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"Demian: The Wandering Boyhood" is one of Hesse's masterpieces. It tells the story of the arduous journey of the young Xinkelai to find his own way. This book was first published in 1919 and was signed by Emile Sinclair. Once the work came out, it caused a huge response. Its popularity can only be compared with "The Sorrows of Young Werther" in the last century.

This book "Song of Ticino" can be said to be the essence of Hesse's works. It is a collection of prose and poetry, and it is also the author's induction, summary and interpretation of the artistic concepts, creative methods and philosophical thoughts of all his previous works. It is regarded by many experts and scholars as a key to the door of Hesse's thought.

Harrell is an upright writer who despises the lifestyle of modern society. He often stays at home and is extremely lonely. He falls into a schizophrenic situation. One day, he accidentally read a short book "Review of Steppenwolf". He woke up from a dream and thought that he was a Steppenwolf with both "human nature" and "wolf nature". Later, he was invited to a party and found that the attendees all had narrow nationalist views, and his anti-war remarks were reprimanded, which made him feel very lonely. Later, he met the bar girl Hermina and gained sensual pleasure. Jinghe introduced him to the musician Pablo and the girl Maria. He forgot all his troubles and worries in music and sensory enjoyment. But when he saw Hermina getting close to Pablo, he became "wolfish" and killed Hermina out of jealousy. The novel is rich in fantasy color and profound symbolic meaning, and is considered to have a "surrealist" style. Thomas Mann called it "the German Ulysses".

Emile Sinclair consciously lived in a warm and beautiful bright world, but it turned out to be just a lie. He longed for relief, but could not speak to anyone. The appearance of Demian helped him face these difficulties in life. Loneliness, timidity, hesitation, and rebellion came one after another every day, but he already had the courage to face it all...

"The last knight of German Romanticism" and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, Hesse's new 10-volume anthology, translated by famous writers, includes novels, short and medium-length works, poetry, prose, fairy tales and paintings, comprehensively displaying Hesse's creative career. The novel tells a story: In a future world, the glass bead game has become a symbol system evolved from music and mathematics, and is all human knowledge and spiritual wealth. Knecht was an orphan who was raised by a religious group. He was talented and intelligent. With his outstanding talents and superior organizational skills, he continued to rise in this elite group until he reached the top of the group and became a master of the glass bead game. But as he grew older, he gradually became dissatisfied with this isolated spiritual kingdom and felt that it was impossible to contribute to the people in this kind of ivory tower. So he came to the real world and tried to use education to improve the entire world. However, before his career was completed, he unfortunately drowned while swimming. "The Glass Bead Game" is the crystallization of the spiritual experience of the elderly Hesse looking back on his life. The work was written from 1931 to 1934, almost simultaneously with Hitler's rise to power and his demise. The author's goals are clear: "The first is to build a spiritual space that resists poisoning to protect my survival, and the second is to express the spiritual thoughts of rebelling against barbaric forces." After twelve years of hard work, the author used almost all literary means: poetry, aphorisms, letters, biographies, theories, etc., Which can be said to be everything in this novel, and various themes are both integrated and relatively independent in the book.

This book collects Hesse's twenty fairy tales, covering his entire creative career and witnessing his life trajectory. Hesse's fairy tales are not fairy tales in the traditional sense, but they are deeply influenced by Eastern and Western fairy tale traditions. From "Two Brothers", which he created when he was ten years old, to his last piece, "Birds" written in 1933, they bear witness to Hesse's attempts to use this genre to record his inner world as an artist. Like many European writers of his generation, Hesse paid close attention to everything happening around him: the rapid development of science and technology, the rise of materialism, the outbreak of world wars, economic boom and recession... All these, as well as the traumas, questions and dreams he personally experienced, are perfectly reflected in the world of artistic fairy tales.

"Siddhartha" is a classic work that explores the soul and the meaning of life written by Nobel Prize winner Hermann Hesse. Siddhartha, the young son of a Brahmin, had a privileged family background, but he resolutely gave up worldly comfort and embarked on a long journey to find the meaning of life. He sharpened his will in asceticism, experienced desires in the world, and constantly tortured his soul in confusion and struggle. Along the way, he experienced countless unknowns and challenges, and gained profound life wisdom. If you feel confused in life, you might as well open "Siddhartha" and embark on this soul-touching journey with him to find your own true meaning of life.

