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British military thinker Liddell Hart compiled Rommel's World War II wartime documents and told about Rommel's experience in the French battlefield, the African battlefield and the defensive operations in France before the Allied invasion of Normandy. A rare reveal of the inner world of the Desert Fox, revealing the inner workings between the Axis alliance and Hitler's military leaders.

"Only 0.0012 Percent of people in the world develop lung cancer by the age of 36," Paul Kalanithi is one of them. By the time you read this, he will no longer be alive. In the past, he graduated from Stanford, Cambridge and Yale medical schools. After years of hard training, he was a neurosurgeon with superb medical skills and a bright future; now, he is a patient whose lungs are covered with tumors and is getting weaker day by day, requiring regular chemotherapy. When the end of his life suddenly came, and when he had the opportunity to re-examine his soul, he began to review and record his life as a doctor and a patient, exploring medicine and ethics, family and love, and why people are worth living. As the body gradually fails, the soul becomes stronger and stronger. On the way to the end of his life, Paul created a new future and gave the ultimate answer to life - "I cannot move forward. I will still move forward."

Guy Tellis, the father of "New Journalism", has another non-fiction masterpiece following "The Looked Up and the Forgotten" and "Kingdom and Power", which uses a sexual perspective to glimpse the social changes in the United States in the second half of the 20th century. In 1925, Samuel Roth, a down-and-out underground bookseller in New York, was the first to serialize "Ulysses" in the magazine he founded, and published and sold books such as "Memoirs of a Woman in Pleasure," "Lady Chatterley's Lover" and "Kama Sutra"; in 1973, writer Guy Tellis walked into a massage parlor near his residence in New York and "enjoyed" a service for $15, thus starting his own sexual odyssey...

On October 26, 1999, a young woman, Shiori Ino, was stabbed to death in front of JR Okekawa Station in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. The victim reported the case to the police many times because he had been stalked and harassed for a long time, but the police did not pay attention to it and ultimately failed to prevent the tragedy. In the process of investigating this incident, reporter Qing Shuijie followed the guidance of the "last words" left by the victim before his death, visited various parties to investigate, and found the culprit as a reporter when the police ignored clues and failed in the investigation. This further exposed the police's indifference and perfunctory to the victim's report before his death, as well as their attempts to discredit the victim and cover up the facts of malfeasance after the incident. The case triggered strong social repercussions and promoted the promulgation of Japan's "Stalking and Harassment Code of Conduct Act." This book is a complete record of the event.

Japanese society during the bubble economy era was as fickle as a dream bubble and as erratic as duckweed with a broken stem, and was filled with uneasiness everywhere. They are blinded by the desires in front of them and trapped in serial debts, unable to extricate themselves. They are assimilated by machines in the baptism of the IT revolution. They are struggling painfully between appetite and unbalanced inner world... Everyone is driven by the obsession with success, drifting with the flow and exhausted. What exactly do we want to do? What kind of life do you want to live? Where will the new poor people drifting in the era of overfed people go? With the rapid development of the economy, Japan has finally emerged from the post-war famine era when it was struggling to survive. However, the improvement of living standards has not reduced people's anxiety and insecurity. It has only changed from "poverty in poverty" to "poverty in prosperity." In this new era where people no longer have to worry about food and clothing, people who are still trapped in the extreme state of poverty, busyness and debt are called "the underfed poor". They are not only "corporate warriors" supporting Japan's economic development, but they are also victims of this brutally competitive society.

On March 20, 1995, the subway sarin incident occurred in Japan that shocked the world. After the incident, Haruki Murakami personally spent a year interviewing people who had witnessed the incident, conducted audio-recorded interviews, and added necessary text processing to compile and compile this book "Underground". This is a documentary literary work by Haruki Murakami tracking the subway sand forest incident. The description is realistic. It is also Haruki Murakami's first non-fiction work, which is of great significance. "Underground" is Haruki Murakami's transformational work, his first full-length documentary work, and a profound reflection on Japan's "responsibility-avoiding closed society." "1Q84" is the ruins of "Underground". The story concept that started in "Underground" and continues to develop was tried to be put into practice in "1Q84", but it was not fully realized. Perhaps in this sense, "Underground" is more successful than "1Q84".

