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In England in the sixth century AD, the war between the native Britons and the Saxon invaders seemed to have come to an end - peace had come to this land, and the two groups lived side by side and lived together peacefully for decades. But at the same time, a strange "fog of forgetfulness" fills the valleys of England, swallowing up the memories of the villagers and making their lives seem like a meaningless daydream. An elderly British couple wanted to find their son who was still vaguely in their minds before their memory was completely lost, so they hurriedly embarked on an arduous journey. They are eager to let the fog dissipate, eager to regain the loving memories of their lifelong companionship - but this quiet fog conceals a dark and bloody past, that is, a giant who was buried decades ago by King Arthur of the British people in a way that goes against ideals. A mysterious Saxon warrior comes to this seemingly peaceful valley with a mission. What secret motives are hidden behind his humble appearance? Will his mission bring to this country an olive branch of forgiveness or a sword and fire of revenge? Gawain, King Arthur's last knight, is determined to protect the king's legacy with his life, because protecting it means protecting the final peace. Memory and forgiveness, revenge and peace, the fate of the four people are inevitably intertwined, and there is only one ending.

"The Surprise at the First Moment" is a collection of Chinese novels written by Ling Shuchu in the late Ming Dynasty. The book was written in the seventh year of Tianqi in the Ming Dynasty (1627), and was published by Shangyoutang Bookstore in the second year. Later, Ling Shuchu compiled "The Surprise of Shooting the Case at Two Moments" and published it in the fifth year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty (1632). The two books are collectively called "Er Pai". The contents of the books are very complex, and their ideological tendencies are also different. They mainly include works that describe the thoughts, actions, fate of businessmen, and works that describe marriage and love. Although most of the story themes come from the writings of previous generations, after Ling's re-creation, they express the social reality and atmosphere of the times in the late Ming Dynasty, and are imbued with Ling's own ideas and cynical resentment.

On September 15, 1946, an alien virus capable of rewriting human genes attacked Manhattan. 90% Of people who come into contact with it die, 9% mutate into monsters, called "ghost cards", and the remaining 1% have superpowers, called "ace cards." The world is never the same again.

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From "Songs of the Four Seasons: A Selected Collection of the Bucket Rider", The Bucket Rider is known as China's Kafka. He makes Chinese fantasy become real literature. He also integrates the simplicity, ethereal, beauty and weirdness of Chinese characters, where the poetry, absurdity and imagination of the East reach their peak.

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The adult world is too complicated, and only those who dare to be innocent can achieve happiness. If you still can't understand the complexity of the adult world, you must read "The Third Man"! The legendary master who was nominated for the Nobel Prize for Literature 21 times-Graham Green! The British "Guardian" regarded "The Third Man" as "a symbol of the British nation"! The film adapted from this book was selected as the top British film of all time by the British Film Institute, one of the top 100 films in the world by Time Magazine, and ranked 4th in the BBC's Top 100 Films... It won the Oscar, the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, and the Adapted Screenplay Award at the Venice Film Festival... The complete Chinese translation that readers have been waiting for for 71 years has been translated by Professor Wu Gang from SISU! Complete collection of the original novels of the Academy Award-winning work "The Third Man" and the Oscar-nominated work "The Fallen Idol"! The film adaptations of both works were directed by Oscar-winning director Carol Reed and written by Graham Greene! "He never grew up. The world around him grew up, that's all." Welcome to the world of adults! "People never know when the blow will come." After the end of World War II, Martins was invited by his close friend Harry to come to Vienna, which was occupied by the four countries. However, it was not Harry who was waiting for him, but Harry's funeral. Unwilling to give up, Martins decided to investigate the cause of Harry's death. The police, Harry's buddies, his girlfriend, doctors... He searched all over Vienna, but still found nothing - until the mysterious "third person" appeared. The real murderer seems to be right in front of you. But when the identity of the "third person" was revealed, Martins found that he had to face not only the truth, but also the complexity and unbearability of the entire adult world...

One morning, the cat at home turned into a handsome boy. The cat owner Keigo Higashino, who is a super ski fan, was overjoyed and forced him to participate in the Turin Winter Olympics. The dream adventure began... Lazy, confused, poisonous tongue, stubborn, afraid of loneliness, and love to act coquettish, the cat cat Keigo Higashino appears in his true colors! This is a novel-style self-record, in which Keigo Higashino fully demonstrates his love and hatred in an almost coquettish way. The book depicts many exclusive and wonderful scenes that can be called "Private Photos of Higashino Keigo". It is a picky and most sincere record.

