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Must-read Classics of Contemporary Chinese Literature: 2020 Novella Volume

Editor-in-chief Wu Yiqin

348K0

"Chinese Contemporary Literature Classics Must-Read: 2020 Novella Volume" selects more than ten outstanding novellas in 2020, including new works by more than 20 famous writers including Fan Xiaoqing, Qiu Shanshan, Ai Wei, Zhang Chu and other Mao Dun Literature Award winners and Lu Xun Literature Award winners, representing the high level of annual novella creation. The editor-in-chief of "Chinese Contemporary Literature Classics Must-Read: 2020 Novella Volume" is Wu Yiqin, vice president of the Chinese Contemporary Literature Research Association and a famous literary critic. With his professional vision, he strictly selects the most worth-reading novellas of the year, and each article is accompanied by professional and exciting comments. It not only summarizes the development and achievements of contemporary Chinese literature, but also brings readers a delicious literary feast.

Must-read Classics of Contemporary Chinese Literature: 2020 Short Stories Volume

Editor-in-chief Wu Yiqin

344K0

"Chinese Contemporary Literature Classics Must-Read: 2020 Short Stories Volume" selects more than 20 outstanding short stories in 2020, including new works by more than 20 famous writers including Mo Yan, Wang Meng, Xu Huaizhong, Liang Xiaosheng and other Mao Dun Literature Award winners and Lu Xun Literature Award winners, representing the high level of annual short story creation. The editor-in-chief of "Chinese Contemporary Literature Classics Must-Read: 2020 Short Stories Volume" is Wu Yiqin, vice president of the Chinese Contemporary Literature Research Association and a famous literary critic. He uses his professional vision to strictly select short stories worth reading in the year, and each article is accompanied by professional and exciting comments. It not only summarizes the development and achievements of contemporary Chinese literature, but also brings readers a delicious literary feast.

Dashilan (2 Volumes in Total)

First

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The novel is based on the life of the lower class civilians in Dashilan, old Beijing. From the perspective of Cai Chaowu, the book tells the story of his mother, Jin Feng, who was born in Linfen Guild Hall, Shanxi, Dashilar, and her unexpected acquaintance with her father, Cai Xin, who first came to Dashilan to open a pig shop from Linfen, and eventually got married. Based on the two elders' memories of history, Cai Chaowu narrates in detail the story of the struggles of several generations of ancestors named Cai in Linfen Guild Hall, Shanxi. In addition to opening a pig shop, he later ran a pickle business, and then opened a fried noodle restaurant... Beijing folk customs and interesting stories are throughout the book, such as how the whip pole turned into a sword, how the fragrant fried noodles filled the streets, how a small gourd saved a life, and how the overpass photography stalls are so skilled...

Born in Reverse

Born in Reverse

General Fiction

Chen Zhong

168K0

This is a novel. The novel tells the story of a famous medical college student named Bai Shan, who cherishes her original intention of being a doctor, goes against the grain for love, and chooses a street hospital at the bottom of the city. She started out as an inconspicuous outpatient doctor, kept a low profile, took orders in critical situations, and was eventually appointed as the director of a terminally ill health center. In the face of two major disasters, Bai Shan was fearless in the face of danger and saved lives and injured. During the days when her own life was threatened, Bai Shan tried every means to manage internally and build an image externally. She brought a declining health center back to life and was named a "Model Community Health Service Center."

Silent Tree

Silent Tree

General Fiction

Li Peilin

246K0

This is a science fiction novel that tells the story of Xu Jingwei, a sixteen-year-old ordinary girl from Earth, who came to the beautiful angry star through an interstellar teleportation stone under the guidance of her good friend Ma Fan. On this planet, through professional guidance, Xu Jingwei also acquired some of the abilities possessed by aliens. When she returned to Earth, the Earth Prevention and Control Research Institute sent people to investigate and found the teleportation stone from Xu Jingwei's home and brought it to the institute for research, but it caused an explosion. Thousands of Angry Stars arrived on Earth due to the explosion of the teleportation stone, and the next goal of Xu Jingwei and the Raging Star reconnaissance team was to take all the Raging Stars back to Raging Star. One of them, a young man from the Angry Star named Light God, tasted the benefits of using "superpowers" on the earth and wanted to dominate the earth. After a fierce battle, they finally brought all the Angry Stars back to their planet. But unexpectedly, the real instigator behind this incident was his good friend Ma Fan. In order to save the earth, Xu Jingwei and his partners once again dispatched the Furious Star to punish Ma Fan.

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General Fiction

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If you haven't been to hell in person, how can you describe the scene of hell? "Hell Transformation" tells the story of a highly skilled painter, Yoshihide, who cruelly sacrificed his daughter in order to pursue the highest realm of art and completed a "Hell Transformation" screen that shocked the world. Through the human tragedy of the painter Yoshihide, we gain insight into the deep ugliness and darkness of human nature, express the life tragedy of a lonely person who is "art for art's sake", and fully demonstrate the lonely core and death fantasy of Akutagawa's literature. The book includes 8 representative works of Akutagawa Ryunosuke, including "Hell Transformation", "Spider Thread" and "In the Bamboo Forest", from his talented early stage, the middle stage that juxtaposes ancient and modern times, and the late stage of his heartfelt confession, leading readers to experience the out-of-control human purgatory of greed, anger and ignorance, and to torture their own sincerity in the fire of ignorant karma. Everyone who steps into the gate of hell from the human world thinks that he is the embodiment of justice when he does evil. Attachment is hell, others are hell, and the world is hell.

