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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (tennessee Williams)

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One of the three greatest American dramatists of the 20th century, a genius playwright; a classic in film history by Paul Newman and Elizabeth Taylor, and one of Williams' three masterpieces; a friendship that must never be acknowledged, and a family storm that is more violent than the storm outside the house. This play, along with "The Glass Menagerie" and "A Streetcar Named Desire", are known as Tennessee Williams' three masterpieces. The script tells the story of an extraordinary day in a large southern American family that relies entirely on lies to maintain their family ties: when the property, 28,000 acres of fertile land, is lent to the manor owner "Big Daddy" who is seriously ill and has recently passed away for his birthday, two sons with very different personalities and a pair of covetous sisters-in-law stage a family storm. The work focuses on the portrayal of Maggie, the young daughter-in-law who was born in poverty, who is as anxious and unremitting as a cat on a hot tin house because of her unsatisfied desires for love and money; and the heart-to-heart game between father and son, the eldest father and his younger son Brick, around "life is a deception", also shows the darkness and tearing of human nature. The play also won the author the Pulitzer Prize for the second time. It is one of the most famous repertoires in the American theater world; the film version starring Paul Newman and Elizabeth Taylor is also a classic in film history.

Summertime (tennessee Williams)

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One of the three greatest American dramatists of the 20th century and a talented playwright; the movie of the same name co-starring Elizabeth Taylor and Katharine Hepburn is a classic of literary films; a crazy memory that cannot be removed by a scalpel, an ultimate shock of desire and disillusionment. This book is a one-act play created in 1957 by Tennessee Williams, the twentieth-century American drama master. It uses a large number of metaphors and hints to show the depravity of human nature and the oppression and control of love by greed in a modern society that flaunts scientific rationality. It premiered in 1958 and was later adapted for the screen, starring Elizabeth Taylor and Katharine Hepburn. The story takes place in New Orleans, USA, in 1936. In the name of funding medical research, a wealthy widow named Mrs. Venable asked doctors to perform a lobotomy on her niece Catherine. Regardless of whether the operation was successful or not, she begged the world not to believe the girl's nonsense. After contacting Catherine, the doctor discovered that her shocking words were not caused by a mental breakdown. Her so-called slander against her cousin - Mrs. Venable's son Sebastian, who died mysteriously on the Spanish coast last summer - was actually a woman's examination and accusation of the hypocrisy and cruelty in human nature in the name of love. As the truth is revealed. An umbilical cord used by an old mother to tie her precious son, a man entangled and suffocated by this umbilical cord, two women's unspeakable heart knots, and a strange and secret human struggle surfaced, revealing how the greedy jungle utilitarian law devours reason and kindness above the monetary interests of American southern society.

Night of the Iguana (tennessee Williams)

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One of the three greatest American dramatists of the 20th century, a talented playwright; the original script of a classic film starring Richard Burton, a New York Drama Critics Award-winning work; a tribute to those who cry out for dignity and kindness. Williams' famous three-act play, first performed in December 1961. The play once again created the image of a homeless "fugitive clan". From the perspective of the tour guide Shannon - a weirdo in the eyes of everyone, a former priest who was stripped of his vestments - the whole world is the scope of his travels. He is not rigidly bound to the schedule in the brochure. He believes that as long as there are hearts that can be touched and emotions that can be felt, people should see as much of the lower society as possible everywhere. This fish, who dreams of swimming but is always intercepted and persecuted by sharks, has sympathy with a wandering female painter Hannah, who also advocates freedom and is despised. With Hannah's help, he fights his own demons, trying to break free like a trapped iguana about to be cooked by cutting a rope, crossing the dark corners of his nature, breaking down the barriers between people and making contact with each other.

The God of Music (tennessee Williams)

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One of the three greatest American dramatists of the 20th century and a genius playwright; Williams' classic work, the source of inspiration for Wong Kar-wai's "Days of Being Wild"; a footless bird looking for redemption in life. This book is a three-act play by Williams, first performed in 1957. Carrying a guitar, a snakeskin jacket and a body of hot and wild blood, mariachi Val arrives in a traditional southern town like a fox entering a henhouse. He and the soon-to-be-widowed candy store owner Lady-an Italian woman who almost broke her fingers trying to seize life-triggered each other, awakened their passions, and attempted to save each other from hell. However, love, the imaginary answer to life, fooled them again. On the night when the candy store was about to reopen sweetly, in a commotion that accumulated hatred, hatred, and jealousy, the man and woman who did not want to wither in the darkness were still chased by death. Williams transformed Orpheus, the charming god of poetry and music in Greek mythology, who was responsible for poetry and music, into the protagonist Val. He traveled to the American South in the 1950s due to a time and space displacement, and explored the relationship between love, desire and art, as shown in the introduction to this play. As written in , this work "functioned as a kind of emotional bridge, linking the early years of my life with my current existence as a playwright", allowing the playwright's heart scarred by jackdaws to be exposed without concealment.

Lawyers and Power (translated Documentary)

(japan) Hironaka Toichiro

421K0

In the 99.9% Criminal trial guilt rate, look for the 0.1% Possibility of justice; see through the "fictional stories" spun by prosecutors and the media, and unearth the buried truth step by step. Hironaka Toichiro is one of the most famous criminal defense lawyers in Japan. He has been practicing law for more than 50 years and has handled nearly 2,000 cases. He has repeatedly achieved reversal in lawsuits that were almost destined to lose, and won acquittal verdicts for his clients, and is known as the "innocent defender." Lawyer Hongzhong always believes that the way lawyers should survive is to "draw a clear line from power" and protect the dignity and rights of individuals. Shortly after receiving his lawyer's badge, he defended Marklin, an American young man who was deported from Japan for participating in anti-Vietnam War activities. The case became an important precedent that established the protection of human rights for foreigners in Japan. Later, he actively participated in lawsuits involving drug accidents and medical malpractice, fighting for the rights of plaintiffs, and participated in the establishment of organizations such as the "Physicians and Lawyers Association Fighting Medical Harm" and the "Medical Malpractice Research Association". In the 1980s, he defended Miura Kazuyoshi, who was portrayed by the media as a "wife murderer". This case was a turning point in his career when he began to defend "evil people". In the "Atsuko Muraki incident" that caused a sensation in Japan, he not only cleared the grievances of the parties concerned, but also exposed the scandal of prosecutors tampering with evidence, and ultimately the top prosecutors were forced to resign; in the "Ghosn incident" that attracted international attention, he revealed the truth about Japan's "hostage justice" from the perspective of a defender. Lawyer Hongzhong has recorded more than 20 representative cases in his career. His clients include politicians and officials accused of corruption, well-known entertainers whose reputations have been damaged and their privacy violated, and ordinary people who have suffered drug poisoning and traffic accidents, or been involved in unjust cases of perverts. He did not credulously believe media reports, nor did he succumb to pressure from officials and public opinion. He insisted on on-the-spot investigation and independent thinking until the truth came out.