The publication of "New Life" in 1997 caused a sensation in Türkiye and became the fastest-selling book in Turkish history. It explores how the love and hatred between East and West for centuries seep into the cracks of everyone's life. Urgent intensity, captivating prose and dreamlike wonder. At that magical moment of departure you see an angel: until that moment we never know what this turmoil called life really means. One day, the male protagonist Osman read a strange book and was deeply shocked. He decided to bid farewell to the familiar life in the past, break away from his family, and pursue the "new life" in the book. He fell in love with the girl Jana and witnessed the assassination of his love rival Muhammad. While traveling on the bus with Jana, he encountered a car accident. He and the girl stole the documents of another couple who died in a car accident and gained a new identity. But in fact, all this is just the hero's imagination and hallucination, because he is unwilling to continue the past and accept the arranged life. Muhammad and Uthman were actually the same person. When he entered middle age and had a family of his own, one day he suddenly discovered that he did not want to say goodbye to his past life.

The original light novel from the popular anime, this book is the fifth in the series "Bear Bears Bravely Enters Another World". The cutest adventurer from another world, the legendary bear girl──The fifth episode of Yuna's adventure story! After the war, the seaside town returned to its former tranquility, but Yuna could not rest. In order to facilitate transportation, Xiongxiong actually dug through the mountains and built a tunnel connecting the town of Milila and Cremonia! Such a large project stunned everyone. After stabilizing the situation in the town, Yuna returned to Cremonia, regained the honey that had been seized by monsters, wrote the sequel to the popular picture book, and took sisters Fina and Xiuli to relax in the Bear House. Yuna's Feng Aotian daily life began!

The second volume of the novel "Arknoah" series written by Otoichi, a genius in the Japanese literary world, with great efforts is now on the market! Two brothers, Al and Gray, accidentally discovered a picture book left by their late father and became lost in the strange world called "Arknoah". What awaits them there, in addition to the jaw-dropping room structure, is also a mysterious girl holding a sledgehammer, immortal local residents, and terrifying monsters born from their own inner demons. "If you don't destroy those two monsters, you two will not be able to return to your original world." What stands between the boy and the monster is the choice between life and death. In the second episode, Marina, a mysterious girl who seldom smiles, accidentally breaks into Arknoah, and brings about a disaster that makes everyone tremble - the dragon. The dragon invades, and the world of imagination is once again overturned, and the young man embarks on a new journey.

The background of the story is a fictional continent. Legend has it that all the buildings here were originally created by gods, but today the city of Brickou is in ruins. Female special correspondent Sarah was assigned by her superiors to go to Brickwu to investigate the sudden death of a university professor Pang Rui. Following various secret clues left by the professor, she discovered a mysterious underground warehouse, symbolizing the six legendary gods. A series of strange events followed: unseen creatures wreaked havoc on the city, and buildings continued to collapse. During the investigation, Sarah and her assistants discovered that these creatures turned out to be divine creatures that only existed in legends. Although her assistant Sigurd solved the commotion, Sarah's true identity was exposed. She was secretly taken to the Seat of the World, the ruins of the gods' creations, and discovered that three of the six gods that should have been extinct long ago were still alive in the world. As a descendant of the "God Destroyer" who originally fought against the gods, she actually had the blood of the gods. After risking death to solve the puzzles left by Professor Pang Rui step by step, Sarah decided to return to her homeland and open a new world.

40 years ago, they were struggling for respect and recognition. Forty years later, they are torn apart by hatred and dissent. Now, they are key figures in the presidential election, and one of the candidates is planning to stir up a storm with his secret cardinal power...

"Station in the Shower" is a collection of novels by Kawabata Yasunari, a classic work by Nobel Prize winner Yasunari Kawabata. Yu Hua highly recommends "The Station in the Shower", which includes a total of 67 novels such as "The Locust and the Golden Pipa" and "The Man Who Stealed the Dogwood". It was another rainy evening at a station in the suburbs of Tokyo. Wives hurried over with umbrellas to greet their husbands returning from get off work. Only one wife was uneasy because she had met her love rival in her youth. In order not to be defeated, the two ladies hurriedly began to whitewash their happiness... The falling autumn rain, scattered flowers, and endless love and sadness were condensed.