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General Fiction

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A surreal understanding of the Holocaust, Reverse Narrative offers an ambitious and playful way to think about Nazi atrocities. The novel uses a "time inversion" technique to tell the life of Nazi war criminal Todd Friendly. He begins his life like a "video rewind" from the moment he is about to die, to his seemingly decent life as a doctor in his later years, to the heinous crimes he committed in Auschwitz in his youth, to his childbirth, marriage, adolescence, and finally his return to his mother's womb... In a seemingly humorous way, he reveals to us that extremely cruel and shocking dark history, completely subverting the reader's reading experience.

Prisoner of Life

Prisoner of Life

General Fiction

(ireland) William Trevor

130K0

This is a collection of classic short stories by the master of contemporary Irish short stories, describing the web of fate and desire, recreating the uncanny workmanship of "Irish Chekhov". This book collects 12 short stories by William Trevor, which explores the emotional limits of ordinary people in Irish cities and countryside who are concealed in controlled daily life. It is shown in the fact that everyone is voluntarily or unconsciously trapped in the web of fate and desire. Taking a step back means loss, and taking a step further comes with a price. Therefore, these 12 stories seem to have a continuing theme throughout - everyone is a prisoner of life. Whether it is an ill-fated couple who is greedy for inheritance and is fooled by the donor, but is grateful for the shackles, or an uninhibited prodigal who is burdened with the past of a lifetime and refuses to be influenced by money; whether it is a female painter who has been imprisoned by illusions all her life and quietly buried her first love in ignorance, or a white man who The parasitic father who is a prostitute but thinks of himself as his benefactor. As the author traces the source of every pain of the characters in the book, readers will find that there is a flame under every iceberg in the world, and a bullet can be fired from every gentle look. The collected article "The Mystery of Deli Mahren" has been adapted into a TV series by the BBC, which reproduces how people approach and avoid the truth, bury and create the truth of the murderous Rashomon case.

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General Fiction

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"The Rachel Papers" is Amis's famous work. After the novel was published, it won the Maugham Literary Award in one fell swoop, making the novelist who was only 24 years old a blockbuster. In this novel, the protagonist Charles Heway, like young Amis, is a smart and sensitive literary youth. He is full of great literary ambitions and tries to record the "bad" years that have just passed away - his seduction of the girl Rachel - through memories and imagination. This literary youth image is not only the predecessor of many "bad boy" images in Amis's works, but also a seminal figure in the history of British literature. "The Rachel Files" is a youthful rhapsody full of humor and banter, and it is also a gloomy and surly youth "sacrifice song". Once published, it caused great concern and sensation.

Summer Story

Summer Story

General Fiction

(japan) Kawakami Mieiko

248K0

I can't decide my birth, but I can decide whether to become a mother. A women's novel that sincerely explores the meaning of "life" and is full of thoughts. Published and distributed in more than 40 countries, Mieiko Kawakami's new masterpiece confronts various difficulties in life and explores female body autonomy. "The Story of Summer" is the sequel to the Akutagawa Prize-winning novel "Breasts and Eggs" by Mieiko Kawakami, and is divided into two parts. The first half rewrites "Breasts and Eggs", adding new plots and dividing chapters based on the original. The second half tells that eight years later, Natsuko, who aspired to become a writer, finally published a collection of short stories and began to make a living through writing. However, the 38-year-old Natsuko, who had no partner, suddenly "wanted to see her own child" strongly, and she began to look for ways to have a child out of wedlock. Along the way, she met a variety of people, from single mothers to people born through artificial insemination. These people shook Xia Zi's hope and prompted her to have new thinking about fertility and the meaning of life. As a sequel to "Breasts and Eggs", this book inherits the unique literary expression and ideological connotation of the previous work, and provides a more in-depth description of the living conditions of women, especially young women, their emotional world, and the issues they care about, and provides guidance for their careers, families, and futures.

Lolita: Annotated Edition

(us) Written By Vladimir Nabokov Annotated By Alfred Appel Jr.

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More than 900 annotations and an index of word games place "Lolita" in a broader context. Annotated edition of the first modern novel published during the author's lifetime. "Lolita" is the most allusive and word-playing novel since "Ulysses" and "Finnegan's Wake." The reader must grasp the outline of the story while grappling with the difficult issues posed by the profound material and the richly crafted prose. As a student of Nabokov and an expert on Nabokov's works, Alfred Appel Jr. Wrote and annotated the preface to "Lolita". He also visited the teacher many times with more than 900 interpretation annotations of his own to verify whether it was true. Not only did he not delete the annotation Nabokov denied, he also wrote the process of the discussion between the two, and attached Nabokov's original rebuttal. The notes cover almost every aspect of the novel: translations of French words, dismantling of made-up words, comic etymology, American pop culture, puns, alliteration, symbolism, metaphor, jokes, parody, wordplay, literary allusions, cross-references... Using Nabokov's own In other words: "These are the nerves of the novel, the secret threads, the coordinates that are not easy to detect. This book is developed with the help of this method." This annotated edition not only solves local problems at the level of details, but also shows how these problems constitute the overall design of the novel.

