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"Rare Things" is a collection of novellas written by Chen Jiejie, a young writer born in the 1980s. "The Fish Chaser from the Wind Tower", "Rare Things" and "The Shy One on the Sidelines" are included in it. The protagonist of the three novels is Dai Qingtao, a middle school Chinese teacher. He lives in a prosperous city, but also has a background of running away from a county town full of "hate". His life circle seems stable and worry-free, but his emotional world is shaky and fragile. The novel reveals the spiritual situation of the new immigrants in Shenzhen who are "floating without roots" and writes about their true cowardice, desire, hardship and struggle.

From the perspective of a female executive, this book tells readers the story of the protagonist Zhang Heyun, a young university graduate who was attracted by the vibrant and creative Shenzhen. From a clerk at the stock exchange, he worked hard all the way to become a giant in the turbulent capital market and financial field at that time. In the span of ten years, the rise and decline of the protagonist objectively reflects the choices, challenges, hopes and dilemmas faced by the group and industry represented by the protagonist in the huge opportunities of China's economic development.

All the mistakes a girl makes when she truly grows up and mature are written in "Emma"! Recommended version personally written by the President of the Jane Austen Society, including a personal letter of recommendation. Introduction to the long article by the well-known writer Zhu Yujie! "Emma" deeply depicts the frustrations and self-reflections experienced by young women represented by Emma in the process of growing up, revealing the common dilemma of girls from childishness to maturity. It is hailed as Jane Austen's most important masterpiece! "Emma Woodhouse is very beautiful. She is talented, has a good family background, and is optimistic by nature. All the good things in the world seem to have happened to her." Emma is by no means a perfect heroine. She worries about the love life of her best friends, but she is always whimsical. Open, make some mistakes, she often reflects on herself after making mistakes, but she inevitably falls into the cycle of making mistakes - reflection - making mistakes again. Her growth process is so real. Like each of us, she doesn't know how many mistakes she has to make before she can stumble towards maturity.

The protagonist "I" is a young and accomplished writer who has just been diagnosed with Marfan syndrome, a hereditary disease related to the heart. He began to worry about an unforeseen death. At the same time, his single female friend Alex is trying to raise a child with him through medical means. At a time when hurricanes are coming frequently, and climate disasters and social crises are part of life, he can't help but wonder why he wants to be a father. But in the process of getting along with the graduate students he mentored and taking care of the immigrant child Roberto, he kept thinking about the meaning of raising offspring, and gradually began to take on his own responsibilities... In the end, "I" and Alex built a new emotional relationship and family model. This is not only a story about becoming a parent, but also a journey of transformation to regain courage and sincerity.

Ye Zhiying is a typical loser woman who is over thirty years old and has a small career. Because she was hurt by love in the past, she did not dare to try love easily again and made work the entire focus of her life. When Cheng Hanfeng said the word love to Ye Zhiying, who was six years older than him, how should the frightened loser girl face it? Should you suppress your emotions and let everything pass, or should you open your heart to belated love? The friend who trusted him also loved Han Feng deeply, and his past boyfriend came to him again. Ye Zhiying made a difficult choice.

This book consists of three volumes: "Temporary Couple 1", "Temporary Couple 2" and "Temporary Couple 3". Since the reform and opening up, a large number of farmers have left their homes where their ancestors have lived for generations and come to the big cities full of hope to work hard to improve their living conditions. They work hard and do the dirtiest, most tiring and dangerous jobs that city people are unwilling to do, believing that as long as they work hard, good times will come slowly. However, who would have thought that unexpected difficulties would come one after another, and even the most basic reunion of a couple would become out of reach... This book tells the story of a working couple, looking at the various situations in the world from the perspective of their parents. Hong Lian and her husband Lai Huo live in a dormitory in the factory. They are close at hand but far away. In order to reunite, Lai Huo frequently visits places, comes up with ideas, and rubs elbows... It can be said that they have tried their best to date Hong Lian, but they make a joke that is laughable... Hong Lian's sister Hong Mai has to go away from home because of her husband's illness, and the longing for her relatives tortures her day and night. Family affection, love, and even the most basic life of a couple are so rare for them... So, can they finally get rid of the fate of a temporary couple?

After marrying a disabled young marshal for her sister, she became rich! My mother passed away inexplicably, and my father led a stepmother through the door, bringing along two small oil bottles. He thought she was causing trouble in the family, so he threw her away abroad for three years. Three years later, when he returned to China, he was forced to marry the legendary cold-blooded and cruel young marshal of the Yi family for his sister.

