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"Ganjiawa Scenery" to be published by Beiyue Literature and Art Publishing House is a collection of Wang Baozhong's "Ganjiawa" series of novels. It consists of 20 short stories, which have been published in major literary journals across the country. This journal has published several articles before, and this issue publishes three of the chapters for the benefit of readers. Wang Baozhong's novels are long-lasting and easy to read, with solid and profound realistic skills, vivid and detailed descriptions, simple and implicit narrative language, overwhelming rural customs, and successful character creation. The author has poured his emotions and thinking about the countryside and farmers, and his love and exploration of short stories into the fictional village of "Ganjiawa" to paint a picture of the survival of farmers today. His contribution to contemporary short stories is self-evident.

This book is a fascinating novel by Verne, with a lively style and a sense of humor. The novel tells the story of Mr. Fogg, an Englishman who overcame many difficulties to complete a circumnavigation of the world in 80 days because of a bet with his friends. The book not only describes in detail the various bizarre experiences of Mr. Fogg and his party on the way and the numerous difficulties and dangers they encountered, but also gradually makes the characters' personalities three-dimensional, such as the taciturn, witty, brave and humane Fogg, the lively and impulsive servant "Passepartout" and so on.

"The Tin Drum" is a novel written by Nobel Prize winner and German writer Günter Grass. It is the first part of his "Danzig Trilogy". In 1980, a film of the same name based on the novel was adapted for the screen and won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. When the Swiss Academy of Literature awarded Grasse the Nobel Prize in Literature in October 1999, it said that "The Tin Drum is one of the most important works of world literature after World War II." The whole book consists of three parts and forty-six chapters. The author uses flashback techniques to allow the protagonist to narrate the events that occurred on the border of Germany and Poland and the Danzig area for more than half a century in the first-person "I" tone on two planes of time and space. The first plane is from 1952 to 1954, when the protagonist Oscar Matzerath squatted in a mental hospital and wrote his memories because he took responsibility for his crimes. The second plane is the content of Oscar's memories: he wrote from the wedding of his maternal grandparents in 1899 until he entered the hospital in 1952.

The final work of Marquez's novel! To celebrate his ninetieth birthday, an old reporter called the madam of a brothel and asked for a virgin to spend the night. He vowed to relive the passion of the past, but for some reason he remained indifferent when faced with the girl's body. What's even more ridiculous is that he fell madly in love with her. In front of this sleeping beauty, he recalled all the romance and absurdity in his life, the vivid path of lust and chaotic love, and the jigsaw puzzle became his depraved and lonely life.

The third part of Deborah Levy's trilogy on women's coming of age: On women and private property. This book won the Los Angeles Times Book Award and was named a book of the year by Time Magazine, The Washington Post, and others. In addition to a room of their own, women may need a house of their own. A collection of personal documentaries that intelligently and subtly explore women's home ownership, living alone, and spiritual life. Why do we always want to buy a house? What does it mean to live alone? Levy used himself as an example to reveal the psychological and social reasons behind women's desire for real estate, pointing out that real estate is not the key. The freedom, independence, security, and warm life brought by real estate may be what women really desire. London, New York, Mumbai, Paris, Berlin... Writer Levy, who is about to enter his sixties, begins his journey of celibacy. She shuttled between rental houses with different styles, and the desire to own a house of her own always lingered in her heart. Virginia Woolf said that if a woman wants to be a writer, she must have a room of her own. In "A House of One's Own," Levy takes stock of a woman's real and imaginary possessions with profound insight and keen wisdom, prompting readers to question their own cultural understanding of possessions and property, and to think about the value of women's personal material and intellectual lives.