"Under the Wheel" is a semi-autobiographical novel written early in Hesse's creative career. It tells the story of the genius boy Hans Gibbenrath who gradually became tragic under the harsh educational system and social pressure. Hans was born in a small town in Germany and was extremely talented. He studied hard under the expectations of his family and teachers, and passed the state examination to enter the famous Maulbronn Academy. He sacrificed all the entertainment of his childhood just to meet the expectations of his father and teachers and become a "model student." Hans met the rebellious Hermann Heilner, who advocated freedom and despised the rigid education system. Heilner was expelled for defying school rules, while Hans gradually became physically and mentally exhausted due to mental depression and academic pressure, and his grades declined. Hans was forced to drop out of school due to neurasthenia. After returning to his hometown, he became a factory apprentice. He was ignored by society and eventually led to tragedy.

The protagonist of the novel, Harrell, is an upright writer. He despises the modern social lifestyle and often stays behind closed doors. The suffocating air makes him fall into a schizophrenic state. One day, he accidentally read a short book "Review of Steppenwolf", and suddenly woke up from the dream, thinking that he was a Steppenwolf with both "human nature" and "wolf nature". Later, he was invited to a party and found that the attendees all had narrow nationalist views, and his anti-war remarks were reprimanded, making him feel even more lonely. When he returned home, he met the bartender Hermina and gained sensual joy. After Hermina introduced him, he met the musician Pablo and the girl Maria. He forgot all his worries and worries in the music and sensual enjoyment. But when he saw Hermina getting close to Pablo, he became "wolfish" and killed Hermina out of jealousy. The novel is rich in fantasy color and profound symbolic meaning, and is considered to have a "surrealist" style; Thomas Mann called it "German Ulysses".

"Demian" is one of the masterpieces of the German literary master Hesse. It is a coming-of-age novel that tells the story of young Sinclair's arduous journey of finding himself. Sinclair, who was born and grew up in a wealthy family, fell into endless entanglement because of a lie he told. Later, a young man named Demian appeared and brought him light. From then on, he began to embark on the path of loneliness and self-discovery. Later, Demian appeared in different identities and appearances, pointing out the way forward for Sinclair every time he hesitated...

"The Last Summer of Klingsor" is a novella written by Hermann Hesse in 1919. At the end of his life, the painter Klingsor roamed, tasted wine, and talked about life with his friends in the beloved places he often visited in his early years. He used paintings to fight and scream for the continuation of life, declaring war on the evil death. The unmixed paint on the palette in his hand carried his protest against death and his ridicule of decline. He painted new life and all declines. Finally, after a warm but short summer, Klingsor exhausted all his energy and completed the work he will leave forever in the world - a self-portrait...

"The last knight of German Romanticism" and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, Hesse's new 10-volume anthology, translated by famous writers, includes novels, short and medium-length works, poetry, prose, fairy tales and paintings, comprehensively displaying Hesse's creative career. "The Last Summer of Klingelsauer" contains a total of 11 short and medium-length works by Hesse: "The Mind of a Child", "Klein and Wagner", "Inside and Outside", "The Last Summer of Klingelsauer", "A Foreign City in the South", "Coyote", "Souvenir", "Meeting the Poet", "Revelation on Housewarming", "My Biography" and "Interrupted Classes". "The Last Summer of Klingershal" is a novella written by Hesse in 1919. At that time, the First World War had just ended, and the world had not yet recovered from the chaos. Tens of millions of soldiers, prisoners of war, and people returned to the freedom that they both yearned for and feared from years of rigid and unified obedience. Some young people were dragged away by the war in their childhood and now "return", but must face a completely unfamiliar reality. For "old people" like Hesse, those worldviews that were once highly recognized have become ridiculous and ridiculous things of the past. Everything becomes suspicious and disturbing. In such a summer, a farewell summer, a day full of power and light, temptation and charm, filled with southern sunshine and the aroma of wine, the painter Klingsor transformed into Li Taibai, roamed, drank and debated with his friends Du Fu, Louis and the Armenian astrologer. Finally, at the end of summer, I used up all the fuel in my life to complete the final painting.