Jiang Nanchun is a successful female owner of a chain restaurant group with tens of millions of assets. She is also a silly woman who is willing to use her brains and put in effort. After her first love Chang passed away, she married Li Zhiguo, the man she thought was the best to her. Unexpectedly, Li Zhiguo is a scumbag who only wants Jiang Nanchun's wealth. He quietly transferred and cashed out Jiang Nanchun's money, and invested a lot of money and time in Meizi. What Li Zhiguo doesn't know is that Meizi is a scumbag who has captured countless lustful men with her beauty. When Huang Mao suddenly reappeared in her life, she was preparing to clear out her assets and leave for Canada... Meizi's series of trouble-making operations began, triggering a murder case and making Jiang Nanchun determined to end the relationship.

This is a collection of novels, including 8 short and medium-sized stories, which reflect the indomitable entrepreneurial spirit and unpretentious sentiments of the mountain people. There is a 6-year-old girl, Mei Duo, who was separated from her parents in the city and lived in a foreign land. After going through many hardships, she was reborn. There are also normal school graduates who devote themselves to education with passion. After experiencing extraordinary emotional twists and turns, they continue to join new positions to "shine" for the education industry. There is the story of Geng Fang, a girl from Guizhou who married into the mountains and devoted her life to revitalizing her family. There is also the story of the lonely old man Aman who was unwilling to leave his hometown and stayed in the mountains alone after moving to the village.

This book collects representative works of the world's top thriller novelists, allowing readers who love this genre to experience the charm of words and the power of horror.

This book selects stories from different countries and styles, and each work has a certain representativeness. These stories are full of suspense, the characters are lifelike, the writing style is delicate and nuanced, and they have a strong storytelling and literary quality. It represents the crowning achievement of detective stories.

"The Little Prince" describes a pilot who was forced to land in the desert due to a plane malfunction and met a lovely little prince. The little prince originally lived on a small planet, where there was a rose. The little prince liked her very much, but he didn't know how to love her. Tired of Rose's boasting and endless demands on him, he left his own planet and traveled to many different planets. Finally, he came to Earth and met the pilot in trouble. The little prince asked the pilot to draw a sheep for him, and took the pilot to find a clear spring in the desert, inspiring the pilot to use his mind to discover the secrets of all things. After a year of traveling, the little prince realized that he still loved Rose deeply and decided to return to his planet. When parting, he gave laughter as a gift to the pilot. After six years of separation, the pilot wrote this story to express his deep nostalgia for the little prince.

There is a kind of amethyst in the world, through which a few people can see the future, especially when they are in danger. These people with special abilities are called "star chanters". Detective Shido Yukio shot and killed a suspect and was sentenced to self-imposed confinement. He returned to his hometown and entered the mountain village. A boy who claimed to be a member of the "Star Chant Club" came to him, hoping that he would help find the real culprit who killed the "Great Star Chant Master" Stone God Akashi, and rescue the wronged Zhenweina; and the entire process of Zhenweina's murder was recorded in the amethyst. Shido launched an investigation with hesitation, but his reasoning was repeatedly obstructed by the "future images" recorded in the amethyst, and he was completely helpless...

An inspirational classic that has inspired generations of people! Gorky's great life is a real experience of ordinary people conquering suffering! The protagonist Alyosha of Duke Classic Library lost his father when he was three years old, and his mother took him to live with his grandfather's house. But this family has always been full of conflicts. My grandfather often beat my grandmother because of his extremely bad temper. He also beat Alyosha unconscious. Despite this, my grandmother has always been charitable and friendly, and gave Alyosha many positive teachings. Later, Alyosha's mother remarried and died of illness a few years later. After burying his mother, Alyosha went to the "human world" to make a living independently.

[Fantasy Cultivation of Immortals + Male and Female Powers + Group Imagery and Righteousness] [A sincere and tough disciple vs. A poisonous and weak-hearted master] There are people who are willing to bring trouble to the world for their own selfishness, but there are also people who are willing to sacrifice their flesh and blood to inquire about the way of heaven and clarify the universe! In the eyes of the world, cultivators can ride the wind, drink nectar, carry the power of thunder, have no worries, live as long as heaven and earth, and live carefree in the world. When you are in it, you know that cultivators are also mortals. Love, hate, jealousy, greed, anger, sorrow and joy are also deeply rooted in the heart. Two battles between Tao and Demons, and countless conspiracies and calculations, arose from this. However, since there are people who are willing to bring trouble to the world for their own selfishness, there are also people who are willing to sacrifice their flesh and blood to inquire about the way of heaven and clarify the inner world. Shen Nong tasted a hundred herbs and died. Emotional direction: My master is a textbook arrogant person. What should I do? I have to wait online in a hurry!

