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Female Prisoner Files

Female Prisoner Files

General Fiction

Minglang

151K0

A true story of a women's prison from the perspective of a female prison guard, watch the world of female prisoners! It tells the real-life stories of prison guard Qiao Mu and her colleagues when managing female prisoners in a women's prison. All kinds of female prisoners have their own different life experiences, and a variety of wonderful stories are also being interpreted within the high walls of the prison. As a prison guard in a women's prison, Ming Lang has seen many pitiable female prisoners: a mother who killed her son in revenge, a daughter who was trapped in a casino, and even a heroine who danced like a fairy... Why did they commit crimes, and what drove them to a dead end? If the arrest and trial of criminals are the process of finding answers, then the process of criminals serving their sentences is the process of searching for the answers behind the answers.

Stray

Stray

General Fiction

Mo Zixi

109K0

What does a person experience in his twenties? It was the confusion after failing the college entrance examination, and all the hard work led to failure, and I had to go to a university that was far away from my ideal school; it was the inexplicable fall in love, thinking that love was a utopian love built on my own, but was suddenly brought back to reality by unexpected results; it was the playmate who had been with me since childhood, who suddenly died of illness and was separated from me, and I could never see my old friends again. Yang Xuanyu was originally a lively and cheerful boy in his weak years. He looked forward to the future and always felt that he would do everything well according to his own plan. After he failed the college entrance examination, everything that happened did not go as he expected. He experienced one major event after another, which caused him to experience double torture both mentally and physically. He was trapped in a world with no way out, a world full of confusion, a world that was unfamiliar to him and very scary. He was struggling in this world in a panic. He wanted to get out but couldn't. During the time he was trapped in the lost world, he met other protagonists one after another. They also had their own stories and they had also struggled in the lost world. Fortunately, they defeated themselves in the lost world, successfully came out, and found their own direction in life. At the end of the article, several years have passed, and Yang Xuanyu, who is approaching his thirties, is still looking for an answer in his heart. Until he received a wedding invitation from his former first love girlfriend. After hesitating, he finally decided to attend the wedding of his first girlfriend. At the wedding scene, seeing Lin Jiaxuan's smile, he completely understood what true love was. He completely said goodbye to the past, completely let go of what had happened, and completely walked out of the lost world. From his weakest years to his thirties, he walked very slowly and stumbled. He experienced many things and gained his own unique growth story along the way.

Half of a Yellow Sun (work by Adichie)

I

313K0

"Half of a Yellow Sun" is a lament written by the Nigerian female writer Adichie about the Nigerian Civil War in the 1960s (1967-1970). The 13-year-old Ugu comes from a poor family and works as a valet in the house of Odenigbo, a professor at the University of Nsukka. The learning opportunities given to him by his master gradually help him get rid of ignorance and superstition; Olanna, the daughter of the chief of the Igbo tribe, is Odenigbo's girlfriend. Her family had a prominent reputation and wealth before the civil war. Olanna advocates freedom. But she has always kept a distance from her snobbish and opportunistic family; Olanna's twin sister Kenene has been taking care of the family business, and she fell in love with Richard, a British journalist living in Nigeria. Richard, who hates the hypocrisy of post-colonialism, has always tried to record everything that this country has experienced fairly and objectively.

The Golden Notebook (lesing's Work)

H

519K0

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

Human World (works by Li Rui)

Li Rui Jiang Yun

100K0

After the story of White Snake has been circulated for hundreds of years, "Human World" begins a new narration. White Snake, who has been cultivating in Mount Emei for 2999 years, met Green Snake in the vast sea of ​​​​people. They transformed into White Snake and Qing'er, and experienced the world together until they met the beautiful man named Xu Xuan... In order to escape Fahai, they fled to the south, and finally both left the world they once longed for. Fan boy Yan Shilin has moved with his parents many times since he was a child, just because he hides a secret that cannot be discovered. After becoming the top scholar in high school, he learned the truth about his life experience - he was the child of the White Snake, and his father was Xu Xuan. On September 25, 1924, Leifeng Pagoda collapsed and the baby girl Qiubai was born. Qiu Bai's mother was horrified because according to legend, the day when the Leifeng Pagoda collapsed was when the White Snake was reincarnated. Throughout his life, Qiu Bai has been waiting for the real "Xu Xuan". In 1999, the "Fahai Letters" buried deep under Leifeng Pagoda were unearthed. It was destined that Qiubai read the letters and met his previous life...

