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E. T. A. Hoffmann (1776-1822) was an important writer of the late German Romantics. Most of his works are mysterious and grotesque, using exaggerated techniques to satirize and expose reality. The alienation of interpersonal relationships described and the techniques used such as free association, inner monologue, exaggerated absurdity, and multi-layered structures have a deep relationship with later modernist literature. The literary creations of later generations and literary genres such as magical realism, stream of consciousness, and absurdism were all greatly influenced by him. The four novels included in this book have different styles and themes. "Choosing a Fiancée" is a realistic novel that mocks the philistines and mediocrity in the real society at that time; "Miss Scodelly" is a historical novel that writes an anecdote in the Louis XIV era of France; "The Dwarf" "Chaches" is a fairy tale novel, which profoundly exposes the shady scenes and ugliness in the palace; while "Monster" is a magic novel, about a Prussian officer who was affected by witchcraft and showed a series of weird behaviors, reflecting people's hope that monsters can change people's destiny.

This book includes "Love of Life", "The Call of the Wild" and "White Fang" by Jack London. "Love of Life" tells the story of a gold digger who trekked hard in the wilderness and defeated hunger, cold, injury and wolves with his strong will to life, showing the bravery and tenacity of human nature. "The Call of the Wild" tells the story of a dog named Buck who was taken from the warm countryside to the cold wilderness and gradually returned to the wild. "White Fang" tells the story of a little wolf cub who began his adventurous life alone in the forest in the cold land of North America. In the forest, wolf pups learn the rules of life in the wild. But the encounter and interaction with humans changed his life forever: from humans he got his name, White Fang, and he also understood the preciousness of friendship and love.

Maupassant was a master of French literature in the second half of the 19th century. With more than 340 works of creation and superb artistic attainments, he was recognized by readers around the world as the "King of Short Stories". Together with the American short story master O. Henry and the Russian short story master Chekhov, he was also known as one of the "three major short story writers in the world". The essence of this book contains 25 classic masterpieces of Maupassant's short stories, including all famous masterpieces. It is divided into five chapters: the Franco-Prussian War, the tragedy and joy of staff, rural anecdotes, love and lust, and weird stories. It includes such must-read classics as "Ball of Suet" and middle school Chinese texts. "My Uncle Jules" and "The Necklace" are recommended extracurricular books. It also includes the rural story "Tuva" that makes people laugh to tears, the famous story "Two Friends" that accuses the brutal war, the beautifully written "Moonlight", and the tearful love tragedy "The Woman Repairing the Upholstered Chair", etc.

"May Rain" is a collection of novels by Higuchi Kazuyo, an outstanding Japanese female writer in the 19th century. It selects six of her representative works, including "Buried", "May Rain", "Jade Belt" and "Uncanopied Boat". Higuchi Ichiyo's writings are full of deep sympathy for the poor fate of the lower class people in society, and he warmed an era with his concise and powerful heartfelt words. With its unique quasi-classical style, his works achieve a clever balance between lyricism and narrative, thus combining the charm of classical literature with the expressive power of modern literature.

This book includes all of Kafka's short and medium stories, among which "The Metamorphosis", "In the Penal Colony", "Before the Gate of Law", "The Hungry Artist", "The Country Teacher", etc. Are all popular masterpieces. They all use symbols, metaphors, exaggeration and other techniques, with vivid plots and concise and smooth language; the stories are weird and bizarre, with no definite time and place, no cause and effect, giving people a dreamy, mysterious and strange feeling. The protagonists of the works are almost always in a situation where they can't help themselves. They all have their own goals in the bizarre world, but they often end up failing.