In 1942, China's war of resistance entered the most difficult year. The undercurrent of Danpu County in southern Zhejiang hides a huge conspiracy unknown to the enemy. The battlefield where gunpowder smoke is invisible often determines the fate of bloody battles. Liao Ping, a grassroots agent under the cover of a businessman, accepted the impossible task assigned by the organization in the bloody hidden front. However, for the safety of millions of people and comrades, he must not flinch, but must be precise and unite forces that cannot be united, and evade the enemy's attempts again and again. Detection and entrapment... The Japanese army is becoming more and more rampant. In this small county, the battle of wits and tactics among the Communist Party agents, military agents, Japanese army, and civilian anti-Japanese forces has become fierce. The most cruel task is the entanglement and contest of reason and emotion... In this silent and cruel battle between good and evil, none of them chose to give up!

The "Chu River-Han Boundary" divides the Chinese chess board into two major camps; the most common chess pieces on the board are "soldiers" and "pawns". For agents on the hidden front, crossing the "river" is difficult, and crossing the "river" is even harder; his code name is "Pawn", and fate determines that he, like the pawn crossing the river on the chessboard, can only move forward and cannot retreat; but every step forward will pay an unbearable price... On the eve of the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, our party's local transportation station was suddenly attacked by the enemy, and more than 20 comrades were killed. The ace agent "Fire Dragon" who once caused a headache to the enemy managed to survive the attack. He couldn't figure out why such a sudden change occurred. Was it because the internal power was disintegrated, or was the enemy too cunning? Now, he will return to his hometown under the codename "Fire Dragon". If the price of "death" is to bear the test of trust, then the mission of living is to enable thousands of comrades to avoid the enemy's open guns and traps. The flames of war are filled with smoke, and in the battle between dragons and tigers, who can turn the tide? The passionate and unknown loyal soul, in obscurity, creates a spy war legend.

[Brain-burning adventure + mysterious organization + behind-the-scenes boss + detective youth group + growth] [Bizarre unit case + truth hidden for 20 years + adventurous investigation journey step by step] In the fifth year of the Republic of China, the young master of the Wei family had a secret meeting with the daughter-in-law of the Lang family. Unexpectedly, a letter written by the daughter-in-law of the Wei family a year ago turned out to be a Pandora's box that caused this tragedy... The daughter-in-law of the Wei family was filled with grief and anger, and committed suicide by hanging on a beam to prove her innocence. When the infant grandson of the Wei family was sent to the Wen family, the young lady of the Wen family had a difficult delivery. After Mr. Wen buried the young master of the Wen family, he "plucked" the child from the tree, which seemed to fulfill the note left to him by the Wei family - "If you sow melons, you will get melons, if you sow beans, you will get beans, and if you sow beans, you will get seeds." Twenty years later, as the young master of the Wen family, I became a city patrol horse, but after I left home, the entire Wen family was killed in a landslide... I also seemed to be pulled by a mysterious force, and met Ruan Lang and Bu Ying, descendants of the people involved in the Wen family tragedy... I was searching for the truth, and Bu Ying and his cousin were looking for my missing father. Ji Mingliang was constantly involved in bizarre murder cases: the black silk case of hanging with hair, the "ghost" murder case in Guhuai Prison, the revenge case of the mountain god's mount, the missing case of Mount Xumi hidden in mustard seeds, the roof-horned beast murder case, the disappearance of ten thousand gold bars... And I also discovered that a mysterious organization is closely related to every murder case I have experienced!

This book is based on Monk Tang's journey to the West to obtain scriptures. It tells the story of Monk Tang, his master and his disciples, who went through untold hardships on the road to the West, traveled through mountains and rivers, defeated demons and demons, and finally obtained the scriptures. Among them, Monk Tang's perseverance, pedantry and weakness; Sun Wukong's fearlessness and hatred of evil; Zhu Bajie's gluttony, laziness, cowardice and snobbery; Monk Sha's hard work and uncomplaining, all left a deep impression on people.

