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Doctor Zhivago (2023 New Revised Edition)

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"Doctor Zhivago" is a novel by the Soviet writer Pasternak. It describes the story of the Russian doctor Zhivago, his wife Tonya, and the beautiful female nurse Lalisa. It is considered to be an autobiographical work. By describing Dr. Zhivago's personal experiences, the novel shows another aspect of Russia's two revolutions and two wars from a completely new perspective, embodying the cruelty of war and the ruthlessness of destruction. "Doctor Zhivago" spans about half a century and describes more than 60 characters from all walks of life who were active in the above-mentioned historical time and space, expressing their complex emotions and their thoughts on the times during the historical changes. The whole book is a review of the Russian history in the early 20th century by the author from a unique perspective in the post-war years, and covers his reflections on this historical process. The author won the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Rashomon

Rashomon

General Fiction

(japan) Ryunosuke Akutagawa

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This book is a representative masterpiece of Akutagawa Ryunosuke, a giant of Japanese short stories in the Taisho era. It contains nineteen representative short stories such as "Rashomon", "In the Bamboo Forest", "Hell Transformation", "The Nose", "Kappa" and "The Life of a Certain Idiot". The author examines evil with a cold eye, reveals the truth with sharp writing, and launches a series of human dialogues between good and evil, fiction and reality. Although each story is short in length, it is well-conceived and the plot is bizarre yet profound. The film "Rashomon" adapted from the two novels "Rashomon" and "In the Bamboo Grove" by Japanese film master Akira Kurosawa won the Golden Lion Award at the 16th Venice International Film Festival and the Best Foreign Language Film Award at the 24th Academy Awards.

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When the pressure of life continues to hit us, is there a utopia where we don't have to make a living or socialize, so that we can escape it all? When real life makes our spiritual world more and more overwhelmed, is there a way to balance the two so that we can live an ideal life? Hesse spent a full 12 years writing his thoughts on these issues in "The Glass Bead Game". He created a pure spiritual world and used the life experience of the master of the glass bead game to give the answer - only by going deep into life can the power of the spirit bloom! Open this book and plunge into life bravely!

Let the Stars Fly at Night

(japan) Kubo Micheng

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An urban white-collar worker whose sister died young and has never been able to find the person he likes, a young man on the beach who grew up passively in ignorance of love, a junior high school girl who was bullied by her classmates and accidentally saw her late mother, a middle-aged office worker whose wife and daughter left for the other side of the ocean after the marriage broke up, an elementary school boy who was entangled between his original family and the reorganized family... The protagonists often have a rough fate at the beginning of their appearance, but the power of the characters is hidden under the surface indifference. Just like an avocado seed that strives to grow, ordinary people can find a way out in dull days and bloom with regret.

Zhu Ming's Thousand Sins

(us) Lin Wentao

149K0

"Zhu Ming's Thousand Sins" portrays a Chinese superhero Zhu Ming. He rides a BMW and holds a steel gun. He travels across the western desert and Pacific Railway construction sites of the United States in the 1860s. In order to regain the girl he loves, he takes revenge on the railroad tycoons who exploited Chinese workers, the vicious foreman who oppressed workers, and the racist white police officers. This book has elements of suspense and fantasy, and a strong sense of imagery. It aims to reconstruct American western novels and reveal the lives of Chinese Americans and immigrants in the second half of the nineteenth century. "Zhu Ming's Thousand Sins" was recommended by the editors of the New York Times and Amazon. Com after its publication, was selected as the Los Angeles Times' 2021 Summer Best Book, and won the 2022 Andrew Carnegie Award for Outstanding Fiction.

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Nakamura Hang's classic novel collection consists of three warm and elegant short stories. "Wish You Were Here": When Yoshida grew up, he left his hometown of Odawara and came to Tokyo to study, but he never forgot the elephants in Odawara and his childhood friend Matano. At the same time, he and his classmate Maiko gradually fell in love, hoping that these warm people and things could stay with him forever... "Five Stories for Men": adapted based on the author's life experience. It describes the "me" in elementary school who only knew how to have fun, the "me" in junior high school when my love interest first blossomed, the "me" in high school who gradually developed a dream of music, the "me" in college who was confused, and the "me" after constantly trying to challenge myself in work. "Bard Life": The wonderful story of a boy named Tomohiro Ogawa and a girl named Xiaolan who got to know each other by feeding the same stray cat and communicating in a tree hole has been adapted into a movie.

Weird Summer

Weird Summer

General Fiction

(us) Dan Simmons

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That summer, the old school building that had stood in the town for 84 years was finally going to be demolished. The glass that has been distorted by time and gravity, the chalk dust that has been floating for nearly a century, and the dim and winding corridors and stairs will all be buried under the dust forever with it. However, just the day before the summer vacation started, a boy walked into the basement of the old school building and completely disappeared into the darkness. The moving things under the old school building, the corpse collection truck in hot pursuit, the teacher talking to the phosphorus fire, the strange soldiers with stiff movements... With the old school building as the center, an invisible evil force is rapidly spreading to the entire town, invading its last students' summer vacation that should be full of joy and sweat... They still don't know that the upcoming weird summer night is destined to change their lives.