"Golden Russia Series (11): I Remember That Wonderful Moment: Selected Poems of Pushkin" selects more than 300 selected poems of Pushkin. Pushkin is known as the "Father of Russian Literature" and "The Sun of Russian Poetry" in Russia, and the era in which he lived was also regarded by later generations as the "Golden Age" of Russian literature. Many researchers believe that it was the emergence of Pushkin that not only established pure Russian national literature, but also established standards for the Russian language. If Lomonosov previously clarified the direction for the Russian language in theory, then it can be said that Pushkin's literary practice enabled this theory to be truly implemented and perfected. He "completed two tasks by himself that would take a century or more in other countries."

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This is a collection of essays, divided into four parts: Secret Growth, Lion's Heart, Infinite Road, Speeches and Dialogues. It can basically be regarded as the author's mental journey from childhood to adulthood. The author was a naughty and smart country boy in his childhood. In the general environment of the red age, he advocated the army and force, and liked to play freely in the mountains and fields. Childhood memories influence the author's behavioral patterns throughout his life. His self-confidence and restraint in college, his basic trust in human nature as an adult, and his profound understanding of the times and history all reflect the author's delicate, rational and innocent character.

The collected works of Emer Towles, a total of two volumes. They are "Moscow Gentlemen" and "High Law" and "Moscow Gentlemen": In the era of change, the imprisoned become free. In 1922, Count Rostov was deemed an unrepentant nobleman and sentenced to house arrest in the Metropolitan Hotel opposite the Kremlin. This gentleman, who had never worked a day before and whose only priority in life was the pursuit of wisdom and knowledge, could only live in the attic of this five-star hotel since then, watching the great changes unfolding in Russia under the wheel of history from a unique perspective. His life has also opened a new chapter. Mysterious actresses, quirky girls, chefs and waiters with different personalities... All kinds of encounters and interactions made him experience diverse, subtle and rich emotions. The limited space of the hotel allowed his spirit to enter a broader world. This beautiful novel is filled with witty moments, sparkling characters, and exquisitely charming settings. More importantly, it shows the meaning of being human in the tide of the times. "The Rule of Top": Love or bread, which one would you choose? There is no always correct answer in life... In New York in the late 1930s, the Great Depression was coming to an end, and there was no threat of war. Under the peaceful atmosphere, a group of young people were looking for their ideals and love here. Katie Conten, a calm and wise commoner girl full of poems and books, and her roommate Eve met a noble and charming young banker Tinker in a jazz bar. Katie fell in love with Tinker, but a car accident completely changed her life. The encounter with Tinker allowed Katie to enter the upper class society of Manhattan. She stepped into New York's elite social circles and into a prestigious large-scale publishing group, starting a year full of surprising and crazy encounters. Dating a shy millionaire, dating a cheerful Upper East Side young man, confronting a shrewd wealthy businesswoman, being pressured by a tyrannical boss... Katie calmly swayed forward among the appearances of various fates, only to find that love was gradually drifting away. In the expectation of hopeless love, she finally understood that the "right" choice often involves the pain of loss. This book is like a love letter to Manhattan, exquisite, elegant, humorous and fresh.

"Moonlight over the Lotus Pond (Hardcover Illustrated Classic of the Times) (Essence)" written by Zhu Ziqing is divided into four parts: perceptions of life, old stories of old friends, traces of walking, and reflections on life. Among them, the best works in the first part all reflect the characteristics of Mr. Zhu Ziqing's writing; among the seven works in the second part, "Back View" is a well-known masterpiece. Its simple and simple words and melancholy lingering atmosphere show the Chinese-style deep love between father and son to the world.

Where is the gun? The dark night is like a prostitute's lies, bottomless... Maybe my loneliness is born. Just like this lingering smoke, it will eventually dissipate in the corners of this city. "He writes ordinary detective novels and has struck a literary gold mine." - The Times

"Secret History of the Five Dynasties" is also known as "Five Dynasties and the Residual Tang Dynasty" and "The Romance of the Residual Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties History". It can be said to be a classic Chinese classic that has been handed down from generation to generation. It has been widely read and circulated at home and abroad and is worth savoring. This book uses a chronological style to describe the turbulent rise and fall of the period from the Huangchao Uprising to the Chenqiao Mutiny. It is mainly based on the major political and military struggles in the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties period. It is written based on relevant stories in the new and old "Tang Shu", "History of the Five Dynasties" and folklore. The novel imitates "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" in its creation, but its achievements are much inferior. Some chapters are written more vividly, such as the stories of Li Cunxiao and Iron Spear Wang Yanzhang, both of which are written with vitality. "The Secret History of the Five Dynasties" is widely circulated among the people and has a certain influence on the creation of novels and dramas in later generations.