The Collection of Antiquities and Strange Tales series combines popular elements such as antiques, cultural knowledge, suspense, and romance. It starts from the exploration of antiques and folklore to unfold the strange story of a serial conspiracy. "Antique Tales 01: The Bracelet": Double-faced undercover Gu Linglong transforms into an antique street boss to look for the missing police undercover Leng Jade. "Antique Tales 02: Antique Bride": Police officer Pan Changsheng goes undercover to specialize in cultural relics to explore the secret of the "ghost bride" Gu Qingyang. "Antiquities 03: Blue and White Porcelain": The story written by the thriller writer Porcelain, the scenes in the novel were actually staged in real murder cases one by one...

[Love is as deep as the sea + a strange combination of circumstances + misunderstanding + sour youth] In just a moment, we meet on a narrow road. Is it a glimpse of youth and frivolity, or is it the beating heart of the stable world. In high school, Feng Ying met his classmate Yu Sheng, a good-looking boy with the intelligence of a ten-year-old. The two unexpectedly formed a deep relationship, but Yu Sheng suddenly left without any news. Feng Ying was left to travel around the country, searching for information about him. Over the years, during her search, she met another mature and successful man... At this time, Yu Sheng was being tortured in a corner that she couldn't see, passing her again and again... Can they meet again? How can we love each other?

[The spoiled daughter of a rich family vs. The wild rough guy] Wei Yiran thought he was just wishful thinking, but he didn't know that Gu Mengsheng dreamed of her every night. When Wei Yiran went to the countryside for the first time, he sat down on a strange man, and he has never forgotten it ever since. When Gu Mengsheng saw the little girl from the city for the first time, he wished he could hold her in his arms without letting go. But Ranran knew that that man had a fiancée. Brother Sheng also knew that he, a pauper, was not worthy of that little girl.

[Intertwining of traditional handicrafts and modern emotions] Orphan boss Wen Jiu x antique appreciation master Lin Qingyan. A dowry was involved in a storm and met a person. Wenjiu owns a fan shop. She was originally an orphan. Her adoptive mother Wen Wei raised her and taught her the art of making fans. After her adoptive mother passed away, her only last wish was a Ming Dynasty dowry with red pine, bamboo, plum, grass and insect patterns. In order to retrieve the dowry for her mother, she unexpectedly got entangled with Lin Qingyan for a lifetime... She was helpless, drifting in the warm wine outside the mortal world, and met the most compassionate man in the mortal world, which warmed her heart and settled her destiny. In the whirlpool of power, Lin Qingyan, who had an awkward status and was like a trapped animal, met the most carefree and casual woman in the bizarre world, and developed a weakness and armor.

In a manor outside the village, there lived a pair of sisters: the elder sister Constance was overly sensitive and was frightened all day long and could not go out; the younger sister Mary Kate was a willful and energetic girl who believed she could do witchcraft and was usually responsible for shopping in the village. Add to this the frail and delirious Uncle Julian, who spends his days drafting a book trying to make sense of a tragedy six years ago: a dinner in which all other family members died. The murderer was thought to be Constance, the cook, but she was found not guilty. ? Curious villagers kept coming to the manor as guests. Coming to the "murder scene" and meeting the "murderer" made them feel scared and excited. And when cousin Charles arrives unexpectedly, the three people's original peaceful life is completely broken...? "We Have Always Lived in the Castle" is the last novel written by Shirley Jackson. She died of heart failure in 1965 at the age of forty-eight.

"I understand," she said. When will she learn not to say "I understand" to things she knows nothing about? The elder sister leaves her destiny to marriage, and the younger sister pursues knowledge and freedom, but neither of them can live a happy life. Is this a human dilemma, or is this only true for women? ? After the early release of the influential "Revolutionary Road" and "Eleven Kinds of Solitude", Yates's creative career went through a period of silence. "Easter Parade" once again demonstrates Yates's extraordinary creative strength. This work contains astonishing breadth and weight. Yates' usual elegant and tragic perspective flows through the plain and restrained narrative, tearing apart the fate and dreams of the two sisters bit by bit. It is "both cruel and heartwarming, heartbreaking and cruel." "This is Yates's best novel." As children, Sarah and Emily were two very different girls. In Emily's eyes, her rational sister is always superior. She is jealous of her sister's relationship with her father (who left them due to divorce) and her sister's seemingly happy marriage. Emily chose a path for herself that was not so safe and unconventional. All the romantic affairs could not really satisfy her. Although the bond that binds the sisters has always existed, the distance between them has grown further and further until, finally, a tragic event throws their relationship into the center of a storm...