Purple Hibiscus (work by Adichie)

I

141K0

He slowly poured hot water on my feet, as if he was conducting an experiment. When I was a kid, the hibiscus flowers in the front yard were all red. A schedule drawn by my father is pinned to the wall, with time quotas for studying, lunch breaks, eating, praying, and sleeping. From the second grade to the fifth grade, every time we made a mistake, my father would ask my brother and me to break branches. We always choose pine because its branches are more resilient and are not as painful to fight as the branches of catalpa or avocado. But this time, there were no branches in the bathroom, only a green kettle for boiling water... Others said that Dad was the most upright and brave man. During the coup in Nigeria, Dad published an editorial in the newspaper, saying that he would never stop writing about freedom and truth. Kang Bili, a fifteen-year-old girl, also wants to plant a purple hibiscus that embodies freedom.

Girl Jenny (classic Translation by Fu Donghua)

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229K0

"Jenny" tells the story of Jenny, the eldest daughter of the German poor Gerhardt, who works as a domestic servant and falls in love with Senator Blanche. Soon, Bronte died of illness unexpectedly, leaving behind a posthumous daughter. Afterwards, Rest, a rich man, fell in love with Jenny and lived with her, but he could not make up his mind about marriage. Later, he was troubled by the obstruction and opposition from his brothers and sisters. He broke up with Jenny under the pressure of his family, returned to the upper class, and finally married Lottie Bess. The two were in love but their work separated, and Jenny spent her middle age alone. After Rest confided his true feelings to her before his death, he died painfully in her arms. Through Jenny's experience, the novel reveals the miserable life of working people under the capitalist system. At the same time, it praises the excellent qualities of hard work, integrity and self-sacrifice of working people, and lashes out at the various evil realities in a society where material desires prevail and money is omnipotent. Since its publication, this work has been translated into many languages ​​and has had a profound impact on contemporary readers.

Strange People in the World: Hand-painted Collection (new)

Painted By Feng Jicai

44K0

Tianjin Wei is originally a land and water dock, with residents from all over the place with very different personalities. However, in the hometown of Yanzhao, the blood is strong; the water is salty, the soil is alkaline, and the wind is strong. In the past hundred years or so, China has been the first to bear the brunt of all major disasters, and various weird characters have emerged, not only to show off the upper class, but also among the people. Therefore, I started writing these random thoughts and notes at this time. Each person has an article, each of which is unrelated, and is given the general title of "Strange People in the World". Since the 1990s to the present, Mr. Feng Jicai has created fifty-four short stories in the "Strange People of the World" series. Its style is unified, legendary, full of life, and the characters are vivid. It describes the regional features, customs, and life styles of Tianjin in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. It also shows the exquisite skills of our country's folk culture and the wisdom contained in it. Now "Strange People in the World: Hand-painted Collection" (new edition) is based on the 18 new works in the "New Edition of Strange People in the World" in 2023. It compiles all the manuscripts and drawings written by the author during the creation, and adds more creation and publication materials of the "Strange People in the World" series. It is rich in content, with pictures and texts, and is presented to readers in a hardcover version.

Tales of Cat City (illustrated by Gao Rongsheng)

Written By Lao She And Illustrated By Gao Rongsheng

91K0

"Cat City" is Lao She's masterpiece novel. The novel is written in the first person voice, describing the experience of "I" and my companions falling into an absurd city on Mars - Cat City. Cat City was invaded by dwarves. The people in Cat City were numb, compromised, greedy, and selfish. The Cat Country was dark, ugly, and finally extinct. The novel panoramically scans the bad nature of the people of the Cat Country, reveals the brutality of the invaders, and implicitly implies Lao She's appeal for the establishment of human beings in modern China. The novel has a strong sense of irony and science fiction. Lao She said that "Cat City" is a nightmare. It records several extremely dark pages in the history of a civilization, but it is unique, full of imagination, and has everlasting charm.

Camel Xiangzi

Camel Xiangzi

General Fiction

Lao She

139K01

"Camel Xiangzi" is Lao She's masterpiece and an outstanding classic novel in the history of Chinese literature in the 20th century. The work is set in Peiping under the rule of warlords, and truly depicts the tragic fate of a rickshaw puller. The work is rich in meaning and superb in technique. It not only has the connotation of social criticism, but is also an important part of the general theme of Lao She's novel "criticizing the weakness of national character". Since the book came out, it has been widely welcomed, has been reprinted several times, and has been adapted into movies, plays, etc. In 1981, our company published a new edition of "Camel Xiangzi" with a cover design by the famous printmaker Mr. Gao Rongsheng, which also included 5 woodcut illustrations by Mr. Gao. Mr. Gao's illustration technique is exquisite, with obvious contrast and rich meaning, which is rare. It can be said to be an example of the perfect combination of famous works and paintings. This version of the book has also been included in the second volume of Chinese textbooks for seventh grade compiled by the Ministry of Education. In this reprint, the text is based on the well-edited "The Complete Works of Lao She", and the cover and illustrations remain unchanged. We hope to provide teachers, students, and parents with a variety of choices when choosing books.