This book is one of the "Comprehensive Translation of Detective Di Gong of the Tang Dynasty: Gao Luopei's Embroidered Portrait Edition". "The Strange Case of the Prince's Coffin: A Collection of Short Stories by Gao Luopei" contains eight short stories including "Five Auspicious Clouds", "The Strange Case of the Prince's Coffin" and "The Strange Case of the Feather Arrow". It is a masterpiece of Gao Luopei's detective novels. The novel tells the story of eight cases detected by Judge Di when he was the county magistrate of Puyang, Hanyuan and other places. The cases are all ordinary ones, including the death of a young woman, the murder of an old scholar, etc., But all of them are twists and turns, exciting and fascinating. Every detail, every seemingly unrelated time, has become a magic weapon to capture the reader's psychology in Gao Luopei's writing. Without hurry or delay, the case develops naturally. The truth seems to be within reach, but it cannot be easily solved. In the exquisite story structure and narrative, readers are naturally drawn into the story along with Judge Dee's meticulous and sophisticated reasoning.

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"Collected Essays of Lu Xun" selects 58 classic essays written by Mr. Lu Xun from 1918 to 1936. From the publication of his first "Reflections" in 1918 to his death in 1936, Mr. Lu Xun wrote 16 essays in published collections - from "How We Be Fathers Now" and "The Boundaries of Free Speech", which write about the world; to "Talking about Jin Shengtan" and "On "Fuck"", which closely observe people's hearts; to "Secrets of Composition" and "Miscellaneous Notes on Reading", which talk about poetry and art - inclusive and all-encompassing. He is the unique "Mr. Big", a real man who is cold due to despair and blazing with anger - "Some people are dead, but he is still alive."

The content is taken from the Chinese Yuan Dynasty drama "The Story of the Gray Land", written by Li Qianfu, and its full name is "The Story of the Gray Landing" by Bao Dai Zhi Zhi Kan. The governor of Georgia was killed in a riot, and the governor's wife abandoned her biological son, Michael, when she fled in panic; the kind-hearted maid risked her life and went through hardships to raise him; after the rebellion subsided, the governor's wife asked for the child in order to inherit the inheritance. Judge Azdak used gray (chalk) to decide the case: The greedy and cruel governor's wife pulled the child out regardless of life and death, but the maid could not bear to have the child injured... The ending of the story is that the child was not awarded to his biological mother, but to the adoptive mother and maid.

"Antony and Cleopatra" (also translated as "Antony and Cleopatra") is one of the "Complete Chinese Translation Classics by Xu Yuanchong" and one of Shakespeare's famous tragedies. The plot tells the story of Antony, one of the three chiefs of Rome, who is obsessed with the beauty of Cleopatra and almost forgets national affairs. Later, Rome suffered from the rebellion of Thedas Pompeii, the invasion of pirates, the invasion of Parthians from the east, and the death of Antony's wife. Antony regained his strength, returned to Rome, and married Octavian's sister to consolidate political relations. When the wheel subsided, Antony returned to Clupa. Later, a confrontation between Antony and Octavian was formed in Rome. During the sea battle between the two, Antony escaped after Clupa's ship, resulting in the defeat. Antony committed suicide in grief, and Clupa also committed suicide.