Zweig, the humanistic fighter, is a true masterpiece in confronting war and society! A new authoritative translation, a literal translation of the original German version, translated by Pang Wenwei, professor of the German Department and Director of the Teaching and Research Section of Tongji University. Humanist fighters questioned and resisted the war, and showed concern and sympathy for the people. That is the most tortured punishment. When a person is locked up alone in a room, shrouded in endless loneliness and fear, a chess book is both a life-saving straw and the source of madness. The horn of war swept every inch of Europe, and the dawn of peace was far away. Zweig, with his infinite concern for life and his humanistic feelings, showed the powerlessness of small people swept up in the huge whirlpool of fate and the absurdity of war to the world. He caressed the scarred land with his scarred soul.

This set includes 13 classic representative works by Yu Hua, including "Alive", "Xu Sanguan Sells Blood", and "Brothers".

This book is a collection of short stories by the author, including 26 detective stories. These detective novels are regarded as unique philosophical detective novels, which focus on exploring human nature from imaginative and surreal stories and exploring human destiny, morality and the nature of justice. They raise the form, connotation and depth of detective novels to a new level.

This set includes: "The Witch's Curse", "The Resurrection of the Doll" and "The Joker's Haunting"

In the literary history of France and the world, Maupassant, a 19th-century French writer, is not only famous for his novels, but also for his short and medium-sized novels, with more than 300 pieces in total, and is known as the "King of Short Stories". "The Complete Collection of Maupassant's Novellas and Short Stories" consists of five volumes. These short and medium-sized novels reflect the breadth of materials, covering all aspects of French social life at that time, allowing readers to have a glimpse of the master's superb artistic skills. The first volume includes the following four short story collections: "The House of Tellier", "Miss Fifi", "The Story of the Woodcock" and "Moonlight". Published from 1881 to 1883. This volume contains Maupassant's earliest works. Although his writing style is still a little green, the style of a famous artist can already be seen. The heroine Mrs. Tellier depicted in the short story "The House of Tellier" is considered to be the plumpest female image except Ball of Suif.

"Sangeuki": a Chinese historical fanfic written by the Japanese writer Nakajima Atsushi, based on "Zuo Zhuan", "The Analects of Confucius", "Zhuangzi", "Historical Records", "Journey to the West" and "Tang Dynasty"; "Light and Wind Dream": a collection of folk tales spanning South America, North Africa and Southeast Asia, which depicts the ideals and realities written by the Japanese writer Nakajima Atsushi.

Completely including "The Gift of the Magi", "The Last Leaf", "Love's Sacrifice", "Twenty Years Later" and other classic short stories by O. Henry, it can be called a "humorous encyclopedia of American life". Yale School critic Harold Bloom commented: "O. Henry enjoys a large and long-term readership, and his reputation is almost equal to that of the short story."

This book includes all eight novels by the author. Among them, "Marquise O" portrays the image of a woman who dares to control her own destiny and is not bound by feudal ethics; "Chile Earthquake" uses a major earthquake in history as the background to describe the tragic experience of a pure young couple. The novel is considered to be the best work of "disaster literature"; several other stories are also very distinctive, with tense plots and concise language.

The book "River Night" is the latest collection of short stories by the famous British writer Janet Winterson. It takes the impact of modern technology on human nature and life as the theme. It tells thirteen stories with different themes - family members "resurrected from the dead" through artificial intelligence technology, a science fiction world entered by smart glasses, a room covered in dust, and objects condensed with memories. In these stories, the characters encounter unexpected experiences, but in the end they always have a warm ending. The author combines his own thinking and experience to unfold his wild imagination, which is thrilling and mysterious and also makes people think. As a novelist, Winterson bridges the gap between imagination and reality, exploring the hazy and marginal places in life through adventures. This book is the exclusive copyright of our company. The translator is one of the representative new generation authors and young and middle-aged translators in China. He has rich experience in translating Janet Winterson's works. The translation is beautiful and smooth, and it presents Winterson's strong personal style on an accurate and faithful basis. It is highly readable and has been widely recognized by domestic readers.

In the literary history of France and the world, Maupassant, a 19th-century French writer, is not only famous for his novels, but also for his short and medium-sized novels, with more than 300 pieces in total, and is known as the "King of Short Stories". "The Complete Collection of Maupassant's Novellas and Short Stories" consists of five volumes. These short and medium-sized novels reflect the breadth of materials, covering all aspects of French social life at that time, allowing readers to have a glimpse of the master's superb artistic skills.