"Spring Tide" tells the story of the young American writer Scripps O'Neill's wife and daughter who ran away one after another, and 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". "The Old Man and the Sea" tells the story of an old fisherman's struggle with a big fish. It has a profound theme and won Hemingway the Pulitzer Prize and the Nobel Prize for Literature. It has long been widely popular in our country.

It all stems from an extremely boring bet... In this era when everyone can become the opposite of a hero, as a writer, I believe that writing is meaningless, while at the same time I am eager to write my "primary" work. When I was hesitating, a friend sent me the miraculous "Bude Soup", and I made a bet while drunk that I could turn a loser into a great writer. The semi-literate Vitek accidentally fell into a gambling game. After some packing, we entered the Moscow literary circle. All the big and small people got involved and regarded this person as a genius. With trepidation, I found myself embarking on the rugged road of fighting against absurdity. You have to get the scalp of this unfair life before you give up! Soon, the news spread that the genius had written a mysterious novel, and everyone was eager to see it. Comments, interviews, and live TV broadcasts came one after another. Everything seemed so smooth. Who could have expected that a big mess would happen on live TV, and the disaster was almost inevitable... At this time, the Baker Award jury across the ocean extended an olive branch... Between fear and trembling, intoxication and sobriety, how will this farce end?

This is Joseph Conrad's first novel, which established his status in the British literary world as soon as it was published. The story takes place in Southeast Asia in the 19th century, where Dutch businessman Almeyer was struggling to survive. He tried to change the status quo by taking control of his beloved daughter's marriage, but was ultimately disillusioned. The novel promotes the plot narrative with fascinating psychological narration, and depicts environmental images with novel and powerful personal language. While revealing that the characters are trapped in the conflict between Eastern and Western cultures and cannot escape their tragic fate, it also demonstrates the author's profound thinking about the evils of Western colonialism.

"The Great Gatsby" is the writer's most representative work. The story mainly describes the corruption of the "Jazz Age" society through the reunion of Gatsby, a rich man who was originally a soldier, and his first love Daisy many years later, as well as the subsequent tragedy, and reflects the loss of the traditional American New Year and the disillusionment of the "American Dream".

"Hesse Selections" includes five masterpieces from different periods by Hermann Hesse, winner of the 1946 Nobel Prize for Literature: "Under the Wheel", "Demian: The Wandering Boyhood", "Siddhartha", "Steppenwolf" and "Narcissus and Goldmund". In "Narcissus and Goldmund", there are two young men, one is wise and rational, determined to dedicate his body and mind to faith in front of the Green Lantern Scripture, the other escapes sensibility and pursues the ultimate love and art in wandering. When life comes to an end and close friends meet again, their eyes look at each other with nostalgia for the past life and gratification for the friendship that has never faded.

The book that can change a person's life is available in more languages ​​than the Bible and has sold 65 million copies. Life is always and only the moment we are experiencing now. This book is a fable about a young man pursuing his dreams. It is also a book that can change a person's life once in a century. Everyone can find their own way to pursue their dreams in it. Santiago, a Spanish shepherd boy, had the same dream one after another. He dreamed that there was a treasure hidden near the Egyptian pyramids. The young man sold his sheep and went through all kinds of hardships all the way south, across the sea to Africa, and across the Sahara Desert, where he encountered many adventures. Under the guidance of an alchemist, he finally arrived in front of the pyramid, but had just realized the true location of the treasure...

"Hundred Monogatari in Back Alleys" is the masterpiece of Natsuhiko Kyogoku, the king of monster novels. It won the 130th Naoki Award and is the third volume in the "Hundred Monogatari in Back Alleys" series. During the Edo period in Japan, strange powers and chaotic gods spread, and ghosts appeared in the world, but there were no monsters more terrifying than humans. "Hundred Monogatari" is a popular game in Japan during the Edo period: on summer nights, people dressed in green clothes gathered in a dark room, lit a hundred candles, and took turns telling scary stories, blowing out one candle after each story. According to legend, when all the candles are extinguished, a vision will occur. Hundreds of years later, the ancient ghost story game has not disappeared: Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department first-class inspector Yahagi often solves strange cases and is famous, but he does not know that behind him there are three friends and an old man who loves to collect strange things to help him. Behind the seemingly rampant phenomenon of monsters, it is actually caused by the demons in the human heart.