Oliver, who had no father or mother, struggled to live in an orphanage for nine years, and was sent to an apprenticeship with the owner of a coffin shop. Unbearable hunger, poverty and humiliation forced Oliver to flee to London, where he was forced to become a pickpocket. He was once taken in by the wealthy Mr. Brown, but unfortunately he was discovered by a pickpocket and fell into the den of thieves again. In order to rescue Oliver, the kind-hearted female pickpocket Nancy reported to Brown, regardless of the surveillance and threats of the pickpocket leader, saying that Oliver was the son of his long-awaited old friend...

"Petro Goriot" and "Eugenie Grandet" are Balzac's masterpieces. The basic theme of "Human Comedy" is reflected here, and its artistic style best represents Balzac's characteristics. The intertwining of the careerist's struggle for fame and wealth in "Old Man Goriot" and the desperate fatherly love of Goriot make the content of the novel even more bizarre and touching. "Eugénie Grandet" successfully created a cunning, greedy, stingy bourgeois typical, and through his fortune, highly summarized the history of the redistribution of social wealth and power after the French Revolution.

"War and Peace" is an immortal masterpiece in the history of world literature, ranking first among the "Top Ten Masterpieces in the World", with a total of four volumes. Focusing on Napoleon's invasion of Russia in 1812, the writer describes the heroic scenes of the Russian people rising up to fight against the invaders, while also exploring the historical destiny of the aristocracy. The novel revolves around the lives of four aristocratic families including Bolkonsky, and uses the fate of the main members of the four families as the plot clue throughout. It depicts Russian social fashion and shows a broad picture of life.

As one of the most "anachronistic" scholars of the nineteenth century, Burckhardt's ideological theme was the diagnosis of European "modernity" and its attendant crisis of civilization. Out of defense of the classical humanistic tradition, he refused to use any modern disciplinary paradigm to systematize his thoughts. Instead, he adopted a subtle way of speaking and integrated his own thinking into his works, lectures, and thousands of letters left during his lifetime. This book selects 181 of Burckhardt's most representative letters, including 9 diaries from his stay in London in 1879, which provides a panoramic view of Burckhardt's life and thinking from the age of 20 to the eve of his death.

This book revolves around the story of Uncle Tom, a black slave who endured many hardships, and describes his experiences with those around him (all slaves and slave owners). This sentimental novel profoundly depicts the cruel nature of slavery; and believes that Christian love can overcome the harm caused by enslaving fellow human beings. The publication of this novel set off the climax of the abolition movement in the United States and played a great role in promoting the outbreak of the American Civil War. It has been translated into many languages ​​over the past 100 years and has had a profound impact on people around the world's fight against racial discrimination and their struggle for freedom and democracy.

The Cuthbert brothers and sisters at Green Gables Farmhouse decide to adopt a boy to help with farm work in the fields. To everyone's surprise, Mrs. Spencer sent a dreamy, chattering red-haired girl - an elf. This little elf was like a breath of fresh wind blowing into the secluded country farmhouse. The story begins here... Anne is a little girl with a miserable life experience. Her parents died soon after she was born and she became an orphan. A kind neighbor raised her until she was eight years old. Later, she went to another family to help look after children, and was later sent to an orphanage. Anne was adopted by Matthew and Marilla of Green Gables when she was eleven. Anne has a lively and optimistic nature and a rich imagination. Although her innocence and fantasy caused a lot of jokes, her kindness and straightforwardness also won her friendship and sincere love.

Fallen flowers hide in the plains, evil spirits hide in the world. At the bottom of the plant chain, there is a kind of low-grade plant called "cryptophyte". They have no chance to bloom bright flowers in the sun in their lifetime. They can only crawl and twine in the darkness, intertwining to form a huge and powerful flower of evil... Painters, journalists, doctors, bank presidents, policemen, waitresses... People who are distributed in every corner of society and have no connection with each other are killed in strange ways all over Japan one after another. The murderer seems to be an invisible man who cannot be seen by anyone, hiding in the darkness of the noisy society, completing his huge and terrifying murder puzzle step by step... The master of suspense, Matsumoto Kiyochō, created a man-eating monster from the darkness of human nature, turning the entire Japanese society into a stage of death.