"Flatland" was first published in 1884. At that time, the industrial revolution had not yet been completed and modern physics was nowhere to be seen. However, the book had already begun to imagine dimensional space, more than 100 years before "Three Body" discussed the issue of dimensions. Since its publication, it has inspired countless masters and literary creations, been adapted into animation four times, and appeared in popular culture fields such as the movie "Interstellar" and the TV series "Star Trek". Its popularity is evident. ? This is a memoir written by Square, a resident of Flatland. The memoir is divided into two parts. The first part talks about "my country". The two-dimensional square shows his country to us three-dimensional people, including the social structure, climatic conditions, historical events, etc. Of the flat country. The second part talks about "his country". The square is visited by the "celestial sphere" of the same kind in the third dimension, and has the honor to travel with it. The country - the country of straight lines, the country of space and even the country of points. This opened up the mind, made a leap in thinking, and upgraded the cognition. As a result, he was imprisoned. He left this masterpiece in prison in the hope that those of us "citizens of the sky" who are lucky enough to read it will not be limited by dimensions, and explore infinite possibilities while upholding humility.

Sudden silence fell over the earth. This is actually scarier than the noise. For a moment, nothing happened. The huge spaceship hangs motionless in the sky, covering every country on the earth. Before its demise, Earth was first transformed into the ultimate sound reproduction device, the greatest broadcasting system ever built. But what came with it was not a concert, not music, no opening number, but just a brief message. "Earthlings, please pay attention." A voice said. This voice was perfect, as if coming from a four-channel system, so perfect that it had such low distortion that it could make a brave man shed tears. "This is the Galactic Hyperspace Planning Committee. As you no doubt know, the development plan for the remote areas of the Milky Way requires the construction of a hyperspace expressway through your star system. Regrettably, your planet is one of the planets scheduled for destruction in the plan. The destruction process will begin in slightly less than two minutes of your Earth's time. Thank you for your cooperation."

In 1946, O'Connor, who was in his early twenties, published his first short story "Geranium", which together with several early short stories such as "The Barber", "Wild Cat" and "The Crop", demonstrated his vitality and penetrating creative talent. This book "Geranium" selects 12 short stories written by O'Connor. In addition to the early 9 short stories, it also includes "A Festival in Partridge Town" and "Why Do Foreign Countries Fight?" " "You will not be worse than the dead" are three mid- to late-stage works. Among them, "Train", "Peeler", "Heart of the Park" and "Enoch and the Gorilla" outline the prototype of his full-length masterpiece "Wisdom of Blood", while "You Can't Be Worse Than the Dead" is the beginning of the novel "Force to Take".

"Heidi" (including "Heidi's Learning and Wandering Years" and "Heidi Applying What She Learned" published in 1880 and 1881 respectively) has been translated into more than fifty languages ​​and adapted into many film and television dramas and cartoons. The work tells the story of the growth of the young protagonist Heidi. Heidi is an innocent, lively, simple and kind-hearted little girl who loves nature and life. She was sent to the mountains by her aunt at a very young age to live with her grandfather, who was withdrawn and isolated from the world. On the mountain, Heidi gradually influenced her grandfather with her love and innocence, making him accept the people around him again. At the same time, Heidi also used her kindness and optimism to influence the people around her, including her blind mother-in-law, Peter who was tired of studying, and Clara who sat in a wheelchair all day. The whole story is full of warmth and inspirational elements, showing the kind and beautiful side of human nature, while also conveying profound themes about love, courage and hope.

"Red Flowers" narrates the three emotional upheavals of the protagonist Lennan, which occurred in the three periods of his life: "spring", "summer" and "autumn". What connects these three stories is the "red flowers" that frequently appear in the book - the red carnations that symbolize passionate love or strong lust. The story is both touching and sad, real and touching, yet unconventional, with beautiful language and elegant style. Although there are three romances, they are organically connected into one. Although it is a novel, the text is as beautiful as poetry. Mr. Huang Gaoxin is a great translator of English poetry and rarely translates novels, but he has a special liking for Galsworthy's small work: "Somehow, in my memory, no book seems to move me as much as it does."

