometown, which unknowingly inspires people with beauty. The author of this book, Ye Zhaoyan, is a "Nanjing expert". Regarding Nanjing, which is known as the "ancient capital of six dynasties" and the "city of ten dynasties", Ye Zhaoyan has endless articles and love words to say. This city has a long and prosperous history, and history has given it too many memorable moments; the people living in this city have pursuits and sentiments. In spring, they enjoy the cherry blossoms in front of Jiming Temple, in summer they go to Xuanwu Lake to escape the heat, and in autumn they climb Qixia Mountain to appreciate the maple leaves... Such a city naturally makes people feel a lot of nostalgia, and people in this city will naturally develop a unique nostalgia. Ye Zhaoyan went to other cities in Jiangsu Province with his nostalgia for Nanjing. These familiar foreign places gave Ye Zhaoyan's nostalgia a different flavor. Let us experience his unique nostalgia in "Where is Home?"

This book is the latest self-selected collection of prose by the novelist Ye Zhaoyan. From the perspective of humanistic care, he writes about people, events and objects, and understands the mixed flavors of life. In recent years, novelist Ye Zhaoyan has written a large number of prose essays, which are loved by readers. In an interview with a reporter, he said: "I am a novelist, and prose is just for fun!" But the brilliance of his prose is comparable to that of novels. Perhaps due to his family background, novelist Ye Zhaoyan's prose expresses a strong literati sentiment. Whether he is talking about old things, gossiping about cultural celebrities, or reminiscing about relatives, friends and teachers, he appears to be knowledgeable, candid and sincere, exuding a peaceful and tranquil elegance. His writing style is simple and plain, expresses his thoughts directly, quotes from other sources, and is humorous. It has its own charm, reflecting a writer's profound knowledge and strong realistic and humanistic feelings.

This may be one of the most enjoyable little books of 2018. A heart-to-heart book is also a heart-to-heart book. Ye Zhaoyan's prose is comfortable and friendly, like a conversation, full of witty words and quiet, but it can reflect the desolation and enthusiasm of the world's people and gain insight into this world of pain and goodness. With "Useless Beauty" accompanying you all the way, you will never be lonely no matter how wonderful the years are. Ye Zhaoyan's new collection of essays includes famous works such as "Ashes of Revolution", "Pain and Kindness", "Useless Beauty", "Chengren", "South of the Yangtze River", "Stealing Fire with Paper", "In Another Language", "This Kind of Cold". A few strokes of sparks are blazing, and the paper is filled with solemn compassion. Ye Zhaoyan has not changed his original intention, with "cannot help but care" about ordinary human affairs, and with the calmness and respectable honesty that can see through the world, he will sit across from you and talk about: the choice and abandonment of young people, the loneliness and perseverance of strivers, worldliness and ideals, seriousness and persistence... To cover up the illusion of the world and restore the truth of life. The gifts of life often come from non-utilitarian contributions. Although "beautiful" is "useless", it has the power to carry life.

"Unforgettable" is a 2018 new novel by the famous writer Ye Zhaoyan. 25 Years after "Night at Qinhuai", it is a masterpiece of new historical novels. This is a righteous work with men as the protagonists, a group portrait novel, describing the men's feelings about family and country, brotherhood, and describing the changes in Nanjing in the 1920s and 1930s, and the pain and love in the fission era. It is more masculine and upright than "Night at Qinhuai".

"The Garden of the Family" is the latest novel by the writer Ye Zhaoyan. It takes an old house in the south of Nanjing, two families, and the intertwined life stories of three generations as the main line to write an epic of civilians in the Republic of China for more than 70 years. Going to the countryside, resuming the college entrance examination, opening up to the outside world, going abroad, doing business, reforming state-owned enterprises, developing the economy, rebuilding shantytowns... "Zhangjia Garden" has witnessed the ups and downs of the protagonist Tianjing and a group of relatives, friends and neighbors, and has also witnessed the turn of major contemporary historical moments.

"Going to School" is a sincere work by the famous writer Ye Zhaoyan looking back on his childhood and boyhood. It is a brand new collection of prose essays after the non-fiction work "Nanjing Biography". As a person born in the 1950s, Ye Zhaoyan's reading career reflected the unique history and changes of the times in the 1960s and 1970s. In primary school, middle school and high school, and even as the first class of candidates after the resumption of the college entrance examination, amidst the changes in society, what remains unchanged is the hunger and enthusiasm for learning. This book is divided into more than ten sections, using "going to school" as a clue to pull out the historical dust and information fragments belonging to a specific era, and narrate some unforgettable memories in his more than ten years of studying from different aspects. The time when he was studying in primary school in the countryside, studying farming, studying engineering, accompanying each other with his grandfather Ye Shengtao and his grandson in Beijing, and the neglect of his parents in special years... Are all clearly presented in this work one by one. The pain of growing up, the thirst for learning, the hope of family affection, and the hurt of the times are written in a calm and restrained way, indifferent and distant. In the restrained narrative, it shows us the resilience of growth and the complexity of life, and the deep feelings for the past years of studying in the past are hidden in the simple words and sentences.