Teahouse (illustrated by Ye Qianyu)

Written By Lao She And Illustrated By Ye Qianyu

31K01

"Teahouse" is a masterpiece of Lao She's drama, and it is also a classic play often performed by the Beijing People's Art Theatre. This play was completed in 1957 and first performed by the Beijing People's Art Theater in 1958. It depicts the epitome of modern society and the times through a teahouse. Teahouse owner Wang Lifa's bleak management of the ancestral "Yutai Teahouse", although shrewd, tactful and hard-working, finally failed to prevent the decline, which reflected the trend of Chinese society from the side. The illustrator of this book, Ye Qianyu, is good at creating traditional Chinese paintings focusing on dance and drama characters. He is the founder of Chinese comics and life sketches. This book is listed in the "Illustrated Editions of Masterpieces by Modern Chinese Masters" series.

Cangliu

Cangliu

General Fiction

Tang Dawei

199K0

A rural woman suspected of arson was identified as a mental patient and sent to a mental hospital... A beautiful reporter's news investigation actually plunged herself into a vortex of power and money... The economic environment and living environment of a place are actually the result of calculations and games of multiple interests... Journalist Reporter Su Xiaotang's interview on environmental pollution issues in Qingling City was like opening a Pandora's box - complex power games and huge interest entanglements, deep conflicts between local economic development and environmental governance, conflicts between personal emotions and the reporter's mission, etc., Made Su Xiaotang face a huge crisis. The corruption exposed behind the pollution and the plight of the people at the bottom are beyond her imagination... Who can she believe? Who can she rely on? It's not easy to be a hero in a vast ocean. But there has to be someone to be the hero, there will always be someone to be the hero!

Diamond Robbery

Diamond Robbery

General Fiction

Han Ning

335K0

This book is adapted from real historical events and revolves around the legendary story of China's largest natural diamond "Golden Rooster Diamond" in Jinjiling, southern Shandong. During the Anti-Japanese War, the reactionary forces frequently plotted to seize the "Golden Rooster Diamond" and staged a bloody fight. In the extreme chaos of war, the "Golden Rooster Diamond" was eventually stolen by the Japanese invaders. Faced with the burning, killing and looting by the Japanese invaders, the soldiers and civilians of southern Shandong rose up to resist and formed guerrillas to participate in the war of resistance. Due to the huge disparity in strength, the battle was extremely fierce. The anti-Japanese soldiers and civilians made huge sacrifices. After eight years of arduous struggle, they finally won.

Dusk·light Sun

Dusk·light Sun

General Fiction

The Road Is Not Far Away

165K0

When walking in a city with sea, I forget to look at the sea. I walk alone in the sea of ​​people. How many people pass by you, how many people miss you in their lives. It's a journey for one person, but it's also good for two people to walk. A lonely journey, the story of three people, a train that made them pass each other. It is clear that they will not exist in their lives, but they still think of each other from time to time. This is the story of a lonely passerby. This book is for lonely people, telling the salvation of loneliness. Of course loneliness is boring, so the story is also a bit boring, and that may be loneliness.

Digital Siege

Digital Siege

General Fiction

Li Jiusi

174K0

A couple, two children, three families, four elderly people, five crises... A hundred flavors of life. Bai Lu and Jiang Rongfeng, both thirty years old, are the parents of two children and the children of four elderly people. The two young people who are responsible for supporting their family are almost out of breath under the pressure of various bill figures every day. Various numbers build an airtight siege, recording the bitterness of life, but also the sweetness of life.

Have Something to Look after in Old Age

Huayun

281K0

In 1999 in the rural areas of Northeast China, the elderly care story happened to Du Lianshan and his two sons and two daughters. Many concepts such as raising children for old age, remarriage of the elderly and living in nursing homes impacted people's lives. In the past two decades of rapid economic development, people's living standards have been changing, and the issues they face have become increasingly prominent. From the conflicts between children caused by the older generation's raising children to protect themselves in old age, to the new generation's children leaving, and the retirement choices faced by empty-nesters, under the background of the times, this condensed story of two generations of elder care, as well as the changes in the concept of elder care, shows the choices of the two generations when facing elder care issues.

People in the Center of the Earth

Tongmo

206K0

Shortlisted for the 7th Blancpain Utopia Literary Award, Tong Mo's stunning new novel. For centuries, in the mountains of Sipigahuo, in the alpine pastures and vast forests, in eagle's nest-like houses and beside fire pits, these black humans who call themselves Nuosu have lived. They call themselves "people from the center of the earth." In the 1930s, in Daliang Mountain, a slave named "Tieha" decided to escape. From Sipi Gahuo to Shanlinggang, he witnessed the continuous sinking of the mountains and the world. The "Guardian" Enza is gradually lost in the cycle of sobriety and confusion, and the greedy Oche is constantly plundering. The "Daughter of Zmo" is forced to walk into Deblomo with "hope", hoping to arouse the new life of the mountain... The story of Zizinizha is not history, but it will become the mother of history.