Disqualified in the World (complete Works of Osamu Dazai)

(japan) Osamu Dazai

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Osamu Dazai's entire confession in the last 500 days of his life, including the goodbyes he never finished saying; an analysis of the nihility and despair of the post-war era, facing the abyss of human nature and the desire for survival; a book of the soul about degradation, struggle and redemption, seeing fragility, loneliness and the eternal longing for love and recognition. This book is a collection of works by the Japanese literary giant Dazai Osamu. It contains a total of 18 works. It is the last two years of Osamu Dazai's life that concentrated his brilliance. These include many representative works such as "The Unworthy of the World" and "Setting Sun", as well as the posthumous work "Goodbye". Together, these articles describe the decadent atmosphere of postwar Japanese society and the plight of individual spirits. Osamu Dazai used his trademark self-deprecating and desperate style to create a series of images of "marginal people" who were sunk in alcohol, drugs and emotions. They either struggle to survive in the decline of aristocratic families, or explore the meaning of existence in self-exile, or they wander painfully between family and morality. The lines are full of doubts about traditional morality, confusion about being a human being, and a deep desire for love and understanding. This collection of works is not only the core microcosm of Osamu Dazai's literary world, but also a mirror that reflects the loneliness and emptiness common to mankind. With its ultimate truth and beauty, it faces the complexity and fragility of life.

Critical Critics (collected Works of Eliot)

(english) Thomas Eliot

182K0

Eliot's 60th death anniversary edition, the core critical document of Nobel Prize-winning writer Eliot; redefines criticism and breaks through the prejudice of criticism as "inferior creation"; in addition to "Tradition and Personal Talent", understand another masterpiece of the poet critic Eliot. "The Critic" almost covers the entire development process of Eliot's literary criticism, and is very enlightening for us to understand this critic who is both chatty and silent. -Stephen Spender, The New York Times Book Review These influential essays and speeches by Eliot span nearly half a century-beginning in 1917, when he published "The Love Song of J. Alfred Profrock," and continuing through 1961, four years before his death. With first-class intelligence and insight, Eliot discusses the function of literary criticism, the writers who have most influenced his own work, and the importance of a true education. Any thoughtful person who is not satisfied with living blindly will be inspired by the article "The Purpose of Education". In addition, the collection of essays also includes "Critical Critics", "From Edgar Allan Poe to Valery", "American Literature and American Language", "The Meaning of Dante to Me", "Political Literature", "Classical Literature and Literary Artists", etc.

The Rhythm of Baihua Ci: Mountain and Wild ("the Rhythm of Baihua Ci" Series of Books)

Shao Zehua

84K0

This book selects thirty-six ancient poems about flowers and pastoral poetry, and integrates culture, customs, folk customs, etc. Into the poems for appreciation. It is accompanied by a large number of exquisite pictures to show the style and charm of flowers written by literati and poets, express the unique beauty of flowers, and popularize basic knowledge about flowers, allowing readers to understand the knowledge about flowers and the charm of Chinese flower culture.

Qin Peiheng's Prose

Written By Qin Peiheng And Edited By Guo Mengliang

192K0

"Qin Peiheng's Prose" collects and compiles 86 pieces of Mr. Qin Peiheng's prose works into five series. The first volume of "Lyrics" retains the original appearance of the twelve chapters of "Coconut Collection", focusing on the aestheticism tendency and pathos and elegance of his early creation. The prefaces written by Mr. Guo Shaoyu and Ling Shuhua are attached at the end of this volume. The second volume "Remembering People" contains seventeen essays about historical and contemporary figures. Among them, "Crying for Mr. Yiduo" and "Crying for Mr. Zhu Ziqing" are full of emotions, beautiful in both text and quality, and can be regarded as representative. The third volume, "Narrative Stories", contains seventeen miscellaneous notes, travel notes and reminiscences, among which "Reminiscences of Landscape and Figures in Luoyang", "Reminiscences of Lingyan in the Ancient Temple's Dharma", "Reminiscing of Jiangyuan in the Night Rain at Minshan" are representative ones. The fourth volume of "What's Discussed" contains twenty-four articles on literary criticism, economic criticism, and current political commentary, especially "Economic Justice and the Future of Humanity," "Economic Liberation," "On the Establishment of a Domain," "On Peace and War," "On Learning," "On Democracy," etc. It is still refreshing to read to this day, which shows his erudition and insight. The fifth volume, "Prefaces and Postscripts", contains 16 prefaces and postscripts written by him and for others and his disciples. It also shows his humble and rigorous academic attitude, his demeanor as a good teacher who encourages students to learn, and his unique writing style.

Dian Yao Reading: Three Hundred Tang Poems

(qing Dynasty) Compiled By Hengtang Retired Scholars And Annotated By Wang Shixiang

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"Three Hundred Tang Poems" is the most widely circulated anthology of Tang poems in the past two hundred years. Many people have taken it as an enlightenment reading since childhood. Its influence is far greater than other anthologies of Tang poetry. This anthology has such popularity because it can more accurately and generally reflect the overall development of poetry in the Tang Dynasty. This collection of poems is divided into eight volumes according to the genre of poetry, and each volume contains different numbers of poems. And many poets wrote not only ancient poems, but also Yuefu, rhyme or quatrains. We can focus on the poet and read the works of a certain poet to see what he wrote and how he wrote it. Each poem is carefully annotated and accompanied by a concise commentary. In the "Author Introduction" section, a short biography is also written for each poet, briefly introducing the author's life and creative style. Use the words in "Author Introduction", "Comments" and "Analysis" to understand the meaning of each line of the poem, and then grasp the ideological content of the entire poem, and closely combine it with the test points of the high school entrance examination.