Another Meaning of Happiness

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On the first spring day in Philadelphia, Agatha escaped from prison. At this time, she has been there for 30 years and will be released after serving her sentence in a short time. What made her choose to take the risk of escaping from prison at this time? "The Other Meaning of Happiness" is a road-style novel created by Mark Levy, a wonderful story about love and friendship. The book ranked first in France's annual sales rankings, with an astonishing sales volume of more than 1 million copies in half a year, and was sold worldwide in 49 languages. Writing about the indispensable love and friendship in life, and the pursuit of happiness, freedom and indelible faith, Mark Levy's latest novel perfectly combines exquisite narrative and delicate writing. It is a healing book that awakens inner tenderness.

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"All Quiet on the Western Front" is a representative work of anti-war novels in the world. It tells the story of the protagonist Paul Boymer and his classmates who were incited by chauvinist education and joined the First World War with "patriotic enthusiasm". During the war, he witnessed the horrific casualties and the devastation of war on the human soul, and witnessed the inhumanity of war. The initial "patriotic fervor" was gone, leaving only pain and doubts about German militarism and the purpose of participating in the war. Clichéd slogans were blown away in a brutal barrage. The idealism of young people cannot withstand the hail of bullets and brutal fighting. Their illusions were shattered. Their only motivation is to survive, and their spiritual support is the friendship formed in the common destiny on the front line. The novel reflects the tragic experiences of a generation of German youth on the battlefield and indicts the evils of imperialist war. This book was translated by Qiu Yuanwei, a teacher from the German Department of Beijing Foreign Studies University, based on the German classic version. The translation is faithful, smooth, vivid and vivid.

It's Summer Outside

It's Summer Outside

General Fiction

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"It's Summer Outside" is Jin Ae-ran's fourth short story collection, which includes seven works in total. Most of the protagonists in the story are experiencing "loss", losing their children, losing their father, losing someone who can communicate with them in their native language... Jin Ae-ran seems to intentionally crush the pain of all kinds of losses and evenly distribute it between the lines, so that the pain hits the readers' hearts from time to time. In this book, the author still maintains his role as an observer and recorder of urban life, and his narrative is plain and close to life. "It's Summer Outside" is the winning work of the 48th Dongren Literary Award, among which "The Silent Future" and "Where Do You Want to Go" won the author the 37th Lixiang Literary Award and the 8th Young Writers Award respectively. This time it is included in the "Collection of Jin Ailan's Works" and Di'an, winner of China's "People's Literature Award·Novel Award", is invited to write a preface.

Best Friend

Best Friend

General Fiction

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Nobel Prize-winning writer Kawabata Yasunari's masterpiece that will not be forgotten by time is published for the first time in simplified Chinese. Kawabata Yasunari's last novel for girls depicts complex and intimate emotions with the master's delicate writing style. "Best Friends" is a story about two girls who have similar looks. Emi and Kasumi were born on the same day and have exactly the same cute faces. By such a coincidence, the two naturally became good friends. Although their faces and birthdays are the same, their family environments and personalities are completely different. Huimei, the eldest daughter of a well-off family, has a calm personality; Kasumi, whose father passed away, grew up with her mother's pampering, is sensitive and willful. One after another unexpected things happened to them together, and the trivialities and inevitability of these lives made the two closer but also caused differences, and finally ushered in the moment of separation...

I'll Tell the Truth

I'll Tell the Truth

General Fiction

(japan) Yuki Shinichiro

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Shinichiro Yuki, a rising star in the world of Japanese reasoning, sharply explores modern life from the perspective of Generation Z, deeply describing the traps of the Internet age and the horrors of human psychology. Can you see through the "small inconsistencies" and "big madness" hidden in daily life? "Interviews with the Tragedy": A part-time college student engaged in family tutoring noticed "mutations" in a certain family... "Dating App": A father who was worried that his daughter would fall into a social quagmire could not refuse the encounter on the dating app and began to carry out subversive actions... "Pandora": A couple who suffered from infertility finally welcomed their child. At this time, another daughter who claimed that "I was born through your sperm" suddenly appeared. What cruel truth is hidden in Pandora's box? "Triangle": The threesome were in high spirits at a remote reception. Who would have thought that the "reunion" after a long separation would be full of murderous intent... "Please forward": A primary school student who dreamed of becoming a video blogger and grew up on the island was alienated by the islanders after a certain case occurred...

Tragedy at Two Moons

Tragedy at Two Moons

General Fiction

(japan) Kaga Miyazuki

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In the Twin Moon City where "past" and "present" are intertwined, the bloody murderous secrets on stormy nights echo in the basement, spiral staircases, inner courtyards, and two heavily locked towers... On the banks of the Rhine River in Germany, there is a mysterious castle called "Twin Moon City". Legend has it that on a rainy night a hundred years ago, a group of bandits broke into Shuangyue City and wanted to humiliate the two daughters of the city lord. At this time, the ghost city lord wearing pure black armor and holding a long sword came riding a black horse and beheaded the robbers. Time comes to the present, and several guests visit Twin Moon City. As if imitating the legends of the past, the tragedy slowly begins. In the heavily locked tower, the beautiful twin sisters died miserably. Their severed heads and hands were burned until they were charred black. The corpse was lying on the ground as if worshiping Allah. The windows were wide open toward the cliff, just like that rainy night a hundred years ago. The shadow of death shrouds Shuangyue City at this moment, and the cruel murderous intention is about to come again...