Blue Hawaii (aoyama Nanae's Work Series)

(japan) Nanae Aoyama

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Akutagawa Award-winning writer Nanae Aoyama's collection of short stories about introverts, six short stories, six women, and six atypical life fragments, written for all people who don't need to shine and just want to live in their own little world. Our individuality is reflected in the way we distance ourselves from others and form relationships with them. Yuko is very frustrated when she returns to her hometown town from a big city. She used to be a teacher and is currently working odd jobs in a local doll production company, and her life is dull and dull. By chance, Yuko won the grand prize for a trip to Hawaii, which gave her renewed hope in life. However, the nosy ladies in the company mistakenly thought that Yuko would travel with a male colleague in the company. This atmosphere is like a quagmire trapping Yuko, who is not good at words. What makes Yuko even more overwhelmed is that a student he once taught appeared in front of him...

Ten Thousand Calamities (series of Works by Junichiro Tanizaki)

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The twisted and intertwined tragedy of exclusivity and betrayal, the whirlpool of beauty and sin that grow together, is the controversial "private novel" of the master of "demonism" Junichiro Tanizaki. Passion and immorality are entangled to the point of destruction. The twisted love hell described by Junichiro Tanizaki. The story takes place in the third year of the Showa era. Sonoko, the daughter of a wealthy family, obeyed her parents' orders and married her husband Kotaro, who was from a poor family but worked hard. After supporting her husband to complete his studies, she became a lawyer's wife with no worries about food and clothing. After getting married, Sonoko had no common language with her husband. In order to kill the extra time, she attended a private school that cultivated women's skills, and thus got acquainted with the lady Tokumitsu Mitsuko. Sonoko called Mitsuko a "goddess like Guanyin". When she first saw Mitsuko, she was deeply attracted to her, and the two became sisters. Mitsuko's boyfriend Watanuki is a sinister person and is not willing to let Mitsuko marry another person. He devises a series of conspiracies to destroy Mitsuko and the garden that he has become friends with. In order to save Sonoko, Kotaro was also forced to participate. As the situation changed, the four people began to be jealous and suspicious of each other, and were tied into a knot like the character "Swastika"... In the process of entangled with the devil's beauty, Junichiro Tanizaki portrayed the various psychological states and behaviors surrounding jealousy, such as possessiveness, suspicion, dependence, etc., In a real and delicate manner. Whether it is Sonoko, Mitsuko, or Kotaro, they are all born with a lack of love. On the way to the world without jealousy, all love eventually entered the tomb together.

Wolf Hall Trilogy

Wolf Hall Trilogy

General Fiction

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Hilary Mantel's masterpiece, the 2009 Booker Prize-winning "Wolf Hall" × the 2012 Booker Prize-winning "Legendary" × the 2021 Walter Scott Historical Fiction Award "Mirror and Light" collection. The Tudor dynasty that cannot be seen in history books, power, sex, loyalty, friendship, religion, class and statecraft... Under every history there is another history. The original work of "Wolf Hall", which won the 73rd Golden Globe Award for Best Miniseries and Television Movie in the United States and the BBC ratings record. The famous writer Shuang Xuetao enthusiastically recommends it.

The Case of Di Gong of the Tang Dynasty·the Third Series, Totaling 15 Volumes (the Original Work of "the Case of Di Gong of the Tang Dynasty 2" Starring Yiwei Yi, Wang Likun and Zhong Chuxi)

(netherlands) Golope

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"China's Sherlock Holmes": the legendary story of Detective Dee Renjie. "The Case of Di Gong of the Tang Dynasty" successfully created "China's Sherlock Holmes" and was translated into and published in many foreign languages, leaving a significant mark in the history of cultural exchanges between China and the world. The translated version of "The Case of Di Gong of the Tang Dynasty" was translated by Zhang Ling, who has studied Gao Luopei for many years and wrote annotations and postscripts that are both academic and readable. It is currently the only version on the market that has been independently translated by one person. The set includes "The Golden Case", "The Lakeside Case", "The Bronze Bell Case", "The Maze Case", "The Iron Nail Case", "The Lacquer Screen Case", "Chaoyun Temple", "The Red Mansion Case", "The Royal Pearl Case", "Collection of Broken Cases", "Purple Cloud Temple", "Liu Garden Picture", "Guangzhou Case", "Necklace Case" and "Mid-Autumn Case", a total of 15 volumes. Each volume is equipped with illustrations created by Gao Luopei himself, full of ancient charm and pleasing to the eye. "The Case of Di Renjie of the Tang Dynasty" has been adapted into movies and TV series many times in recent years. Compared with the historical Tang Dynasty politician Di Renjie, the legendary "Detective Di Renjie" has left a deeper impression on the public.

Shady Suitcase

Shady Suitcase

General Fiction

Wang Jing

236K0

On her 25th birthday, Liu Chengyin (nicknamed Yin Yin, English name Olivia), who came from a small provincial town, decided to fly to London, hoping to start a new life in a foreign country. Unexpectedly, as soon as he arrived at his destination, he encountered various setbacks and blows one after another, from work visa, to legal residence, to emotional dependence. The journey was full of difficulties, and he fell into a dark valley and suffered from depression. However, after experiencing a suicide incident in the London subway, he developed a desire to save himself after being treated by a psychoanalyst. From then on, he began to hug and talk to 365 strangers every day on the streets of a foreign land. He found the answer to the emotional and life knots that had accumulated for many years, and then began the journey of redeeming himself and leading to a prosperous life. The novel not only truly records the emotional and career stories of the heroine Liu Chengyin in the ten years from 25 to 35, but also vividly and profoundly reflects the changes and development of her mentality over the past ten years.