Returning to the Wilderness: Documentary of Wild Horse Protection in China

Zhang Hefan

132K0

At present, the total number of wild horses in my country has exceeded 700, accounting for nearly one-third of the total number of wild horses in the world. China's wild horse protection has also become an internationally recognized success story in biodiversity conservation. This book is the first domestic reportage on the theme of ecological civilization that tells the story from a first-person perspective of the author Zhang Hefan's deep experience in the wild horse protection center and his involvement in the wild horse protection cause for more than ten years. The author of this book, Ms. Zhang Hefan, has been working at the Xinjiang Wild Horse Breeding Research Center since graduating from university. She has worked hard with her colleagues for more than 26 years, made outstanding contributions to wild horse release, and dedicated all her youth to the protection of wild horses in our country. With vivid and expressive brushstrokes, she panoramically displayed the survival, rise and fall of wild horses in China, as well as the arduous and arduous journey of wild horse protection in China. The work also reveals a large number of little-known wilderness stories and humanized wild horse family secrets. From the unique perspective of human and horse symbiosis, interdependence and redemption, it profoundly explains the concept of "man and nature are a community of life". It is a beautiful Chinese story that is stained with mud, dewdrops, and steam. It is true and profound, and exudes the life force of a wild horse. It demonstrates China's "responsibility" for the protection of ecological civilization and the "pioneering spirit" of the Chinese nation.

The Little Bookstore at the End of the World

(new Zealand) Ruth Shaw

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The amateur story of the end of the world has moved readers around the world. "My life has not been wasted, I have lived every minute and every second." The story begins in Manapouri, a remote village in the southernmost fjords of New Zealand, where Ruth Shaw opened two small bookstores, giving customers who came and went far more than the pleasure and comfort of books. And Ruth Shaw's life was far more exciting than it seemed. Despite heartbreak and unhealable trauma, she was always tenacious and never forgot to give people warmth. This book will make you cry, make you laugh, keep reading, and make you want to visit Ruth and her two little bookstores. This is a bookstore you want to visit, and Ruth is someone you want to get to know.

Young Old Woman

Young Old Woman

Literature

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Living alone since the age of 62. One person, one dog, and many potted plants travel back and forth between Tokyo and Kumamoto once a week, their aging bodies screaming. After sending away her parents and husband, the 62-year-old Ito left the United States with her puppy Kramer, returned to Japan, and started living alone as a "young old girl." What new stories will happen in a familiar yet unfamiliar homeland? Ito writes with sensitivity and candor about the physical and mental changes of a woman as she ages, as well as the freedom and loneliness of a person's life. In the constant separation, we face the desolation of life. "Now that I don't have a single family member around me, I'm really free."

You Can Loudly Cricket the Whole World

Liang Shiqiu

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Only when you speak loudly can the world listen to you! People who are good at observing and deeply involved in life will always find that there are flaws in life everywhere, and they can't scream loudly at all times! Select 54 short essays to learn the "art of swearing" from Liang Shiqiu. He sees opportunities in ordinary situations and pokes fun at the world.

Have a Nice Escape

Shu Guozhi

110K0

How can a trapped person live the life he wants? The author Shu Guozhi took the attitude of escaping and blazed his own path. Wandering around the streets of Taipei and roaming around the world, a simple bowl of fried rice or a refreshing stand can arouse his interest. Although he is in a busy city, he maintains a calm heart in the chaos and calmly and elegantly builds his spiritual world into a paradise. Shu Lang's concise words wash away the clutter in the heart like a clear stream: When most people are trapped in social disciplines, running for money and distressed, they must know that anything becomes a shackle, and running away is not cowardice, but self-rescue. Only by escaping to the life you like at all costs can you wipe away your melancholy, and see your once free, stretched, and enthusiastic self with a bright and clear heart.

Wonderful Interpretations of Classical Poems (primary School Edition)

Prepared By The Chinese Teaching And Research Team Of Youjiao Primary School

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This book is a classical poetry reading book targeting children aged 6 to 12 years old. It has columns such as author introduction, creative background, original phonetic text, word appreciation, animation class, memory map, etc. It also adds music reading and recitation assessment systems, which can automatically generate learning reports to help parents promptly grasp their children's understanding and mastery of the content, determine whether their children have achieved their learning goals, and achieve intelligent online and offline interactions. The book is highly practical and its format is designed with full consideration of the learning characteristics of children. Among them, interesting animations help understanding, memory maps help memorization, reading audios help recitation, full-color and full explanations help aesthetic education, and memorization assessments help improve abilities. It fully reflects that technology empowers education and improves learning effects.

A Case Study on the Creation and Publication of Historical Novels in the New Era (volume 1)

Xu Huawei

130K0

This book takes "Li Zicheng", "The Young Emperor", "Emperor Yongzheng", "Zhang Juzheng", "White Gate Willow", "Zeng Guofan" and "The Qin Empire" as the research objects. It provides a glimpse of historical novels in the new era, tells the contributions of historical novel editors to authors and books, and explores the historical materials behind the creation.

I Have a Promise with Ginkgo

Li Jianming

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"I Have a Promise with Ginkgo" is a personal poetry collection with more than a hundred poems in total, including "Sanya Three Songs", "Road", "I Have a Promise with Ginkgo", "Viewing the Lingering Garden in Suzhou", "Spring is Coming" and other works. The content is mainly the author's insights, involving many aspects such as travel, four seasons, family affection, nostalgia, traditional festivals, etc. The language is simple and the emotions are real. The author's deep love and longing for his hometown are revealed between the lines.

Mobile Life, Own Shore

Yin Weian

123K0

An interesting record of life in a foreign land; a moving interlude of travel and rest; a gentle journey of a young woman leading herself to self-consistency. Living in different houses, catching up on different DDL, meeting different people... The flow of life seems to never stop. Walking in it, how should people place their hearts and find a stable "me"? Getting on the subway to Bond Street, picking up a tea cup from the Tate Gallery, and catching a glimpse of the coastline of Great Britain on an early morning flight... During the five years of studying and working in London, Yin Weian not only dealt with this ever-changing world, but also found his own unique identity in the process of moving, changing careers, and establishing close relationships. His own "Sailor's Mind": "Everyone is the Columbus in his own life. It is possible to discover the old and new continents in his life through constant walking, rewrite, redraw, rename, and re-create his own way in and out." The world is an undulating mountain, and we are the rivers that swim in it. Traveling in a foreign land not only adds to the "uncertainty" of life, but also enables people to build a more open and powerful heart. In the process of constantly traveling outward and wandering, they can find a solid shore for themselves - a firm self that they can carry with them.