"The Detective Collection of Father Brown" (full translation), from "The Sapphire Cross" to "The Mysterious Mourner", has a total of 20 chapters. The Father Brown described in these works seems to have nothing to do with the investigation.

One morning, the middle-aged Busmakov was preparing to elope to Cyprus with his young lover. In just a few hours, the absurd life of the past twenty years flashed before his eyes. During these years, he wandered around various lovers and planned to escape several times; at the same time, he experienced blind migration and drift, from party and government agencies to scientific research institutes, from doing business in the sea to working as a parking lot gatekeeper, and finally changed his job to a bank, thereby escaping the turbulent social reality. Just when he had to make a choice between his wife and his lover, he seemed to have remembered something, and was ready to re-determine his fate... In this absurd novel, Polyakov vividly depicts a typical image of "Eskepal" (escaper), who is stuck in the quagmire of life, confused in his heart, his soul is floating, and he is always in a state of nothingness. After Onegin, Pycholin, and Oblomov, he is another new type of Russian superfluous person. The story unfolds against the background of the last years of the Soviet Union and the disintegration of the country. It also outlines all living beings in the period of social transformation, showing the embarrassment of survival, the paradox of human nature, and the changes in social landscape.

The story is simple, but the ending is surprising and shocking. Everything seems to be in the author's writing, and in the eyes of the readers, those who are kind and upright will definitely get a happy ending. Because as a judge, Bobino was an honest judge. Finally, after careful investigation, he discovered that the courtesan Marquise had accused her long-separated husband, the Marquis, of being a lunatic and requested an injunction. It was a scam. She was moved by the fact that the noble Marquis turned out to be a noble man. She held the Marquis's hand tightly and promised that she would never allow the Marquis to have an injunction. Unexpectedly, when I was writing the report and preparing to submit it, I was called to the office by the president of the court.

In the deep and boundless sky, ancient Greek myths and epics are like a river of stars, shining brightly. The Eastern Mediterranean has a mountainous coast with many islands floating on the blue waves. It is a fairyland paradise of myths and epics. Gods and heroes in myths and epics were fighting on the "wine-blue sea". While the battle was in full swing, the history of Europa was quietly born. The author follows the ethereal place names in the myth, searches up and down the modern world, explores the boundary between history and myth, lifts the veil of myth, and gets a glimpse of the origin of Europa, the volcano that destroys the myth, the frown of the goddess' hometown, the shining gold of the Greek hero... The myth is long, but the fragments of history are flying everywhere. Travel notes, myths, epics, and character stories are interspersed with each other. When readers open the book, it is like opening a door to different time and space and traveling through thousands of years.

Good news, he became one of the Ten Fierce Cubs. Good news, this is the world of Zhetian. An Daoran held it in for a long time, and finally couldn't help laughing. As we all know, the ten evil cubs are guaranteed to be the Immortal King. The Immortal Emperor, the Emperor, the underworld, and the restricted area, when I grow up, I will destroy them all. Of course, wait until I reach adulthood first.

A suspenseful urban novel with a strong sense of conflict between family and society. Men and women who want to unite need to face obstacles from all aspects. Shame, betrayal, and vows are all great tests of love. International mail is not slow. Three days later, he received an email from country M. The red string on the ring in her hand was not untied by her, but cut and removed with scissors. Holding the ring in his palm, he closed his eyes and couldn't move for a long time.

A collection of short and medium-length stories by Japanese writer Osamu Dazai, which contains ten short and medium-length stories depicting the life of Osamu Dazai. It includes the famous work "Retrograde" by Dazai Osamu, which was shortlisted for the first Akutagawa Literature Prize. Includes a rare warm work in Dazai Osamu's writing career - "Romantic Lantern". This article changes from Dazai Osamu's previous depressing style and tells the story of the Irie brothers and sisters working together to create a new version of "Rape Rapunzel" vividly.