"Red Star Shines on China" is a world-famous red classic of documentary literature. In 1936, the famous American journalist Edgar Snow risked his life and entered the revolutionary base area in northwest China to explore Red China with countless questions that he could not understand at the time, such as the revolution and war, the establishment of the red regime, the politics, economy, and culture of the Soviet area, and the practice of the Communist Party's beliefs in reality. He spent four months visiting the Red China. Military generals and ordinary soldiers visited local people and used objective yet passionate language to describe the miracles created by Chinese youth. For the first time, they explained to the world the reasons and purposes of the Chinese revolution, and also allowed people around the world to understand the unconquerable spirit, enthusiasm, and power of the Red Army. This is the famous "Red Star Shines on China." Based on the original text, this edition adds introductory readings by many famous teachers in Beijing to help student readers better understand the book.

My name is Peter Heisler, a Beijing correspondent for The New Yorker. This book tells the story of my driving experience in mainland China. "Finding China" is the final chapter of my China documentary trilogy. It explores economies, traces the origins of development, and explores individual responses to change. Like the previous two books, it studies core issues in China, but it does not achieve this goal by interpreting famous political or cultural figures, nor does it make a macro-level analysis. It believes in showing the essence of China's transformation by narrating the experiences of ordinary Chinese people. I often stay in one place for months, even years, tracking changes. I don't just listen to the protagonists themselves, I open my eyes and watch their stories unfold in front of me.

On April 26, 1986, the Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded in Ukraine under the former Soviet Union. This was one of the most tragic technological tragedies in human history. Tens of thousands of civilians were infected or fatally affected by radioactive materials for a long time; tens of thousands of acres of land were contaminated, and Chernobyl was turned into a ruined city overnight. The famous journalist Alexievich risked nuclear radiation and went deep into the scene of the accident. Over the course of several years, he interviewed hundreds of civilians affected by the nuclear disaster. The author writes these interviews orally, and each page presents cruel and absurd stories. From the narrator's monologue, it is revealed that the pain caused by this disaster still remains in the bodies of the survivors like nuclear radiation.

During World War II, more than a million women fought in the Soviet Union. They are young girls between the ages of 15 and 30, but they hold responsibilities that are considered "men's positions". They are doctors, snipers, tank infantrymen, submachine gunners... This book is a memoir of Soviet female soldiers and female medical staff during World War II. The war in their eyes brings us a completely different perspective and an unprecedented impact and shock. After decades of traveling across the vast land of the former Soviet Union, Alexievich personally interviewed thousands of people who experienced the events on the front lines, reviewed documents and materials from all parties, and painstakingly compiled the oral history series of the Soviet Union - this is an epic of ordinary people's lives.

In December 1979, the Soviet army invaded Afghanistan and began the ten-year, complicated but cruel war in Afghanistan. A generation of Soviet youths, most of them in their early twenties, were drafted into the army under the banner of "Help our Afghan brothers". The war in Afghanistan ended in 1989, but the memory of the war is a complicated quagmire, and these young people of this generation may remain in it for their entire lives. In the form of oral history, this book records the bloody and tearful memories of Soviet officers, soldiers, and their relatives, friends, and children during the Afghan War. After decades of traveling across the vast land of the former Soviet Union, Alexievich personally interviewed thousands of people who experienced the events on the front lines, reviewed documents and materials from all parties, and painstakingly compiled the oral history series of the Soviet Union - this is an epic of ordinary people's lives.

This is the first collection of essays by Alai, the winner of the Mao Dun Literature Prize. It comprehensively shows Alai outside of novels to readers, and shows Alai influenced by three cultures: Sutra, Han and Western. It also comes with 12 pages of Alai's life photos.

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This is a spiritual journey of a traveler. It is also a text that everyone who yearns for freedom should read. It is a song of the soul that comes from the mutual gift of temperament between man and nature. The book contains more than 60 of Duoduo's poems, more than 40 essays, and several photography works by the author during his travels.

