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The 120th anniversary commemorative edition of Hemingway's birth; the continuation and deepening of "Death in the Afternoon"; an excellent book that deeply understands Hemingway's philosophy of life and ultimate pursuit, and feels Hemingway's unique charm up close; it contains many precious historical images and vividly reproduces the art of bullfighting written by Hemingway. Bullfighting was Hemingway's lifelong passion, and Spain was his passionate country. In 1959, he went to Spain again. After returning to China, the manuscript he submitted in response to the invitation of "Life" magazine was reasonably deleted by the editor, and the essence was retained. Therefore, after nearly thirty years, he had this second "bullfighting book" "Dangerous Summer" after "Death in the Afternoon". This is a book about life and death written by an energetic man in his sixties. This man had reason to worry that he had only a few years left to live, so he returned to Spain, where he had lived in his passionate youth, and reexperienced the art of bullfighting that can give people a "sense of immortality." Finally, he left us a record of understanding life and understanding life and death.

Hemingway's 120th anniversary edition. One of Hemingway's most popular non-fiction works, a unique memory about Paris, a classic among classics. The translator Tang Yongkuan is a famous translator, and his translation is well-known. Containing precious black and white images of Paris in the 1920s and 1930s, the people, events, and objects described by Hemingway are classically reproduced in different visual texts. "If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris when you were young, then it will be with you wherever you go for the rest of your life, because Paris is a moveable feast." There are countless fictional or non-fictional works about Paris, and the "movable feast" written by Hemingway is perhaps the most lingering and lamentable among them. In the 1920s, Hemingway and his newlywed wife lived in Paris as journalists stationed in Europe. This book records the memory of this sojourn. However, this book was written more than thirty years later. In other words, the "scene" of the feast has long since disappeared. The author and readers are only tracing those past years in their memories. Those people and objects have been out of focus and deformed through the lens of time. All personal memories about Paris are blended into a common historical memory of Paris. As the saying goes, "Paris will never end."

Hemingway's 120th anniversary edition. Hemingway's "Memoirs of World War II", the epic swan song of the Spanish War of Independence. The largest of Hemingway's novels, it shocks people with its profound humanitarian power. "For Whom the Bell Tolls" is one of Hemingway's major works. Robert Jordan, an American young man, volunteered to join the Spanish government army and engage in blasting activities behind enemy lines. In order to cooperate with the counterattack, he was ordered to contact local guerrillas to complete the task of blowing up the bridge. In the midst of the raging war, he fell in love with Maria, a little girl who had been raped by the enemy, thereby smoothing out the trauma in Maria's soul. In three days, Robert experienced the conflict between love and duty and the test of life and death, and his humanity continued to sublimate. On the way to retreat after the bridge was blown up, he gave up his hope of survival to others, but his thigh was broken by a cannonball. He stayed alone to stop the enemy, and finally gave his young life for the Spanish people. "For Whom the Bell Tolls" can be regarded as Hemingway's "Memoirs of World War II", with most of the plot coming from Hemingway's real experiences. The novel has touched generations of people with its profound humanitarian power.

Arai Yijisan, a native of Tokyo, Japan. She writes in Chinese, writing about Japan with a time difference of one hour. I write about my hometown in Tokyo, where I was born and raised, and about all the lovely Japanese people. She writes in her native Japanese, and writes that she is fascinated by Chinese, as if she is in love. The charm of writing about life in Chinese is endless. She started teaching Chinese and wanted to continue to carry forward her passion for Chinese. She and her husband are both full-time creators, one writes ghost novels and the other writes prose.

"The Complete Collection of Capote's Short Stories" is a collection of Capote's short stories. It contains more than a dozen excellent short stories of different styles, which represents his highest literary achievement. Among them, "The Night Tree and Other Stories" describes the author's rural life in the southern United States during his childhood and adolescence; "Memories of a Christmas" describes his hope and joy of Christmas in his childhood. From these short works, we can appreciate the unique literary charm of a first-class novelist.