Journey to the West

Ma Yuwei

182K0

"Journey to the West", which is familiar to Chinese people, have you really understood it? What does Sun Wukong's name mean, and what other nicknames does he have? Why is Tang Monk also called Jin Chanzi? Why is the "school" where Sun Wukong goes to called Xianyue Sanxing Cave? Why can White Bone Demon only "strike three times"? Why are there seven spider spirits? In "Journey to the West", the names of mortals, places and numbers all have metaphors behind them. After understanding these metaphors, you will understand half of "Journey to the West". The golden cudgel weighs 13,500 kilograms, which coincides with the number of breaths a person takes in a day and night, symbolizing the monkey mind. A somersault of one hundred and eight thousand miles is exactly the distance from Chang'an to Lingshan. If you eliminate the ten evils first, you will do one hundred thousand; then you will eliminate the eight evils, and you will cross eight thousand. On the surface, it is a battle between gods and demons, but in essence, it is a fable for cultivating the mind. Lu Xun said that "Journey to the West" is "actually based on a game", which is also the inspiration for the title of this book. In the opinion of the author of this book, although reading requires hard work, the greatest gift is happiness. Modern people are so busy every day that they lose their childlike innocence. I hope this book can help readers find their lost hearts while they are busy; I also hope that everyone will be happy when reading "Journey to the West", just like playing a game.

Seeing All the Emotions in the World: the Profound Meaning of Classical Literature

Ou Lijuan

186K0

Ou Lijuan, a millionaire fan and professor of the Chinese Department of National Taiwan University, will help you understand the deep connotations of classic literary masterpieces. In "A Dream of Red Mansions", Jia Baoyu, who has always been sympathetic to women, actually also discriminates against women? In "The Legend of Yingying", Zhang Shenghui abandoned Cui Yingying. Was it actually doomed from the beginning? Love at first sight or lasting love, which one does Cao Xueqin prefer? Why are the works of Zhiguai said to be the ancient version of "man's pleasure stories"? In "Pipa Xing", the pipa girl is sad and sheds tears, but in fact she just "can't hold it clearly"! In "The Peacock Flies Southeast", you cannot just listen to Liu Lanzhi's side of the truth about the tragedy of marriage! ...There are various interpretations of Chinese classical masterpieces. Some of these interpretations do not conform to the creative background, some are far-fetched in logic, and are even far from the creator's true intention. Ou Lijuan, a professor at the Department of Chinese Language and Literature at National Taiwan University, returned to the text itself of the work. Starting from the author's historical background, identity, and creative opportunities, and using the logic between words as clues, she reinterpreted ancient Chinese poems, Tang romances, Qing novels and other classical Chinese works through 39 topics. The interpretation method is objective and thorough, breaking prejudices and preconceptions, and leads us to understand the deep connotation of classical masterpieces.

I Like People in Love: Kafka's Diary

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A book of life that resonates strongly with every lonely person! Classic translation by famous translator Ji Jianmei, authoritative annotated edition! Kafka started keeping a diary in 1910, and until 1923, this was also the most creative period in his life. Compared with his novels, he is more candid and free in his diary, allowing us to have a glimpse of his unique and rich inner world. This book collects Kafka's diaries written from 1914 to 1923, as well as his travel diaries from 1911 and 1912. During this period, he recorded the changes in his emotional relationship with Phyllis, the hottest love affair in his life, his thoughts on the state of existence in the atmosphere of war, his understanding of life during his illness, etc. At the same time, we also see fragments of his inspiration, unfinished manuscripts, and his complete inner weakness and loneliness.

The World is Moving and I Am Sitting

Yu Guangzhong

151K0

This book is a collection of essays that Mr. Yu Guangzhong personally reviewed before his death. It shows his undying passion for life and his unwavering nostalgia for his hometown. In mainland China, Yu Guangzhong is a well-known "nostalgic poet" and the literary seed of exile in a foreign land; in Taiwan, he is the leader of a generation of literati and "the master in the eyes of the masters." Yu Guangzhong writes poetry with his right hand and prose with his left hand. Prose is an extension of his poetry. In the love and beauty of prose, I hope readers can explore the second "writing space" in Yu Guangzhong, appreciate the ups and downs of wandering life, see the calmness and freedom of those with rich hearts that transcend time and space, and find the true meaning of life.

Bi Xiaonan: Three Books on the Destiny of Little People (3 Volumes in Total)

Bi Xiaonan

297K0

This collection of literary works by best-selling author Bi Xiaonan writes about the stranded fate of little people. The novel "What I Want in Life" + "Born to Be Human" + the essay "Before You Leave" contain expressions of love for parents, praise for great personalities, and compassion for broken lives. Bi Xiaonan uses sober writing to build a world full of tragedy and tenderness for readers, and describes the inner rivers of the bottom characters. To live, one must believe in a little possibility in the impossible, and dedicate it to all those who have come, loved and lived.

May You Be as Bright as the Stars in the Wilderness

Gu Qiaosheng

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The new generation poet Gu Qiaosheng, the author of "I May You Escape from Misery to Spring Mountain", has a new collection of works after "I Prefer the Barrenness of the World". This book is a new collection of works by the new generation poet Gu Qiaosheng. It consists of 178 short healing poems and 10 sincere essays. The author writes about his love for all things in the world in words with great modern beauty, expressing his enthusiasm for life and his infinite yearning for a better life. The words are full of love and tenacity, soft yet firm in strength, healing and comforting. While reading, unique pictures seem to appear in front of your eyes, giving readers unlimited space for imagination. As the author's brand new work, this book is full of sincerity and twice as warm. What should I wish you? I wish you a bright life and be an eternal star.

Xinzhi Library Famous Selection Series (volume 1)

Lin Yutang Ji Xianlin Feng Zikai Et Al.