It has been adapted into the TV series "Rivals", starring Zhao Wenxuan, Feng Yuanzheng, Huang Weide and Wu Qianqian. During World War II, the Japanese military established the "Purple Code" intelligence center, headed by Major General Takeo Yamamoto. In order to decipher the "Purple Code" as soon as possible, the Chinese military gathered cryptography research experts from across the country to jointly establish the "Military Commission Cryptozoology Technology Research Laboratory". The military commander even hired Chandler, the father of U. S. Navy cryptography, with a high salary from the United States to form a second echelon. Thus, a little-known cryptographic war between the Chinese and Japanese militaries began. Takeo Yamamoto sent ace spy Keiko Kiyota to sneak into Chongqing, and with the cooperation of the traitor "Wandou Jian", he engaged in anti-decryption activities, and transferred his sister Yoshiko Kiyota to seduce Chandler to steal secret intelligence; Lin Ping, an underground member of the Communist Party of China, shed his last drop of blood in order to bring back the structural diagram of the Japanese "Purple Code" No. 3 New cipher machine that Wen Weijun obtained from Hong Kong.

A tragic song of troubled times intertwined with family, friendship and love. When a friend comes, there is good wine. If the jackal comes, he will be greeted with a shotgun... The story takes place in northern Shanxi during the Anti-Japanese War. Ordinary Chinese such as Ma Long and Kang Zhengang gradually grew into a group of brave and resourceful national heroes in this unprecedented national crisis. The story has twists and turns and the scenes are shocking. Family, love, and friendship also performed a magnificent song that moved the world in this national struggle.

"Chrysanthemum Zen" (author Xu Donglin) is a unique writing essay. It exudes the fragrance of grass and woods, the fragrance of rouge, the coolness of the evening breeze and drizzle, and the lonely melancholy of youthful feelings.

Marianne Messmann longs to escape her loveless marriage. On a trip to Paris, she committed suicide by throwing herself into the Seine River, but was saved by a passerby. During her treatment in the hospital, she saw a painting depicting a beautiful seaport town and decided to embark on her final adventure. As soon as she arrived in Brittany, she made friends with a group of people who often gathered in a seaside tavern called "Almore". They were full of personality and interesting people. In food, music and laughter, Marianne discovered a new self - passionate, carefree and full of strength. Until her past calls her...

The thoughts, thoughts and life of a porcelain man, written by Tu Ruiming, return to the spirit of craftsmanship through handicrafts, use ingenuity to convey the aesthetics of utensils and deeply interpret the traditional porcelain-making process, and record the perseverance of craftsmen with lenses.

Includes "A Thousand Cranes" and its sequel "A Thousand Birds". In "Thousand Cranes", Mitani Kikuharu's father had a very complicated emotional entanglement with Chikako Kurimoto and Mrs. Ota during his lifetime. After Mr. Mitani passed away, Mrs. Ota and Kikuji met by chance at a tea party and actually fell in love with him. After the two fell in love, Mrs. Ota committed suicide due to deep inner condemnation. Mrs. Ota's daughter Fumiko's contact with Kikuji has always been in the shadow of her mother, accompanying Kikuji as her mother's substitute. The projection of fate overlapped on the living and the dead, and the peaceful life was completely derailed and headed in an unknown direction... "Hachidori" describes how Yukiko, who briefly appeared in the first chapter, became Kikuji's bride, and then made a decision to eliminate the sadness and loss caused by Mrs. Ota's disappearance. All kinds of efforts finally made Kikuji full of tenderness for him... "A Thousand Cranes" is one of the three works by Kawabata Yasunari that won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1968. It has the most beautiful characteristics of Japanese works: amazing simplicity, delicate emotions, and a painter-like sensitivity to the tangible world. It depicts the conflict between love and morality, and depicts Japanese scenery and psychology in a delicate and timeless way. It seems as if there are thousands of white cranes flying in the sunset between the lines.

Memoirs of a third-generation famous writer. The author uses warm stories to recall every moment of his youth. Every moment is unforgettable. Although the years are gone and the traces of time have been clearly written on the body, the love for life and the pursuit of beautiful things in life remain unchanged.

"Poetry of the Tang Dynasty" selects more than 300 ancient poems from the Tang Dynasty, covering various themes, such as seclusion, visiting, taking exams, failure, favors, relocation, concern for the country and the people, resignation and return to the fields, lovesickness, parting, Salesianism, friendship... It is clear and easy to understand, reflecting the life background and characteristics of the times in the Tang Dynasty. If you savor it carefully, you can also get the benefits of cultivating your temperament, and cultivate and inspire people's hearts.