"Dark Darkness" is a collection of Huang Jinshu's two early short story collections. The story mostly takes place in the small town of Jiaolin in Southeast Asia: Chinese immigrants to Southeast Asia are in an environment surrounded by wild beasts, racial oppression, colonial aggression, and identity anxiety, and face various forms of separation, disappearance, and death. Huang Jinshu actively uses meta-fiction (meta-fiction), satire, collage and other techniques to dialogue with the historical malaise, and presents Malaysian Chinese literature and the situation of Malaysian Chinese in a "possessed" way. Behind each piece of black text is the author's repair and reconstruction of the missing ethnic memory, as well as his introspection and thinking about the collective destiny of the Nanyang Chinese.

"Snow" is the representative work of Junichiro Tanizaki, a master of Japanese aesthetic literature. The work takes the four sisters of the Makioka family, a prominent family in Osaka, as the protagonists, and the story of the blind date of the beautiful and quiet third sister Yukiko as the main line, while also touching on local customs, social events, foreign exchanges, etc. The work is like a long painting with bright colors and elegant style, showing the whole picture of the life of the upper class in modern Japan's Kansai region. It is known as the best genre novel with a classical style. Sartre called it the highest masterpiece of modern Japanese literature. "Snowy Snow" is not only a novel describing family entanglements, but also a profound discussion of Japanese traditional values ​​and moral concepts. Through the emotional conflict between the sisters, it reflects the turmoil and changes in Japanese society in the process of modernization, as well as the complex desires and emotions in human nature, making this work a literary masterpiece with profound connotations and touching stories.

The script novel "White Night Breaks" exclusively includes the extra chapter "Group Worship Conversation Drama: Crossing the Angry River". A tragic massacre turned the originally carefree Guan Hongyu into a wanted fugitive. The twin brother Guan Hongfeng, who is the captain of the criminal investigation detachment, vowed to find out the truth. However, due to the principle of avoidance of relatives, he can only continue to participate in the investigation as a "non-staff consultant". "Advisor Guan Hongfeng" who appears in the police force day and night due to his "dark phobia" is actually played by two twin brothers. After several twists and turns, with the persistence of "Second Pass" and the help of their friends, they tracked down Ye Fangzhou, a former criminal policeman who was closely related to the Miemen case, but he was only a middle-level cadre of a huge criminal organization. At the critical moment when he continued to track down the mastermind behind the scenes, Guan Hongyu accidentally discovered that it was his brother Guan Hongfeng who framed him in the first place! This book is adapted from the [original] script that was completed in 2018. The detailed foreshadowing is different from the drama, but the human deception is equally shocking.

David, a young American, is searching for himself in Paris, while his fiancée Hera wanders alone in Spain. David meets an Italian bartender named Giovanni in a bar owned by Guillaume. Giovanni awakens the desire in David's heart, and David enters Giovanni's room, which is cramped, disorderly, and far away from the city. From the beginning of the novel we know that David abandoned Giovanni, that Hera returned to the United States, and that Giovanni was sentenced to death for killing the bar owner. Baldwin moves freely through the timeline, and David oscillates back and forth between man and woman. With a keen and profound imagination, James Baldwin explores the abyss of love and creates a moving story of death and passion that reveals the unspeakable complexity of the human heart.

It's winter in Sokcho, a tourist town on the border between South Korea and North Korea, and a young French-Korean girl works at the front desk of a shabby guesthouse. One night, a rare guest arrives: a French cartoonist determined to find inspiration in this desolate landscape. As the girl continues to defy society's expectations, break up with her long-distance boyfriend, and resist her mother's urging for plastic surgery, she develops a subtle and fluid relationship with the cartoonist. She agrees to accompany him on his search for the "real" Sokcho, and the two travel to snowy mountains and spectacular waterfalls, even to the border. But he had no interest in the Sokcho she was familiar with-the fancy neon lights, the scars of war, the fish market where her mother worked. She had a secret wish to be like the person in his painting.

Junichiro Tanizaki's short story collection "Mermaid's Sigh: The Magician" consists of two stories: "The Mermaid's Sigh" and "The Magician". The story of "The Sigh of the Mermaid" takes place in Nanjing during the Qing Dynasty. The noble son Meng Shitao had a wealthy family, many wives and concubines, and lived an extremely luxurious life. However, he was tired of his current life and fell in love with the mermaid brought by the Westerners. For the sake of the mermaid, he decided to leave everything behind... "The Magician" tells the story of a man and woman who were originally in love, in order to prove their loyalty to each other, they went to watch the magician's performance, but were impressed by the magician's beauty and turned into a half-man and half-goat god. The two novels are Tanizaki Junichiro's early works. By vigorously describing the beauty of the senses, readers can feel Tanizaki's literary concept of beauty.