I leaned close to the girl and asked her again: "Did you really do it?" "Do you think it's strange?" She asked calmly, "Didn't you also listen to my stepmother's words that day? She said that I have the blood of the Dane family in my body. It doesn't matter if the evil spirits cause harm to me, anyone who comes into contact with me will suffer. It has been fulfilled one by one in the past, and it will be fulfilled in the future." She said, pointing to the dead man, "What's so strange about it?"

"Portraits and Observations" collects various characters who left a mark on Capote's heart in his life, from bright Hollywood stars to cold-blooded and perverted serial killers. Each portrait is both real and imaginary, and lifelike. Capote spent the rest of his life in and out of the upper class, wearing bright clothes and horses, playing music every day, but he had an extremely delicate and sensitive heart and an equally delicate brushwork. The celebrities from all walks of life who flashed past his eyes like a merry-go-round - Marilyn Monroe, Greta Garbo, Chaplin - played exquisite notes that touched the heartstrings one by one. You will be surprised that a simple look or an unintentional word from them can trigger such emotional turbulence. "Hand-Carved Coffin", another non-fiction crime novel that can be called a companion piece to "In Cold Blood", presents a creepy but charming villain. It is difficult for readers to distinguish how much of this image is real flesh and blood, and how much is Capote's darkest nightmare.

"The Man Without Personality (Set of Volumes 1 and 2)" is Musil's unfinished posthumous work. It is a "spiritual novel" that plays an important role in the modernist literature of the twentieth century. In 1999, at the request of the Bertelsmann Literary Publishing House and the Munich House of Literature, a jury composed of thirty-three writers, critics, and German language and literature experts each selected a list of the most important German novels of the 20th century. At the top of the list was "The Man Without Personality."

Hemingway's 120th anniversary edition. The best book to deeply understand Hemingway's philosophy of life and ultimate pursuit, and experience Hemingway's unique charm up close; Hemingway's "Bullfighting Book" provides a very detailed and in-depth introduction and discussion of the art of bullfighting. It vividly reproduces the art of bullfighting described by Hemingway; it includes many precious historical images. Bullfighting was Hemingway's lifelong passion. In his view, bullfighting was not only the most dangerous and beautiful sport, but also a sculpture, an art, and "the only art in which the artist's life is in danger." Hemingway published a long article on Spanish bullfighting in 1930. Based on this, he published the "Bullfighting Book" "Death in the Afternoon" two years later. In the book, he gave a very detailed and in-depth introduction and discussion of bullfighting, pointing out that the matador's life and death performance in the bullring has a strong appeal, "can make people intoxicated, make people feel immortal, and make him fascinated." "Although this enchantment is short-lived, it is as profound as the soul leaving the body." It also extended from bullfighting to discuss the theory and specific principles of novel creation, as well as his profound insights into death. "Death in the Afternoon" is the best book to deeply understand Hemingway's philosophy of life and ultimate pursuit, and to experience Hemingway's unique charm up close. This book contains many precious historical images, vividly reproducing the art of bullfighting described by Hemingway.

Hemingway's 120th anniversary edition. "The Fifth Column" is Hemingway's only play. "Spanish Land" is a narration for the war documentary, with Hemingway himself dubbing the original film's narration; it also comes with several woodcut illustrations by painter Russell. Translated by Dong Hengxun, a master of British and American literature. The content of this book is unique and niche. It is a rare edition on the market. It is small in length, but has great collection value. "The Fifth Column" is Hemingway's only play. It is set against the backdrop of the Battle of Madrid during the Spanish Civil War. It tells the story of an American journalist secretly working for the Republican government and fighting back against the rebel "Fifth Column." It has a strong autobiographical flavor. "Spanish Land" is a documentary jointly shot by Dutch director Evans and Hemingway. It reflects the heroic performance of the Spanish people during the Civil War. Hemingway wrote the narration and dubbed it himself. This book is the commentary for the film. The woodcut illustrations in the book were specially drawn by the painter Frederick K. Russell for the limited edition of the book that year. They give people a strong visual impact, are highly ornamental and collectible, and complement Hemingway's concise yet passionate words. Hemingway had deep feelings for Spain. This film, together with the script "The Fifth Column" and the subsequent novel "For Whom the Bell Tolls", can be said to be Hemingway's unique contribution to the anti-fascist struggle.