This book is a collection of essays by writer Ye Zhaoyan interpreting the works of foreign classic writers. The writers discussed include Shakespeare, Goethe, Balzac, Llosa and Naipaul. This collection combines the keenness of a novelist with the persistence of a critic. From another aspect, we can also understand the private reading history of a literary master.

Ye Zhaoyan is a famous contemporary novelist and one of the representatives of scholarly prose. With his continuous writing, he has successively published more than 40 collections of essays, such as "Wandering Night", "Old Shadows of Qinhuai", "Ye Zhaoyan's Wonderful Essays", "Ye Zhaoyan's Prose", "Miscellaneous Peanut Trees" and "Old Characters". They are unique for their distinctive light and gentle narrative style, rich and complex themes, and concise and plain language. For this compilation and selection, Ye Wei, associate professor of the School of Liberal Arts of Zhejiang University of Communication, was specially invited to compile the selection and write an introduction. It is a complete and authoritative review of Ye Zhaoyan's prose creation.

This book is a collection of essays by the famous writer Ye Zhaoyan, written for everyone who is as bright as spring in ordinary times. There are five chapters in the book, which are: "Everything in the past is a prologue" - Memory of youth "Wherever the heart goes, it is hometown" - Scenery of hometown "I enjoyed new knowledge when I was young, and missed old friends in middle age" - Missing friends "Blow out the reading lamp, and the whole body is covered with moon" - Ideal sentiments "The smoke of fireworks in the world is the most soothing to the human heart" - Fireworks are rolling. In his writings, whether he is talking about the ancient city of Nanjing, gossiping about cultural celebrities, or reminiscing about relatives and friends, he appears to be knowledgeable, frank and sincere, exuding a peaceful and elegant atmosphere. The writing is plain and simple, and has no distance from the readers. It captures the warm and deep love for life in the mundane and subtle aspects of life.

"The road to his father was too long, and Zhang Zuo discovered that he had never really walked into Zhang Xiyi." "The Road to My Father" is Ye Zhaoyan's new work. It is a book in which he returns to his original intention of writing and faces, pays tribute to, and reflects on the life of his fathers for the first time based on more than sixty years of life experience. Not long after Zhang Zuo was born, his parents separated due to discord. He was raised by his grandfather Wei Ren and his grandmother since he was a child, and was emotionally alienated from his father Zhang Xiyi. As time goes by, Zhang Xiyi became famous in his later years, and the relationship between father and son became closer. Three generations, Zhang Zuo, Zhang Xiyi and Wei Ren, were father and son or master and apprentice. They were close friends but also distant from each other. "Father", is the physical body alternating, or the spiritual inheritance? "What exactly did we encounter on the road to our father?"

"Nanjing Biography" is a special biography of Chinese history, a Chinese history based on Nanjing. To understand Nanjing is to understand Chinese history. The ancient capital of six dynasties and the metropolis of ten dynasties uses history as a guide to comb through the history of Nanjing, from Sun Quan's move to rule in 211 to the millions of troops crossing the river in 1949. As a recognized writer, Ye Zhaoyan has a unique understanding of Nanjing, which he has written about for forty years. In this "Nanjing Biography", which is the culmination of his forty years of writing, Ye Zhaoyan uses history as a guide to comb through the history of Nanjing: from Sun Quan's move to Moling in 211 AD to the millions of troops crossing the river in 1949, through the hegemony of the Eastern Wu, the golden powder of the Six Dynasties, the Pian'an of the Southern Tang Dynasty, the Ming and Qing dynasties, and the ups and downs of the Republic of China. How did Nanjing develop step by step? Moling, Jianye, Stone City, Jiankang, what is the historical significance of the ancient names of Nanjing? From bamboo fences to Ming city walls, how did the urban system evolve? Sun Quan, Xiao Yan, Li Bai, Yan Zhenqing, Li Yu, Wang Anshi, Xin Qiji, Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Di, Matteo Ricci, Zhang Zhidong, Sun Yat-sen, what immortal legends did these figures leave in Nanjing? ... Ye Zhaoyan, a Nanjing native, was a writer and historian who "looked at Chinese history through the window of Nanjing", peeling off the cocoons and explaining it in detail. Here, Nanjing is not only a narrative space, but also a platform with distant views, and "Nanjing Biography" can also be regarded as a Chinese history based on Nanjing.