The Earth Emperor's army of hundreds of millions stretched across the star sea, and captured the Milky Way in a great expedition. In front of these elite soldiers and generals, countless alien races could not stand up to the edge, and thus their traces were wiped out from the long scrolls of history. The glorious era in which the human race dominates the world has begun. A gleaming fortress of gold and white jade celebrates the Emperor's many triumphs. There are a million monuments scattered around the world, detailing the legendary achievements of those brave warriors. The seriously injured Warmaster Horus has recovered, and he leads the invincible imperial army to Isstvan to suppress the rebellion. The rebel forces quickly disintegrated, and Horus's betrayal was revealed. The entire planet was completely devoured by the virus bomb, and the Space Marines who fought side by side turned against each other and fell into a bitter and fierce battle. Ben Contor brings the opening trilogy of this glorious epic to its climax, igniting the Horus Heresy.

Atriana, 16, is incredibly beautiful. Her impoverished mother regards her as a wealth code that can change her destiny, her close girlfriend regards her as a sacrifice to flatter the powerful, and her trusted fiancé regards her as a paradise for indulgence in lust. She was once full of longing for the future, but under the pressure of reality, she still became a prostitute selling her body. After that, Atriana dealt with all kinds of men, and once fell into the enjoyment of material and sensual desires, but never gave up the pursuit of innocence. At the bottom where people think they are dirty, there are still people who live innocently.

This is a novel similar to an autobiography, in which the author describes Paul's life in detail. From working as an apprentice to saving the sailor Zhu Helai and embarking on the revolutionary road, and then working hard for the construction of the motherland at all costs after the victory of the revolution. Just like what he described in the book: In the fiery years of struggle, he did not sleep, but found his place in the cruel fighting. Before all his energy was exhausted; he never left the team. Even if his body is completely broken, he is paralyzed in bed, and his eyesight is blind, he must find a way to survive and make his life full and useful.

In life, one should never act or cheat. The famous work of Camus, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature; the latest translation by the winner of the Fu Lei Translation and Publishing Award. "The Stranger" is a classic of existentialism and absurdist literature, and one of the most famous novels in the Western literary world in the 20th century. Exclusively included is the 10,000-word introduction to "Camus's Literary Journey" by Professor Zheng Kruu, which provides an in-depth analysis of Camus's life and creation. His important literary creation illuminates with clear seriousness the issues of human conscience in our time. As an artist and moralist, he vividly embodies the moral conscience of modern people through an existentialist's perspective on the absurdity of the world, and dramatically expresses the most basic issues related to human existence such as freedom, justice and death.

The author constructs a female-only utopia in "Her Country". From escape to freedom, from madness to self-realization, the painfully struggling Gilman in "The Yellow Wallpaper" has transformed into a mature and confident feminist writer, using words to construct a female utopia that makes men fear, disdain, or admire. Through the constant interaction between the three men who accidentally broke into another country and the women from other countries, the social norms and ideologies that we are accustomed to and turn a blind eye to in the real society are gradually questioned, subverted, and eventually completely collapsed. The representative short work "The Yellow Wallpaper" adopts the first-person "I" narration and uses many female Gothic elements to reveal the confinement of women in patriarchal society. More importantly, any woman who tries to resist faces the danger of being judged as crazy. This work had a profound influence on future feminist literature.

This set includes: "Angel Looking Homeward", "God's Lonely", "Net and Stone", "Time and River", and "Nowhere to Return Home", a total of 5 books. American Vanity Fair during the Great Depression, a dazzling reflection after the fall of a genius; looking for the road to redemption in the swamp of human nature, a long posthumous work that blends sorrow and joy! Thomas Wolfe's novels are full of energy and can unashamedly rival our best works. Wolfe not only paid great attention to the natural world, but also often placed characters in nature, exaggerating the relationship between man and nature. Wolff is by no means indifferent to the perfect art form of fiction, but he firmly believes that strong emotions will generate an art form that matches it. This completely self-expression will eventually naturally become a complete and sufficient means of artistic expression.

War is one country trampling on another country, one mother's child trampling on another mother's child; and a woman's body is another invisible battlefield. 1943, Rome. Although World War II had broken out, Cecila and her daughter Rosetta were unaware of the war approaching Rome. But soon, prices rose and food became scarce. In order to avoid starvation or being killed by planes, the mother and daughter fled to the countryside in a hurry. Along the way, the mother and daughter witnessed people betraying each other for petty profits, and also witnessed the degradation of kindness and integrity. Fortunately, they survived famine and war, and waited for news of the end of the war; unfortunately, on their way home, a greater disaster was waiting for them not far away.