Hemingway's 120th anniversary edition. One of Hemingway's classic non-fiction works, an "absolutely true book" that Hemingway himself rated as "comparable to fictional works". The original dotted and line illustrations run throughout the book, with unique layout and artistic temperament. Lifelike reproduction of Hemingway's classic East African hunting scene. This book is an "absolutely true book" that Hemingway himself rated as "comparable to fictional works". With astonishing memory and superb writing skills, Hemingway recreates the hunting trip he took with his wife and friends in Kenya, East Africa, from the autumn of 1933 to the spring of 1934, allowing readers to immerse themselves in the thrilling scenes of the author's battle of wits and courage with the animals, and listen to the extraordinary story. At the same time, Hemingway also vividly describes his competitiveness and jealousy, "dissects" himself mercilessly, and shows the frankness and frankness of a man. It is the best book for readers to experience Hemingway's unique charm up close. The famous American painter Edward Seldon drew classic and unique decorative illustrations for this book, making this version more interesting and more valuable for visual appreciation and collection.

"Collection of Shchedrin's Works (Set of Volumes 1 and 2)" includes three important works of Shchedrin. "Collection of Shchedrin's Fairy Tales" includes all 32 fairy tales he wrote in his life. The basic ideological content of fairy tales is to satirize the viciousness, cowardice and hypocrisy of the ruling class and its minions. "The History of a City" uses grotesque and exaggerated techniques to depict the stories of successive mayors of the City of Fools and their people. "The Golovlev Family" is the author's masterpiece, which depicts the intrigues among the landlord family and their decadent and parasitic life of boredom.

Hemingway's 120th anniversary edition. Hemingway's most outstanding novel and a milestone in the history of world literature. "Spring Tide" is Hemingway's only parody, which combines romanticism and naturalism. Fitzgerald praised it as "the most harmonious work in any book written by an American." The classic image of the old fisherman as a "tough guy" has infected generations of people - "A person can be destroyed, but he cannot be defeated." At the turn of winter and spring, a series of strange things happened in the northern mountain town of Michigan, which formed the interesting core plot of Hemingway's early novella "Spring Tide". "Spring Tide" is Hemingway's only parody, which combines romanticism and naturalism. It was praised by Fitzgerald as "the most harmonious work in the book written by an American." "The Old Man and the Sea" is the last novel published by Hemingway during his lifetime. It tells the story of an old fisherman's struggle with a big fish. It has a profound theme and won Hemingway the Pulitzer Prize in 1953. Due to the achievements of this book, Hemingway won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954. The "tough guy" image of the old fisherman created by the novel has infected generations of people. "A person can be destroyed, but he cannot be defeated." It has also been praised by readers all over the world and will last forever.

"No one has any size in bed. As long as they love each other, they are all the same size and have the right proportions." Hemingway 120th Anniversary Edition. Hemingway's posthumous manuscripts are autobiographical novels that make reading feel more intimate. It is full of the precious and pure sentiment and spirit of mutual understanding and mutual respect between husband and wife. "True at Dawn" is a newly discovered Hemingway manuscript. The original work was first published in July 1999, the centenary of Hemingway's birth. This book describes Hemingway's second safari trip to Africa with his fourth wife, Mary Welsh, from 1953 to 1954. The couple and several locals who followed them as assistants hunted a fierce and evil lion, and shot gazelles, leopards, sand grouse and other unique African wild animals along the way. It showed the writer's innocent and friendly feelings for the honest and loyal African indigenous people and their happy life as a couple. Of course, it also deeply reflected Hemingway's lifelong obsession with adventure activities that can best measure the limits of human nature. This book is Hemingway's second "hunting book" and is an excellent book for readers to experience Hemingway's unique charm up close.