This book is a representative novel by Nobel Prize winner Hermann Hesse. Domestic translations are mixed, and there are only two that have good reputation: Li Shilong's translation and Zhao Dengrong's translation. Unfortunately, Li Shilong's translation has disappeared from the market since 1997. Many readers had to search far and wide. The "Yue Classics" series is included in this book, which fills the gap in the market and is good news for the majority of Hesse fans.

"Steppenwolf" is the masterpiece of German writer Hermann Hesse, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1946. Harry Harrell, who has never returned home and is always on the road, pursuing the "fun" of wandering, is incompatible with modern society and the world around him. He always nervously pursues classics and the ultimate truth. In extreme fatigue, he breaks down schizophrenia and becomes a community of wolf and human. He wants to commit suicide many times. On the night when Harrell finally made up his mind to commit suicide, he met the beautiful Hermina, and a strange turn of fate occurred. In the interactions with several important figures such as the dancer Hermina, the ballroom musician Pablo, the prostitute Maria, etc., He gradually understood the true meaning of life and art, and eliminated the mental tension and despair; in the end, he was able to make an incredible connection between the ordinary and even vulgar life and the lofty thoughts of "immortals" such as Goethe and Mozart, and understood the true meaning of life and art in the magic theater.

The four short stories with different styles in the Mitarashi Kyou series written by Shoji Shimada not only challenge the readers' brains, but also reveal the unknown mental journey of the most idiosyncratic detective in history. Why do urinals in restaurant restrooms disappear over and over again? Why was the company's nameplate hit by twelve bullets, and why was there a ghost painting in the building opposite? What are some memorable moments from Mitarai and Ishioka's Christmas? Among Mitarai's memories of Japan, who is the deepest emotion in his heart?

French Department Store is holding a furniture exhibition. The instructor pressed the button and a bed slowly lowered from the wall. To everyone's surprise, a female corpse rolled out of the bed and fell to the ground! And the identity of this corpse turned out to be the proprietress of French Department Store! At the same time, the daughter of the boss's wife, who is the biggest suspect, also disappeared. Who knows the murderer? How did the murderer get through the department store's strict surveillance system and kill the proprietress? Why would he put the body in the new furniture?

"Water Margin" is one of China's four famous novels. It is a novel describing an ancient peasant uprising. The novel originated from the story of the peasant uprising of 36 people including Song Jiang in the late Northern Song Dynasty. It gradually developed and matured through storytelling, opera and other performance forms in the Jin and Yuan Dynasties; and through the artistic processing of these artists, it was compiled into scripts and dramas and was widely sung among the people. At the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Shi Naian and his student Luo Guanzhong carried out artistic re-creation on the basis of folk tales, scripts and operas, and thus wrote the first Chinese vernacular article novel "Water Margin". The book depicts a number of well-known heroes represented by Song Jiang, Wu Yong, Lu Zhishen, Lin Chong, Wu Song, Li Kui, Sun Erniang, etc. The 108 Liangshan heroes have different origins, experiences and encounters, representing people from different levels of society. They also highlight the general theme of the chaotic government forcing the people to rebel, and reflect the citizens' pursuit of life to resist tyranny and yearn for freedom.

"The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is China's first full-length retrospective historical romance novel. It mainly describes wars and reflects the political and military struggles between the three political groups of Shu, Wei and Wu. It can be roughly divided into five parts: the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Dong Zhuo's Rebellion, the Competition of Heroes, the Three Kingdoms, and the Return of the Three Kingdoms to Shanxi. Against a broad background, various turbulent and majestic war scenes were staged, and nearly 500 characters were successfully portrayed. Among them, Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Sun Quan, Zhuge Liang, Zhou Yu, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and other characters are very popular.