466K0

[Literature, classic works, prose by famous writers] The Boji New Knowledge Library series collects the works of modern and contemporary famous masters and creates a reading book of beautiful essays by famous writers! The first set contains 5 volumes, namely "Moving Peiping", "Hometown Moonlight, Lovely World", "White Goose: All Things Are Lovely", "Morning Flowers Picked at Dusk" and "Back View".

Some People Are Destined to Meet

Zhao Wenwen

100K0

Through beautiful prose and heart-warming novels, it explains the people and things happening around us. How to view happiness? How to deal with sadness? How to tap your inner potential? How to live calmly and calmly? More and more people are feeling depressed. Maybe they are stuck in a love affair for no reason. While you are looking forward to it, you are disappointed at the same time. You want to give up, but you cannot completely. Maybe you are starting a marriage with no future. You want to change, but you are unable to do so. You want to change, but you are unable to do so. Maybe you want to chase your dream, You are thirsty and confused at the same time, you want to work harder, but there is no improvement... What kind of mentality should you use to face life? Faced with our confusion and distress, loss and possession, life is often full of us. Through his own explanation and experience, the author has made a philosophical torture and in-depth understanding of the inevitable "gains and losses" in life.

I Love Hegu

I Love Hegu

Literature

Yuzhen

110K0

The debut work of the 70-year-old grandmother-level author "I Love Hegu"! After her husband passed away suddenly, writing became her ferry. At the age of 70, with a pen, she wrote about the fate of those insignificant people in that era, as well as the conscience, kindness and love that still shined in the suffering. We are so small, yet so tenacious. Take root in the torrent of the times and ask for a little sweetness from the bitter years. This book is derived from the author's 17 serialized essays. In the first person, he lovingly recalls his pure love and marriage journey across the difficult years from the 1950s to the 1970s. This timeless, sincere and touching love story is particularly precious and shocking in today's era. The book delicately depicts every detail of the two people's acquaintance, acquaintance and love. It is not only a warm and lasting love narrative, but also reflects the bitter and tenacious life profile of the older generation of intellectuals in turbulent times through personal experience and the life of the husband. The work is like a miniature modern history of China, cleverly integrating the gentle reality of love with the social landscape and people's living conditions of the post-liberation New China, showing the intertwining of individual destiny and national changes in a specific historical period.

Devil's House

Devil's House

Literature

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The famous Japanese documentary writer Mitsui Ishii's painful work of the year! The source of the pain of the native family is revealed in a sharp and poignant manner! How did a "monster" become a monster? Three major Japanese tragedies have resurfaced: the case of a child starving to death in Atsugi City, the case of serial murder of infants in Shimoda City, and the case of Adachi Ward being tortured to death by being imprisoned in a rabbit cage. In an era like this, how much of the truth behind abuse is buried in darkness? This book attempts to uncover these dark facts. The three cases selected in the book, the case of a young child starving to death in Atsugi City, the case of serial murder of infants in Shimoda City, and the case of being tortured to death by being imprisoned in a rabbit cage in Adachi City, all have in common the harsh environment in which parents who abused children grew up, and there is a distorted parent-child relationship between each child's parents. What is love, what is family, what is the weight of life? What kind of life determines that when they become parents, they say "I love you" while abusing their biological children, and even take away the children's lives? This is a heart-wrenching record of tragedy. We witness the emergence of every "monster". What should we do in order to make the "monster" disappear?

Destined Life: There is Feng Zikai in the Sky

Zhang Xuenan

137K0

"Life by Destiny - There is Feng Zikai in the Sky" is an important moment to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Feng Zikai's death. It uses 24 in-depth interviews to reproduce the warmth and character of the art master Feng Zikai through a unique perspective and precious memory fragments. The author uses a reporter's keen perspective and fluent writing style to transform academic historical materials into a highly readable narrative. Through the affectionate narrations of many interviewees, he reveals Mr. Feng's open-minded mind and noble character as a scholar and Confucian. These interviews are like windows, allowing readers to have a glimpse of how Mr. Feng Zikai faces life with a friendly and positive attitude in daily life, and how he pursues unremittingly on the road of art. While looking back at the footsteps of the master, readers can also feel the spiritual resonance and spiritual touch that travels through time and space. This is not only a tribute to an artistic master, but also a profound excavation and inheritance of his spiritual legacy.

Everyone Has to Grow up on Their Own

Windia

157K0

"Everyone has to grow up on his own" is a collection of essays written by Wen Diya, the former host of the "Eastern Time" column on CCTV. The book is divided into five volumes, with the themes of "Life is a journey of finding reasons", "When love has become daily life", "Trivial life", "On the road" and "Those people", focusing on personal growth, study abroad life, love in life, and interview experiences in Eastern time and space. The author Wen Diya has rich experience. As the host of "Eastern Time and Space" and Phoenix TV, she has interviewed top figures from all walks of life. As a senior planner of talk shows, she later obtained a master's degree in "Contemporary Chinese Cultural Studies" from the University of Westminster in London. This enables her to integrate sufficient life experience and ideological resources into essay narratives. The articles have a sense of lens, professional thinking, and a sense of fireworks. Wendiya's writing is clear and unpretentious, and her descriptions are all from her personal perspective, which reflects China's rapid development in the past thirty years.

A Corner of Elegance

Lu Shuyuan

264K0

The northeast corner of Kaifeng, the ancient capital of the Eight Dynasties, is an elegant corner. It is the hometown of the author Lu Shuyuan and the place where he studied. This book is divided into two parts: "Hometown" and "Alma Mater", telling the historical and cultural heritage of Kaifeng Fengyun and the humanistic spirit inherited by Henan University for hundreds of years. The soil, river water, air, and turmoil of the times in his hometown gave birth to the author's nature and soul; the appearance, demeanor, knowledge, and feelings of the teachers at his alma mater set an example for him as a person and as a scholar. The author claims that the growth and changes, the ups and downs, the hesitation and entanglement, the joys and sorrows over the past eighty years have all evolved on the basis of his hometown and alma mater. The more than 200,000 words and more than 200 pictures in the book are the memories of this place, the land, and these years. It is not only a private collection deep in the author's heart, but also reflects the cloud shadows and sky lights of the past era. The words in the book are scattered and casual, such as walking in the fields, listening to birds in the forest, visiting the stream in midsummer, and chatting in the middle of winter. Facing the current ultra-high-speed electronic age, the rich rural sentiments and nostalgia in the lines are like a shadow fluttering under the scorching sun or a hint of coolness blowing in the hot wind. Half a volume of idle books and a pot of tea, quietly watching the flowing water sending away the falling flowers. For friends who are destined to meet each other, this should be a "idle book" to pass the time.