A fashionably dressed, young and beautiful New York girl came to Granville, an inconspicuous village, to work as a teacher. This incident became news in the small village and a topic of discussion among the villagers. Although she was just a teacher, the girl was smart, knowledgeable, and taught well, and she quickly won the favor and trust of the students and villagers. The girl's life experience and her original intention of coming to the countryside to teach have always been an unresolved mystery.

Life is inherently a broader art, and each person's life history is his own work. The "artistic life" advocated by Mr. Zhu Guangqian is actually the most necessary life attitude in modern busy life. "If you ask me, why do people live in this ever-changing world? I say, life is for life, and there is no other purpose; if you complain to God, how miserable life is! I say, people are not born in this world to enjoy happiness, so it is not strange." There are many realms of life. If you can achieve the artistic life advocated by Mr. Zhu, you can say that "this life is worthy of guilt." "Walk slowly and enjoy!" Extracts and compiles Mr. Zhu Guangqian's most life-rich classic articles, with the theme of life pursuit and realm. The content includes aspects such as beauty, philosophy of life, and cultivation of life. It is Mr. Zhu Guangqian's real care and teaching, enlightenment and encouragement to young people.

A talented woman of a generation, a peerless beauty... She has a good foundation in classical Chinese, and the quatrains she writes in old poems are fresh and pretty, with the characteristics of Ming and Qing poetry;

This book is about the unexpected beauty of Chinese food and the adventures of a British girl in China. Fu Xia, who won the British Food Writers Guild Award, went to China for a long stay in 1994. From the beginning she had sworn that no matter how strange the food might be, she would accept it. In this rare memoir, Fuxia traces the evolution of her relationship with Chinese food. Through Fuxia's eyes, we can understand the familiar Chinese food from a new perspective. It turns out that food from different places has its own unique temperament. Sichuan cuisine is spicy with a hint of sweetness, just like the laid-back and charming Sichuan people, who always have a hint of sweetness and thoughtfulness; Hunan cuisine is direct and uncompromising, just like the military leaders trained there; Yangzhou cuisine is the food of the peaceful times, warm and soothing. From the bustling markets of Sichuan to the remote scenery of northern Gansu, from the mountains of Fujian to the charming ancient city of Yangzhou, the book presents the unforgettable and wonderful taste of Chinese cuisine, and deeply depicts the differences between Chinese and Western food cultures, with both humanistic observation and humor.

"Tao'an Dream Memories" consists of eight volumes with one hundred and twenty-three chapters. It expresses the author's deep attachment to his lost homeland and the passing years. The prose combines the strengths of both the Gong'an and Jingling schools. It expresses the true nature and has been widely circulated. It has had a positive influence on modern prose. The book also records some information on citizens' lives and folk arts.

"Memories of Autumn Lanterns" is a prose by Jiang Tan, a native of Qiantang, Zhejiang Province in the Qing Dynasty, recalling trivial matters in his life with his beloved wife Guan Ying (Qiu Fu). The diction of the work is extremely beautiful, and the narration is so tragic that it can make people cry. This book is worth reading for readers interested in such topics. "Autumn Lantern Suo Yi" is a "memory style", which means memoir. Among them, Qiu Fu was described by Lin Yutang as one of the two most lovely women in ancient China. What is written in the book is a couple who are deeply in love, talented and indifferent. They have elegant tastes and compatible temperaments. Although they live in poverty, they spend all day playing chess, calligraphy and painting, and they forget their worries. They are both a couple and two rhyme friends. It is said that Qiu Fu was born weak, but she was gifted with wisdom and extremely high understanding. All elegant arts such as guqin, painting, poetry, and calligraphy are at your fingertips, which is surprising and difficult to understand. The text in the book is beautiful, and readers can enjoy the beauty from it. Although the talented couple Jiang Tan and Guan Ying did not experience any spectacular events, they used their talent and elegance to live their lives as an enviable example of love. The text of the work is natural and smooth, full of poetry and elegance. The author's appreciation, love and longing for his wife are revealed between the lines, which is sincere and touching.