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

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A new edition of the "Harry Potter" spin-off book is released, with a new foreword written by J. K. Rowling (in the voice of Newt Scamander), plus 6 new magical animals!

blood and Rust" Classic Science Fiction Series 1: Ocean God

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"Ocean" is the first part of the "Blood and Rust" classic science fiction series. The story is set in a future world where the earth's resources are exhausted and human civilization is in crisis. The protagonist of the novel, Naylor, is a young "shipbreaker" who struggles to survive on a meager income. By chance, Naylor discovers a wealthy young woman named Nita hiding on a stranded luxury yacht. Naylor and Nita gradually establish an alliance that transcends class and embark on a dangerous escape journey. They not only have to face cruel challenges from different interest groups, but also struggle to survive in a world that excludes them. Throughout the book, Bachgalubi uses vivid language and powerful imagination to depict a world devastated by climate change. As a profound and revelatory novel, "Ocean God" shows people the possibility of a future world and guides people to think about the problems existing in contemporary society. This novel is not only a science fiction novel, but also a literary work that reflects social reality and is worthy of everyone's taste and consideration.

A Woman is a Book Full of Stories

(iran) Parinosh Shanyi

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It was once banned, reprinted 21 times, and translated into a best-selling book in more than 20 languages. The book of destiny fully presents the life of Middle Eastern women, awakening in a long and turbulent era, and raising profound thoughts: Can a woman have an independent destiny? Or can I only be subordinate to the men in my life? The young girl Masumei moved her family to Tehran and tried hard to integrate into the new city life. Unlike the conservative town of Qom, here she does not have to marry in a hurry and can go to middle school and continue her education. She enjoyed the sweetness of her first love, but she also became a shame to the entire family because of the exposure of her love affair. She was beaten by her brother, cried by her mother and disappointed by her father, and was imprisoned at home. When 16-year-old Masumei sought death because of a broken love, she didn't know that the entire country was about to fall into decades of turmoil, and that her own destiny would also usher in countless moments of joy and sorrow...

blood and Rust" Classic Science Fiction Series 2: the Drowned City

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"The Drowned City" is the second part of the classic science fiction series "Blood and Rust". In a flood-ravaged city, mutant species roam around, and various forces fight each other for resources... The girl Maria, the boy Moss, and the hunted half-orc Tur, who wander in the flooded city, not only have to face the pursuit of government forces, but also face deception and betrayal from within. In this world full of dangers and challenges, they are constantly looking for freedom and truth, trying to find their own way of survival amidst chaos and violence. This book vividly depicts a world in crisis, where people are forced to make difficult decisions in order to survive, and the lines between good and evil become increasingly blurred. The story culminates in a fierce and violent conflict between different forces vying for power and control. "The Drowned City" explores themes such as loyalty, betrayal, and the impact of environmental disasters on human society. It is not only a reflection on the consequences of climate change and environmental destruction, but also an exploration and reflection on how humans respond to these disasters.

Ancient Capital (kawabata Yasunari's Works Series)

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Kawabata Yasunari's timeless masterpiece, a Nobel Prize-winning work, a Japanese literary classic that has influenced countless people. The elegance and sadness of the thousand-year-old ancient capital, the sadness and dreams of the girl, a timeless and cool aria, and the passing of the four seasons weave a beautiful and sad picture of Kyoto's customs. "Ancient Capital" is set in Kyoto, which was transformed between classical and modern times after World War II. It takes the young girl Chieko as the protagonist and tells the story of Chieko's experiences during this year. Chieko, the only daughter of a long-established silk and satin merchant, feels sad about her status as an abandoned child. However, her family's declining business and her father who is escaping from the world make her even more worried. On the night of the Gion Festival, Chieko accidentally met her twin sister Miaozi, a girl who worked logging in a mountain village. Because of the disparity in their identities, the twin sister Miaozi is unwilling to disturb Qianezi's life. In addition, Qianezi's love and marriage are also undergoing subtle fluctuations...

Snow Country (kawabata Yasunari's Works Series)

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Nothingness, cleanliness, sadness, the crystallization of Japanese beauty, has influenced the classic works of Mo Yan, Yu Hua and other literary giants. It is one of Kawabata Yasunari's most famous works, a Nobel Prize-winning work, and translated by the famous Japanese literature translator Gao Huiqin. "Snow Country" tells the story of Shimamura, who enjoys eating his ancestral property and studying imaginary Western dances. He visits a hot spring village in the northern snow country three times and meets the local geisha Komako and the girl Ye Zi who meets by chance on the train. Kawabata Yasunari meticulously painted a peaceful and pure picture of the Snow Country: thick layers of snow, low houses lying on the ground, the bright Milky Way in the northern night sky, and the Snow Country woman burning passionately with love. Although Shimamura is attracted to Komako, in his pursuit of the beauty of nothingness and the belief that everything is in vain, from his perspective, Komako's beauty, her love, and all her sacrifices for others are meaningless...

Another Sea

Another Sea

General Fiction

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"Another Sea" is a short story by the famous Italian novelist Claudio Magris. It is an excellent work full of poetry and philosophy. In 1909, the young intellectual Enrique left Gorizia, a city with a mixed population and culture in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and took his ancient Greek texts with him across the ocean alone to the Pampas and lived a life of herding. His closest friend Carlo, a philosopher and poet, taught him to find a true life free from society's lies. But in his search for this unattainable goal, Enrico destroyed every chance of a normal life; thirteen years later, even after his return to the Istrian seaside, his life became increasingly lonely, and his attempts at connection and meaningful love were thwarted.