Operation Doolittle Rescue

Xu Jingeng

347K0

"Doolittle Operation Rescue" is the latest reportage created by Xu Jingeng, the winner of the "Five One Project" Special Award of the Central Propaganda Department and the Lu Xun Literature Award. It is an important work that was created with great concentration after traveling in more than ten mountainous villages in Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Anhui, and Fujian provinces for many years. In December 1941, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor and the United States declared war on Japan. In April 1942, U. S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Doolittle led 16 bombers to conduct air raids on Tokyo and other cities, known in history as "Operation Doolittle." After the mission was completed, 15 US military aircraft crashed or made forced landings in Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Anhui and Fujian. The Chinese military and civilians launched a magnificent rescue operation with Quzhou as the center, risking their lives to rescue 64 US military pilots and successfully escaped. Relying on in-depth field research and solid historical research, the author traces the complete process of the operation in detail, focusing on recording the vivid details of the heroic rescue by Chinese soldiers and civilians, and recreating the deep friendship between the Chinese and American people forged with blood and fire from generation to generation.

An Appreciative Dictionary of One Hundred Chinese Online Literature Works in the New Era

Editor-in-chief Xia Lie

290K0

This book selects 100 Chinese online literature works that have been completed in the ten years of the new era (2012-2022), divided into four categories: reality, fantasy, comprehensive, IP adaptation and overseas communication. It brings together more than 90 domestic online literature researchers and critics to write reviews and appreciations, and constructs the first large-scale review and appreciation reading of Chinese online literature under the concept of "new era". Realistic online literature works represented by "Great Power, Heavy Industry", "Chaoyang Police" and "The Peak of Life" highlight the mainstream trend of online literature creation in the new era; fantasy works represented by "Lord of the Mysteries", "We Live in Nanjing", "Dafeng Watchmen" and "Yanyuntai", "Tang Brick" and "Changleli: A prosperous age is as I wish" Comprehensive online literature works represented by such as "Celebrating More Than Years", "River East", "Fighting in the Snow" and other online literary IP adaptations and overseas communication trends have shown a path of integration of the representativeness of original works + the representativeness of film and television animation adaptations + the representativeness of overseas communication. Hundreds of online literary works and hundreds of reviews and appreciation articles have aroused our countless imaginations, pleasures, insights and emotions in reading, and they are full of vitality and appeal in a constructive manner.

Kucha Mirror

Kucha Mirror

Literature

Jill

32K0

This book is a collection of poems written by Xinjiang female poet Gill, which describes the history, culture and humanistic landscape of the ancient Kucha (today's Kuqa) region. A total of more than 100 poems are collected, divided into four series: "Ancient Road Long Yin", "Mountains and Rivers Moonlight", "Auspicious Light Pianyu" and "Qiuci Mirror". These works extract the historical significance and spiritual core of sites, monuments, and cultural heritage from the grand historical background and civilization process, and give them life language, reproducing the ancient poetry and prosperity of Xinjiang. The author continues the context from the historical process and literary value, and retells the deep affection and civilization process of various ethnic groups that have relied on each other for thousands of years. He also looks for the aura of Qiuci from the landscape and personal experience, presenting the rich history of this land, the mighty mountains and rivers, as well as the unique cultural landscape and the rich spiritual world of the working people.

Manli

Manli

Literature

Luyin

14K0

The novel "Manli" begins with a dialogue between "I" (Sister Sha) and my friend Tong Fen, which leads to the story of Manli. Manli is an innocent and enthusiastic patriotic girl who blindly joins a certain party in order to realize her ideal of "sacrifice everything for the justice of the country". However, after personally participating in revolutionary work, she witnessed the chaos, corruption and intrigue within the party. The disillusionment of her ideals caused her to suffer a mental breakdown and was admitted to the hospital. She confessed her failures and regrets in her diary. Through Manli's experience, the novel reveals the difficulties and disillusionment faced by passionate young people in the pursuit of their ideals under the social background of that time. The novel "The Landlord" depicts the experience of "I" (an urban intellectual) getting along with a simple and kind-hearted landlady and her family during summer vacation. By describing the landlord's diligence and contentment and the rural people who "only care about their conscience", it contrasts the hypocrisy and worldliness of the city. The story of the "Miss Cave" told by the landlady also satirizes the collapse of superstition and reflects the wavering of traditional concepts in the changing times. "To the Old Owner of the Plum Nest" is a letter written to "my" friend "the old owner of the Plum Nest". The letters express a cherished friendship and hope despite seeing the world's "big flaws." The three novels jointly explore the conflict between ideal and reality, the confusion of the spiritual world and the pursuit of pure beauty.

Can the Soul Be Sold?

Luyin

13K0

"Can Your Soul Be Sold", from the perspective of a female worker named He Gu, reveals the oppression of workers' spirit and humanity by capitalist factories. The novel passes through He Gu's question - can the soul be sold? --Raising a profound social issue: Under material predicament, has individual spiritual and ideological freedom been alienated and commodified? Another included novel, "After Victory," explores the confusion and loss of highly educated intellectual women in marriage and family life. The novel uses Qiong Fang and Ping Zhi's daily life as clues, and through Qiong Fang's correspondence with her friends, it shows the huge gap between these women's ideals and reality. The novel profoundly reveals the difficulties faced by new women in the pursuit of personal happiness and self-worth realization in the Chinese social environment at that time.

Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai

Zhang Henshui

102K0

Zhang Henshui's "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai" is set in the Eastern Jin Dynasty and is adapted from one of the four major folk love stories in ancient China. The novel tells the story of Zhu Yingtai, a beautiful and intelligent woman who disguised herself as a man to study. On the way, she met scholar Liang Shanbo. The two were classmates for three years and developed a deep friendship. Before Yingtai returned home, she hinted at her daughter's identity, but Shanbo failed to detect it in time. After his proposal was rejected, he became depressed and fell ill, and unfortunately passed away. When Yingtai was forced to get married, she passed by Shanbo's tomb and was distraught. The tomb opened and she jumped into it, and then the two of them turned into butterflies and danced. The work depicts the psychology of the characters with delicate brushstrokes, retaining the poignant core of the traditional story while giving it modern thinking, becoming an eternal ode to love and freedom.