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 more than 20 of the most representative short stories and short stories by the famous Austrian writer Zweig. Among them, "Letter from a Strange Woman", "Twenty-Four Hours in a Woman's Life", "The Malay Madman", "The Story of Chess", "The Invisible Treasure", etc. Are all must-read masterpieces for Zweig fans. The book is also equipped with dozens of exquisite illustrations, hoping to bring reading enjoyment to readers.

"A Day in the Trees" is a collection of short stories by Margaret Duras. It consists of four stories: "A Day in the Trees", "The Python", "Mrs. Dowdan" and "The Construction Site". "The Day of the Tree" tells the story of an elderly mother visiting her son living in Paris, describing the special and eternal love of "maternal love", focusing on narrative and full of tension; in "The Boa Constrictor", the protagonist recalls that when she was a little girl, she had to watch two scenes in succession every Sunday, the giant python devouring a live chicken, and the regret devouring a seventy-year-old Miss Barbet. These two scenes unfold in parallel, complement each other, and trigger thinking...

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"The Last Night on Earth" consists of fourteen stories. The protagonist of most of the stories is B: a Chilean exile who wanders aimlessly in South America and Europe. It connects the stories of other people of his generation. Almost all of them are a generation of people who have been disillusioned in their exile life, struggling on the edge and trapped in nightmares. These people are like in a dream, constantly changing their images, names or backgrounds in different stories. Critics generally believe that Bolaño's proficiency in short stories is comparable to that of Kafka and Borges.

This book is the first collection of short stories written by Fukasuki Tsujimura after giving birth. It describes the stories of five women living in a small local town who went astray in pursuit of their dreams. "The Thief of Hitoshino Town": Ritsuko is my best friend, but one day I found out that her mother is a thief known by the neighbors; "Arson in the Minami District": Ritsuko reunites with Obayashi, a firefighter who she dated before but decided not to meet again. It seems that "Ah The legend of "Seven" will be repeated in contemporary times; "The Fugitive from Meiya Community": Meiyi meets Yoji who moved her, but after a brief dreamy happiness, the violent winter comes; "Dreams and Murder at Serinha University": College student Weijiu meets her boyfriend Xiongda. Facing her boyfriend who has high ambitions but low power, Weijiu, who is standing at the crossroads of life, is drawn into the center of the dark whirlpool; "The Kidnapping of the Junben Family": Liangzhi, who finally gave birth to a baby, accidentally lost the baby in the mall. For her who had endured tremendous pressure along the way, this was a huge blow.

This book includes Kafka's masterpieces of short and medium-sized novels such as "The Metamorphosis", "The Burrow", "The Country Doctor", "In the Penal Colony", "The Hungry Artist" and "The Judgment", which reflect the strangeness, loneliness, depression, division and alienation that are common in human existence. The work uses surreal imagination, realistic detailed descriptions, cold and concise language expressions, and profound and unpredictable connotations to describe the infinite complexity of human nature like an allegory.

To be disqualified in the human world is to lose the qualifications to be a human being. "Disqualification in the World" contains eleven representative works of Dazai Osamu. In addition to "Disqualification in the World", it also includes the author's final work "Good-bye" and other relatively rare versions of "The Standard Bearer of the 20th Century", "Villon's Wife", "Lantern", "Wish Fulfillment", "Beautiful Man and Cigarette", "Skin and Heart", "Cricket", "Cherry", etc. It also has a special appendix of Dazai Osamu's chronology and Dazai Osamu's suicide note to his wife. Dazai Osamu cleverly hides his life and thoughts in his works. The decadence revealed in the details can give a glimpse of the face of a clear and three-dimensional master of the "rogue school".