Chizuru (kawabata Yasunari's Work Series)

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Kawabata Yasunari's masterpiece and Nobel Prize-winning work. The representative works of Japanese post-war literature use words to outline the beauty of color, the centuries-old circulation of an ancient tea set, and a story of abnormal love involving two generations. They show the conflict between love and morality. They also depict the psychology very delicately, showing a scene of extreme beauty and sadness. "Thousand Cranes" is a short story collection by Kawabata Yasunari, which includes "Thousand Cranes" and the sequel to "Thousand Cranes", "A Chidori on the Blue Waves". The story mainly tells that Mitani Kikuharu's father had an affair with a woman named Kurimoto Chikako during his lifetime, and later fell in love with Mrs. Ota, but was alienated from the former because of the latter. Four years after his father's death, Kikuji and Mrs. Ota met unexpectedly at a tea party held by Chikako Kurimoto. Because Mrs. Ota missed Kikuji's father, she actually moved on to his son Kikuji, and Kikuji also accepted this immoral love. However, Mrs. Ota drank medicine and committed suicide out of guilt. Mrs. Ota's daughter Fumiko gradually fell in love with Kikuji during her contact with him. Chikako introduced her female disciple Yukiko to Kikuji and tried every means to bring them together. Wenzi was so ashamed of her mother that she finally left without saying goodbye.

Collection of Palm Novels (kawabata Yasunari's Works Series)

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The condensation of Kawabata Yasunari's literature, a miracle in just one page. Mysterious, illusory, cruel and beautiful. This book selects more than fifty novels: the autobiographical novel "The Bone Picker", which tells the memories of the death of his grandfather; "Glass", which describes the miserable fate of the bottom workers in the glass factory; "Station in the Rain", a sad story caused by the vanity of wives, etc. These novels either show Kawabata's own life as an orphan and the emotional twists and turns, or express his deep sympathy for the people at the bottom, or philosophically think about the psychology of men and women in the world, fully demonstrating Kawabata's rich poetry, fresh and keen feelings, and pessimistic attitude towards life. Among my works, the ones that make people miss and love them the most and the ones that I want to give to others the most are actually these novels. --Kawabata Yasunari

Kawabata Yasunari's Best Collection: Ancient Capital

(japan) Kawabata Yasunari

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This book "Ancient Capital" is a collection of short stories and short stories by Kawabata Yasunari. It consists of three stories: "Ancient Capital", "The Ballad of Wings" and "The Flower of Competition". "Ancient Capital" tells the story of the friendship and misunderstanding between twin sisters Chieko and Naeko who grew up in different families; "The Ballad of Wings" describes the emotional initiation process of the girl Lingzi in adolescence; "Blooming Flower" describes the complicated love-hate relationship between three women and Shimura. This book is one of Kawabata Yasunari's masterpieces and a winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Niedochka: a Woman's Life

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In 1848, Dostoevsky began writing "Nedochka". In 1849, he was exiled to Siberia and then interrupted his writing, leaving the novel unfinished. In this book: he writes about a wasted genius, who cannot live his life in vain. If he is decadent for too long, his talent will be taken away; he writes about a arrogant girlfriend, and the friendship established in his youth is more pure and precious than anything in the world; he writes about the growth of a young girl, in order to protect the people she cherishes, cowardly girls dare to stand up. Wang Xiaobo said: "I read this book and have remembered the first half for the rest of my life. I still think this is the best book, worthy of being a major masterpiece. I think people should always commemorate Dostoevsky for it."

Two Hundred Years Old

Two Hundred Years Old

General Fiction

(japan) Oe Kenzaburo

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"The Two Hundred Years' Child" is a fantasy novel written by Japanese Nobel Prize-winning writer Kenzaburo Oe. In this work, three children, a mentally retarded brother, a healthy sister and a younger brother, use a time travel device to witness various scenes of social changes and historical processes in Japan over the past 150 years, and the story unfolds accordingly. The author uses a narrative structure that intersects time and space to express Japan's two hundred years of history since the Meiji Restoration, as well as the state of human soul and body, material and spirituality in this historical process, thus proposing the idea of ​​"new man". In addition to continuing the social themes of social criticism, disaster prediction, historical exploration, and cultural reflection in the four dimensions of social criticism, disaster prediction, historical exploration, and cultural reflection during the period when he won the Nobel Prize for Literature, the work also focuses on thinking and exploring the future destiny of mankind, and ultimately places what he thinks is the answer on children as the "new human beings."

Thirteen Articles

Thirteen Articles

General Fiction

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"Thirteen Pieces" is the first collection of short stories written and published by the famous American writer William Faulkner. It was first published by Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith in the United States in 1931 and was later republished by Penguin Random House. Faulkner dedicated the book to his eldest daughter, Alabama, who died nine days after her birth on January 11, 1931, and his wife Estelle. Nowadays, the book "Thirteen Chapters" is no longer printed and published separately and has become a collection. "Thirteen Parts" is divided into three parts. The first part mainly writes about the experiences and mental difficulties of soldiers on the European battlefield during World War I; the background of the second part is Faulkner's classic creation; the story of the third part moves to southern France and Italy.

Tiger's Remnant Dream

Tiger's Remnant Dream

General Fiction

(japanese) Momono Zapai

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"The Lost Dream of the Tiger" is a full-length mystery novel by the emerging Japanese mystery writer Momono Zapa. It is the winning work of the 67th Edogawa Rampo Award in Japan. This is a martial arts setting that combines Chinese martial arts and Japanese reasoning. It is a true mystery work. It brings together the classic settings of Chinese martial arts novels (such as martial arts, mental tricks, martial arts competitions) and Japanese reasoning island secret rooms, multiple conspiracies and other elements, giving readers a new experience in the world of reasoning. The novel tells the story of the murders that took place during the Southern Song Dynasty when the head of the Eight Immortals Sect convened other sects to compete in martial arts to select a new leader and teach the sect's kung fu secrets. Finally, through layers of reasoning, it was decrypted and involved a period of past grievances and hatreds in the world and the conflicts between family and country between the Song and Jin Dynasties.