"The Shadow of Dreams" is a book of taste that awakens the aesthetic power. The book contains a total of 219 quotation-style essays, each with wonderful comments from the author's friends. Landscapes and gardens, scenery of the four seasons, poems and songs, calligraphy, painting and utensils... The world's leisurely taste, elegance, and wisdom in life are all included. The sentences are classic, short, concise, and thought-provoking. Open this book to discover the joy of life and comprehensively enhance your perception and aesthetic ability.

More than 50 million yuan is placed in front of you, and I clearly tell you: this already belongs to you. What will you do? In the face of such a huge wealth, its temptation is enough to make a noble person lose his dignity, but he smiled calmly: "I don't want it."... The great era created classic stories and classic characters.

"Obviously they are still children, but they are forced to become adults." High school students who cannot settle down with their studies are the epitome of modern poverty in Japan. In Japan, 1 in 7 minors is in a "poverty state", and 1 in 2 university undergraduates applies for scholarships. Poor and busy high school students work outside to earn money and are busy with housework at home. Even if they have excellent grades and rely on loan scholarships to complete their studies, they may still fall into deeper poverty due to debt pressure. However, even if conclusive data is presented, people who believe that "poverty does not exist" can still be found everywhere. "How poor! Can't you afford a smartphone?" "Aren't your clothes clean?" "There are obviously people who have a more difficult life, how hypocritical." In order to visualize "invisible poverty", the NHK special program recording team launched a nationwide interview and follow-up survey in Japan, using data and field interviews to restore the truth, exposing the deep-rooted nature of modern poverty to the public at a glance.

In the twelfth year of the Republic of China, a major event in China's ideological circles was naturally the so-called "Controversy on Outlook on Life." "Mr. Ding Zaijun's attack, Mr. Tang Baohuang's response, six months, and a 250,000-word article" constituted this "debate". Moreover, "this war is no better than that war." According to Mr. Tang Baohuang's investigation, there are as many as thirteen issues included in this "debate". Because it contains many issues, this "debate" is particularly lively, but because it is so lively, it "makes readers feel like they are in a fog, and they don't know what the arguments are." Mr. Hu Shizhi said: "Those who fought for science this time - except Mr. Wu Zhihui - all had a common mistake, which was that they did not explain specifically what the scientific outlook on life is, but they abstractly strived that science can solve the problem of outlook on life."

"I have handled 12,000 hearts." The author has been practicing cardiac surgery for decades and has outstanding surgical results. This book brings together some classic cases experienced by the author (most of them occurred between the 1970s and 2000s), and also explains the author's mental journey. A poor boy from a working-class family was inspired by the medical documentaries of his childhood and hurt by the death of his relatives, and finally trained himself to become an outstanding cardiac surgeon. He was excited about the success of the interview and wandered the streets of London's riverside. He opened the chest of children with congenital heart disease or severe airway burns. He fought for the anxiety and desire of patients and their families. To fight against the anxiety of the next day's surgery, he went deep into the Saudi desert to admire the night sky. He was decisive in trying his best to repair. Cutting off a dying heart, confronting the medical director to save his life, installing an artificial "battery" heart on a patient "without authorization", and telling cold jokes in the face of crucial surgeries where his life was hanging by a thread... The image of a surgeon with superb skills, full of arrogance and reverence for life is vividly displayed on the page. The top surgical techniques that existed more than ten or even decades ago are also breathtaking. In addition to showing his surgical skills, the author also uses diseases, patients and his own business travels to reveal the various aspects of the world, introduce the scenery and culture around the world, show the sadness and love seen in the eyes of a surgeon, as well as his thoughts on the medical system, ethics and medical education. Readers will gain a lot of feelings and inspiration. It is a masterpiece that combines narrative charm, medical knowledge and miracles.

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This is an unusual record that collects four interviews Hemingway conducted with media such as The Paris Review and The Atlantic Monthly. Many of the answers in the interviews are caustic, charming and sincere, just like the interviewees themselves. He single-handedly redefined and rewritten the face of American literature. In order to present a true Hemingway, the interviewer persisted for many years and ran into obstacles many times, leaving behind valuable interview materials. What was Hemingway's state of life in the last few years of his life? What insights does he have on novel writing? What is his daily life like? From his total devotion to his work, you can get a glimpse of a unique Hemingway.