"The Moon and Sixpence" is a novel based on the deeds of the French post-impressionist painter Gauguin. The protagonist in the book, Strickland, was originally the manager of a securities company. He had a prosperous career, a gentle and virtuous wife, and well-behaved and lovely children. However, when he reached middle age, he suddenly responded to the call of his heart, abandoned his family and children, and went to Paris to engage in painting creation. Although poverty, hunger, and disease surrounded him, he took it calmly. Maugham deeply explores the contradictions and interactions between life and art in his novels.

A selection of ten years of short stories by Xiao Han, the author of "Doctor Du Ming", which includes the essence of the works published by major media over the years, including the special edition of "Doctor Du Ming".

[Chizuru × Hibiki] [Exquisite novel + secret love + light novel + healing + pure love] Chizuru holds a marriage contract, but her wish is not a wedding dress, but to end a period of silent youth. She knew the love hidden in her friend Xianggui's eyes was like an unopened letter. She planned a "confession war" with her old friend Guorin, clumsily paving the way for Hibiki to confess. Her only wish is for him to lift his burden and run towards freedom. However, when the curtain of the truth was unveiled, they discovered that all the carefully designed scripts were pushed to an ending that no one could have predicted... "I want to free you from your bondage." Xianggui regarded silence as protection, and Chizuru regarded rejection as salvation. It turns out that the most painful growth is not to love others, but to learn to pull the trigger on the most cherished love. We are all cowards, using adult shells to wrap up the unhealed wounds of adolescence.

When the Nuremberg trials ended and the Cold War began, the victorious powers lost interest in prosecuting Nazi war criminals. Large numbers of low-level criminals mingled with people eager to start a new life in Europe, while war criminals who felt they were in more danger fled the continent. Known as the Nazi Hunters, this group of people refuse to forget the crimes of the Nazis and are determined to track them down to the ends of the earth. Initially, they want revenge, but soon the story becomes a relentless struggle for justice. Today, more than seventy years after the end of World War II, there are not many Nazis left who have slipped through the net. The hunt is basically over, and the era of Nazi hunters is coming to an end. Their legend now unfolds here in its entirety.

The British Empire reigned supreme in the 19th century, with its territories and colonies spread all over the world. It was known as the Empire on which the sun never sets. The newly born United States dominated the 20th century, and its politics, economy, culture, and military influenced the historical process of the 20th century in all aspects. Since the Industrial Revolution, the two English-speaking countries have dominated the world for more than 200 years. This is by no means an accident. Winston Churchill revealed the secrets to us profoundly and vividly with his broad strokes. This is his historical masterpiece "History of the English People", coupled with his monumental memoirs "Memoirs of the First World War" and "Memoirs of the Second World War", which almost completely describe the historical trajectory of the English-speaking people from the wilderness to the world's super power.

The "Decoy Investigator" series is Yamada Masaki's original reasoning masterpiece, with a total of 5 volumes. The protagonist, investigator Kitami Shiho, uses herself as bait to detect abnormal crimes targeting women, showing her beauty and weakness in front of suspects, and carrying out unique "bait-style" investigations with her partner Hakamada again and again! As the cases are solved one by one, the larger conspiracy hidden around Shiho begins to be revealed... The author uses the five senses of the human body as the key to solving the case. While exploring the truth of the incident, he also demonstrates the unique Japanese cruel aesthetics.

Conan Doyle used Sherlock Holmes's meticulous reasoning to interpret stories, and his works defined and changed the way crime writers approached detective stories. British novelist Somerset Maugham said

This book is a dystopian suspense science fiction work. The story is about a heroine who discovers during a series of assassination missions assigned by the organization in the form of a video game that there is a powerful and evil force controlling the world, and humans cannot escape from their control. Only robots can gain permission to go out. In this 'brave new world' where humans have become slaves, what is right and what is wrong? How to judge rationality and madness? This book will lead readers closer to the mysterious world of cyborgs from a unique perspective...