Hemingway is among all Nobel Prize winners in literature in the past 100 years, and is highly respected by scholars and loved by readers in my country. His "The Old Man and the Sea" is recommended to students by teachers and has become an enduring bestseller. But Hemingway's early fame was due to his short stories that created a generation of writing styles. He mainly uses declarative sentences, precise descriptions and short dialogues to give readers a direct and vivid impression. It can be said that since then, many modern and contemporary writers in the world have been more or less influenced by him. This book selects his famous and representative short stories, such as "The Snows of Kilimanjaro", "The Big Two-Hearted River", "The Killer", etc., From which we can get a glimpse of the entirety of Hemingway's creative style. All translations have been carefully revised and strive to be closer to the original work in content and form.

"The Adventures of an Englishman" tells the story of a hero who saves a beautiful woman. "The Adventures of the Little Archaeologist" - A short archaeological doctor encountered a group of young hunters during his exploration, but encountered unexpected treatment. The article "The Adventures of Popkins" tells the whole process of the Popkins family encountering robbers. The plot is tense and fascinating. The protagonist of "The Adventures of a Painter" is a historical painter who lived in the home of a wealthy duke for a period of time. However, the appearance of a group of robbers caused waves in his leisurely and peaceful life...

"A Collection of Short Stories and Novels by Maupassant" is a collection of short stories and short stories by the famous French writer Maupassant, the "king of short stories in the world". It presents readers with a picture of French social life at that time and has profound ideological connotation and social value. By reading the novel, readers can feel its unique charm. Maupassant's short stories depict a wide range of aspects of life, and together they constitute a comprehensive secular picture of French society in the second half of the 19th century. In Maupassant's novels, all kinds of phenomena in the social reality at that time are vividly described; characters from all walks of life are vividly outlined; the scenery and people of France's urban and rural areas are also vividly portrayed. Among his wide range of materials, there are three outstanding focuses, namely, the Franco-Prussian War, the life of clerks in Paris, and the urban and rural scenery and anecdotes of the Normandy region of France.

This book contains five novellas and four short stories, all of which have been published in various domestic literary journals. With skillful literary techniques and compassionate feelings, the author truly depicts the lives, encounters and fates of various little people during the reform and opening up period. The work has a strong sense of story, the text is simple and natural, and has a strong appeal. Because it is a realistic subject, it is easy to resonate.

"Moral Stories" is a collection of Coetzee's short stories. The Chinese version is introduced for the first time, including "Dogs", "Stories", "Vanity", "When Women Get Old", "Old Women and Cats", "Lies" and "Glass Slaughterhouse", a total of seven stories. The novel uses mother and child, love and desire, youth and aging, and the relationship between humans and animals as entry points. It uses speculative dialogue and psychological portrayal to create a female image with rich heart and distinctive personality. The story is concise but meaningful, presenting Coetzee's deep thinking on the nature of human morality and the situation of life. A reader's comment on the Goodread page reads: "The seven stories are all shallow and profound. Some passages need to be read repeatedly to understand the author's meaning. I will keep this book and read it frequently 20 years later." "When I first heard about Coetzee, the Nobel Prize winner, I thought his novels were difficult and obscure; after reading these stories, I found that his style is actually clear, profound, and light."

"The Applewood Table and Other Brief Notes" collects twelve uncollected and unpublished short stories by the great American writer Herman Melville during his lifetime, most of which have been translated into Chinese for the first time. Melville discovered the strange relationship between people and things, wrote about the situation of people who were impoverished or lost their past, and explored fate... With powerful ridicule and fervent care, he maintained human dignity between chaos and pretense. I would like to publish this collection of short stories to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Melville's birth.

"Green Faced Fish" is the first collection of novellas written by Chen Jie Jie, a young writer born in the 1980s. It includes six novels, including "Snakes", "Mothers", "Different Paths", "Abandoned Children", "Yu Sheng" and "Overpass". It tells the living conditions of a group of small people: they each have their own misfortune, struggling in misfortune to find their final destination. Bai Yue was unfortunate because of the snake, his mother was unfortunate because she couldn't love him, his cousin was unfortunate because of his purple face, Liu Xuan was unfortunate because of the scars on his hands, Yu Hansheng and Duan Niqiu were unfortunate because of misunderstanding and hatred, and the four people in "The Bridge" were also unfortunate. These novels describe the different fates of the protagonists. They struggled to start and end in their own way.