Hemingway's 120th anniversary edition. Hemingway's exhibition experience is condensed into a tough guy's story of war and love. It has been on the screen many times and has become a classic in film history. In the late stages of World War I, American young man Frederick Henry volunteered to drive an ambulance for the Red Cross and rescue the wounded on the northern Italian front. During a mission, Henry was hit by a cannonball and injured. While recovering from his injuries in a Milan hospital, he was cared for by British nurse Catherine, and the two fell in love. After recovering from his injuries, Henry returned to the front line. When he retreated with the Italian troops, he witnessed the cruel scenes of the war. He resolutely left the army, joined Catherine and fled to Switzerland. As a result, Catherine died in childbirth. "A Farewell to Arms" has a strong autobiographical flavor. It is a sad and moving elegy sung by Hemingway based on his own experience in the war, with war and love as the main line. The novel has been adapted onto the screen many times and can be called a classic of modern literature.

Hemingway's 120th anniversary edition. Hemingway can be said to be the most well-known writer in my country and the most loved by Chinese readers among all Nobel Prize winners in literature over the past century. It collects all of Hemingway's short stories with standardized classification and complete catalogue, focusing on the classics of Hemingway's creation of a generation of writing style and profound influence on later writers. Famous translators include Chen Liangting, Wu Lao, Cai Hui, Zhai Xiangjun, Lu Jin and other elite translators of the generation of British and American literature. The earliest and most enduring works that made Hemingway famous were his short stories that created a generation of writing style. His short stories are mainly declarative sentences, with precise descriptions and short dialogues, giving readers the most direct and vivid impression and influencing many modern and contemporary writers in the world. This book is divided into two volumes and contains all of Hemingway's short stories. The first volume contains the writer's first complete collection of short stories published in 1938, namely the "First Collection of 49 Stories", including famous works such as "The Snows of Kilimanjaro"; there are another 6 stories that are not included in the "First Collection of 49 Stories", and the works that obviously belong to the same period are placed in the "Appendix". The second volume includes short stories published in books and magazines after the "first series of 49" and previously unpublished novels, a total of 21 stories. There are another five articles in the appendix, which were not included in the original complete collection and were only discovered in the mid-1980s.

"I love you. Please accept it formally." 120Th anniversary edition of Hemingway's birth. Hemingway's strong hatred of war and sincere concern for the human condition of existence are vividly displayed on the page. The title of "Across the River and into the Woods" is taken from the words of Confederate general Thomas Jackson during the American Civil War before his death, which expresses the strong character of Hemingway's "tough guy" - including himself - who regards death as home. This is a novel written by Hemingway after he returned from traveling and hunting in Italy in 1949. The protagonist, Colonel Cantwell, has the shadow of the author himself. The book describes how the protagonist, who participated in two world wars, went to Fossalta in Italy shortly after the war to revisit the place where he was injured in the battle, went to Venice to play, and hunted wild ducks with his friends. It also focused on the innocent love between him and the beautiful Italian girl Renata without any utilitarian purpose, reflecting the author's disgust for war, concern for the future of mankind, and thoughts on the value of life, love, and death.

The 120th anniversary commemorative edition of Hemingway's birth; Hemingway's first novel, which can be regarded as the pinnacle of his artistic achievements; selected into the "Top 100 English Novels of the 20th Century"; Hemingway became the spokesperson of the "Lost Generation" with "The Sun Also Rises". The American young man Barnes suffered a spinal injury in World War I and lost his sexual ability. After the war, while working as a reporter in Paris, he fell in love with the British Mrs. Ashley. She pursued pleasure blindly, while he could only drink to drown his sorrows. The two went to Pamplona, ​​Spain, with a group of male and female friends to participate in the bullfighting festival in pursuit of spiritual stimulation. The lady rejected the pursuit of the Jewish young man Cohen, but fell in love with the 19-year-old bullfighter Romero. However, after getting along for a period of time, due to the huge age gap between the two parties, and Mrs. Ashley could not bear to ruin the future of the innocent young man, the relationship ended sadly. Madame eventually returned to Barnes, although both parties knew that they could never truly be together. "The Sun Also Rises" is Hemingway's first novel, and it can be regarded as his highest artistic achievement. Hemingway also became the spokesperson of the "lost generation".