Needless to say, the girl in Pingcheng's dream must be King Chen Wenqi of Ningyang. He is a talented, clean and self-sufficient prince. He has a good appearance, but he is not lovable. However, some ministers in the court said that King Ningyang was a Rakshasa-like person who was extremely vicious. Tao Gantang originally thought that he was a cold and noble young master, but unexpectedly he was a young prince who was full of love words and waiting to be coaxed. Chen Wenqi has always felt that people are like fish and meat. But when Tao Gantang spoke in his ear again and again, he suddenly understood what the word "heard" meant. Even if it was for the fish and meat on the sword, for Tao Gantang, he would still fight to win peace for her life.

The first question encountered when studying warlords is: What are warlords? If interpreted literally, the word "valve" in warlord is a bit similar to the word "hegemon" we use in daily life, because no matter what role a person is, as long as they are suffixed with this obscure word "valve", they will become domineering. Warlords can be understood as lawless people who rely on force. If we still want to delve deeper into the political connotation of the word "warlord", then without much effort we will find two elements recognized by many pseudo-definitions of warlords. One is to rely exclusively on force, and the other is to segregate local areas. The English word "warlord" perfectly displays these two elements. (WAR refers to military and war, and LORD means land). Whether it is the definition of Western scholars as "anyone who dominates an area based on military strength" (Sheridan), or the authoritative domestic summary of "a military group that relies on self-respect, separatist forces, and forms its own faction" (Cihai), there is no exception.

This book is a collection of folk poet Zhou Yunpeng's travel notes from 2011 to the beginning of 2020. Whether it is his songs or words, they will give people a feeling of "lightness, elimination of anger, and endless aftertaste". If you like folk songs, you should listen to Zhou Yunpeng. If you like both folk songs and travelogues, you should read "Green Train". He wrote down his experiences of "traveling and singing, getting to know people, and encountering troubles". He cares about many things and many people. The vast inner world of this blind singer will make "normal people" feel ashamed.

Welcome to Paradim Cinema! It was once the largest theater on the south bank of the Thames, attracting celebrities from London's West End to stop and watch. Now, there are only popcorn, depressed cinema managers and a group of moviegoers with different personalities in the dilapidated hall. They touch each other and shape each other's destiny. Among them are Mark, a cynical intellectual young man who pursues sensuality and spirituality; Mark's girlfriend Claire, a former novice nun who has lost her faith but found passion; Father Kipling, who regards the cinema as a "place of greed"; and Harry, a boy who vents his malice in unknown corners... In his first novel, David Lodge uses keen observation to describe the lives of 17 people of different ages and social backgrounds. Their hopes, confusions, frustrations, dreams, joys and sorrows are staged at the Paradim Cinema along with the dream world on the big screen.

As soon as Brown Leather Shoes left Yongdingmen Railway Station, he bumped into Bigfoot Cuigu, which he never expected. "Young Master!" La La shouted, and Cui Gu reached out to grab the luggage. He didn't see her at first. People are like swarms of bees at dusk, coming and going in groups, noisy and crowded. The rain had just stopped, and the puddles on the muddy ground shone brightly like mirrors. He avoided the puddles and walked, stepping and jumping carefully, trying his best to keep his leather shoes from being stained with mud. He wiped these shoes several times on the train. When driving through Changzhou, he bought a glutinous rice dumpling and used the stickiness of the rice dumpling leaves to smooth out the thin skin on the upper part of his right foot. As he jumped into the last puddle, he was slapped on the ass by a carrying wicker basket.

This book is a novel written by the famous writer Alai for the "Retelling of Myths" series. By telling the story of King Gesar in Tibetan mythology, from his birth as the son of the god, to his subjugation of demons, stabilization of the three realms, and finally his return to the heaven, it shows the history of the Tibetan nation from a primitive tribal alliance to the emergence of a nation, and displays the unique cultural essence of the Tibetan nation. This book was previously published by our company in 2009, and this is the revised version. King Gesar is a heroic figure in Tibetan legends. According to legend, he is the incarnation of the Son of God, Tribagawa. Out of sympathy for the suffering of demons in the world, he specially descended to the world to conquer demons and eliminate them, creating a better life for the world. King Gesar's life was full of turbulent battles with evil forces and drove away the invaders who robbed the people.