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.

What kind of mother would dream about her daughter's "death"? What kind of mother leaves her child in the park? The endless housework after work and the sleepless nights with nightmares all make the mother in "Land of Light" exhausted. Neighbors complained that the house was leaking, her husband refused to agree to the divorce, and her daughter's willful temper tantrums gradually developed into daily "rage" moments. She couldn't help but ask herself: "Why are only children's crying tolerated?" Her behavior became more and more erratic and irresponsible... "Land of Light" is the representative work of Tsushima Yuko, a very influential feminist writer in the Japanese literary world. Based on her personal experience, it tells the story of a young woman who left her husband and raised her young daughter alone for a year. The novel was first published in 1978-1979 in the Japanese literary monthly "Group Portrait" as one chapter per month, divided into 12 chapters, and then published as a single book. Each chapter is titled with natural images such as light and water, and cleverly uses a short series-style creative technique. The daily life in the novel is full of light, sometimes comforting and sometimes dangerous: sunlight through the window, dappled light in the park, fleeting fireworks, dim street lights and mysterious explosions - these afterglows in the protagonist's world will linger in the readers' minds for a long time. This work, which delicately describes women's search for independence, will undoubtedly resonate with women who are exploring the path of "new life".

"Beijing man" Zhang Dong, a child who grew up wildly in a pavilion in Nancheng in the 1980s. Since childhood, he, Fa Xiao Shanlin, Er Tou, and Lang Sao'er have lived under the glare of the military college students and the snobbery of the teachers, and established their own rules of survival in the cramped alleys and fists. From getting into fights with gangsters in junior high school for being a "wife patter," to being imprisoned for football riots in high school, he brought with him an alley's stubbornness and unwillingness to bear witness to the sudden changes in the fortunes of the people around him: Shan Lin dropped out of school because of love, Er Duo sold vegetables and dominated, Lang Sao Er was caught scalping votes, and Da Tou was shot during the "severe crackdown." When his dream of college entrance examination was shattered, he was forced to go south to Guangzhou to resell cigarettes with Shan Lin, and boarded the green train with a huge sum of 100,000 yuan. Amidst the glare of swords in the roller skating rink, the riots in the workers' sports, the cigarette market in Guangzhou and the rules of Ma Liu, he stumbled into an adult world where money, desire and danger are intertwined. This is a life record of a "social university" spanning Beijing, Baoding, and Guangzhou. It is also a cruel and true footnote to the term "Beijing men" written by a generation of people with their youth, blood and pain in the torrent of reform and opening up.

Maupassant's short stories and short stories are deeply rooted in reality and have a wide range of themes. They mainly describe the French social customs of his time, and all kinds of life are included in them. Carrying forward the long tradition of French literature, his novels are characterized by criticism, criticism, ridicule, and pity, and their comedy techniques are their outstanding features. The basis of this complete collection is the "Illustrated Complete Works of Maupassant" published by Paul Orlandolfo Publishing House: "The Story of the Woodcock", "Harriet Miss", "Miss Feifei", "Yvette", "The Chaste Boy of Madame Huson", "The House of Tellier", "The Moon" "Light", "Tuva", "Ola", "Little Locke", "Mr. Parlan", "The Left Hand", "The Story of Day and Night", "Useless Beauty", "The Rondoli Sisters", "Sunday in Paris", "Ball de Suif", "Papa Milon" and "Misty". It contains all 306 of Maupassant's short stories and short stories discovered so far, and is accompanied by Austrian edition print illustrations. It can be said that it is rich in pictures and texts. The translator Zhang Yinglun is an expert on Maupassant at the Academy of Social Sciences. He has been cooperating with our agency to translate Maupassant's short stories and short stories. His writing style is humorous and in line with Maupassant's writing style. Maupassant's works are fast-paced, unique, highly readable, and suitable for readers of all ages.