Hospital Bizarre Files 2: Rose Funeral

Yuchen Yonglan

152K0

Psychiatrist Zhang Yan and intern nurse Xiaohu accidentally discovered that there was an ulterior secret hidden deep in the hospital, and the mysterious man who controlled the doll turned out to be his closest elder! This heavy blow made Zhang Yan and Xiaohu extremely sad. At this moment, a special team specializing in investigating mysterious cases also stepped in. Where did their news come from? Zhang Yan was arrested, and Xiao Hu, who was fighting alone, had no choice but to do his best to uncover the mysteries behind the bizarre incidents in the hospital. Where did the clues lead?

Hospital Bizarre Files 3: Abandoned City

Yuchen Yonglan

193K0

Psychiatrist Zhang Yan and intern nurse Xiaohu accidentally discovered that there was an ulterior secret hidden deep in the hospital, and the mysterious man who controlled the doll turned out to be his closest elder! This heavy blow made Zhang Yan and Xiaohu extremely sad. At this moment, a special team specializing in investigating mysterious cases also stepped in! Where did their news come from? Zhang Yan was arrested, and Xiao Hu, who was fighting alone, had no choice but to do his best to uncover the mysteries behind the bizarre incidents in the hospital. Where did the clues lead?

My Strange Time

My Strange Time

General Fiction

Jiulu Feixiang

305K9.15

[Fantasy and hilarious ideas + hilarious sharing + happy friends] Romance master Jiu Lu Feixiang's fantasy and hilarious real-life words are coming! Fall in love with a vampire, have hotpot with a zombie, and be best friends with a mermaid! An unemployed and lovelorn human cartoonist VS a arrogant and venomous non-human landlord, a hilarious love fantasy story about humans and non-humans sharing a house. The corpse king lost his heart, the mermaid found her companion, the vampire turned into a sweet pig, the elves fell in love with the scumbag... Open this book and see the co-renting life of humans and vampires. Su Xiaoxin, an ordinary human, unexpectedly meets Li Daodong, the director of the Vampire Office, and learns about the existence of non-human beings. In order to keep the secret, Su Xiaoxin was forced to live in a residential building where only non-human beings lived. Since then, she has lived a life of being pressed for rent by vampire landlords. In order to make a living, Su Xiaoxin drew his daily life with his non-human neighbors into his comics. As a result, the number of readers and royalties increased significantly. Readers think she is a fantasy person with rich imagination, but in fact she is a real person. In the process of experiencing mysterious events together and fighting against the conspiracy of the "traitors", Su Xiaoxin established a deep friendship with his non-human neighbors, and also gained a wonderful love that spans time.

Coroner for Life

Coroner for Life

General Fiction

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Only by searching every part of the body can the crime behind the hidden scars be discovered! "The corpse is crying." Yoshio Kuraishi, who has mastered genius autopsy skills and is known as the "lifelong coroner", is facing major challenges in his career as a coroner one after another - a woman who lives alone hangs to death, and a mysterious tear stain appears on the body that is suspected of hanging! A retired policewoman died tragically in a car, with only her lips painted with lipstick on her face without any makeup! The house where the trainee judge was found dead was actually covered with faxes with vicious curses written on them! A delinquent boy was shot dead. What seemed like an ordinary case pointed to a serial murder spanning 34 years! ... The process of committing the crime, the motive of the crime, the life of the victim - can Cangshi use his sharp autopsy eyes to see through the hidden scars on the corpse to see through the bizarre truth behind the murder?

Hunting Ice (original Work of the Hit Drama of the Same Name Starring Zhang Songwen and Yao Anna)

Guo Guosong

253K7.69

This book is a novel based on the drug lord who shocked the country. The highly intelligent drug lord Liu Dahiao has developed a new type of chemically synthesized methamphetamine, which means that the "Pandora's box" will be completely opened... The criminal investigation team leader Pete, under the leadership of the public security director "Lao Liu", launched an operation code-named "Hunting Ice" and launched a six-year hunt for the criminal gang headed by Liu Dahiao and the lame man. Faced with a thoughtful and suspicious desperado, Peter led the police task force to battle wits and courage. After many close-quarters battles, he finally captured the cunning and arrogant drug lord and comforted his comrades who died in the operation.

Handsome Boy

Handsome Boy

General Fiction

Isha

204K0

From 1980 to 1985, Wu Wenge experienced junior high school and high school life: an ambitious young man participated in literary creation, felt the vigor of youth, tasted green love, and also experienced the fierce and cruel college entrance examination. The ideals and struggles of Chinese teenagers in the 1980s, and the profound impact of the changing times on every family and individual, are revealed one by one in the young Wu Wenge and his classmates and friends. "Handsome Boy" is a very unique "coming-of-age novel". The touching confusion and awakening of youth are concentrated in the growth of a literary boy, and he eventually became a poet.

Clara and the Sun (rainbow Edition by Kazuo Ishiguro)

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"The sun always has a way of shining on us, no matter where we are." Clara is a solar-powered artificial intelligence robot (AF) specially designed to accompany children. It has extremely high abilities of observation, reasoning and empathy. She sat in the store display window, watching the passers-by on the street and the children who came to browse the windows. She always expects that someone will soon choose her, but when the possibility of permanently changing her situation arises, Clara is reminded not to put too much faith in human promises. In Clara and the Sun, Kazuo Ishiguro observes the ever-changing modern society through the perspective of an unforgettable narrator and explores a fundamental question: What exactly is love? This is the first work published by the British-Japanese writer Kazuo Ishiguro since he won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2017. It is also the first novel he published five years ago. The story takes place in a future where science and technology are highly developed, and the subject matter involves one of the hottest social topics at the moment: the development and ethics of artificial intelligence technology. The new edition includes Kazuo Ishiguro's Nobel Prize-winning speech, and reads the Nobel Prize-winning writer's writing views and growth history in one volume.