Selected Political Commentaries of Liang Qichao

Liang Qichao

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This book contains seven excellent political essays including Liang Qichao's "Introduction to China's Evolution in Fifty Years", "Theory of the Transitional Era", "Bitter Condemnation", and "The Proletariat and the Unemployed Class". It summarizes the difficult progress of the Chinese nation in terms of national expansion, abolition of imperial examinations, and ideological awakening. The author acknowledges the regression of concrete politics and emphasizes that the people have realized the fundamental consciousness of "national founding" and "democratic spirit." These wonderful articles are not only the crystallization of Liang Qichao's thoughts on seeking a prescription to save the country, but also a true portrayal of modern China's difficult search amidst drastic changes. It is like an eternal mirror, reflecting the great spirit of the people who have advanced from tradition to modernity. Liang's strong spiritual core, like a candle, constantly inspires each generation of Chinese people to continue to shoulder the historical responsibility of national rejuvenation.

Selected Works of Liang Qichao

Liang Qichao

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This book selects Liang Qichao's political commentaries, essays, biographies, and wonderful speeches and collects them into one volume. It collects excellent chapters such as "Introduction to China's Evolution in Fifty Years", "Theory of the Transitional Era", "How I Will Serve the Country in the Future", "The Ratio of Civilization and Heroes", "Autobiography at Thirty", and biographies of the Six Gentlemen of 1898. These wonderful words, like the beating pulse of the times, elaborate on the constitutional proposition of promoting civil rights and opening a parliament, and analyze the paths and methods of reform and innovation, with both historical depth and practical concern. The lines are filled with the feelings of family and country and the sharpness of thought of the "owner of the ice-drinking room", which is a vivid portrayal of the ideological trend of saving the country from the nation in modern times. These texts spanning a century provide a precious model for future generations to understand the awakening and pursuit of modern China. These words are so inspiring that they still have strong spiritual power even today.

Idle Major

Idle Major

Literature

Mu Shiying

13K0

Mu Shiying's "The Idle Major" uses delicate psychological description and cross-cultural perspective to dissect moral dilemmas and reflect on the distortion and destruction of human nature by war and the instability of individual destiny - war is always cruel and brings only suffering. I hope that everything in the past can continue to alert the world and that tragedies will never happen again.

To an Old Friend in Yanbei

Luyin

9K0

"To Old Friend in Yanbei" is an epistolary novel, which collects the author's letters to friends far away, and sincerely records her journey from pain and confusion to her gradual recovery. The writing is delicate and full of melancholy and sentimental tone, reflecting the author's deep thinking after experiencing a series of life changes such as the death of a loved one. This collection also includes several articles such as "The Glory of Life", "The Drunk Queen", and "Under the Leifeng Pagoda", which jointly and jointly depict how sorrow can become a kind of power. And how to find the meaning of life and the glory of life in the baptism of pain and sorrow.

Remember the Deerland Couple

Xiao Hong

8K0

"Remembering the Shikachi Couple" records the difficult experiences of a Japanese anti-war couple, Shikachi Wataru and Ikeda Sachiko, in Shanghai on the eve of the Anti-Japanese War. Facing the imminent outbreak of war, they, as Japanese, were in a very dangerous situation in China. The author's family knew them well and had close contact with them. In the process, they comforted and helped each other. The Shikachi duo often had to hide and move, and were even chased by the Japanese police. Despite their difficult circumstances, they still actively participated in anti-war propaganda and exposed the crimes of Japanese militarism by writing articles and diaries, showing their firm ideals and unyielding spirit. "The Thief, the Coachman and the Old Man" microscopically shows the bitterness and kindness of the people at the bottom through simple sketches of wooden poles used for burning fires; "The Tutor is a Robber" uses the horrific "black letter" incident to reflect the fragility of trust between people in a turbulent social environment; "The Theater Troupe" describes the author and his friends who repeatedly checked the manuscript due to fear of censorship while rehearsing a play, revealing the suppression of freedom of speech during the war and the extreme inner uneasiness of people at that time. Together, these stories form a true picture of the fate of individuals in troubled times, showing the struggle and fearlessness of ordinary people in the torrent of history.

Or Human Sorrow

Or Human Sorrow

Literature

Luyin

9K0

"Someone's Sorrow" unfolds in the form of letters. The protagonist Yaxia reveals her life trajectory and mental dilemma through many letters to her friend KY: Influenced by the concept of "playing the world", she suffered from insomnia and illness due to her uncle's entanglement. She was exposed to religion when she was hospitalized but did not find relief; she went to Japan to seek "light", but witnessed human intolerance, class oppression and hypocritical peace. Weiyi even died of her illness. In the end, in pain and confusion about the true meaning of life, Yaxia threw himself into a lake in Hangzhou. The work draws on the tragedy of Yaxia to outline the struggle of intellectual women after the May 4th Movement between tradition and modernity. It reveals the pain of repeatedly hitting a wall in their pursuit of spiritual solutions. It is the author's inquiry into the nature of human nature and the meaning of life, and illuminates the spiritual dilemma and anxiety of the times among a generation of intellectuals.

Selections from Hu Yepin's Drama Collection

Hu Yepin

59K0

This collection includes nine excellent plays by Hu Yepin, including "Other People's Happiness", "Ghost", "Madman", "Bricklayer's House", "Capitalist", "Ghosts and Human Hearts", etc. Most of Hu Yepin's drama creations were concentrated in the two years from 1927 to 1928. Even though the time was short, he left behind many important plays. Drama styles vary, often with a strong critical spirit. For example, "The Bricklayer's House" depicts the tragic situation of the bricklayer Wang Jishun's family in a realistic way. His daughter Ahong is abused as a servant, and her parents are ignorant and depraved. In the end, the daughter's fate drifts with the tide. "Ghost" uses a dream scene to allow the souls of the dead from different classes to meet after death, and exposes social injustice through their conversations. Its grotesque style is considered to be influenced by German Expressionist drama and has become an alternative highlight in his drama creation. "Rained Buds" is a sweet style that focuses on the free love of young students and the opposition of conservative parents. It uses the plot of "the conflict escalates but unexpectedly ends successfully" to reflect on the individual liberation and free thoughts on marriage and love during the May Fourth period, and affirms the new forces' breakthrough in old ideas. The two articles "The Capitalist" and "A Gentleman's Treat" directly point to class contradictions, expose the greed of capitalists, and praise the resistance of the people at the bottom. As one of the "Five Martyrs of the Left Alliance", Hu Yepin left behind a very rich literary legacy. He was a new force in the early stage of the left-wing drama movement and occupies a unique position in the history of modern Chinese drama.