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"Answered Prayer" is Capote's last novel in his creative career. It is a report of a true story based on his diary and letters from relatives and friends. In this novel, which is like a last words, he used unprecedented frankness to create a large number of social celebrities, such as the female writer Collet, the Duchess of Windsor, and the idol star Montgomery Clift.

"The Feast Is Gone: The Capote Letters" contains more than 400 of Capote's personal letters, compiled and compiled by Capote biographer Gerald Clark, and disclosed to the world for the first time. It thus presents the most candid and private portrait of Capote, constituting a writer's autobiography of extraordinary significance. From a "statement" written to his biological father when he was 12 years old, to a tearful telegram sent to his lifelong partner two years before his death, the owner of the letter went from a "little wizard" and elf who jumped into the New York literary world, and experienced his high-spirited and heroic years; and then a slightly inner life. In the 1950s, he lived in Europe with his partner and wrote non-stop; in the 1960s, a pioneering non-fiction writing work, "In Cold Blood", pushed him to the top of his career and became the most famous writer in the United States; until the feast dissipated and the light faded, he died of alcohol and drugs in his prime. In the letters, Capote is full of life and self-disclosure. His open-mindedness and uniqueness as a humanistic person make the book full of "absolute fun and crackling rumors and gossip" (Vanity Fair), just like a feast that breaks up and fireworks that get cold, making people sigh with regret.

The story tells that d'Artagnan, who was born as a civilian, went to Paris to join the army, joined King Louis XIII's musketeer guard, and became good friends with three other musketeers. In order to protect the reputation of Queen Anne of Austria, they fought against Cardinal Richelieu, defeated many obstacles set by Richelieu, went to England, retrieved the queen's diamonds from the Duke of Buckingham, and thwarted Richelieu's plot to sow discord between the king and the queen.

"Summer Lies" is a collection of seven short stories by Bernhard Schlink. A woman suddenly discovers that the meaning of life she has believed in for many years no longer exists. She begins to look for the person she loved as a student in an attempt to redeem her past decision. In order to truly understand his father, a son embarks on a journey to be with his father. A man suffering from an incurable disease arranges a summer vacation with his family to say his final farewell to life. A man is listening to a fellow passenger confessing his life on the plane, but he suspects that what he heard is just a bunch of lies... We live in lies from time to time, wandering between doubt and certainty. "Summer Lies" revolves around the key word "lie" and writes seven sad short stories.

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The novel tells the story of a young couple, Frank and Amber Wheeler, who lived in the suburbs of Connecticut on a road called "Revolutionary Road" in the 1950s. Many middle-class families similar to them lived in the nearby community. Frank (also meaning "frank") is a down-to-earth corporate white-collar worker, while April (also meaning "April"), a housewife, is lively, romantic and full of fantasy. The gap between ideal and reality put their relationship into trouble, and the increasingly frequent quarrels almost suffocated the two. Epper's plan to move to Europe to find himself once saved the crisis and gave them a brief hope of changing their lives. However, the plan was ultimately shattered and their fate was irreversible. It slides into tragedy... As Yates himself said: "The characters in my novels are all within the limitations of their known and unknown. They want to be the best and do what they can't help but do, but in the end they inevitably fail because they can't help but go back to their original appearance."

William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) was an Irish poet, playwright, novelist, and essayist who wrote in English. He was praised by Thomas Eliot as "the greatest poet in the English-speaking world of the twentieth century." As Yeats claimed and is generally recognized, the Irish literary revival movement he initiated created a new (modern) national literature - Irish literature written in English. Yeats's poetic style underwent several changes, integrating romanticism, aestheticism, mystical symbolism, and realism, and achieved what he called "the combination of romanticism and realism" in art. As one theorist said, he is "the most modern among modern writers without being a modernist". In 1923, he won the Nobel Prize in Literature "for his poems that express the spirit of the entire nation in a highly artistic form and are always full of inspiration." This collection of poems is an addition to the collection of translations of Yeats' poems that the translator has polished and published over the years. In addition to revising the previously published 374 translated poems, 38 new poems from Yeats's early unpublished poems have also been newly translated. In addition to 3 poems selected from the review booklet "On the Boiler", there are 415 translated poems in total. It is the largest collection of Yeats poems in Chinese translation to date.