Nocturnes: Music and Twilight Five Stories (rainbow Edition of Kazuo Ishiguro's Works)

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Nobel Prize winner Kazuo Ishiguro's masterpiece and collection of classic short stories incorporate his own musical life into the Ukiyo-e, and explore how people who start with talent but are trapped by fate can save themselves. Timeless old songs, depressed musicians, singers who have lost their glory, solitary piano music... Kazuo Ishiguro, who determined to be a rock singer at the age of 20, in this collection of classic short stories, created a set of ukiyo-e of musical life through clever copying of reality and self-integration. The new edition includes Kazuo Ishiguro's Nobel Prize-winning speech, and reads the Nobel Prize-winning writer's writing views and growth history in one volume.

The End of the Day (rainbow Version of Kazuo Ishiguro's Work)

(uk) Kazuo Ishiguro

170K03

An elegy for the decline of an empire, a passing love; is it worth dedicating one's life to achieving a career, and achieving nothingness? "The End of the Day" is a work by Nobel Prize winner Kazuo Ishiguro that won the Booker Prize in 1989. It is also Ishiguro's most important masterpiece. The novel unfolds with the memories of butler Stevens, telling the various experiences he had during his more than thirty years of service to Lord Darlington. Although he reached the peak of his career, Stevens suppressed his emotions too coldly and pursued perfection in performing his duties. He missed the last time his father was on his deathbed, and then missed love. Through the protagonist's memories, the novel unravels a person's life journey in front of the readers' eyes. It also reflects the international political landscape during the extraordinary period between World War I and World War II. The 1993 film of the same name (also known as "Goodbye"), a remake of the novel, starred the famous British actors Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson. It was nominated for eight Academy Awards and six British Academy Film Awards, and became a classic in film history. The new edition includes Kazuo Ishiguro's Nobel Prize-winning speech, and reads the Nobel Prize-winning writer's writing views and growth history in one volume.

Faint Shadows of Distant Mountains (rainbow Version of Kazuo Ishiguro's Work)

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Nobel Prize winner Kazuo Ishiguro's debut novel that shocked the literary world, using sentimentality and irony to depict the trauma of war and inner demons and lies. This is a memory full of mist, both real and illusory. After the war, a suffering mother and daughter in Nagasaki longed for stability and rebirth, but they could never escape the shadows and inner demons brought about by the war. In the end, the mother and daughter successfully immigrated, while the daughter committed suicide. At the end of the play, the remembrancer peels off his disguise, and the story is full of tragedy. The new edition includes Kazuo Ishiguro's Nobel Prize-winning speech, and reads the Nobel Prize-winning writer's writing views and growth history in one volume.

The Buried Giant (rainbow Edition by Kazuo Ishiguro)

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Memory and forgiveness, revenge and peace: what choices should individuals and nations make? 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 their ideals. A mysterious Saxon warrior comes to this seemingly peaceful valley with a mission. What secret motives are hidden behind his humble appearance? Will his mission bring to this country an olive branch of forgiveness or a sword and fire of revenge? Gawain, King Arthur's last knight, is determined to protect the king's legacy with his life, because protecting it means protecting the final peace. Memory and forgiveness, revenge and peace, the fate of the four people are inevitably intertwined, and there is only one ending. The new edition includes Kazuo Ishiguro's Nobel Prize-winning speech, and reads the Nobel Prize-winning writer's writing views and growth history in one volume.

No Consolation (rainbow Version of Kazuo Ishiguro's Work)

(uk) Kazuo Ishiguro

362K0

Kazuo Ishiguro's most experimental works explore the human condition of existence under an irresistible environment. Pianist Rhett walked into a small town in Central Europe and also walked into a dream. In this mysterious city, the people he met were all obsessed with ideas and full of strange theories; the things he encountered were all bizarre and full of strange variables. Sometimes he is a bystander, sometimes he is involved. In the process of trying to find the exit from the dream and seeking an explanation for all this, he gradually realized that he was facing the most severe performance in his life. The new edition includes Kazuo Ishiguro's Nobel Prize-winning speech, and reads the Nobel Prize-winning writer's writing views and growth history in one volume.

My Orphan (rainbow Version of Kazuo Ishiguro's Work)

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A nightmare that is both real and imaginary, the Battle of Songhu and the Siege of Shanghai are described by a Nobel Prize-winning writer. "We Are Orphans" is the fifth novel by Nobel Prize winner Kazuo Ishiguro, first published in 2000. London, England, 1930s. The young and successful Christopher Banks is a well-known detective throughout the UK. His legend of solving crimes has long been spread word of mouth in London social circles. However, for many years, an unsolved case has lingered in the mind of the famous detective for a long time. That is the mysterious disappearance of his biological parents in old Shanghai when he was a child. "Chasing the shadow of the disappearance of his parents", our protagonist searches all the way from the rich and luxurious London upper class, and finally returns to Shanghai under the gunfire of the Japanese invaders. This was by no means a tender homecoming. In this city that was once bustling with traffic and is now full of smoke and smoke, what awaits him is a dark secret and a cruel truth, and his Sherlock Holmes-like fairy tale life will be reduced to ruins like his childhood hometown... The new edition includes Kazuo Ishiguro's Nobel Prize-winning speech, and reads the Nobel Prize-winning writer's writing outlook and growth history in one volume.