"Signature of All Things" content summary: After "Eat, Pray, Love", we set out again to find the truth of love. Having a scientific and wise mind, a rational and calm mentality, facing all things in the world, and living a smart and generous life, this is the high level of sexiness for women. Brief introduction to "City of Girls": The huge legend of New York Broadway theater girls during World War II. A group of charming pioneer women composed a song of female friendship. Gorgeous costumes, witty drama, great lines, and wonderful descriptions of sex... Reproduce the tawdry charm of New York in the 1940s and the mystery of fashion.

Twice nominated for the Nobel Prize, the genius writer who brought Japanese literature into the top position in the world literary world, and the god of young literary and artistic people - Mishima Yukio's extreme writing trilogy: the extremely beautiful "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion", the extremely pure "Chao Sao", and the extremely loving "Hunger of Love". The latest fine proofreading of the authoritative Chinese translation, the first to be upgraded in 2021, a collector's edition with purple illustrations and hardcover illustrations. "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion": The ultimate beauty is destruction. The pinnacle of Mishima's aesthetics, a benchmark classic novel that is both perfect and original. Anyone can easily feel ashamed when facing the beauty of the Golden Temple. Mizoguchi, a young monk who stutters, is particularly sensitive. Mishima follows Mizoguchi's story, showing one by one the joy, awe, surrender, rebellion, hatred, and even desperate behaviors of defective people in response to "ultimate beauty". It logically completes the functional reversal of "ultimate beauty" from pleasing people to suppressing people. It is shocking to see a young man's relaxed aesthetic activity turn into a tragedy of fighting for his life. This shocking work pushed Japanese literature to a more prominent position in the world literary world upon its debut, and later became a benchmark literary classic that is both perfect and original. "Chao Sao": Only pure love can make the body pure. Mishima's unique work "against himself". 1954 Xinchaoshe Literary Award. Mishima said: "I want to write something that is completely opposite to myself." He changed the tragic concept that all characters have a dark side, and love and beauty to the extreme will inevitably turn into violence and death, and set pure characters and pure love in an Eden-like environment. Only pure love can make the body pure, and thus determine the human body to have the highest aesthetic value. He blended Japanese and Greek classical aesthetics to write this pastoral novel of pure love that can make people feel happy. As soon as the novel was published, it triggered a "name-changing craze". Thousands of Japanese girls changed their names to the name of the character in the novel - Hatsue. "Hunger of Love": If love cannot eliminate loneliness, it will eliminate the lover. A perfect work of Mishima narrative. After the death of Etsuko's husband, she relied on her father-in-law's manor to survive. She seeks a sense of security from her ambiguous relationship with her father-in-law, and longs for pure and dynamic love from the young hired worker Saburo. Etsuko's hunger for love cannot be satisfied after all, and that's because her intimate relationships are established in a twisted way. Many times I try to eliminate loneliness with love, but I end up getting even more lonely. With astonishing insight, Mishima once again exposed the tragic truth of modern people's spiritual level to our eyes with his "extreme writing". The overall structure of "The Hunger of Love" maintains the rigorous pattern of Japanese classical tradition. It is meticulous and exquisite, and the changes in time and space are neatly superimposed. It was highly praised by critics and praised as "the most rigorous work among Yukio Mishima's works."

A series of self-selected novels by famous writers (a total of 6 volumes). It includes chapters such as "Druze", "Bat", and "Business", which reflect Zhao Benfu's unique and rough aesthetic conception and language style. The series also includes "Brilliant Peach Blossoms", "Visiting the City", "Single Noblesse", "Funiu", and "The Sky Is Missing".