The Story of Red Glass

Xiao Hong

12K0

"The Story of Red Glass" tells the story of the widow Aunt Wang, who saw the similar fate of herself, her daughter and three generations of women in the red glass flower tube played by her granddaughter when she was visiting her daughter. From this, she realized the poverty, loneliness and horror of life, and her outlook on life changed. This article also includes several excellent works such as "Departure", "In the Blur" and "Red Orchard". "Departure" describes the scene of young Li Van saying goodbye to his family and friends before leaving home. From the perspective of a young mother, "In the Brink" tells the story of her husband staying away all night and she learns about her husband's cheating on her from the rumors next door. The work depicts women's confusion and helplessness in marriage, as well as their inner suffering when faced with sudden changes in life. "Red Orchard" tells the story of a male teacher who is unable to complete a love story while facing the seasonal changes in the orchard outside the window. Together, these works constitute Xiao Hong's deep meditation on the dilemma of survival and the struggle of human nature, showing the fragility and tenacity of the spiritual world of ordinary people under the torrent of the times.

Thousands of People Are Hiding in One Body Like a Sea

Canoe

131K01

The classic essay collection "Ten Thousand People Are Like the Sea, One Body Is Hidden" by the million-selling author Canoe is reprinted. Walking outward awkwardly and sincerely, looking inward softly and profoundly, the canoe interweaves travel and life stories, allowing us to understand: the road we have traveled, the people we have loved, the pain we have experienced, the background of our hometown, and the days and nights we have spent are all enough to explain why we have become the person we are now. After confirming that he was going to undergo a second surgery, Canoe remembered the poem "Only the royal city is the most hidden, and thousands of people are like a sea, hiding in one body" in the surging crowds of the subway. A journey about "going out" and "looking inward" has quietly begun. Going outward, it is the canoe that actively sets out to the world with enthusiasm and imagination. In Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, it still stubbornly goes to the market after being robbed; on the ice and snow wasteland of Lake Baikal, it carries the failed warm baby against the cold wind of minus 7 degrees Celsius; strolling in London, casually walking into a jazz club and watching strangers singing and dancing, traveling through the Hill of Freedom In the Gusang Temple, I understood the concern hidden in my mother's "You can do it yourself"; and under the starry sky of the Sahara, listening to the Berber people playing the birthday song on the tambourine... In the current era when this guide list has turned travel into a standard answer, Internet celebrity check-ins have flooded the era of personal experience, and these clumsy and sincere experiences of canoeing all hide subtle personal touches. Looking inward is her reconciliation with herself, her hometown, and her loved ones in the abyss. The book contains the fragility that Canoe refuses to express easily, the grievances he felt in high-rise buildings and among the crowds before the operation, the courage to lie on the operating table twice, the epiphany of understanding that "our parents are the mountains between us and death" in the hospital corridor, and the regret of losing the key to our hometown. , The humid smell that can be smelled every time I return to Hunan, and the reconciliation with my mother that spans half a lifetime - those words that once hurt each other, those concerns in silence, those instructions "You must eat first even if the sky falls", eventually turned into a quiet look at each other by the open-air hot spring. The six years since it was republished have given this book an extra layer of time: when it was first published, it was just an ordinary trip, but now it has become a regret that can never be repeated after the epidemic; when she wrote about the teenage travel, she wrote about it, and now it has become a sobriety that only comes once or twice in many opportunities in life. There is also the sister who took "I Have Wandered for a Long Time" abroad when she graduated from elementary school and later translated "Ten Thousand People Are Like the Sea, One Is Hidden", which further proves the power of her words to cross mountains and seas - although the works are gradually separated from the author like shedding their skin, they can become a secret connection between strangers. Going outward is to see the vastness of the world; going inward is to explore the depth of life. Canoes interweave travel and life, allowing us to understand that the roads we have traveled, the people we have loved, the pain we have experienced, the background of our hometown, and the days and nights we have spent are all enough to explain why we are who we are now.

Han Yuefu Songs

Han Yuefu Songs

Literature

Big Salted Fish Proofread

14K0

Han Yuefu hymns are poems collected by the Yuefu official office established by the rulers of the Han Dynasty, and their contents reflect the social life at that time. In addition to recording production and life, they also exposed the cruelty of the ruling class and the cruelty of war, and praised true love and friendship. These poems have simple language, catchy words, rich emotions, and strong narrative. They are an important part of the history of ancient Chinese poetry.

Gilded Doctrine

Gilded Doctrine

Literature

Xiao Hong

8K0

"The Gilded Doctrine" shows the plight of intellectual women in the old society through the perspective of "I". In the article, "I" regard my uncle as my only idol. He is upright and knowledgeable. He often teaches "I" to be simple, not to boast, and not to apply makeup. Under his influence, "I" developed a strong interest in knowledge and literature. However, when "I" wanted to go to school, my father used various excuses to stop me. My uncle, who was originally supportive of me, suddenly changed his attitude. Not only did he despise women's education, he even mocked female students as "ridiculous." This left me feeling disillusioned. Finally, "I" accidentally discovered that my uncle had a failed love affair, and his young lover was now gray-haired. At this time, "I" realized that my uncle's opposition to "me" pursuing knowledge was not because he really believed in those doctrines, but because he himself had succumbed to the prejudices and moral constraints of the old society. His so-called doctrine is just a layer of "gilding" to cover up the helplessness and pain deep in his heart. Under the heavy pressure of paternal authority, it was difficult for me to break through the embarrassment. This book also includes excellent works such as "Sickness", "Frost on His Upper Lip" and "Spring Again".

The Life of a Guide Dog

Compiled By Wang Yi

14K0

"The Life of a Guide Dog" will take you into the world of this silent hero and reveal a life journey about trust, dedication and love. This book traces every important stage of a guide dog from puppyhood to honorable retirement.

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