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The image of a surgeon with superb skills, full of arrogance and reverence for life emerges vividly on the page. Readers are also amazed by the top surgical technologies that existed more than ten or even decades ago. In addition to showing the miraculous skills of cardiothoracic surgery, the author also uses diseases, patients and his own business travels to reveal the various aspects of the world, introduce the customs and cultures around the world, show the sadness and love seen in the eyes of a surgeon, and reflect on the medical system, ethics and medical education. Readers will gain a lot of feelings and inspiration. It is a masterpiece that combines narrative charm, medical knowledge and miracles.

Cardiac surgeons have the mysterious power to open chests, perform blood transfusions, and bring the dead back to life, but they are also living people who experience core emotions that all humans share-most of the time. A freak sports accident shaped Westaby into one of the world's leading cardiac surgeons. "I went from a withered violet to a carefree, bold and conceited bastard. I became immune to stress and became a habitual risk-taker, always hungry for excitement, attracting high-risk cases to me like a magnet, and reveling in the competition with death." And on another cold winter day, the rescue and birth of a child "helped me change my view of life, and also shaped me into a better person." An excellent surgeon - I have become a much better person than before, and I have once again understood that love can bring joy and joy." Through Westaby's confession and self-reflection, readers will see the adventures of life, the joys and sorrows of love, and the entire gripping story of modern cardiac surgery - "They are gradually unfolding in my life, and I am proud to be a part of it."

Mark Twain, American humorist, novelist, famous speaker, and an outstanding representative of American realist literature in the late 19th century. The style of his works is mainly humorous and satirical, rich in unique personal wit and witty remarks, but also profound social insight and analysis. The main representative works include "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn", "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer", etc. This book selects 200,000 words of his excellent short stories and short stories for readers.

"The Scholars" is a novel with intellectuals as the main description object, and it is also a typical satirical novel. It describes some images of Confucian scholars who were deeply poisoned by the eight-part imperial examination system. For example, it is written that Zhou Jin and Fan Jin spent their entire lives trying to pass the examination, and even when their beards turned gray, they still failed to pass the examination. Although life was extremely difficult, he still couldn't forget the imperial examination. Zhou Jin passed by an examination room and went in to watch. He was touched by a lifetime of bitterness and pain. He burst into tears and was so sad that he could not help but feel miserable. Later, with the help of some small businessmen, he took the exam and won the sympathy of the examiner, and things turned around. When he passed the exam, those who had ridiculed him in the past came to flatter him and praised him as the most knowledgeable person. Another example is Fan Jin. Before he passed the imperial examination, his family was so poor that he had no rice to cook with, so he went to the market to sell an old hen. When he learned that he had won the election, he was so happy that he became a madman. Fortunately, his father-in-law Hu Tuhu slapped him and he regained consciousness. At this time, the local squires and other prominent people all looked at him with admiration. Some gave him houses and some gave him property. Fan Jin's life immediately changed... And so on, which reflected the corruption of the secular customs at that time. On the one hand, it truly reveals the process and reasons for the corruption of human nature, thereby deeply criticizing and ridiculing the corruption of officialdom at that time, the shortcomings of imperial examinations, and the hypocrisy of ethics; on the other hand, it passionately praises the protection of human nature by a few characters by insisting on themselves, thus embodying the author's ideals.

"Dead Souls" is the cornerstone of the development of Russian critical realism literature and the pinnacle of Gogol's creation. The novel tells the story of a profit-seeking sixth-grade civil servant named Chichikov who bought and sold dead serfs. Chichikov came to a remote provincial city and became a guest of the local bureaucracy. He purchased dead serfs from the landlords in an attempt to exploit the loopholes and make huge profits. After the scandal was exposed, he fled. The words "serf" and "soul" in Russian have the same pronunciation, which reflects the dual meaning of the book's title. On the one hand, it refers to the main thread of buying and selling dead serfs that runs through the entire text. On the other hand, it also serves as a metaphor for the protagonist's own soul, revealing "his secret thoughts that are kept secret."