Don't Lose, Don't Forget (rainbow Version of Kazuo Ishiguro's Work)

(uk) Kazuo Ishiguro

184K0

"1984" in the era of bioengineering: If you can see the end of your destiny in advance, should you still work hard to pursue beauty? "Never Lose, Never Forget" is one of the masterpieces of Kazuo Ishiguro, the winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize for Literature. In Hailsham School, deep in the English countryside, three good friends, Kathy, Ruth and Tommy, grew up here. They were carefully cared for by their tutors and received a good education in poetry and art. However, Hailsham, which seems like a paradise, hides many secrets. After the three Caseys grew up, they gradually discovered that the beautiful growth process in their memories was full of confusion and terrifying questions that could not be traced... "Don't Lose, Never Forget" is a science fiction novel with a dystopian color. It was shortlisted for the 2005 Booker Prize and the American Book Critics Circle Award. It was remade into a movie of the same name in 2010, starring British actress Keira Knightley. It was remade into a 10-episode Japanese drama in 2016, starring Haruka Ayase and Haruma Miura. The new edition includes Kazuo Ishiguro's Nobel Prize-winning speech, and reads the Nobel Prize-winning writer's writing views and growth history in one volume.

Ukiyo Painter (rainbow Version of Kazuo Ishiguro's Works)

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Ukiyo-e of the life of the disillusioned generation after the war. Includes the author's preface written for the 30th anniversary of the book's publication. After the war, Japan was in dire straits. Painter Ono's seemingly idle life in his later years has an undercurrent. In order to create a good social relationship for his little daughter to get married, he regained his memories. The past stories of his old friends were connected one by one like an ukiyo-e, and he was depressed and hesitant about where to place the "artist role" on the battlefield where there was no smoke of gunpowder. This book won the "Whitbread Literary Award". It is an early masterpiece by Ishiguro Kazuo, and it is also the most "Japanese" work. In the preface written for the 30th anniversary of the publication of this book, the author analyzes a kind of "fear" in life, that is, he is afraid that despite good intentions, a person may support a cause that has been proved to be wrong or even shameful by the times and history, and waste his most precious time and talent for this. The new edition includes Kazuo Ishiguro's Nobel Prize-winning speech, and reads the Nobel Prize-winning writer's writing views and growth history in one volume.

Not Beyond This Point

Not Beyond This Point

General Fiction

Faraday Chestnut

112K05

Zhong Yi looked back and saw that Tan Nuo's movements in putting on the skirt were impatient and impatient. He walked up to her and watched her frown as she twisted the button on the collar of her blouse to the top. Zhong Yi sneered, not sure whether he was laughing at her or himself. "I just lied to you. I didn't leave any traces here," he whispered. "He couldn't find it."

All Living Beings Have Different Paths

Chen Jiajun

295K0

The way of humanity is vague, the way of heaven is wandering, what is an immortal, what is a demon, what is a monster, what is a Buddha, what is there in ancient times, everything is recorded in the six realms of sentient beings.

Blind Winter

Blind Winter

General Fiction

Bu Ming

408K02

Gu Yi and Tang Ning were both students at the Academy of Fine Arts and were best friends, but they were completely different from her in terms of art talent. Tang Ning was outstanding and beautiful, and came from a privileged family. People around her always compared the two and belittled and humiliated Gu Yi, making her live in anger and unwillingness. Gu Yi knew that this was a wrong prejudice. In order to prove her ability, she worked hard to step into the art circle of her dreams. With her outstanding achievements, she changed the wrong perceptions of her by Jian Xingzhou, Andre and others, and gained the sincere admiration of the little blind Zhou Liang. Because she regained her ideals from the bottom, Zhou Liang became an accessibility engineer with the goal of "making this world free of blind people". This made Gu Yi discover that not only the sun can shine on others, but as a star that draws light from Tang Ning, she can also influence others with her small power. As a result, Gu Yi changed his original goal of pursuing fame and fortune and began to explore charity art. In the end, Gu Yi's and Tang Ning's paintings were collected into top international art museums. Although no one knew that the painting was made by Gu Yi, she no longer felt as sorry for herself as she did at first. Because she knew that there were countless blind people in the world who were blinded by their desire for fame and wealth and could not distinguish between right and wrong. Fortunately, she stepped back from the brink and regained her original intention. Gu Yi resolutely put down the olive branch offered by Vanity Fair and chose her original ideal to study abroad, leaving her gloomy winter in the past.

Northern Horse Hunting Dragon

A Piece Of Sadness

2.6M0

Do you know why there have been no pumpkins in the world since the Tang Dynasty? Do you know how to get rid of Guan Yu's tattoo with his eyes open? Come to Yin Yang Counseling Center and I will tell you slowly...

Past Events in Bahe River

Zhou Shiding

270K0

Zhang Yun, an outstanding young woman from Liushulin Village on the banks of the Wei River Basin, known as Sister Yun, is smart and dexterous, and is good at farm work and housework. Because of her good voice, she learned to sing folk tunes and local operas, joined a literary and art propaganda team, and learned to sing, dance and perform. Her good looks, bright voice, and constant touring performances made her a hit in the local area, attracting the enthusiastic pursuit of many cadres' children. But she fell in love with Wang Xiaofeng, a farmer's son from the same village who was studying in high school in the county town. She fell in love sincerely and persistently, and her dream finally came true with the help of her best friend and Wang Xiaofeng's classmate Li Liuying. In the long years that followed, for the sake of love, she reluctantly gave up her favorite literary and artistic activities and devoted herself to family and farming. She endured the burden, overcame many difficulties, tolerated her husband's mistakes, fully supported and helped him succeed in starting a business, and the couple became famous local farmers and entrepreneurs, finally achieving a happy marriage in her life.