This book contains four of Kawabata Yasunari's most famous masterpieces, "Snow Country", "Ancient Capital", "Thousand-Feathered Crane" and "Hachidori". Kawabata Yasunari is the first Japanese writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. As a national professional publishing house for domestic literary publishing, People's Literature Publishing House publishes Kawabata Yasunari's anthology, which also reflects the professionalism of literature. Kawabata Yasunari has many works, so the selection and collection of texts are very important. The "Snow Country", "Ancient Capital" and "Thousand-Feathered Crane" selected in this book are not only Kawabata's representative works, but also spanned the author's prime period of creation in terms of creation time. From them, we can see the essence and peak of the author's creation. "Hachidori" is in the same vein as "Thousand-Feathered Crane" in terms of content, allowing readers to have a more comprehensive understanding of Kawabata Yasunari's works. This kind of arrangement is not found in other anthologies. The translator of this book, Chen Dewen, is a senior Japanese literature translator who graduated from Peking University's Japanese major in the 1960s. He began translating Japanese classic literature as early as the early 1980s. His years of experience in Japanese literature translation have given him not only in-depth research on Kawabata Yasunari's literature, but also unique insights. He is the best candidate to translate Kawabata's works.

Euripides' works concentratedly reflected the political and ideological crisis during the decline of the slave social democracy in Athens. "Medea" is considered the most touching Greek tragedy. It tells the revenge of Medea who was betrayed by her husband. It reflects the writer's sympathy for the social status of women at that time and supports their resistance. "Women of Troy" writes about the pain of many female captives after the fall of Troy, expressing the writer's strong hatred for the war.

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 Gift of the Magi" selects many of O. Henry's classic works and is the best of his short stories. Among them, "The Gift of the Magi" and "Devotion of Love" depict two young couples who consider each other in everything and have the courage to sacrifice themselves for each other, praising the kind of pure and noble love without distracting thoughts. The stories are both warm and touching, and have become masterpieces passed down by the world. "The Last Vine Leaf" is a description of the true love and friendship that exists in the world. At the end of the story, a seemingly useless and down-and-out old artist suddenly became extremely tall and stalwart at the last moment of his life, because he left true love to the world, and for To save the life of the sick young woman, he used up what little strength and talent he had... These works not only enlighten us deeply, but also allow us to enjoy a kind of pleasure in reading, a kind of pleasure that real art will bring us. This dual function is also the charm of his novels. The endings of the stories in these works are often unexpected. Some endings are shocking and enlightening, while others make people sit down and think deeply.

"The Catcher in the Rye": one of the top 100 novels of the 20th century, selected into the reading lists of many prestigious schools around the world and selected as the Book of the Century by the New York Public Library, with a cumulative global sales of 70 million copies. Hemingway, Nabokov, John Updike, Beckett, Su Tong, Mai Jia, Zheng Yuanjie, Bei Dao... A masterpiece in the hearts of generations of literary and art masters. Salinger resurrected Holden, who had disappeared on the battlefield in previous works, and recounted his various adventures during his three-day urban wandering after dropping out of school. The language of the novel is plain and restrained; Salinger uses dual characters, metaphors, intertextuality, puns... To explore the steep cliffs and dark paths between one's self and the world, innocence and maturity, life and death; and presents a sincere requiem for all that has passed. "Nine Stories": Before reading these nine stories, you dare not say you know what a short story is. "The Catcher in the Rye" is Salinger's only short story collection, included in the "Western Canon" as a writing model. The nine stories twist, complement each other, and reflect Salinger's beloved Glass family like a prism. "Franny and Zooey": Following "The Catcher in the Rye" and "Nine Stories", Salinger continues to write songs of innocence and tenderness. This book is composed of two mutually related novels, "Franny" and "Zooey". Pushing the conflicting sense of self-existence in "The Catcher in the Rye" and the discussion of spiritual salvation to a deeper level. The novel relies on exquisite dialogue to advance, is full of metaphors, turns a thousand times, and is hearty. The beautiful sister Franny is like the "female version of Holden", extremely confused and on the verge of suffocation; the brother Zooey uses words full of inspiration and humor to rescue his sister from the shell of autism. This is also a story about love and the expression of love. "Raise the Beams, Carpenters; Seymour: A Biography": "The Catcher in the Rye" Salinger's last published work before his death, a book of comfort dedicated to wanderers trapped at a spiritual crossroads. It is a powerful supplement to "Nine Stories" and "Francny and Zooey", deciphering the events of Seymour's life and death, and carving out a group portrait of the "Glass Family". It is also a book of comfort for wanderers trapped at a spiritual crossroads: the confrontation with absurd reality may make people crazy, but the penetrating poetic world in our hearts will never die.