Bond followed Goldfinger all the way to Geneva and discovered the secret of Goldfinger's export of gold. He remelted the gold and then cast it into gold nuggets by casting the car body with gold. During the pursuit, Bond accidentally overheard the Grand Slam plan. Goldfinger's men discovered Bond and captured him. Goldfinger was not eager to kill him, but proudly told him all about Operation Grand Slam. It turned out that the target of this conspiracy was Goldfinger's gold reserves worth US$60 billion in the bank in Geneva. Goldfinger planned to use a plane to release poison gas to kill 60,000 people around the bank, including 40,000 troops and some residents. Then he blew up the bank and used a North Korean atomic expert to detonate a small nuclear bomb in the vault, causing the gold stored in various countries around the world to be contaminated by radiation. As a result, gold from all over the world could not be circulated, and the black market gold transactions under Goldfinger's control would earn huge profits of more than ten times, monopolizing the entire world's gold market. What will happen to Bond under house arrest? Will Goldfinger's conspiracy plan succeed? ...

Western film star Buck Horn plans to return to the silver screen but doesn't want to be shot dead while performing horseback stunts at the Oval Arena. The New York City Police Department mobilized its entire force and conducted an unprecedented search, but to no avail. A month later, in the same place and the same scene, the God of Death repeated his same tricks again, replicating another murder case. The two cases were shrouded in mystery: under the attention of 20,000 viewers, no murder weapon, no murderer, no motive could be found...

He was a little confused. The breath of life made him feel awkward, almost suffocating. This breath was blood red, carrying the beating of his heart and vibrating his pulse, which made him very uncomfortable. The curtains all around were closed. He was sitting on the sofa, a fire was burning in the fireplace, and international news was playing on the TV. In his opinion, the news today on August 7th seems to be no different from countless previous August 7ths. After the international news, the anchor reported a local news: a woman was killed in an apartment, and the murderer imitated "Jack the Ripper" while committing the crime.

What kind of existence am I? Maybe, there is no me at all, there are only memories that have appeared. Without you as my best friend and lover, I can only fall into the dark night and never wake up... Takashi Tsuruga and his best friend Tomohiko are both engaged in cutting-edge research in brain science, and have been brothers and sisters for more than ten years. One day, Tomohiko grandly introduced his new girlfriend Mayuko to him. He suddenly discovered that it was the woman he had fallen in love with at first sight but missed. Love and hate intertwined in Chongshi's heart, and he was tortured by jealousy and self-blame until he was on the verge of collapse. However, overnight, Mayuko actually lived with him as a matter of course, and never mentioned Tomohiko. Tomohiko, who was originally dedicated to researching human brain memory, also disappeared.

"Loudan's Demon" records a huge unjust, false and wrong case in European history. It happened in the middle of the seventeenth century AD after the end of the dark Middle Ages and before the outbreak of the French Revolution. At that time, the name of the rector of the small French town of Loudain was Urbain Grandier. This man was knowledgeable and handsome, but unfortunately he was also a lover and secretly owed many romantic debts. These scandals made him enemies of many people in Loudain, and his enemies were determined to exact revenge on him. Soon, a group of nuns in a local monastery were "possessed by demons" and claimed that it was all because Father Grandi signed a contract with the devil, causing a group of demons to come to the center and indulge in extravagant behavior with them, and they were possessed by unclean spirits. After trials by religious courts and secular courts, Grandier was found guilty. Not only was he physically tortured, but he was eventually burned to death.

Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) was an Indian poet, philosopher and Indian nationalist. In 1913, he became the first Asian to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. His poems contain profound religious and philosophical insights. For Tagore, his poems are his gifts to God, and he himself is God's suitor. Tagore's poems enjoy epic status in India, including his representative works "Gitanjali", "Birds", "Sand in the Eyes", "Four People", "Family and the World", "The Gardener" and "The Last Psalm". This time I chose his "Gitanjali" and "Crescent Moon Collection".