"There are only two types of people in the English-speaking world, one is those who have read "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit", and the other are those who are ready to read them." The foundation work of Western fantasy literature, the original novel of the "Lord of the Rings" series of Hollywood epic productions and Oscar-winning movies, has been best-selling around the world for seventy years, with a total sales volume of more than 150 million copies. The famous fantasy literature writer and translator Zhu Xueheng has translated the classic and lovingly wrote the introduction to the new edition. For the first time, it includes more than 30 precious illustrations drawn by the author Tolkien. The "Lord of the Rings" trilogy is a fantasy epic masterpiece by the great British writer J. R. R. Tolkien, including "The Lord of the Rings", "The Two Cities" and "The Return of the King". The story tells the story of Frodo, a carefree hobbit boy who inherits a ring, only to discover that it is the One Ring forged by the Dark Lord Sauron, which has the power to enslave the whole world. Under the guidance of Gandalf, Frodo and elves, dwarves, hobbits, rangers, and humans formed an expedition to throw the Lord of the Rings into the Crater of Doom and destroy it. Sauron has sent black knights to search for the ring, and the Ring has strong corrosive power that will distort the wearer's mind. Can the power of good defeat the temptation of evil? This is a touching story about survival and courage, about fighting against darkness to the death for a bright future for mankind.

"The Barber Shop of the Ukiyo" is a representative work of the "comic book" in Japanese classical literature of the Edo period. It vividly depicts the many identities, personalities and life styles of ordinary people. Among the customers who come to get a haircut, there are bored men wandering around with nothing to do, gossiping women vying to name their cats, and scholars who occasionally lament the world... Through the dialogue between you and me, there are worldly conditions and human feelings, banter but not cruelty, and full of fun.

The novel has extremely successfully created the image of old Grandet, a cruel, cruel, greedy and greedy person. Grandet's image has been passed down to future generations as one of the four misers in the corridor of world literary figures!

"Church Spire" is Golding's important masterpiece. It is a masterpiece that deeply explores the intricacies of human faith and despair, ideals and reality. Patriarch Jocelyn of the Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary felt a real call from the Lord to build a church steeple four hundred feet high for the glory of the Lord. He naively thought that as long as he was "pious" and had a firm "will", God would definitely help him build a spire that reaches heaven from the ground. Of course, the result was a complete failure. In "Church Spire", Golding places the hope of mankind in seeking an ideal state, and also reveals the real living conditions in which ideals are eventually shattered; noble aspirations and ugly reality, the struggle for good and sinful desires are intertwined; through the intertwined images of absurdity and reality, and the artistic technique of using both symbol and metaphor, the author profoundly reveals the truth of human nature and society.

Distant Stars is the story of one such man, an imposter (aren't we all at some point in our lives?), An impostor (aren't we all at some point in our lives?) We meet through countless forks in the paths of history, mythology and literature. The legend of a man with many names, a man with no morals except aesthetics (isn't that what all artists strive for?), A terrifying playboy, murderer and photographer, a savage artist who continued to create until the end of his life.

"The Broom of the System" is the debut novel written by David Foster Wallace when he was 25 years old. His literary talent is clearly evident, and it has become a rare great novel that is both loved by readers and respected by opponents. Wallace wrote only a small number of novels throughout his life, but he always occupied an important position in the literary world. The male protagonist of the novel is an intellectual who has low self-esteem due to his short genitals, which has caused a series of psychological problems. He fell madly in love with a girl 18 years younger than him. Although this girl is the heir to the family business, she works as a front desk operator with a very low salary because she also has unspeakable psychological problems. There is almost no "normal person" in the conventional sense in the story. Everyone alive has their own obstacles that they cannot overcome, just like the real world we live in, surrounded by emotions, drugs and sinking... As humans, how should they get along with this complex world?

Walking alone in the desolate streets of post-war London, Kay was dressed in men's clothing and aimless. The heroic spirit of driving an ambulance to save the world has disappeared along with the smoke. In a candle factory for disabled people, Duncan is young and healthy, but his dreams are gone and his life is like a backwater until an unexpected visitor brings him back to the wartime years he spent in prison. On the fire platform on the second floor of the marriage agency, Helen and Viv, who were smoking opposite each other, often wanted to open their hearts, but always hesitated to speak. How did we end up where we are today? This is the story of four Londoners with intertwined destinies, starting from 1947 after the war, going back to 1944, and arriving in 1941 when everything began.

A novel from the Qing Dynasty, with 100 chapters in total. It uses rich imagination and humorous style to show all kinds of world phenomena. It prominently depicts women's talents and embodies the idea of ​​respecting women's rights. The most significant thing about literary history is that it uses fantastic writing techniques to reveal various customs and moral depravity in human society, and embodies thinking about social issues, which is of practical significance. After this book was included in the selected reading list for the seventh grade of middle school Chinese textbooks, our agency included this book in the "Chinese Recommended Reading" series, adding an introduction, knowledge links and other content. This is an upgraded version based on the "Chinese Recommended Reading" series. It adds curriculum content that is more closely related to classroom teaching and more detailed, and is more in line with the reading needs of middle school students.