One rainy day, William made a paper boat for his brother George. The younger brother happily went out to release the boat on the street, but died tragically at the sewer entrance not long after. Subsequently, children continued to disappear or die in the town, but the police's search yielded no results. William's parents were immersed in the grief of losing their son and ignored William. During the summer vacation, the sad and lonely William formed the "Wimp Club" with six children who were not popular in school. The friends discovered that almost all of them had seen a strange guy - "it". "It" changes in many ways, sometimes it is a clown holding a balloon, sometimes it is a giant bird, sometimes it is a whisper in the drainage pipe and gurgling blood... The most constant is that every time "it" appears in Delhi, it takes the lives of dozens of children.

A group of promiscuous women accompanied the owner of the mansion, Mrs. Tellier, to attend the confirmation ceremony of her brother Rivet's daughter. During the ceremony, Rosa suddenly remembered her first Holy Communion ceremony. The memory of her youth made her burst into tears. Her sisters were equally sad; their tears infected the men, women and children in the church, and they were praised by the priest. In contrast, those sanctimonious "gentlemen" yell at each other behind the scenes and behave in frivolous and vulgar ways. The fireworks women written by Maupassant also have true temperament, but even if they are as straightforward as them, they have to return to the world after the ceremony. These weak women with sincere feelings may have to use songs and tears to commemorate their lost youth and purity...

"No Longer Queue" Christopher is an aristocratic gentleman who believes in the traditional morals of the age of chivalry. He is upright, tolerant, and clean. Sylvia is a typical social butterfly. She has many lovers and lives a life of dissipation and indulgence all day long. However, an unexpected pregnancy forces her to marry the conservative Christopher in order to save her reputation. The boring life after marriage and her husband's indifference drove Sylvia crazy, and she began to use all means to stimulate Christopher. Sylvia's elopement with her old lover became the beginning of their conflict, but neither of them had religious beliefs that allowed them to divorce. In this way, this barely maintained marriage plunged the two people into endless torture. By chance, Christopher met Valentin, a modern woman with radical ideas and profound knowledge. Further contact made these two people from seemingly different worlds fall in love, but the fetters of the world hindered the further development of their relationship. At the same time, Sylvia also realized the crisis of her marriage, began to curb her life, worked hard to save the marriage, and showed her kindness to her husband. The advent of World War I and Christopher's joining the army brought this love triangle to tests and choices.

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"Learning to Speak" is a collection of short stories full of autobiography by British Booker Prize writer Hilary Mantel. The book contains six short stories: "King Billy Was a Good Gentleman," "The disinfecting," "Beautiful Curves," "Learning to Speak," "Four Floors Up" and "The Clean Slate," as well as exciting excerpts from Hilary Mantel's autobiography "The End of the Breath." "Learning to Speak" has a strong autobiographical flavor by Hilary Mantel herself, describing multiple stories related to childhood: "King Billy Was a Good Gentleman" has a child who must overcome the pain of losing his father and the confusion of the disappearing Irish cultural heritage; "Beautiful Curve" is about A tale of friendship, faith and a near-disaster in a scrapyard; the narrator in "Learning to Speak" corrects her northern accent with the help of a has-been actress... With a disorienting lightness, Mantel uncovers a haunting period of childhood transformation.

"The Poor Man" was published in 1846. It was Dostoevsky's debut novel and his famous work. It shows the writer's basic creative tendency and creative characteristics. It reflects Russia under the tsarist rule in the 19th century, involving political corruption, sharp social contradictions, economic distress and mental pain of small people, and created the two classic artistic images of Devshkin and Varenka. The epistolary description in the work cleverly takes into account the description of psychology and social environment, and at the same time enriches the expressive power and ideological depth of the article through the use of dual perspectives. "The Poor Man" was highly praised not only by Russian critics, but also by Chinese writers such as Lu Xun.