Across Classes

Across Classes

General Fiction

Zhou Shiding

394K0

In the early days of rural reform and opening up, while farmers' lives continued to improve, there were still problems such as expensive and difficult medical treatment for serious and serious illnesses. The book describes a young rural couple, Wang Dasheng and Zheng Xiaomei. Their son was diagnosed with leukemia and needed a bone marrow transplant, which required huge operating fees. The family sold all their belongings and borrowed money from relatives and friends, but they still couldn't raise the funds. When her family suffered a major disaster, in order to quickly obtain financial assistance and cure her son's illness, Zheng Xiaomei listened to gossip and unfortunately went astray and was treated illegally. When she discovered the truth, she fought tenaciously and with all her strength. With the help of her husband, she escaped from the devil's cave. She also got out of the predicament with the help of the state's legal system, so that the evildoers were punished. They also recognized their mistakes and learned lessons in the face of facts; they also recognized the current good situation, saw the direction, and together with the whole family, adapted measures to local conditions and worked hard to start a business, and finally achieved success, which not only made their family rich quickly, but also promoted the economic development of the people in their hometown and made them rich together, and they were widely praised.

Carjacking Mystery

Carjacking Mystery

General Fiction

Yan Yongbai

199K0

Dongyang City, adjacent to Hong Kong, has become rich after the reform and opening up, and luxury cars are everywhere. The evil forces at home and abroad colluded to commit murders and carjackings, and there were many murders. Criminal police captain Xu Yong led the criminal police to fight hard for several months. With the assistance of Hong Kong's Interpol, they broke into the devil's lair and captured all the criminals.

Youth by the Nanla River

Xu Jianzhong

98K0

The novel is based on the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th regiments of the Yunnan Provincial Water Conservancy Construction Corps, and is set in the Second Company of Dashujiao Company of a water conservancy regiment stationed on the Nanla River in Mengla County. It narrates from the side the work and life of the educated youths of the Second Company of Dashujiao Company of a certain water conservancy regiment on the Nanla River diversion project in Mengla County from the end of 1969 to the beginning of 1974. The novel uses a simple and unpretentious technique, like an ink painting, to depict the poetic and picturesque history of the Water Conservancy Corps, a special educated youth group, in the land of Xishuangbanna. The educated youths of the Water Conservancy Corps experienced joy and sorrow in Xishuangbanna. They have shed tears, endured hardships, shed sweat, and shed blood. During the construction of the project, some were injured, some became disabled, and some gave their young and precious lives for the water conservancy construction in Xishuangbanna.

See the Person at the Top of the Pyramid: I Work as an Assistant to Billionaires

Birth

127K01

After "I" graduated from college, I was frustrated in finding a job, and by accident, I was selected by Mr. Liang, a Swiss-Chinese rich man with a net worth of tens of billions, to become his life assistant. At work, "I" saw all kinds of human nature from the women, family and friends around Mr. Liang, and experienced various trials and tests. Among these people are experienced executives who are dedicated to serving their bosses; there is Ranran, a beautiful woman who wanted to marry her boss but failed in the end; there is "the best eater in the world", a wealthy girl's fat sister; on the one hand, she is "stupid, sweet, fat and lazy"; on the other hand, she has everything in life; there are people who live their lives as they please and never make plans. Liang Linshen, who lives a fairy life, and Zhuzai and Kaka, the children of a rich family who grew up with unique education... In the three or four years of my career as a rich assistant, "I" also transformed from a workplace novice who just wanted to "make a living" to a capable white-collar worker who gradually harbored ambitions, promoted step by step, and wanted to leave his mark on the world.

The Roaring Yellow River (part 2): Breaking the Waves

Fan Ruoding

191K0

The second part of "The Roaring Yellow River", "Striking the Waves", is a continuation of the first part, "Asking the Mountain". The story takes place from the mid-1920s to the peaceful resolution of the "Xi'an Incident" in 1936. It describes the life story of the protagonist Fan Yulong, who was a fledgling young man who was bumped by fate in the tide of the times and gradually grew into "Brigadier Fan". The author Fan Ruoding uses his life's accumulation to sort out the military career of Fan Yulong, a man from the Central Plains during that historical period.

Mysterious Widow Story

Mysterious Widow Story

General Fiction

Not Sleepy

1.1M8.717

A salty female widow who just wants to lie down VS a workaholic commander who doesn't know how to fall in love. Solve incredible crimes and fall in love with each other for a long time. Sects flourished, people committed murders and committed crimes in the name of gods and ghosts, and spooky crimes occurred frequently in the Daqing Dynasty. After Jiang Ning, a female forensic doctor who died of overwork, joined the Eagle Dog Organization Yu Ningwei, she just wanted to be a low-key worker. However, she encountered a workaholic boss Shen Junyao who squeezed her time day and night. During the day, he had to race against time to perform autopsies and investigate cases. During the night, he had to spend time with Mr. Shen to talk about love. Jiang Ning: My lord, it's time to pay. I need some private time. If you ask me to work again, there will be another price! Shen Junyao: Yes, I will cover all your time. [Tip]: The protagonist of this article is a growth type. He does not reach his peak after his debut, and does not belong to Shuang Wenha.