Emmy Award Winner Saffir's Fantasy Novel Series (set of 5 Volumes in Total)

(germany) David Safire

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The fantasy novel series set by the well-known German TV screenwriter, Emmy Award winner, and best-selling author David Safire is interesting and fascinating. Safire has achieved the perfect balance. David Saffir always has a way of magicizing happiness, and every reader can be infected by it.

Memories of Parting (works by Gurna)

(british) Abdul Razak Gulna

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The first novel by Gurna, the 2021 Nobel Prize winner, is about a loveless family, a hopeless future, a fruitless first love, and an endless sea. Every sad young man has to say goodbye to a miserable past life. The protagonist of the story, Hassan Omar, was born into a poor Arab-Muslim family in the seaside town of Kenge. His father, Omar, was bohemian, alcoholic, and cruel; his mother was cowardly and tolerant, accepting the cruel abuse of her husband almost fatally; his elder brother, Saeed, was naughty and unruly, and died unexpectedly in a fire when he was six years old. The country's independence brought social unrest and a betrayal of the promise of freedom. The new government is worried about the brain drain and has delayed announcing the results of the high school graduation examination. Unable to get a scholarship, Hassan came to Nairobi to seek refuge with his wealthy uncle Ahmed, hoping to get back the family inheritance his mother deserved. There he discovers a larger world, but soon peels back the veil of his idyllic life and sees the corruption and hypocrisy that pervades this modern African city. The hazy love with his cousin Salma ignited Hassan's hope for life, but the ugly reality will soon surface along with an unbearable family secret...

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If time bends, can I meet myself in my youth? Blurring reality and fiction, exploring the essence of time, and practicing Einstein's theory of space and time in novels. "Bending Time of Krems" is the latest work of Italian writer Claudio Magris. It contains five short stories related to time. The protagonists of each story have different identities. An old doorman who was an entrepreneur in his youth, an old music teacher who met his students, a speaker who met a strange lady, a late-blooming writer, and an old professor who watched youth movies. In each story, the protagonist recalls a certain episode from the past, and everyone searches for time that has been lost and found. Those times associated with life, love and experiences. Time and cause and effect go hand in hand: the cause leads to the result, the effect will become the subsequent cause, and in the end everything will return to its origin.

Swan Book

Swan Book

General Fiction

(australia) Alexis Wright

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Is the mute woman's swan song the cry of human society before the end? Alexis Wright uses his signature style of "Indigenous Magical Realism" to create a literary masterpiece with a confusing plot. Through the heroine's ups and downs experience of being abused and unable to speak, it sends a deafening cry for vulnerable groups such as women and indigenous people. A hundred years from now, the environment will deteriorate due to the climate crisis. In the Northern Territory of Australia, a mute girl was gang-raped as a child by three teenagers who snorted gasoline, and then fell into a hole under the roots of a eucalyptus tree and fell asleep. Ten years later, she was rescued by Bella Dona, a climate refugee and an old white woman, and named "Forgotten Vinyl". Bella raised her and told her stories about swans throughout the ages every day. After Bella's death, the mute girl lived with the swans that Bella fed by the lake, and was called the Swan Girl. Many years later, Warren Finch, who had a baby engagement with Swan Girl, became the first Aboriginal president in Australian history. He went to Swan Lake to marry the mute girl, but took her to the city under house arrest. He also sent people to blow up Swan Lake, which was filled with Aboriginal people, climate refugees and swans. Later Finch was killed and the flood came...

Heart of Gravel (works by Gurna)

(british) Abdul Razak Gulna

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Gurner, the 2021 Nobel Prize winner, pays tribute to Shakespeare's work. I can't go back to my hometown, and I can't leave this city behind. Where is my home? Ordinary people who are helpless in turbulent times have nothing but their broken hearts. The protagonist Selim lives with his parents and uncle Amir in a house full of secrets. One day, Selim's father moved out of the house, but his mother kept silent about it, and then started a new family with a strange man. Selim cannot understand his father's choice and is ashamed of his silence. After graduating from high school, Selim was taken to London by his uncle who became a senior diplomat. However, the noise and coldness of this city left him at a loss and he could only survive in endless loneliness. After his mother's death, Selim returns to his hometown to try to unearth the secrets that are tearing his family apart. Eventually he had to face the pain of those closest to him, and the truth nearly destroyed him.

Abandonment (works by Gurna)

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The seventh novel of Gurna, the 2021 Nobel Prize-winning writer and shortlisted for the 2006 Commonwealth Writers' Prize, is one of the writer's masterpieces, with a clear autobiographical flavor. This poignant and moving love story has successfully created two African female characters belonging to different eras. The portrayal of the characters' psychology is very delicate and highly contagious. The novel "Abandonment" was first published in 2005. It is one of Gurna's masterpieces and was shortlisted for the 2006 Commonwealth Writers Award. It tells the story of the love tragedy of two generations who cannot tolerate the secular world. The first story takes place in the British colony of Kenya at the end of the 19th century. Martin Pierce, a British writer, traveler and orientalist, was in danger in the desert and was discovered and rescued by a Muslim young man, Hassanali. After being rescued, Pierce came to thank Hassanali and met Hassanali's sister Rihanna. The two fell in love at first sight and came together regardless of colonial and religious restrictions. The second story takes place in Zanzibar and London, England, before and after independence in the mid-20th century, telling the story of two brothers, Amin and Rashid. His brother Amin fell in love with Jamila, a young and beautiful but not well-known local woman - she is the granddaughter of Pierce and Rihanna in the previous story. However, due to the firm opposition of her parents, they were forced to break up. Since then, they have lived with the guilt and regret caused by "abandoning" each other. His younger brother Rashid won a scholarship to study in the UK and "abandoned" his hometown in turmoil.