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"She is herself only when she is alone in that big room... Anna sat down at the table, looking down at the four notebooks, just like a general looking down from the top of the mountain at the army ready to go in the valley below." Anna, a "free woman", faced the front half Frustrated, she said: "We have refused to live by the rules, and it is normal for life not to respond to us according to the rules." She wrote her life on the verge of collapse in four-color notes: black to recall the past, red about politics, yellow to examine love, and blue to record reality. Tommy, the only reader of Anna's notes, was supposed to inherit his father's business empire, but he fell into confusion at a crossroads in his life. The young man said: "I know what I don't want, but I don't know what I want." One day, he suddenly shot himself in the head... Can the golden notebook that emerged from the four-color notebook rebuild people's inner order? This is an extraordinary woman's detailed and penetrating observations of the world full of contradictions and the relationship between the sexes.

The old fisherman Santiago went to sea for eighty-four days without catching anything. The little boy Manolin who followed him also had to go to another fishing boat, but he did not despair. On the eighty-fifth day, Santiago finally caught a big fish, "it looked like more than fifteen hundred pounds." After being dragged by the big fish and sailing for two days and two nights, and after a difficult struggle, he finally killed the big fish and started to return. However, the blood shed by the big fish attracted many sharks one after another. With no food and no helpers, Santiago tenaciously killed one shark after another. But when he finally returned to the harbor, all that was left of his hard-earned big fish was the wreckage.

The story revolves around the life of a little girl named Marigold. She lost her father before she was born. She has been living in the "Acupuncture House" under the supervision of her great-grandmother and grandmother. The two elderly people are both serious people with noble blood. Her mother has always lived a very depressed life because her family background is not as good as her husband's. However, Marigold was a happy child. She had the unique joy of children, and she also worried about many small things. She brought countless joy and happiness to the whole family.

--Do you know where those wild ducks went after the lake froze? The novel tells the story of the big boy Holden's "rebellious" adventure that lasted three days. Holden is unwilling to participate in competitions and does not care about test scores. He hates secular trends and adult hypocrisy. He was more concerned about how the ducks would spend the winter after the park lake froze. He felt out of place and wanted to escape the city and watch the innocent children playing in the wheat fields to prevent them from falling off the cliff. Holden's words and deeds reflect the lonely figure of young people struggling in confusion and stubbornly pursuing the meaning of life. Haruki Murakami: "'The Catcher in the Rye' seriously explores how a person can 'place himself' in this world."

This set is the "Catcher in the Rye" Salinger Collection, covering all works licensed by the Salinger Foundation. "The Catcher in the Rye" If youth needs a Bible, then it can only be a painstaking translation, revision and reprint of "The Catcher in the Rye" by the famous translator Sun Zhongxu. "Nine Stories" Before reading these nine stories, you dare not say you know what a short story is. "In this world, there are still some people who love desperately." "Franny and Zooey": Salinger's reconciliation work. If you are the enemy of the world, it is better to live a good life with the wisdom of God. "Raise the Beams, Carpenters; Seymour: A Biography": Salinger's last watch, I am waiting for the suspension at the end of my life, half awake, half persistent.

"I thought, 'What is hell?' I thought hell was the torture of losing the ability to love." Even though the battlefield is far away, sensitive people can always smell the smoke. Salinger uses concise words rich in metaphors to depict the "wounded" souls who are trapped between ideals and reality and unable to escape, and sheds light on the invisible plight of contemporary people. In the calm narrative, there are always some sentences that pierce the page like bullets and hit the soul directly.

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 came 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.

Duroy, who was born as a peasant, was bold, cold and cruel. He broke into Paris alone with his good looks, mixed in the circle of Parisian noble ladies, and acted like a fish in water, performing scenes of debauched farces. However, those cuckold husbands rushed to recommend and promote him, so that he quickly entered the upper class and became a political upstart. The novel reveals the emptiness, debauchery, and depravity of the upper class society, shows the shamelessness of bourgeois politicians, exposes the dark inside story of the political world and the press, and strongly criticizes the dark social reality. This novel has a very profound and broad influence in the world and has strong practical significance.