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"Member of the Wedding" is McCullers' most mature work. In the 1950s, she adapted it into a play that ran on Broadway for 501 consecutive performances. It was a huge success and became a classic in the theater world. Frankie, a 12-year-old girl, has been suffocated by a vague but strong dissatisfaction. Her dream is to attend her brother's wedding, go on their honeymoon with them, fly far away, and become one of them. But in this girl's world, "in that green and crazy summer", every lonely person is locked in their own inner space, unable to have any meaningful communication. In the end, she found that she had no relationship with her brother and her bride, and she was still alone...

Hans Castorp was originally a young man with a bright future. Unfortunately, he was infected with tuberculosis during the treatment of anemia in a mountain sanatorium and was forced to stay in the sanatorium for a long time. During this period, he met all kinds of strange people, including secretive Freemasons, fanatical Jesuit priests, colonial farmers, etc. Various ideological trends collided and confronted here. As a result, the protagonist not only began to have confused thoughts, but also became increasingly depressed, and became obsessed with a married woman. The villa became a "magic mountain", where he forgot time, the responsibilities and mission of life. Seven years later, the world war broke out, and the artillery fire of the war finally woke him up. Inspired by the so-called "patriotism", he rushed to the battlefield. The author attempts to fully highlight the spiritual chaos and decadence of the Western world through dialogue, symbols, dreams, debates, monologues and other modern expression methods.

"When we were young, an old woman told us that the biggest difficulty young people face is feeling small, powerless and insignificant. They feel that people live in a world controlled by powerful machines. No one should feel small and powerless. She said, remember, in the long history of mankind, what really plays a decisive role is the strength and courage of each person. "The 84-year-old Lessing is not old but wise and sharp. He comments on Jane Austen, Tolstoy, and Woolf, and discovers the buried masterpieces. In addition to literary criticism, this book also includes articles in which she talks about world affairs and shows her insights. In the eyes of this female writer who has always had a high spirit of fighting, times have changed and time has swallowed up many things that have disappeared, leaving only traces in literature. You might as well join Lessing in re-understanding the world through words.

This book contains incisive comments on thirty-nine short story masters from different countries and styles. With his unique insight, Bloom introduces the famous writers who shaped the art of short stories and their representative works in detail, from the pungency of realism, to the subtlety of impressionism, to the vitality of expressionism, and the nightmarish and grotesque visions of Kafka-Borges... The commentary perspective and selection of works are unique, showing the infinite diversity and possibilities of short story creation.

Bloom regards confrontational heroism as the core feature of "epic" works, breaks through the classification norms of traditional styles, and incorporates many epic works in world literature into the overall critical framework of this book, including "The Iliad", "The Odyssey", and "Beowulf". " And other traditional epic poems, as well as classic long poems full of heroic spirit such as "The Canterbury Tales", "Paradise Lost", and "The Waste Land", as well as ambitious prose works such as "Moby-Dick", "War and Peace", and "Ulysses", as well as "The Tale of Genji" from the East. Through careful reading of the text and sorting out the relationship between writers, Bloom extracted a rather unique epic tradition, that is, the process in which younger writers and older writers continue to engage in confrontational competition through texts in the long history, get rid of "anxiety of influence" and create their own style.

This collection of essays describes the things and people the author encounters in his daily life, such as vegetation and food in different seasons, utensils used daily, clothes worn, all kinds of people around him, stories from the past years, and every detail of his feelings and experiences. Express the nostalgia for the past time and the love for the beauty of life.

The collection of poems truly records three unfortunate events that the poet personally experienced from September 2012 to October 2013. One was being deceived by a Hong Kong liar, Reiji Ito (pseudonym, the same below, all names in the four collections of poems are pseudonyms) The total amount was nearly 100,000 yuan. Secondly, he went to a place in Zhongzhou and was illegally detained by 20 or 30 thugs and was forced to reveal his personal credit card password and then had 170,000 yuan stolen on the spot. Thirdly, he was defrauded of more than 200,000 yuan by Zheng Guohua and his family in Ningbo. These three events triggered and then irrigated the poet's dormant poetic genius, and also formed the core of the poet's subsequent collections of poems.