Wild Chrysanthemums Falling in a Foreign Land

Wax Man

97K0

Through the adventurous love life experience of a vain woman, it tells a story about the different twists and turns of life that several women experienced in a factory branch, which reflects different changes in humanistic spiritual thoughts, and several women who hold different attitudes towards love and marriage.

Escape from Marriage

Escape from Marriage

General Fiction

Dreams Give Birth To Flowers

317K0

"Escape from Marriage" is set in the early 1990s and tells the story of rural girl Li Xiaohong who bravely escapes from marriage in pursuit of freedom and love. Li Xiaohong originally wanted to change her brother's marriage, but she was unwilling to accept the arrangement of fate and decided to flee her hometown and go to Longcheng. In Longcheng, she and Zhao Qilei supported each other, and at the same time started a tortuous love affair with Ma Mingjie, the second-generation rich man. However, Ma Mingjie's family strongly opposed their being together, and Gao Jiajia's intervention made the relationship full of twists and turns. Li Xiaohong experienced many difficulties in love and career, and was fired from her job many times. Zhao Qilei was always by her side, and their relationship gradually heated up. In the end, with the help of Zhou Haiyan, Li Xiaohong's career improved, and she recognized her own heart, and came together with Zhao Qilei to welcome a new life together.

Howling Miller

Howling Miller

General Fiction

(finn) Ato Pasirina

109K0

Shortly after World War II, a man who called himself Gunnar Hutunen came to a small town in the Lapland region of northern Finland. He bought the local mill by the river and worked diligently there. In the dead of night, Gunnar often couldn't help but imitate animal howls. People in the village could not tolerate his abnormality, so doctors and police teamed up to send him to a mental hospital. In order to defend the freedom of howling, Gunnar went through many difficulties and dangers, and finally escaped to the mountains and forests, becoming a legend in the village. The absurd stories in the village seem to reflect the microcosm of everyone's cramped living environment. After the novel came out, it became very popular in Europe and has been adapted into movies, comics, songs and other art forms several times.

Island

Island

General Fiction

I

218K0

"Island" tells an epic and moving story about family, romance, war, illness and history that took place in Greece - over the years, Alexis discovered that her mother had always been too guarded about her past, not only burying her roots, but also trampling the soil above them. Alexis decided to open up her mother's dusty past. She came to a small town on the Aegean Sea and landed on a desolate island called Spinalonga. This was once an isolated island where lepers were imprisoned. It was a place that made the town, the Aegean Sea, and even the whole of Europe talk about it. It was also a forbidden place for mothers. The forbidden land is opened, and this seemingly abandoned island reveals unexpected bright vitality, and an astonishing secret that has been dormant for half a century is about to emerge... This is the story of Alexis' great-grandmother Eleni and her daughters. This family is torn apart by tragedy, war and passion. This story is about dreams and desires, but also about a secret that is trying to be hidden, and the indelible impact of leprosy on a family for generations. It tells how those brave people looked for hope in despair, and finally discovered that: we are ups and downs in the world, constantly struggling, just to live a calm life.

Looking for a Couple

Looking for a Couple

General Fiction

Lady Chang Geng

433K0

This book describes in detail from the summer of 1999 to the autumn of 2017, a rural girl from Zhejiang, nicknamed "Heipi", graduated from Shanghai in the east and went to Shenzhen in the south to seek development, and later went to Yunnan to teach. After more than ten years of hard work, she grew from a good girl who just wanted to help her original family get rid of poverty to a strong woman with a deep understanding of love and life.

Northwest Wind

Northwest Wind

General Fiction

Li Xueping

177K0

This is a novel that describes the life of several young people in the Northwest after joining the army in the 1970s and 1980s. It deeply eulogizes their perseverance, bravery and dedication for national defense in the extremely difficult environment of the alpine and remote areas, and used their youthful sweat to create an everlasting military soul. The author vividly describes the little-known aspects of thoughts, emotions and family feelings involved in the growth of soldiers in the military camp. He is deeply loyal, has no trace of the cold moon, does not seek fame or fortune, and is willing to be an unknown hero, which is touching.

House of Light

House of Light

General Fiction

Sugar Bandit

127K0

At the end of winter this year, Zhan Meng boarded a boat bound for Orange Island. Orange Island was not her destination, there was no place she wanted to or could even go. There was no road in front of Orange Island, only the sea, and she was trapped here. Zhanmeng was rescued and taken in by a stranger. Her takers didn't ask about her origins and didn't seem truly prepared for her arrival. Hastily, they decide to get into each other's lives before they even know each other's names. The stranger's name was Ding Mo, and he took Zhan Meng back to his home, a place called "Light House". Astronauts disposing of corpses, a crazy dolphin without a name, a restaurant called the Spare Rib Restaurant. The island that goes to sleep when winter comes... Everything, while accommodating everyone's thoughts, gradually becomes clear in the movement of light...