Ishikawa Takuboku's three-line short songs have unique descriptions of daily life, changes in the seasons, relatives, friends, children, rural customs, etc., And record the gains and losses in life with delicate and sensitive thoughts. As a poet who died of illness at a young age and made a brief appearance in the literary world, Ishikawa Takuboku's poems show irreplaceable value in terms of both his creative level and his understanding of life beyond the times. This book comprehensively collects Ishikawa Takuboku's poetry works, including two tanka collections by Ishikawa Takuboku. "A Grip of Sand" contains 551 tanka songs, and "Sad Toy" contains 194 tanka songs. These two collections of songs sincerely record the poet's sorrow and sighs in his life of poverty and illness, as well as his thoughts on the real world. Ishikawa Takuboku has included in the book one by one the trivial things that a person encountered in his youth, some happy and expectant moods, eagerness to try, the days of love and breakup, the time when he disliked life and work, worries about illness, missing his family, and feeling happy or unhappy because of the flowers and trees in the city. So today when we read his poems, almost every one of them can impress us.

How could a beautiful girl appear in an abandoned temple in the wilderness? What does the woman rescued on the road secretly draw in her study every day? What will happen if you go to a strange country where the concept of beauty and ugliness is completely reversed? This book collects 14 wonderful "Liao Zhai" stories. The author uses his rich imagination to create stories with gods and monsters as the theme. The plots are twists and turns, and the characters are vivid and vivid. The stories also reflect the current ills, criticize evil and promote good, and contain profound truths.

Montaigne (1533-1592) was the most important humanist writer after the French Renaissance and a cold observer of human emotions. In 1572, he began writing the "Collected Essays", which is called "a collection of all kinds of knowledge in the sixteenth century". Among sixteenth-century writers, few are as revered and accepted by modern people as Montaigne. He was an intellectual authority and critic in France before the Enlightenment, and an encyclopedic scholar who conducted dispassionate studies of various national cultures, especially Western culture. Judging from his thoughts and feelings, people seem to regard him as a modern man in his time. His prose, mainly philosophical essays, is world-famous for its rich ideological connotation and is known as the "treasure house of ideas."

Sakaguchi Ango is a representative figure of Japanese rogue literature, and "On the Fall" is his representative work. This book collects 17 of his representative essays and critical articles, including his self-perception of Japanese culture, in-depth analysis of post-war Japanese society, and serious discussion of literature. Sakaguchi's articles are precise and sharp, and his powers of observation are like a scalpel, always able to pierce through the superficial veneer of things and get to their core and essence. These articles had a huge repercussions in Japanese society, which was in dire straits after the war, and had great appeal to young people. Sakaguchi was once named "the postwar writer most relevant to the younger generation" by the Yomiuri Shimbun.

"Shun Kotsho" is a collection of works by the Japanese literary master Junichiro Tanizaki, including "Shun Kotsho", "Praise of Shadows", "Various Travels" and "Weary Guests". "Shuncho" is Tanizaki Junichiro's masterpiece. It was published in 1933 and became a best-seller immediately. This novel is a classic of pure love novels. It tells the story of Sasuke, a man who came from his hometown in the countryside to work as an apprentice in a shop in Osaka, and fell in love with the beautiful and intelligent blind daughter Haruqin of his master's family. During the not-long period of getting along with her, he gave up almost everything that an ordinary man could give up, and instead led her by the way, took care of her daily life, and practiced shamisen with her. Later, her face was disfigured, and he immediately mutilated his eyes without hesitation... The other three articles included in this book are essays, all of which were included in the 1955 essay collection "In Praise of Shadows". Among them, "In Praise of Shadows" is regarded as Junichiro Tanizaki's masterpiece of literary essays, which concentratedly explains and displays his core aesthetic thoughts. "Various Travels" and "Weary of Visitors" are short, concise and lively writing, and are also his representative essays.