The representative work of Richard Yates, a faithful recorder of mainstream American life in the mid-20th century and the "writer's writer"; Richard Yates is on par with Chekhov, Fitzgerald, and John Cheever in literary attainments, and is deeply loved by famous writers such as Kurt Vonnegut, Andre Du Bois, Nick Hornby, David Hare, Raymond Carver, Joan Didion, and Richard Ford. Advocate; "Yates, along with Fitzgerald and Hemingway, are the three undisputed great American novelists of the twentieth century. The highest praise I can give Yates is that his work feels more like the work of a playwright than a novelist: he wants you to see everything he describes." - David Hare (playwright of "The Hours" and "The Reader") At eighteen, Prentiss is drafted into the Army. He is lonely and sensitive, eager to integrate into the surrounding environment but repeatedly frustrated. The trivial things in the army were infinitely magnified by his sensitivity, enough to shake lives. The divorced mother stubbornly wanted to become a sculptor regardless of her embarrassment of life, so she turned to put all her trust in reality and emotion on Prentiss. The war ended soon, and Prentice's heroic dream was never realized. Faced with the airtight and suffocating family love and reality, his choice was to escape or run away?

The Chinese translation of "Cold Spring Harbor", the representative work of Richard Yates, a faithful recorder of mainstream American life in the mid-20th century and "a writer's writer", is released for the first time; Richard Yates is on par with Chekhov, Fitzgerald, and John Cheever in terms of literary attainments. Driven by famous writers such as Kurt Vonnegut, Andre Du Bois, Nick Hornby, David Hare, Raymond Carver, Joan Didion and Richard Ford; "Yates, Fitzgerald and Hemingway can be called the twentieth century Three of America's undisputed great novelists. The highest praise I can give Yates is that his work feels more like a playwright than a novelist: he wants you to see what he describes." - David Hare ("The Hours") " and "The Reader" playwright) In the United States before World War II, the Shepards and their sons encountered a car breakdown in the West Village of New York. No one would have thought that the next unexpected encounter would once again change the fate of their son Evan, a handsome but stupid young man. He hurriedly entered into marriage with the immature Rachel. This was his second marriage. However, the two seemed destined to repeat the tragic mistakes of their parents. The reality after marriage quickly shattered their beautiful illusions about the future. Facing the siege of life, Evan and Rachel desperately tried various ways to escape, but found that they all led to the seaside town of Cold Spring Harbor...

"The Tale of Ise" was translated by Feng Zikai and the author is unknown. The whole book includes "The Tale of Bamboo" and "The Tale of Ise". "The Tale of Bamboo" is the earliest Japanese literary work, and together with "The Tale of Ise" is called the pioneer of the Heian Dynasty literature. "The Tale of Bamboo" is also called "The Tale of Princess Kaguya", "Bamboo" means cutting bamboo. The story tells of a bamboo cutter who picked up a little girl in the heart of a bamboo and named her "Xizhu Kaguya-hime". Princess Kaguya grew into a graceful and beautiful girl in three months. Five nobles proposed to her. She promised to marry someone who could find her favorite treasure, but all the suitors failed. The emperor wanted to use his power to marry her by force, but he was rejected. Finally, Kaguya suddenly ascended to heaven in front of this group of bewildered ordinary people. "The Tale of Ise" came out around the same time as "The Tale of Bamboo". It is Japan's first "Uta Monogatari". "The Tale of Ise" mainly focuses on the waka written by Emperor Heijo's grandson Zaihara Yahei, plus some waka passed down orally, and at the same time lays out the background or original story of these waka. The whole article is composed of 125 chapters and 206 Japanese songs. There is no connection between the chapters. Each chapter is an independent chapter, which vaguely reveals the life experience of Hara Yehei.