The protagonist of "Daddy-Long-Legs", Joshua Albert (later renamed Judy), is a little girl who grew up in an orphanage. She is an excellent writer and was sponsored by an anonymous director of the orphanage to go to college. Judy had never met this director, but saw him by chance, so she called him "Daddy-Long-Legs." As a requirement for funding, the director asked Judy to write him a letter every month, reporting every detail of her life in order to practice her writing skills. This book is composed of letters written by Judy to Daddy-Long-Legs. From it, we can see a girl's growth path of studying hard, finding herself, becoming independent, and finally realizing her dream as a writer.

"Liars in Love" is Richard Yates's second collection of short stories after "Eleven Kinds of Loneliness", which includes seven short stories in total. It perfectly demonstrates Yates's superior powers of insight and description. With this book, Yates once again proves the power of the short story. Yates, who is obviously more interested in describing "failed life", relies on his keen mind and unique perspective of observation, like a collage art, to present the "little people" and their life fragments in the United States three-dimensionally before our eyes: failed artists, single mothers with difficult lives, alienated family relationships, estranged marriages, rebellious daughters, fleeting love affairs, unreliable dreams...

Childhood abuse can last a lifetime. While physical wounds may heal, mental wounds are extremely difficult to repair. Abused children often fall into mental distress. Miyu often draws pictures of herself in a cage. She would put goldfish, newts and hamsters in bottles and boxes, with no memory of them afterwards. Masato always hides behind the curtains, ignores anyone, and is immersed in his own world. Takumi believes that the only relationship between people is "lose or win" and always wants to use violence to make other children surrender. Asuka longed to live with her birth mother even though she had suffered abuse. Because of her biological mother's irresponsible promise, she made things difficult for her adoptive mother just to "go home." Saori was abandoned by her biological parents and never received love from her stepmother or adoptive parents. When she became an adult, she was shocked to realize that she did not seem to know how to love her children... In the family-style care institution "Family House", children who were physically and mentally injured lived with agency operators who acted like adoptive parents and other children who had similar experiences to themselves, learning how to love and trust.

This book is China's most literary masterpiece of classical literature, the pinnacle of Chinese classical literature creation, and a cultural treasure for all mankind. The book takes the four major families of Jia, Shi, Wang, and Xue as the background, and takes the love tragedy of Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu as the main line. It focuses on describing the process of Jia Jiarong and Ning's two houses from prosperity to decline, and comprehensively describes the human nature and various irreconcilable contradictions in the last days of feudal society.

Santiago is an old man who makes a living by fishing. He finally caught a huge marlin after 84 days at sea. The big fish dragged the boat and drifted on the vast sea for two days and two nights. But when he set out to return, he encountered a group of ferocious sharks. The old man fought with the sharks to the death. In the end, the old man only dragged back the empty skeleton of the marlin, but the fighting spirit shown by the old man was awe-inspiring.

[Immortal heroes and strange stories + love for a long time + influential figures] The dead return, Nirvana is reborn, the divine map is born, and it stirs up trouble again. The death of the Dragon King of Beihai seven years ago brought disaster to the Li family. At the same time, the mysterious disappearance of Tui Bei Tu also brought crisis to the world. Fortunately, a mysterious man rescued him. Seven years later, Li En, the only surviving descendant of the Li family, returned for revenge and met his childhood sweetheart Yuan Jueshang. The two came together for the same goal. After going through hardships, they discovered that everything was a trap that had been designed long ago, and they had been deeply trapped in it and could not escape...

[Crazy Boss + Sally Heroine + Sweet Love] Researcher Qin Yan x Boss Liang Jiuzhou, Mr. Liang, you have crossed the line! Everyone else wanted to live a long life and have children and grandchildren to take care of them. Qin Yan didn't think that far ahead. He lived one day at a time, what if he accidentally died tomorrow? But Liang Jiuzhou wanted to drag her into his comfortable life, kiss her, hug her and lift her up high, while thinking about the red sunset of love in old age. Qin Yan refused coldly: Mr. Liang, you have crossed the line. Liang Jiuzhou turned a deaf ear: Fall in love? I'm after you. Qin Yan turned around and left: That's another price. Liang Jiuzhou put the chips on the table, saying that he was really rich. Liang Jiuzhou was born with nothing lacking. Since Qin Yan didn't even have love, he gave her everything he had.