Night Train (Martin Amis)

(uk) Martin Amis

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The works of Martin Amis, a representative writer in the contemporary British literary world who is as famous as McEwan and Julie Barnes, a naughty boy in the literary world, and a master of style, use detective novels as the shell to explore the issue of "death". Jennifer, the beloved and almost perfect daughter of the police chief, was shot three times and died completely naked. So "I" - the opposite of Jennifer, a masculine and inelegant female police detective Mike Houlihan was ordered by the police chief to conduct an in-depth investigation and clear up the heavy fog. "I" gradually pieced together the truth of the matter... When the female police detective faced Jennifer's "dark moment", why didn't she also face her own secret corner?

Doty (works by Gurna)

Doty (works by Gurna)

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The work of Gurna, the 2021 Nobel Prize-winning writer, is a contemporary women's coming-of-age novel comparable to "Jane Eyre". Focusing on identity and racial conflicts, and seeing the big from the small, it presents a vivid picture of the British post-colonial era. The work has skillful narrative skills and a thought-provoking theme. "Dottie" is the third novel in the creative career of the 2021 Nobel Prize winner Abdul Razak Gulna. It is also his only literary work so far with a female protagonist. This work continues the theme of refugees that he has always been concerned about and is good at, accurately depicting the living conditions of African refugees in the UK, focusing on identity and racial conflicts, and showing a vivid picture of the post-colonial era in Britain. Dottie in the story is an African-American woman living in the UK. By recording her interactions with all kinds of people in her life (including relatives, lovers, co-workers, landlords, social workers, teachers, doctors, etc.) - There are both tender mutual comfort and support, as well as profound misunderstandings and betrayals - it vividly outlines the image of a young woman who was born at the bottom of society. In the process of continuous learning, thinking and struggle, she gradually became full-fledged and achieved class crossing. The work's narrative skills are skillful and its themes are thought-provoking. It is a rare and excellent female coming-of-age novel.

New Hamlet

New Hamlet

General Fiction

(japan) Osamu Dazai

216K0

It is a mature work in the middle period of Osamu Dazai's creation. It is an important window to understand the whole picture of Dazai's creation: private novels + ridicule of current affairs + anecdotes + personal beliefs, illuminating the changing things and emotions in the world, and gaining insight into the subtle evil and beauty in human nature. "New Hamlet" is Osamu Dazai's first novel. During this period, he interrupted all other work and devoted himself to it. Later, the eldest daughter was born. This book includes: Cricket, Romantic Lantern, Eight Views of Tokyo, Owl Communication, Sado, Poverty Story, Philosophy of Dressing, Miss Ayu, Chiyoda, New Hamlet, Notes in the Wind, Who, Shame, etc., Showing different aspects of Dazai's literature. Through one farce after another, His Highness Hamlet becomes more and more middle-class; he incarnates Judas, the sinner of the ages, and secretly tells the hidden secret of betrayal that changes the course of civilization. Candles illuminate the changing events and emotions in the world, and gain insight into the subtle evil and beauty in human nature.

Pilgrim's Road (works by Gurna)

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The work of 2021 Nobel Prize winner Gurna, a fascinating story about identity, memory and immigration. A tragic song for the dispersed, a "pilgrimage road" for foreigners. Specially included is the unabridged translation of Gurna's award-winning speech. Tanzanian student Dawood came to the UK after experiencing political turmoil in his homeland. For years, he tried to hide his past. But when he meets Catherine, he is determined to tell her about the horrors of his teenage years and the torn feeling of being a "foreigner" in the face of provincialism and racism. Structured as a pilgrimage, "Pilgrim's Way" guides Daoud to immerse himself in the pain and beauty of his past and move forward with a new understanding of his life in exile, a captivating story of identity, memory and migration.

Falling Flowers Are Colorful

(japan) Osamu Dazai

184K0

Transgender writing + reversal novel + epistolary style + anti-secular spirit, Dazai Osamu's questioning of individual self-existence, and tireless exploration and pursuit of novel forms. "Falling Heroes" is a collection of novels written by Osamu Dazai. It was written in a state of chaos during the war. Osamu Dazai wrote in the article "Fifteen Years": "I will not give up writing. Now that this is the case, I will try my best to write novels to the end." There are 14 works in this book, some of which are close to the author. The "private novel" of Ie's true experience describes Dazai's introspection and the psychological process of reconciliation with his family. It also includes dissatisfaction and ridicule of the war, showing a clear-cut anti-war attitude. In addition, there are also anecdotes full of humor, and the redemption and disillusionment of personal beliefs, which comprehensively show the diverse aspects of Dazai in the middle period of his creation.