The representative work of Richard Yates, a faithful recorder of mainstream American life in the mid-20th century and the "writer's writer"; Richard Yates is on par with Chekhov, Fitzgerald, and John Cheever in literary attainments, and is deeply loved by Kurt Vonnege. Gut, Andre Du Bois, Nick Hornby, David Hare, Raymond Carver, Joan Didion and Richard Ford and other famous writers fans; "Yates, Fitzgerald and Hemingway can be regarded as the three indisputable American figures in the twentieth century. The greatest compliment I can give Yates is that he writes more like a playwright than a novelist: he wants you to see what he describes." - David Hare (The Hours and The Reading) The protagonist of the novel, John Wilder, is a real visionary. Over the age of 35, he is a boring but slightly successful salesman in the countryside. He has a lovely wife and a 10-year-old son, who is plain but warm. However, life is always full of twists and turns: his family no longer regards him as the glory of the family, because he abandoned and betrayed his marriage, his former family collapsed, he had nowhere to go, and eventually became addicted to alcohol. Overwhelmed, Wilder left home, resigned, and came to Hollywood, where he believed his dream would eventually become a reality. It seems that bad luck has never let go of this sinner who has made mistakes. His lover abandoned him and the producer ruthlessly rejected him. All kinds of misfortunes deepened his dependence on alcohol and dragged him into an increasingly bottomless hell.

Most of the translations and introductions of Brecht in domestic academic circles focus on his dramatic works. In fact, before becoming a dramatist, Brecht was a well-known drama theorist and Marxist literary theorist. His "defamiliarization effect" and "epic drama theory", as well as the integration of Marxism with drama and Chinese tradition The drama method that perfectly combines culture with Western drama has influenced the Western drama theory community and the Chinese modern drama theory community since the Republic of China to this day. This book collects Brecht's works on epic drama that have not been translated in China, allowing readers to understand how his non-Aristotelian theoretical system was established.

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, in order to study Germany under Hitler's rule, young Timothy Garden Ash stayed in East and West Berlin for several years to collect information. Unexpectedly, his whereabouts in East Germany were considered espionage activities, and he was tracked by the secret police and informants, leaving behind a 325-page secret file. After the reunification of the two Germanys, East Germany's secret police files were opened. The author revisited East Germany. Based on the files established for him by the East German Ministry of Security and his own diary, he searched for those who monitored him one by one and reconstructed a memory of his youth. He was surprised to find that people with different perspectives often had completely different or even contradictory memories of the same experience. Therefore, going through the fog of various memories and exploring the truth of the history of which I am a part became the motivation for writing this book, and ultimately contributed to such a touching book. This is a compelling read that perfectly blends personal reminiscence with historical exploration.

The handsome, kind-hearted William works in a restaurant and dreams of becoming an actor; the confident, humorous JB tries to make a name for himself in the art world; the well-off Malcolm works in a well-known architectural firm, but has lost his original love for architecture; and there is the introverted and enigmatic Jude, a talented assistant prosecutor. After getting acquainted with a famous university in Massachusetts, they first came to New York to make a living. They were high-spirited but penniless and drifting. As he grew older and had a successful career, the friendship spanning more than thirty years faced the greatest challenge - the elusive Jude himself. He didn't want to talk about the shadow of his past with others, and chose to harm himself again and again in loneliness. With the help of his friends, Jude's inner defenses gradually disintegrated... "I know my life is meaningful because... Because I am a good friend." "A Small Life" is a hymn of brotherhood and an odyssey to explore the meaning of life. In friendship, what is damaged in us becomes whole again.