The second part of the Romanian trilogy. Lola, a college student from a poor rural area, sold her body in order to go to college in a big city, but was suddenly found committing suicide in her dormitory. The protagonist and several of her classmates try to figure out the truth behind Laura's death. Unexpectedly, under the shadow of Ceausescu's totalitarianism, the path to find is confusing, and violence follows them. "The Beast of the Heart" is full of meaning, the "inner beast", told to the protagonist by his singing grandmother, and is used throughout the book.

"Mouse" is a novel published by Glass in 1986. The novel maintains the writer's habit of using animals as metaphors for human beings, with strange ideas and bizarre stories. Through the dialogue between the first-person narrator and a female mouse in a dream, it shows the history of mankind from the beginning of creation to the end of the world, and reflects the writer's thoughts and worries about human society in the nuclear age. The novel begins with "I" wanting a mouse as a Christmas gift and getting my wish. The mouse was eloquent and constantly at odds with "I", causing "I" to be first at home and then alone in space, cut off from the earth. However, in a dream, I witnessed the tragedy of the world and experienced the process of human self-destruction.

It seems that at some point, a good person will appear in front of me. He knows me, and I know him... Japanese science fiction classic, the earliest "time travel" novel; the original work of the animated film "The Girl Who Leapt Through Time" directed by Mamoru Hosoda, which won the Japan Academy Award for Best Animation Award and the Tokyo Animation Festival Best Animation Award; it has been adapted into 4 movies, 4 TV series, and 4 comics in the 40 years since its publication. After school, there was a sound of breaking glass in the science laboratory. The liquid flowing out of the broken test tube was slightly steaming, exuding the sweet fragrance of lavender. Kazuko Yoshiyama, a third-year junior high school girl who was cleaning the laboratory, suddenly fell into a trance. A strong sweet fragrance suddenly hit her, making her stagger uncontrollably, and then slowly collapsed to the ground. When she opened her eyes again, the things around her, time and memory had all undergone wonderful changes. Under the sudden impact, she would travel back and forth in the time tunnel, and even met a boy from the future. Unbelievable things happened one after another.

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...

"Bloom, Blue Rose." Kirito and Eugeo broke into the marble tower "Central Cathedral", the symbol of the "Axiom Church", and headed towards the top floor where the priest "Adominis Doret" was. The two finally meet again with Alice, the integrity knight of "Golden Katsura". However, Kirito and Alice's "Armed Complete Control Technique" went out of control, causing the outer wall of the tower to be destroyed, and the two fell outside the central cathedral. Eugeo, who was separated from Kirito, firmly believed that his partner was still alive and continued to climb the tower alone. The person who then appeared in front of him was the ancient and powerful Integrity Knight-Bercouli Synthesis Wan. Facing the legendary warrior he had longed for since he was a child, Eugeo drew the Blue Rose Sword. This duel ended with the birth of a swordsman. While Kirito was away, Eugeo put on the armor of an integrity knight, with a cold light shining in his eyes--

The delicate and frail good-for-nothing girl Ruan Youtian vs. Kickboxer Chen Jingzhi begins a hilarious daily training on campus. Watching the happy enemies battle their wits and courage, the sweet love on campus is full of sugar. Other people's summer vacations are spent either in Kenya looking for flamingos or lying in the cold water for a nap. And her summer vacation - because she failed the college entrance examination in physical education, her mother forcibly sent her to a sports center to improve her physique!

After Amati transferred to the aristocratic school Bright Bixi, she was bullied because she came from a small city. She was often subjected to the "Top Ten Tortures of the Qing Dynasty" by her classmates. Whether she was justified or her classmates were sophistical, according to international practice, she was always wrong. Being punished and locked up in a small dark room was a required course every day...

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...

Liao Dong felt that Han Jiayu was like a little rabbit, always quietly beside him, poking and moving. He thought she would always be there, no matter how long it took, he would be able to see her when he looked back. Until one day, when he stood up for Jiayu, before he could take credit, he saw the boy who had been chasing her calling her to confess to him. Her voice came from the phone, "I have someone I like, and I have liked him for many years." What? Liao Dong was confused, who was that boy? Why didn't he know? Is he handsome? Is he good at grades? No, why is he comparing himself to himself?