"Gulna Collection·Volume 1" contains five important works by Abdulrazaq Gulna, a Tanzanian British writer and winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize for Literature. As a writer who has long paid attention to groups living in cultural mezzanines, Gurner draws from his own immigrant experience and has insights into many important issues such as identity, ethnic conflict, and historical writing in his works. The five novels included in this set include "Paradise", "In Praise of Silence", "By the Sea", "The Last Gift" and "Afterlife". The creation time extends from the 1990s to the present. The living conditions in the post-colonial era shown in them are considered to have important social reality significance.

1. Welcome to the Shura Field of Life! Do you dare to say out loud that you love money? A realistic novel about money and dreams. 2. Won the Edogawa Ranpo Prize, the Yoshikawa Eiji Prize, and the Naoki Prize. This is another triple crown winner after Keigo Higashino - the work of Jun Ikeido. 3. Authorized Chinese simplified copyright for the first time! Author Jun Ikeido writes a loving preface for the Chinese version! 4. The popular Asian phenomenon-level Japanese drama with a Douban score of 9.2 And nearly 160,000 reviews - the first in the original novel series of "Hansawa Naoki"! Turning to page 1, you think this is a youth coming-of-age novel. Turning to page 40, you will feel that this is a bloody workplace novel. Turning to page 250, you will feel that this is a mystery novel. When you turn to the 300th book, you will feel that this is a set of passionate novels about upgrading and fighting monsters. After reading the first book, you will feel - this is reality! After reading the second book, you will feel - it is so realistic! ! After reading the third book, you will feel - this is me, always being abused and never giving up! After reading the fourth book, you will find that this is actually - life...

"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.

The young man who lost his companions after being rescued got rid of his guilt and faced growth bravely. The young man who lost his legs rediscovered himself in the process of learning to dive. The motorcycle rider who was ridiculed fought back. The student wandering on the edge of decadence found the way to be independent and self-reliant... The miracle of life is often hidden in the pain that is caught off guard. Brave and strong people can always make miracles happen...

Zhang Henshui (1895～1967), whose original name was Zhang Xinyuan, Henshui was his pen name. A native of Qianshan, Anhui. The master and master of Zhanghui novels in the Republic of China. Keywords in life: popularity, fans, spring, Beijing flavor, reporter, boldness, attitude, character, hate water, the first writer in the Republic of China, and a professional writer. Mr. Lao She called Mr. Zhang Henshui "the only old writer in China who is well known to both women and children." This collection includes 37 representative works of Mr. Zhang Henshui, including not only the classic novel "The Golden Fen Family" that established his status in literary history, but also the popular and popular "Chunming Foreign History" and "The Cause of Cry and Laughter"; it also includes the weird and mysterious book "Eighty-One Dreams", the classic Anti-Japanese War novel "Long Live the Tiger", and the collection of essays "Shanchuang Essays". This collection maintains the original Zhang style and is a classic collection version not to be missed by those who like Zhang Henshui's works.

