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Scholar's Watch
General Fiction秀才的手表
Yuan Zhesheng
"The Scholar's Watch" is composed of three independent but related novels. The scene is located in "Shaoshuigou", a rural settlement in the old era. The story develops around local characters living in "Shaoshuigou" such as Xiucai, Takeo, Huo Yanzai, Kong Maoyangzai, and Wu Xilang. The scholar who insists on delivering letters to distant places, Kong Maoyangzi who leads many beggars, Wu Xilang who can change time... A large number of dialects and local elements are spread throughout the book, allowing us to see how Yuan Zhesheng created novel and different local novels; the in-depth description of time everywhere also allows us to discover how Yuan Zhesheng showed many subjective and complex aspects in the objective and absolute nature of time.
"The Scholar's Watch" is composed of three independent but related novels. The scene is located in "Shaoshuigou", a rural settlement in the old era. The story develops around local characters living in "Shaoshuigou" such as Xiucai, Takeo, Huo Yanzai, Kong Maoyangzai, and Wu Xilang. The scholar who insists on delivering letters to distant places, Kong Maoyangzi who leads many beggars, Wu Xilang who can change time... A large number of dialects and local elements are spread throughout the book, allowing us to see how Yuan Zhesheng created novel and different local novels; the in-depth description of time everywhere also allows us to discover how Yuan Zhesheng showed many subjective and complex aspects in the objective and absolute nature of time.

Hand Roll
General Fiction手卷
Xixi
Taiwan Times Literary Award-winning work, Hong Kong Literary Flag Xixi's short story collection. This book contains a total of eleven short stories by Xixi. The protagonist here is a football referee or a stowaway refugee. The story takes place in a floating city or a non-existent fertile town. Some people dream that they are floating in the air, and some find themselves in a detention camp... The author says in the preface that in the torrent of life, everyone has a different ferry. If you also hear birdsong in the distance, it may be time to open this book and explore the other side of the river.
Taiwan Times Literary Award-winning work, Hong Kong Literary Flag Xixi's short story collection. This book contains a total of eleven short stories by Xixi. The protagonist here is a football referee or a stowaway refugee. The story takes place in a floating city or a non-existent fertile town. Some people dream that they are floating in the air, and some find themselves in a detention camp... The author says in the preface that in the torrent of life, everyone has a different ferry. If you also hear birdsong in the distance, it may be time to open this book and explore the other side of the river.

Flying Felt
General Fiction飞毡
Xixi
World Chinese Literature Award-winning work, a must-read text on Hong Kong literature. This book is Xixi's representative novel and won the Sin Chew Daily World Chinese Literature Award in 2005. The whole book uses the rise and fall of the Hua family as a linear series, and uses magical realism and fairy tale realism to write the century-old secular life history of Hong Kong (Fei Tu Town).
World Chinese Literature Award-winning work, a must-read text on Hong Kong literature. This book is Xixi's representative novel and won the Sin Chew Daily World Chinese Literature Award in 2005. The whole book uses the rise and fall of the Hua family as a linear series, and uses magical realism and fairy tale realism to write the century-old secular life history of Hong Kong (Fei Tu Town).

My Winning Blackjack
General Fiction我的决胜21点
Tang Hongan
"My Decisive Blackjack" is a casino novel adapted from real events. Beauty writer Tang Hongan accidentally learned a card counting method. Within three months, she traveled to five casinos and won more than NT$7 million. She was placed on the "undesirable" list by Singapore's Marina Bay Sands Casino. She became famous overnight and was interviewed by many TV programs and media including "The Coming of Kangxi". Ann, an adventurous travel writer, met Texas poker player Yang Dan by chance, and then they embarked on an unknown journey of card counting together. They traveled to Taiwan, South Korea, Macau, Singapore, and Vietnam, spent a lot of money, cooperated and gambled with the world's top card counters, and witnessed the complex financial conflicts and psychological secret wars between them. In the end, An realized her original wish - to be blacklisted from the casino before the age of 35! "My Blackjack" reveals the mysterious truth about how card counting in casinos can only win but not lose. It can be called a real-life version of the Hollywood movie "Blackjack". Mysterious card game planning and super mental duel are all in this book!
"My Decisive Blackjack" is a casino novel adapted from real events. Beauty writer Tang Hongan accidentally learned a card counting method. Within three months, she traveled to five casinos and won more than NT$7 million. She was placed on the "undesirable" list by Singapore's Marina Bay Sands Casino. She became famous overnight and was interviewed by many TV programs and media including "The Coming of Kangxi". Ann, an adventurous travel writer, met Texas poker player Yang Dan by chance, and then they embarked on an unknown journey of card counting together. They traveled to Taiwan, South Korea, Macau, Singapore, and Vietnam, spent a lot of money, cooperated and gambled with the world's top card counters, and witnessed the complex financial conflicts and psychological secret wars between them. In the end, An realized her original wish - to be blacklisted from the casino before the age of 35! "My Blackjack" reveals the mysterious truth about how card counting in casinos can only win but not lose. It can be called a real-life version of the Hollywood movie "Blackjack". Mysterious card game planning and super mental duel are all in this book!

Lane Six Cafe
General Fiction六弄咖啡馆
Fujiiki
Six lanes of life: Life is like walking in an alley, each lane may be another exit. Or it could be a dead end. Being born in a family that is different from ordinary people is the first step in my life. Falling in love with you is the second step in my life; the destined three hundred and sixty kilometers is the third step in my life; losing you is the fourth step in my life; the death of my mother is the fifth step in my life; in these fifth steps, I cannot see the so-called exit, and all that appear in front of me are dead ends. It's time to end, it's time to say goodbye. Goodbye, world, is the sixth lane of my life.
Six lanes of life: Life is like walking in an alley, each lane may be another exit. Or it could be a dead end. Being born in a family that is different from ordinary people is the first step in my life. Falling in love with you is the second step in my life; the destined three hundred and sixty kilometers is the third step in my life; losing you is the fourth step in my life; the death of my mother is the fifth step in my life; in these fifth steps, I cannot see the so-called exit, and all that appear in front of me are dead ends. It's time to end, it's time to say goodbye. Goodbye, world, is the sixth lane of my life.