The Sign of the Bastard (nabokov Collection Iv)

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142K0

Nabokov's first novel after immigrating to the United States, is known as the exquisite "Hamlet in the low voice". A plague of words, the product of fantasy and weird thoughts; the beating of a heart full of love, tortured after emotions are hijacked; a ridiculous police state, the ignorant and random national character. It is his "creation after six years of adapting to the United States." It is also a masterpiece with exquisite conception and rich language. In the novel, the author fictionalizes an absurd country where people believe in Ecclesianism and pursue a uniform Aite League (ordinary people) life. It is the common character of the people to be ignorant and misbehaved. The protagonist Kruger is an elite intellectual in the country, well-known overseas. The leader Bartuk tried in every possible way to get him to endorse the new regime, but he always failed. Finally, he kidnapped Kruger's young son David and used this small "lever of love" to leverage Kruger. The protagonist eventually went crazy as the tragedy happened. The theme of the novel is the beating of Kruger's loving heart. After his wife died of illness and his son was kidnapped, his strong and tender emotions were tortured - this is what Nabokov clearly stated in the preface that readers should care about and feel.

Donner Brother and Sister

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"The most underestimated writer of the 20th century" Robert Walser's debut novel has been translated into Chinese for the first time, and is the prelude to the autobiographical Berlin novel trilogy. Respected by Hesse, Benjamin, Sontag, Musil and Zweig! A soul who does not want to be bound by the professional society seeks his own freedom in wandering. Literal translation of the authoritative German version, with special inclusion of the editor's postscript. "The Donner Brothers" is Robert Walser's debut novel and the prelude to his autobiographical trilogy of Berlin novels. The protagonist, Simon Downer, wanders around the world forever, meeting and separating from his brothers and sisters. He is always full of utopian fantasies about life. In modern society where people generally pursue personal and career development, only Simon Donner, an outsider and dreamer, strives to pursue the reunification of poetry and life. He constantly changes careers, trying to break away from the constraints and influence of the external world, which is controlled by time, on human behavior and consciousness. He refused to surrender himself to a world full of alienation and complex relationships, and could only seek his own salvation in fantasy and dreams. In this novel, the writer does not intend to accurately describe a specific scene or event in the world, but focuses on the pure and transcendent inner world through seemingly ordinary and trivial life episodes.

Lost Story

Lost Story

General Fiction

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123K0

After five years, Ryu Murakami published "The Story of Loss", his first novel in his later years. Follow Murakami Ryu into the labyrinth deep in consciousness, and travel through a "lucid dream" in the ruins of life's memories. Tender nostalgia and compromise flow throughout the novel, and his thoughts are as weak as babble and full of self-doubt. This is the first time in Ryu Murakami's nearly fifty-year writing career that he has taken off the armor of verbal violence and opened the door to his inner world to readers for the first time. This book is similar to a psychiatric clinical record, but also has the characteristics of a private novel. One day, "my" domestic kitten suddenly spoke and directed "me" to an actress named "Mariko". The actress and "I" seemed to be old friends, but we both had completely different memories of the past. The actress took "me" to a restaurant "Cherbourg" that was clearly closed in my memory, and then her mother suddenly appeared in front of her. Mixed with various voices, a large number of memory fragments began to intertwine and emerge: my mother's experience in North Korea, the alienation of the painter's father from the family, "I" and the actress's travels in Rome, as well as German shepherd dogs, azaleas... "My" consciousness fell into a maze, wandering in the ruins of memory, unable to distinguish between past and present, reality and imagination, and the boundaries between advancement and retreat. Finally, guided by my mother's voice, "I" finally remembered the reason why I became a novelist: "Depression is like a twilight that never ends. I can only rely on fiction to continue to survive."

Music (mishima Yukio's Works Series)

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94K0

"Music" is a novel in the form of notes written by Yukio Mishima. In the article, psychoanalyst Kazujun Shiomi narrates in the first person the treatment process of Reiko, a female patient with anorgasmia. It is an excellent work that combines psychological analysis and suspense reasoning. It is full of suspense like a mystery novel and uses psychoanalytic theory to reveal the labyrinth of human nature. The so-called sacred and filthy are similar in the sense of "inaccessible".

I'm Afraid of Pain, so I Just Maxed Out My Defense 2

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The original work of the popular TV series "Because I'm Too Afraid of Pain, I Use All My Defenses". Newcomer Maple became famous in her first game event. In search of rare equipment, she and Sally embarked on an exploration of the second event. Facing a killer player? Defeated! Encounter an undefeated monster on the road? Capture! New skills "Magic Enhancement" and "Floating Fortress" are now available. It turns out that the mysterious turtle floating in the sky is Maple's mount. In this way, amidst everyone's discussion, a week in which countless legends were born officially kicked off!

Chainsaw Man

Chainsaw Man

General Fiction

(japanese) Fujimoto's Original Work By Hisikawa Sakkaku

65K0

Denji, a young man who lived with the demon Pochita and made a living by hunting demons, was treated like a beast in order to repay his father's debt and lived the lowest life. Later, he was betrayed and killed. But in exchange for his life, Pochita resurrected Denji as the "Chainsaw Demon"! Denji, who killed all his enemies, was taken in by Makima and eventually became a demon hunter in the Demon Exorcism Class. In the Demon Exorcism Class, Denci was assigned to the team of Makima's subordinate Akira Hayakawa, and formed a partner with the "Blood Demon" Demon Pava. Denci and Pava usually live in Qiu's home, challenging the task of exorcising demons day after day. After receiving special training from hell on the shore of the strongest demon hunter, Denci's strength greatly increased and he was able to repel successive attacks from enemies such as demons, majins, and demon hunters. But in the fierce battle, partners also died one after another. Soon after, Denci will have a duel with the long-lost strongest demon "Gun Demon" who killed Akira's family, but that is just the tip of the iceberg of the conspiracy against Denci...