In "The Best Day to Catch Banana Fish", the opening chapter of Salinger's classic collection of short stories "Nine Stories", Seymour shoots himself, leaving readers with endless suspense: Why did Seymour commit suicide? "Raising the Roof Beams, The Carpenters; Seymour: A Biography" was originally published in "The New Yorker" magazine and was published in a collection in 1963. It includes two novellas, "Raising the Roof Beams, The Carpenters" and "Seymour: A Biography", with Seymour's second brother Barty as the narrator, telling anecdotes about the "Glass family" and reviewing various past events during Seymour's lifetime.

"I suspect people are conspiring to make me happy." In Salinger's classic short story "A Best Day for Catching Banana Fish", Seymour, who was on his honeymoon, shot himself inexplicably, leaving a huge suspense: Why did he commit suicide? What exactly does banana fish imply? The first part of this book condenses the time and space of a few hours in the afternoon of Seymour's wedding day. The groom Seymour escapes from the wedding, causing his younger brother Barty to have to face the bride's relatives awkwardly; but precisely because of Seymour's absence, his presence and silhouette seem to be everywhere. Reading this book is like looking through archives. Smart readers may get a glimpse of Seymour or Salinger, or an X-ray of their own soul...

"--We always, always, never forget our disgusting, insignificant self." Franny is the younger sister of the famous "Glass family" written by Salinger. Zooey is her elder brother. Their eldest brother Seymour, who was written about in the "Banana Fish" chapter of Nine Stories, suddenly shot himself during their honeymoon, leaving behind a pile of mysteries and a mysterious little green book. Years later, Franny is studying at a prestigious university. Faced with her boyfriend's bombast, she strives to play the docile bird out of "ancient and stubborn psychological patterns." She echoed, but inside she was irritated. She is tired of the vulgarity and shallowness of the world and suffers from her sobriety. She wanted to find peace in the little green book left by her elder brother Seymour, but she became even more unable to integrate into real society. When Franny lies at home, losing the strength to live, Zooey saves her with some spicy and witty words...

"The Female Prisoner" is the fifth volume of the stream-of-consciousness masterpiece "In Search of Lost Time" (or translated "In Search of Lost Time") by Marcel Proust, the main representative of French modernist literature. This edition is a kind of "Collection of Zhou Kexi's Translations". The whole book is a new translation by Mr. Zhou, published in the country for the first time. The novel describes how the hero "imprisoned" his girlfriend Albertina in his home until he woke up one day and found that she had escaped. The two parties in love are strangers to each other, but they are eager to understand each other, resulting in a jealous love. The author makes a vivid analysis of this mentality.

Women whistle and hens crow, blaspheming God and causing harm to men. According to legend, there is a group of women who have never left the valley. They longed to see the true dangers of speed, wind, snow and darkness, but they were cursed and turned into half-man, half-bird monsters forever. In reality, Frederica, who got out of her marriage, saw a broader intellectual world in her new job as a program host, but she hesitated to give up her job and return to the small town for her lover. In the turbulent 1960s, women began to think about how women could gain complete freedom and independence under the multiple pressures of career and family. On top of myths and fables, the author Byatt has built a temple of knowledge: literature, philosophy, sociology, linguistics, psychology, genetics, biology... This intellectually shining world illuminates the abandoned dreams, tempted compromises, and suppressed selves in reality, and writes about the privacy of free women and the true meaning of independence.

Toru Okada, who resigned from his job at a law firm, lives a peaceful life with his wife Kumiko, a magazine editor. Kumiko suddenly disappeared under the coercion of her brother, Noboru Wataya, a representative of the dark forces who is also a member of the House of Representatives. Afterwards, many strange people appeared around Okada: witches, "conscious prostitutes", girls who accidentally killed their boyfriend in a car accident, veterans, etc. At the same time, many strange things happened. Okada went down to a deep well to meditate and then came out. With the help of a pair of weird mother and son "Nutmeg" and "Cinnamon", he challenged Noboru Wataya, injured him in fantasy, and Kumiko killed him in reality.