"Selected Novels of O. Henry" selects dozens of O. Henry's representative short stories such as "The Gift of the Magi", "The Cop and the Hymn", "Twenty Years Later", "Children in the Jungle", "The Drunkard's Will" and "The Double Liar". O. Henry's novels show ironic compassion, unique humor and never-guessed endings. O. Henry's works can give you an unexpected ending every time, leaving you stunned and leaving you alone to think, cry and smile alone.

The set includes: "Four Sides of the Wind", "Firefly Alley", "Goodbye, Firefly Alley" and "The Great Solitude".

"Shishuoxinyu" is a famous traditional Chinese novel about people, mainly describing the conversational styles and anecdotes of characters in the late Han, Wei and Jin Dynasties. The book contains a total of 36 chapters and 1,130 articles. It covers politics, economy, society, literature, thought and many other aspects. Therefore, it is also an important material for studying the history of this period. It truly reflects people's thoughts, life and social style at that time, and also shows its high value in society, politics, thought, literature, language and other aspects. "Shishuoxinyu" has a great influence on the development history of Chinese classical Chinese novels and has always been highly valued by people. It had been introduced to Japan as early as the end of the 9th century AD. In 1974, Shishuoxinyu was fully translated into French. In 1976, it was translated into English. Lu Xun called "Shishuo Xinyu" a "textbook of celebrities" and summarized its artistic characteristics as "the words are profound and distant, cold and meaningful, and the deeds are high, simple and magnificent".

Colm Tóibín's first collection of short stories focuses on the eternal human topic of the "mother-son" relationship, telling various stories arising from this complex relationship from different perspectives. Each of the nine short stories centers on the relationship between mother and son, capturing a transformative moment. At that moment, the delicate balance between mother and son is broken, or their understanding of each other changes. A man buried his mother and washed away the sorrow in his heart with a night of indulgence; a famous singer conquered the audience, but could not please the son present who had not seen him for many years. And in "The Long Winter," the last and best story in the book, a young man searches for his runaway mother in the snow-covered mountains. Tóibín meticulously, elegantly and fluently depicts men and women of all stripes who are trapped by convention, subject to unspeakable emotions and unable to escape the shadows of the past. Many people are helplessly stuck in the quagmire of life with no other choice. Through these stories, Tobin accurately demonstrates human fragility and longing, which is shocking and unforgettable. Everyone can gain spiritual comfort, inspiration, and courage to face life from reading these short stories.

"Major General Nogi's Mother" is a classic collection of novels by Junichiro Tanizaki, a representative writer of Japanese aestheticism. It includes "Major General Nogi's Mother", "Fumiko's Feet", "Blue Flower", "On the Road", "A Lock of Hair" and other representative short stories and short stories. Among them, the famous story of the same name "The Mother of Major General Nogikan" was written in 1949. It is based on classic ancient books such as "The Tale of Genji", "The Tale of the Past" and "The Tale of Yamato". It weaves a magnificent legend of the Heian period with a strong classical flavor. It was highly praised by Japanese literary critics as "the synthesis and the highest crystallization of all Tanizaki's elements". Talking about this article, Tanizaki said, "I hope not to offend the dignity of historical facts as much as possible, and at the same time fill in the shortcomings of the record, so as to expand my own world." The world of Tanizaki's novels is full of absurdity and weirdness, seeking beauty in ugliness, affirming goodness in praise, and thinking about the meaning of survival in death. Whether it is the world of beautiful snow that expresses his demonic "ugliness as beauty" or the oriental culture that pursues Japanese classical traditional beauty, Junichiro Tanizaki's works are permeated with a strong sense of human emotions and psychology. Yukio Mishima once evaluated Tanizaki Junichiro's works as "the peonies blooming brilliantly against the gloomy background of naturalistic literature".

The short story collection "Moments of Existence - Woolf's Short Stories" (originally titled "The House of Ghosts and Other Short Stories") was carefully selected by her husband Leonard Woolf to fulfill her last wish after Virginia Woolf committed suicide. The book contains 18 short stories written by Woolf in different periods, including "The Spot on the Wall", "The New Dress", "The Moment of Existence", etc.