On Yan Luo's way home, she was asked by a strange man to let her save his life. As a young man in the new era, how could Yan Luo ignore death? The key is now that your life is in this man's hands! OK! When it's time to bow your head, bow your head! You saved the life of a strange man, but this man fainted? ! For Yan Luo, it is not a gentleman not to retaliate against someone! Taking the most valuable thing from that strange man was not enough! Then leave him in a dirty public toilet! The next day, a strange man woke up in the toilet, with his men waiting nearby. The man looked gloomy and ordered, "Find me the woman last night!"

Yao Miao's profession is a DNA analyst. At work, she saw so many things that were beyond ordinary people's understanding. DNA, a magical string of life codes, has become a life stage full of desires and reality. And a piece of paper contains all the dark and complicated truths in this world. Some people describe the profession of DNA analyzer as a "marriage crusher" and a mirror for human nature. At nearly thirty years old, Yao Miao never imagined that one day he would be the subject of DNA testing. A pair of people claiming to be her biological parents suddenly appeared, triggering an "eighth magnitude earthquake" within the family. At the same time, Ouyang Wei, the biological father's legal advisor, shines into Yao Miao's life like a ray of warm sunshine...

Lao Yin, a famous policeman in the capital, has been a policeman for decades and has developed a pair of sharp eyes, which makes criminals fearful. What's even more rare is that he actually recorded hundreds of cases, large and small, in his diary. Each case has twists and turns, just like a Sherlock Holmes detective story. Sasu, who loves to tell stories, found a treasure this time. He followed the clues and turned the old policeman's strange case in the capital upside down. Coupled with Sassou's vivid and Beijing-flavored interpretation, this collection of frontline police detective stories is suspenseful and exciting. There are weak intellectuals who have committed adultery and killed people and dismembered their bodies, there are "blind lone thieves" hiding on the No. 108 Tram, there are "qigong masters" who claim to have practiced martial arts since childhood and have unparalleled magical skills, there are gangs that dominate Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei and run rampant in the countryside... The criminals are cunning and fierce, the police are resourceful and courageous, and the case is exciting. In addition to Sassou's witty and humorous narration, there are also authentic criminal investigation notes written by police officer Lao Yin. The story is bizarre but not outrageous, and the content is rigorous but not serious. It makes people applaud after reading it and cannot bear to put it down.

Wandering between a paralyzed aristocratic husband and a healthy and destitute lover, Constance Chatterley fell into a huge marital tragedy and also ushered in a rebirth. Sex and love have nothing to do with depravity. She allowed them to spread wantonly in her body, and she also allowed the chaotic and disordered modern thoughts to grow wildly.

I've never known sadness, but now there's something wrapped around me like silk, separating me from everyone else in an annoying yet pleasant way. This is a novel by Sagan that is quite autobiographical. It tells the story of a neurotic and rebellious girl's growth story in adolescence. Seventeen-year-old Cecil is cute, narcissistic, and the epitome of unbridled amoral behavior. Freed from the constraints of boarding school, she spent a carefree two-month summer vacation with her new mistress in a beautiful villa outside Paris with her father, a handsome, promising young widower with wandering eyes. Cecile cherishes the free-spirited time she shared with her father while plotting her own erotic adventure with a law student. However, the arrival of her late mother's best friend intrudes into a young girl's world of joy. When a relationship begins to develop between the adults, Cecile and her lover initiate a plan to separate them... With unexpected tragedy.

In the early days of China, Chi You ruled the entire China and enslaved mankind. Huangdi, the leader of the human race, accidentally got a strange volume called "Mountains and Seas". From it, he learned the power to fight against demons, defeated Chi You, and became the new king of China. From then on, the demon clan fell and was unable to recover. As time flies, each demon kingdom has become a ruin, and many ancient tombs of the demon kingdom are gradually discovered by tomb robbers... I woke up from the coffin of a demon tomb and lost all my memories. When I was searching for my memory, I discovered that my amnesia was closely related to "Mountains and Seas". In order to retrieve my memory, I embarked on a thrilling and strange journey of robbing demon tombs...