Wild Color

Wild Color

General Fiction

Sonam Gave Way

115K0

During the grazing transition one year, a cow of Naren, a reckless and arrogant young shepherd, calved on the road and gave birth to a "little demon" with great difficulty - a bull with ominous human eyes and who was intelligent and capable of thinking. Xiaoyao's mother suffered from severe bleeding due to giving birth to Xiaoyao, and was abandoned mercilessly by Naren. The little demon shed tears and sorrow for his mother, felt deeply disappointed for his tribe, had extremely painful thoughts about his own identity, and developed a complex and strong hatred for Naren. In the process of constantly running away and being found again, it gradually understands that the meaning of life is not in the past, but for the present and the future. For Naren, what came with the cow was that he and his friends were involved in an emotional whirlpool with a strange woman they met in a distant place. The earth is vast, the wilderness is boundless, the loneliness is like a shadow, and the desires are hard to fill...

Stagnant Water

Stagnant Water

General Fiction

Li Jieren

136K0

"Still Water Waves" is set in Tianhui Town on the outskirts of Chengdu, and revolves around the grievances, love and hatred of Deng Yaogu, Luo Waizui, and Gu Tiancheng. Deng Yaogu aspired to become a rich wife in Chengdu, but was forced to marry Cai Xingshun, a grocery store owner, due to family circumstances. Cai Xingshun's cousin Luo Waizui was the leader of Pao Ge. He often came to the store and gradually fell in love with Cai's wife and had an affair. Luo Waizui brought back a woman, Liu Sanjin, who defrauded Gu Tiancheng of money, and before leaving, he also matched up with Luo Waizui and Sister Cai. After being hit by this blow, Gu Tiancheng defected to the "foreign religion" and took advantage of the Eight-Power Allied Forces' annihilation of the Boxer Rebellion to frame Luo Waizui. Luo Waizui was forced to flee... The novel revolves around the fate and emotional trajectory of Sister Cai, showing the constraints and growth of the government, Pao Ge, foreigners and other forces. It reflects the changes in the style and customs of the times under the invasion of foreign forces at that time, and can be called a visual "modern history of novels".

Shuri No Horse

Shuri No Horse

General Fiction

(japanese) Takayama Haneko

62K0

The protagonist, Minako, has lived in Okinawa for a long time. She is engaged in a special job, communicating with lonely practitioners at the end of the world through online Q&A, in order to help "these lonely practitioners receive regular spiritual care and emotional resonance." At the same time, Minako is also volunteering at the Local History Museum, which records and preserves Okinawa historical materials. This is something she has been doing since she was in middle school. Ms. Shun is the founder of the Local Historical Archives. As a folklore researcher, Ms. Shun has traveled all over Japan in her life. As she grew older, she made Okinawa the last stop in her life and moved there. One day, a Miyako horse accidentally entered the courtyard of Weimingzi's house. Miyako horses are native horses bred on Miyako Island and are considered a natural monument of Okinawa Prefecture. Weimingzi named the horse "ヒコーキ". The appearance of Miyako Ma gradually changed Wei Mingzi's life...

Dreaming Back to Tie Lichuan

Wang Xuzhi

508K01

The novel mainly tells the story of an ordinary worker from a mountain village, his turbulent life on the road to starting a business, and the story of how he shouldered the burden to support his hometown after gaining financial freedom. Although the protagonist is a prototype, other characters in the book are purely fictitious, so please do not take them for granted.

Grinding Iron Classics Volume 8: Death of Spring

K

83K0

Regarding power, George Orwell wrote "1984" and Rodoreda wrote "The Death of Spring". In the village she built with literature, cruel customs and inertial suffering repeat themselves in cycles, dragging the spring of revival of all things into a reincarnation that will eventually wither. Rodoreda's sensitive brushwork blends the repressive and gloomy undertones of Franco's regime and Nazism into a vibrant greenery. However, repression does not mean submission, but rather a smaller and more powerful rebellion.

Beautiful World

Beautiful World

General Fiction

Tianpin

95K0

"Beautiful World" can be said to be a beautiful symphony of Beethoven's music. This book uses musical expression to stir up and down the fate of a group of people in the passage of time. In the excitement, it interprets the emotions of life and the pulse of the ups and downs of fate. Reading this book can make people's hearts bloom.