Neanderthal Trilogy: Primitive Man (world Science Fiction Masters Series)

H

184K0

This book discusses two different kinds of human beings. We are one, and the other is Neanderthals living in a parallel world. In that world, Neanderthals became dominant. Neanderthals have reached a level comparable to ours in culture and science, but their development history, social customs and life philosophy are completely different. Ponte Bodite, a Neanderthal physicist, accidentally crossed the passage between two worlds and came to our universe. Isolated and studied, he was alone and helpless, and our world was a completely foreign place to him. Still, Ponte found a friend here. In another world, Ponte's partner Adik Hood found himself in a dilemma: the experiment failed, Ponte disappeared, people around him doubted him, and he was accused of murdering Ponte... Can he prove his innocence?

Negative Zero

Negative Zero

General Fiction

(japan) Hirose Masaru

188K0

In 1945, Tokyo was reduced to a sea of ​​flames during bombings. Young Hamada Toshio discovered his dying neighbor Ize while rescuing people. Ize asked Toshio to return to this place again after eighteen years. In 1963, Toshio revisited his old place as promised, and unexpectedly met Izawa's daughter Keiko there. Keiko has not been heard from since she disappeared in the air raid that year. However, she appears in front of Toshio now, but she still maintains the appearance of eighteen years ago. Keiko told Junfu that he hid in a strange machine like a tin cabinet made by his father during the air raid, and had no idea that so much time had passed outside. Faced with this strange reality, Junfu came up with a ridiculous but only reasonable explanation...

Chronicles of Liang Qi

Chronicles of Liang Qi

General Fiction

Ssa

167K0

[Sister Liang Qi from the marketing department x Buddhist model brother Ji Yuan] [Modern romance + sister-brother love + workplace + two-way travel + 1V1 + HE + warmth + healing + city + shopping mall + relaxation + the end of the year] My name is Liang Qi, the director of the marketing department of a department store. I have loved shopping since I was a child and dreamed of working in a shopping mall. I had endless fun shopping while working. Then my dream came true, and then I felt like vomiting as soon as I entered the mall. The financial manager is my nightmare, she will fight me for every extra penny the company spends. Later, when she met her son, the situation suddenly turned around. The regional manager is my nightmare. Every time the customer flow drops, he will settle the score with me. Later, he was recognized as Qingqing, and the situation suddenly turned around. A story that happened in a shopping mall, every day is like a chicken and a egg. It's okay to enjoy your daily life slowly, just take it as the stories of the people around you, and take a look at them while waiting for the bus. If you like the thrill of ups and downs, you may be disappointed.

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N

General Fiction

I

202K01

In England at the beginning of the 18th century, sailing adventures inspired countless young people to venture into the world, and young Robinson was no exception. He ignored his father's advice, packed up his bags and embarked on a thrilling sailing journey. The trip was not smooth. He experienced storms, fevers, and pirate captures... He finally docked in Brazil and opened a plantation on this tropical land, and his business was quite successful. However, he was never content with a peaceful life and embarked on another sea adventure. As a result, he encountered a shipwreck and became the only survivor, drifting to a desert island. In order to survive, he used the only tools he had to build houses, hunt, collect, and cultivate land. With bravery, perseverance, wisdom, and diligence, he built a desert island into a personal kingdom. Later, he subdued the barbarian Friday, helped a shipwrecked captain, and finally got the chance to return to the civilized world.

Crazy Love

Crazy Love

General Fiction

(japan) Junichiro Tanizaki

157K0

"Crazy Love" is the representative work of Junichiro Tanizaki, a master of Japanese aesthetic literature. It tells the story of a working-class man, Rangji, who falls in love with Naomi, a bartender, and wants to train her to become a noble woman and become his wife. However, Naomi is vain, conceited, romantic, and hides a conspiracy under her innocent appearance. Rangji is seduced by her charming appearance and meets her needs at all costs. In the end, she is trained to become her servant and is at her mercy. The novel shows the exchange of love between men and women during training and counter-training, and is an immortal literary classic that has long been hailed as the "Oriental version of "Lolita"". This book also includes Junichiro Tanizaki's short story "Tattoo" with a demonic style and the novella "Shuncho" that pursues ultimate aestheticism.

Expired Sugar

Expired Sugar

General Fiction

Wang Liuge

139K9.013

[Cheng Xinran, a female director who is soft on the outside and stable on the inside vs. Chen Mian, a doctor with an honest and upright love mind] [Modern romance + city + healing + two-way running + long separation + reunion + entertainment industry + first love + 1V1 + pure love + adult fairy tale] Breakup When we met again a few years later, Chen Mian was dissatisfied with his integrity and thought he had a good handle on Cheng Xinran, "Have you broken up with your boyfriend? My bottom line is that I can't be a third son." But Cheng Xinran smiled and said to his friend: Look at that fool, he's so impressed with himself. Until Cheng Xinran saw this expired candy, he playfully put it in his mouth and tasted it, wow, it's quite sweet!

The Power of Representation

(japan) Fei Haolong

134K0

This collection of short stories includes four of Fei Haolong's early works. Among them, the short story of the same name "The Power of Concreteness" won the Best Short Story Award at the 36th Japan Nebula Awards, and the short story collection won the 26th Japan Science Fiction Awards. The author uses words that seem to touch the five senses to present existences that humans cannot imagine and cannot peep into the eyes of readers: conjoined twins playing an unknown song, an adventure in the cursed world that combines cyberpunk, games and fantasy, a midsummer festival on a distant alien planet, and an image language that brings civilization to the verge of collapse. Through this book, readers will truly feel the concrete power of words - from abstract and invisible reality to the fantasy world constructed by Fei Haolong.

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