"The Owl Takes Off at Dusk" is the longest interview Haruki Murakami has ever given. The question was asked by Mieiko Kawakami, the most popular young female writer of the new generation in Japan, and Haruki Murakami answered. The interview lasted four times and was compiled into a book. The title of the book is based on the famous saying of the great philosopher Hegel, "The owl of Minerva takes off at dusk", and it is released immediately after "The Knight Commander". It tells the story behind the birth of "Knight Leader". At the same time, using the writer's unique and delicate questioning angle, it allows Murakami to reveal many little-known mysteries of his creation, his experiences as a boy, his views on feminism, his world reputation, daily life and even his thoughts after his death. At the time of the interview, Haruki Murakami was writing "Knight Leader", and several major mysteries were about to emerge. This is an interview record that provides the most in-depth analysis of Murakami's world, and is a feast dedicated to thousands of Murakami fans. Kawakami, winner of the Akutagawa Prize and a loyal fan since she was a girl, questioned Murakami about everything. What is the relationship between the knight leader and the idea? How did the metaphor come about? How does it feel to be read by hundreds of thousands of people? The questions that everyone wants to ask but cannot be asked are recorded verbatim and truthfully. A top-notch interview that lasted 11 hours and has a large capacity of 130,000 words.

The imaginative adventure of Haruki Murakami and Mizumaru Anzai will accompany you to deconstruct and reconstruct this ordinary world; they are keenly aware of all the subtlest human perceptions, resorting to words with ease, thoughtful and cunning, as fascinating as the chuckle behind life; weird metaphors, chaotic... Memories and hidden crises peek into an ordinary corner of Murakami's metaphorical world through the tip of his pen; the writing is simple yet interesting, and after reading it you can forget all the troubles in life and laugh out loud in Murakami's humor; every ultra-short story written by Murakami-kun is full of interest. Every time it's like opening a magic box, not knowing what will come out, and my heart is pounding. While my heart was beating, I felt a little weird and funny. --Anxi Water Pills. "Midnight Spider Monkey" is a 36-part short and exquisite novel with strange ideas and humor.

"Life and death are equivalent in a sense." Over 20,000 people rated this work on Douban with an 8-point reputation. It is a gloomy panorama of Japan in the mid-1990s, and the earthquake became a clarion call to wake them up! Following "Underground", Haruki Murakami is another masterpiece that has crossed a milestone, witnessing Haruki Murakami's transition from a personal writer to a socially responsible public intellectual. This is a masterpiece that skillfully combines Murakami Haruki's unique light fairy tale style, literary taste and shocking fantasy. "Children of God All Dance" is a collection of short stories published by Haruki Murakami in 2000. It includes six short stories: "UFO Lands in Kushiro", "Landscape with an Flatiron", "Children of God All Dance", "Trip to Thailand", "Frog Saves Tokyo" and "Honey Pie". The novels are all based on the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake as the background, describing the huge impact of the earthquake on people's spiritual and psychological levels. Under the preset writing framework, Murakami embarked on a series of experimental "challenges": the whole book is written in the third person. The protagonists of the novel did not directly experience the Hanshin Earthquake, but were indirectly connected to the earthquake in different ways. The shaking of the earth caused cracks in people's hearts. Faced with a life that was suddenly disrupted by disasters, people had to face the innate emptiness and nothingness that had been dormant in their hearts for many years... This book reflects the author's deep thinking on life. Different from the previous "deformed characters", the characters in the book are full of realism. It is considered to be Haruki Murakami's transition from an individual writer to an intellectual with a sense of social responsibility.

Haruki Murakami's short story collection includes 6 short stories: "TV Man", "Airplane - Or How He Talked to Himself Like a Poetry", "Folklore of Our Times - The Early Development History of a Highly Developed Capitalist Society", "Gana Kritta", "The Walking Dead" and "Sleep". Some of the works describe "TV people" who are miniaturized copies of normal people and break into private homes and companies; some describe a weird girl who falls in love with a male classmate but does not marry him; some describe a woman who suffered from insomnia for a month but thought her life had expanded by one-third. The stories are all unexpected and reflect the author's outstanding imagination.

It is rare to see an essay with a unique "Japanese flavor" among Haruki Murakami's works. "Adventures in the Wig Factory" is one of the inspirations for "The Journey of Strange Birds". "The Factory in the Land of the Rising Sun" is a collection of essays by Haruki Murakami,\