Zeno's Confession

Zeno's Confession

General Fiction

(italian) Italo Svevo

284K0

"Zeno's Confessions" is a novel that interweaves psychology and literature. The masterpiece of Italian author Italo Svivo. Through the perspective of the protagonist Zeno, the novel deeply explores people's fantasies, illusions, impressions, thinking, consciousness and behaviors, revealing the crises hidden under the appearance of reliability and the anxiety that harasses people's existence. The structure of the novel is quite ingenious. The author pretends to be a psychiatrist and announces the privacy of his patient Zeno in the preface. Because the aging Zeno no longer followed the doctor's orders to write his memoirs, the doctor's psychological analysis was forced to stop. In retaliation, the doctor disclosed Zeno's medical records. In this lengthy autobiography, the protagonist Zeno introspects in an extremely serious and detailed manner, and at the same time full of pain and self-deprecation.

Sergeant Lao Su's Marriage

Wang Shenchun

107K0

Su, a peasant girl from a mountain village, went to the city and joined the army with the dual mission of defending the motherland and changing her personal destiny. In the process of solving personal marriage problems and working hard to enter urban life, he adhered to the bottom line of life and experienced a series of emotional tests and joys and sorrows. Finally, after many hardships, he finally found the true love that suits him...

The Tide Swallows up the White Sand

Ahsen

142K0

When a person is about to die, will what he saw before his death appear before his eyes? She seemed to be dying. Eye pain, nasal cavity pain, chest pain, and heat in the back of the head. The body was dragged down heavily, pulled down, and pressed tightly. The salty and bitter water poured in from the nose, mouth and ears, eroding the body bit by bit and eating away the flesh. All this is as painful as living. The danger turns out to be so close to oneself, making one unable to guard against it. No one wants to believe it. Who pushed her here? Those are the people who brought her here, and those are the people who pushed her here. All sins have their traces.

Let Us Fall in Love

Let Us Fall in Love

General Fiction

Hainan

158K0

This work is the latest novel by Hai Nan, a famous contemporary Chinese writer. The author uses poetic writing style and first-person narrative perspective to easily describe the life story and spiritual growth of an ordinary Chinese woman from childhood to youth to middle-aged and elderly people. The work carries not only a simple personal history, but also illuminates every important moment in China's development over the past few decades. From studying hard as a boy and dreaming of becoming an educated youth like his elder brother, to leaving his hometown alone in his youth and working in the county town to survive, to starting his own business after experiencing the renovation of the old city, and then having children, time gradually advanced to the Internet age and the smartphone age, and the protagonist "I" also unknowingly entered the second half of his life. Through the story of "my", it can awaken readers' common memories of the times and make the past years emerge clearly again. At the same time, "I" grew from a rebellious girl to the mother of a new generation of rebellious youth, which also showed intergenerational conflicts, understanding and care. It can be said that the author recorded the youth of three generations with one main line.

Narrative of Paste Mine

Zhou Fang

124K0

The story in "Gaster Mine Narrative" begins in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He Xiaoguo, Qiu Hongbing, Liu Qingsong and other characters live in a state-owned gypsum mining area. During this period, state-owned enterprises were reformed and a wave of migrant workers emerged. The once independent and self-consistent life in the mining area is also facing various ups and downs and conflicts. Running away and staying behind, love and desire, faith and money. Everyone experiences the storms of the times. They both have a clear mark of the times and their own distinct personalities. Although different characters have different personalities and destinies, their pursuit of ideals, love, and beliefs are the same. The faint light of humanity always shines. Each era has its own nostalgia, and each era has its own destiny. In "The Narrative of the Paste Mine", the author writes about the changes of the times and the characters in the changes: their living conditions, life courses, and spiritual temperaments.

Water Man

Water Man

General Fiction

K

232K0

"Water Man" is the story of a "frustrated person". The protagonist Trimpel is "not established at thirty": he got divorced and lost his wife and best friend at the same time; he delayed his graduation and muddled through his thesis; he suffered from a hidden disease, but he was timid and did not dare to undergo surgery. He seemed to be careless and uncaring, and continued his frustrated life heartlessly, becoming a hollow man filled with straw. However, after leaving without saying goodbye again, he no longer wanted to be a member of the paralysis. He wants to slap the moldy pillow and let the dreams fly out of the feathers again.

Northeast Prison Experience Record

How Happy Is Life

99K02

This is a semi-autobiographical novel. The author mainly wants to give a warning to all those who wander on the edge of the law by describing his three-year prison sentence. Once imprisoned, he will regret it for life. This novel has nothing to do with romance, nor does it want to attract people's attention. It only uses joking language to record the author's real prison life.