Sleeping Beauty Lake (kawabata Yasunari Collection)

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This book is a collection of works by Nobel Prize winner and famous Japanese writer Kawabata Yasunari. The two works included are both his late masterpieces. In "Sleeping Beauty", the sixty-seven-year-old Eguchi was introduced to a unique hotel by a friend. At night, in a hotel, next to a sleeping young woman, Eguchi, who has reached the end of his life, is uncertain. His past emotions and his daughter's marriage come to mind, and he struggles with aging as time goes by... Yinping in "The Lake" embarks on another journey of struggle. After losing his father at a young age, he became an adult and could not suppress his desire for the opposite sex and beauty. However, he was addicted to sex and developed a abnormal emotion. Facing the unspeakable loneliness, Yinping wanders hopelessly on the road of life...

The Dancer of Izu Yamane (kawabata Yasunari Collection)

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179K0

This book is a collection of works by Nobel Prize winner and famous Japanese writer Kawabata Yasunari. It is divided into two parts. The first part is a collection of short stories, including four short works, "The Dancing Girl of Izu", "Hot Spring Hotel", "Lyric" and "Beasts"; the second part is the novel "Sound of the Mountain". "The Dancing Girl of Izu" is Kawabata Yasunari's famous work and his early masterpiece. In this work, "I", a student, met Kaoru, a pure and kind-hearted little dancer, by chance during a trip to the Izu Peninsula. As they walked through the beautiful scenery, the two gradually got closer and fell in love secretly. But the pure and true emotions have not been expressed in words, the journey has come to an end, and "I" part with Xun in endless melancholy and embark on the return journey. "Mountain Sound" is a turning point in Kawabata Yasunari's late literary career. Shingo, who is over 60 years old, gradually feels his aging as the post-war years pass, and often recalls the emotional journey of his youth. The marriage of son Shuichi and daughter-in-law Kikuko also fell into a quagmire due to Shuichi's war trauma. Behind the structural changes and mental turmoil in a family are the images of grand times and social changes.

Snow Country, Ancient Capital, Thousand Cranes (kawabata Yasunari's Collection)

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214K0

This book contains three Nobel Prize-winning novels by the famous Japanese writer Kawabata Yasunari. "Snow Country": The young Shimamura met two women with very different personalities in the pure white snow country. His heart that deeply felt the futility of life was healed by the pure and pure love. "Ancient Capital": In Kyoto, the ancient capital with deep tradition, a pair of twin sisters were forced to separate and embarked on completely different life paths, but fate brought them to each other again. "Thousand Cranes": The new owner of a tea ceremony family oscillates between several women with different identities. After experiencing love, hate, life and death, gathering and separation, everything finally calms down.

Kawabata Yasunari's Selected Works (all 3 Volumes)

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"Kawabata Yasunari's Selected Collection" includes seven masterpieces from different periods by Kawabata Yasunari, Japan's first Nobel Prize winner in literature: "Snow Country", "Ancient Capital", "Thousand Cranes", "Dancing Girl of Izu", "Sound of the Mountain", "Sleeping Beauty" and "The Lake". The creation of these seven works spanned a long time, from the 1920s to the 1960s, and more comprehensively demonstrated the changes in Kawabata Yasunari's literary creation in different periods and his unchanging aesthetic pursuit throughout the period. From the pure and beautiful emotional world created in the early famous works, to the meticulous description of the entanglement of fate in the peak works of the middle period, to the contradiction and hesitation between taboo and transgression in the late turning works, the people and human nature in Kawabata Yasunari's works shine with all kinds of brilliance from different aspects.

Elegy of Innocence

Elegy of Innocence

General Fiction

(us) William Krueger

170K0

The boy's small body was run over by the train. The summer of 1961 started like this. For thirteen-year-old Frank, this supposedly beautiful summer was cast in shadow. Frank and his brother Jack continue their adventures on the tracks, unaware that they are heading towards their next death that summer. There was a flash of red floating in the river beside the railway track. It was my sister's swaying red dress - was it an accidental slip, or was it premeditated? The secrets of the peaceful town are slowly revealed, and the originally ordinary family is struck down by tragedies one after another. Two teenagers stand on the threshold of adolescence, forced into a world of darkness, lies and betrayal. The strength they possess is courage beyond their years. The railway track outside the door is like a river made of steel. It has been staying in place, and it has been moving forward.

The Cruelty

The Cruelty

General Fiction

(japan) Kirino Natsuki

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It must be humiliating to be the object of someone else's imagination. Keiko was imprisoned by a strange man for a year when she was ten years old. During the day, the man is full of desire, rough and obscene; at night, he turns into a shy elementary school student who writes diaries with Keiko. The airtight room, the musty smell of the tatami, and the roar of the factory machinery downstairs are all part of Keiko's beastly life. When Keiko was rescued, she suffered a new humiliation: in the prison house, there was a small peephole like a performance stage for the neighbors. The body of a young woman was discovered outside the prison house, triggering countless imaginations about what happened to Jingzi. Parents, classmates, prosecutors, voyeurs - even Keiko herself are all speculating on the truth behind the imprisonment case. Jingzi had a premonition that this crime was far from over. Malicious speculation about the victim is an even more despicable crime!

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