Getaway

Getaway

General Fiction

Ban Yu

138K0

"Xiaoyaoyou" is Ban Yu's second novel collection after "Winter Swimming". It includes seven short and medium-length works with different styles and a story time span spanning thirty years. In Ban Yu's works, the down-and-out novelist, the man raising ants, the sick girl, the lover chasing the comet, the father who disappeared in time... The adventurers in fate and life, inhabiting the thunder, wading into the clouds, walking at night with candlelight, illuminating the mountains, seas and wind. His works have won the first short story award in the "Harvest" literary list, the annual short story in the Huadi Literature List, the first prize in the novella at the Chinese Young Writers Award, the short story award at the Cao Xueqin Chinese Literature Award, and the 6th "Golden Short Story" Novel Award in "Writer" magazine.

My Struggle (six Volumes in Total)

(norwegian) Carl Ove Knausgaard

2.4M0

Norwegian writer Carl Ove Knausgaard's six-volume autobiographical novel "Mein Kampf" has nothing to do with Hitler's ambitions. It is the author's autobiography of his growth and life for more than 40 years. The themes of the six volumes are death, love, childhood, youth, dreams, and thinking. The book uses a flowing style to describe ordinary life, which is straightforward and frank, with "masochistic truth and triviality", and also shows touching sensitivity in the daily details.

My Struggle 6: Finale

My Struggle 6: Finale

General Fiction

K

777K0

Norwegian writer Carl Ove Knausgaard's six-volume autobiographical novel "Mein Kampf" has nothing to do with Hitler's ambitions. It is the author's autobiography of his growth and life for more than 40 years. The themes of the six volumes are death, love, childhood, youth, dreams, and thinking. The book uses a flowing style to describe ordinary life, which is straightforward and frank, with "masochistic truth and triviality", and also shows touching sensitivity in the daily details. This book is the last part of the "Mein Kampf" series. Like a falling boulder, it completely stirs up the reader's memory and understanding of the first five parts. Beginning with the unhappiness and controversy that aroused among family and friends when the first book was published, and ending with his wife Linda's treatment and recovery from depression, it includes four hundred pages of meditations on Hitler, Nazism, and the nature of evil, as well as a close reading of a poem by Paul Celan about the Holocaust. The book intersperses between the individual's external world and the internal world, exploring the irreconcilable tension between literature and reality, private and public boundaries, and individual life and social forces.

Four Generations Living under One Roof (part 1)

Lao She

367K0

"Four Generations Under One Roof" is a novel written by the Chinese writer Lao She. "Four Generations Under One House" tells the story of the era when the Marco Polo Bridge Incident broke out and Peking fell. It takes the lives of four generations of the Qi family under one roof as the main line. It vividly and vividly depicts the ups and downs, life and death of people from all walks of life and all kinds of people represented by the residents of Xiaoyangquan Hutong. This book narrates the tragic experience of the vast number of civilians under the iron heel of the Japanese invaders in the abnormal world after the fall of Peiping. The uneasiness, panic and shock after the ancient and peaceful life of the school was broken. It lashes out the ugly souls of the perpetrators who are attached to the enemy, exposes the brutal crimes of Japanese militarism, and reflects the common people. The heroic and fearless resistance in the face of a powerful enemy eulogized and promoted the great patriotism and steadfast and noble national integrity of the Chinese people. It epically demonstrated the outstanding contributions made by the Chinese people to the world anti-fascist war during the Second World War. It was magnificent and evocative.

Four Generations Living under One Roof (part 2)

Lao She

329K0

"Four Generations Under One Roof" is a novel written by the Chinese writer Lao She. "Four Generations Under One House" tells the story of the era when the Marco Polo Bridge Incident broke out and Peking fell. It takes the lives of four generations of the Qi family under one roof as the main line. It vividly and vividly depicts the ups and downs, life and death of people from all walks of life and all kinds of people represented by the residents of Xiaoyangquan Hutong. This book narrates the tragic experience of the vast number of civilians under the iron heel of the Japanese invaders in the abnormal world after the fall of Peiping. The uneasiness, panic and shock after the ancient and peaceful life of the school was broken. It lashes out the ugly souls of the perpetrators who are attached to the enemy, exposes the brutal crimes of Japanese militarism, and reflects the common people. The heroic and fearless resistance in the face of a powerful enemy eulogized and promoted the great patriotism and steadfast and noble national integrity of the Chinese people. It epically demonstrated the outstanding contributions made by the Chinese people to the world anti-fascist war during the Second World War. It was magnificent and evocative.

Banana Deer

Banana Deer

General Fiction

Wu Jieyu

125K0

In 1989, a group of young people followed the tide and knocked on the windows of the Special Administrative Region. For more than thirty years, they crossed the river by feeling the stones and measured their lives with their own feet. When the bell rang, two "searching" paths appeared in the forest: one was the path of searching for the truth for Professor Bao Baolan of the Department of Dance and Drama. Sister Bao Jianqing commits suicide mysteriously, and Bao Baolan struggles to find the truth about her sister's death. Behind the scenes of the Chinese drama "Golden Lotus", the golden lotus shoes in the sandalwood box are lost in desire, so the chess game moves unknowingly and mistakenly, and eventually overturns; the second is the journey of the young dancer Ruan Xing to find himself. Ruan Xing became famous at a young age because of a dance drama "Ode to the Goddess of Luo", and was nicknamed "Little God of Luo". After failing the college entrance examination, she fell into silence for several years, struggling painfully with memory and reality, and falling into deep chaos. When she finally stood on the stage again under the guidance of her mentor Bolan Lan, she truly understood dance and life. This is a story about the Special Administrative Region, a history of blood and tears of two generations' pursuit of art and ideals, and a history of the contemporary development of Guangdong Han Opera, a national intangible cultural heritage. This is a banana deer dream.

Chronicles of the Ancestral Hall: the Coming and Going of the Governor-general's Appointment

Guo Haihong

90K0

This book was created by Guo Haihong, a member of the Chinese Writers Association and vice chairman of the Baoan District Writers Association. In the form of "non-fiction writing", this book creates a historical figure respected and commemorated by the people along the Guangdong coast, especially in Shenzhen and Hong Kong - Wang Lairen, the governor of Guangdong in the early years of Kangxi, who was a typical image of integrity, love for the people and diligence.

The Emptiness of the Afternoon: Childhood in Zhonggong Town

Lu Ye

134K0

"The Emptiness of the Afternoon - Childhood in Zhonggong Town" is the latest masterpiece of Lu Ye, a well-known contemporary female poet and writer, winner of the 2011 and 2021 People's Literature Awards and the 2022 Lu Xun Literature Award. The book has about 170,000 words and is divided into four chapters: "Brewery", "Stone Courtyard", "Walnut Tree Primary School" and "South River Beach". In the book, she takes on the perspective of a little girl and travels to Zhonggong Town in the mountainous area south of a provincial capital in the mid-to-late 1970s. She recalls the past years at the interface between urban and rural areas before and after the reform and opening up, and shows the characteristics of people's material and spiritual life in that era. In this work, Lu Ye looks back on his childhood years in a style that is somewhere between prose and novel, and takes it as the center to narrate it, slowly unfolding a picture of life in the north before and after reform and opening up. Overall, the work shows the style of an era in a small and broad way, using microscopic writing. It not only records the social conditions of that era objectively and plainly, but also leaves real materials for historical reference.

Temporary Couple (all Three Volumes)

Prince Qun

482K0

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?

Urban Female Wolf

Urban Female Wolf

General Fiction

Wu Zhimin

138K0

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.

I Want to Sleep for a Whole Year

(us) Ottesa Moshfeger

139K02

I was twenty-six years old that year. He has blond hair, a slim figure, a good job, and an apartment on the Upper East Side of New York. In the eyes of others, I may have it all. No one knew that I was quietly falling apart. I don't particularly want to cry, nor do I particularly want to laugh, and I no longer feel anything about the things around me. And every time I lie down and enter the dark void, the chaotic voices in my head stop immediately. It feels good, almost blissful. I began to fall into longer and longer slumbers. Use your cell phone less. Reduce online shopping. Stop socializing. Stop whitening. Stop brushing your hair. Stop plucking hair with tweezers. Shower no more than once a week. Stock up on endless old movies at home. Every time I wake up, I go to the grocery store on the corner to buy two large cups of coffee, and occasionally there is eye irritation. Once I get enough sleep, everything will be fine. My old life would be nothing more than a dream, and I could start over without regrets. Will I become a new person?

Odor

Odor

General Fiction

Cheng Yongxin

142K0

This is the masterpiece of Cheng Yongxin, chief editor and editor of "Harvest" literary magazine. "Humans are the survivors left behind in the world after disasters." The eighteen-year-old Luo Tuo tried his best to escape from home and sent himself to the seaside. Under the guidance of fate, he became a playwright. Times have changed quietly: his trilogy of plays was rejected by the theater company, and his lovers and friends left the country. Only then did he realize that he actually had nothing in the world. The soul of a long-dead person suddenly appears mysteriously. In theater auditoriums, city tour buses, apartment phone calls...

War, War, War (land of Others Trilogy 1)

L

153K0

In 1947, the Alsatian girl Mathilde followed her Moroccan husband to the "land of the other". Here, she realizes that escape and running away are just another abyss, and she will always be just an outsider, a woman, and a wife. But even so, facing strangeness, poverty, violence and depression, she will eventually live again and again. "War, War, War" is a new biographical novel by Leila Slimani, winner of the Goncourt Literary Prize. It is one of her "Land of the Other Trilogy" that writes about the true fate of three generations of women in the family. The novel is set against the backdrop of the drastic changes in social life in French Morocco after World War II. It tells the story of a country in deep political identity crisis, an interracial mixed-race family, and how an exhausted woman finds her place in a turbulent world.

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