The first domestic publication of Sakaguchi Ango's works in a series format; the standard-bearer of the "rogue faction" as famous as Dazai Osamu, a literary master highly respected by Kawabata Yasunari and Mishima Yukio; the prototype character of Japan's super popular animation "Bungou Stray Dogs", and the original novel of the popular animation "Ao no Literary" series. A collection of masterpieces of weird novels by Sakaguchi Ango, the standard bearer of Japan's postwar "rogue faction". This book contains a total of 10 famous novels by Sakaguchi Ango, namely "Under the Blooming Cherry Blossoms", "Zen Monk", "Nagahime and the Ear Man", "Idle Mountain", "Shidai Nagon", 5 strange novels, "Dr. Wind", "Eye of Arrogance", "About Incomprehensible Broken Love", "Idiot" and "The Woman Who Washed the Green Ghost's Loincloth". These 10 novels cover various stages of Ango's creative career and basically show the overall style of his novel creation. In particular, "Under the Blooming Cherry Blossoms" is the representative novel, which revolves around the lives of bandits and stolen brides. The story is interesting and strange, with a cold and strange atmosphere. It has the characteristics of a storybook novel and can be called the masterpiece of Japanese ghost story-style storytellers. Among the weird novels, "The Idiot" is the most famous. After being published in 1946, it was praised as "a model of Japanese post-war literature". The novel centers on a man fleeing with a mad woman during the war, reflecting Japan's wartime suffering and the madness of the people. Sakaguchi Ango's masterpiece of Kaidan and Weibo novels profoundly expresses Japanese classical cruelty and aesthetics, as well as reflections on the relationship between men and women during the war. The weird plot setting reflects his unique view of human nature, and has become one of the most popular Japanese classic novels among readers. "On Degeneration" is the representative work of Sakaguchi Ango, the standard-bearer of Japan's postwar "rogue school" literature. In addition to "On Degeneration", this book also includes 16 representative essays, including "On Degeneration", "The Emperor's Short Essay", "On Decadent Literature", "On Youth", and "A Death Test on Dazai's Love", for a total of 17 articles. Through these critical articles that overturned Japan's old moral order, Sakaguchi Ango called for the postwar Japanese to liberate themselves from the moral principles established by the old system, return to their natural humanity, and "fall" from the false clouds to the human world. The "fall" Sakaguchi refers to is to shed all hypocrisy and "return to the state of real people." For this reason, Sakaguchi Ango was hailed as a "great regressor" by Japanese intellectual circles and literary critics with his "loser philosophy" ideological level. "Ango Life Story" is a collection of Sakaguchi Ango's classic crime stories. This book is divided into two parts: "An Wu Life Talk" and "My Outlook on Life". In "Anwu Life Talk", the author transforms into a "street talker" and uses the collected notes of criminals to vividly restore crime stories and attach wonderful comments and miscellaneous remarks. Through the restoration and analysis of a hot case in Japanese society at that time, it pointed out the crux and ideological problems of society at that time in a sharp and humorous manner, and criticized the darkness of human nature. "My Outlook on Life" contains eight of his current affairs essays, combining the social events happening around him to interpret the bizarre social and life situations at that time. "Ango Life Story" was published in a single volume in Japan from the 1960s to the 1980s. After that, it was out of print for more than 30 years. In February 2019, a Japanese publishing house republished it in a single volume. This book is the first translation and publication in China. It is of great significance for domestic readers of Sakaguchi Ango to learn more about the author's thoughts and the situation of Japanese society at that time. "Continuous Murder" is the only full-length mystery novel written by Ango Sakaguchi. It subverts common sense criminal methods and inner games, and solves the shocking conspiracy behind eight murder cases. It is an immortal masterpiece in the history of Japanese mystery novels. The author sets the background of the story in the summer of 1947. At the mountain villa of Utagawa Tamon, a large Japanese conglomerate at that time, there were more than 20 scholars, poets, writers, doctors, etc. Who came to spend the summer. The interpersonal relationships were complicated and entangled with love and hatred. After receiving the threatening letter, eight murders occurred one after another, and the Utagawa family was destroyed. Throughout the process, the author does not use the "alibi" and "impossible crime" routines commonly used in mystery novels. It is obvious that the crimes are committed continuously, but it makes people unable to see a consistent motive, and even cannot predict the next victim. But there is a shocking conspiracy behind these murders. When this mystery novel was first serialized, the author attached a "Challenge to Readers" at the end of each article, stating that whoever guessed the murderer would pay his royalties. Osamu Dazai also participated in the guessing of the murderer, but unfortunately the challenge failed. After the novel was officially published, it won the Novel Award at the 2nd Detective Writers Club Award (later renamed the "Mystery Writers Association Award") in the second month. It became a model work of Japan's postwar "honkaku" mystery novels and has been popular in Japan for more than half a century.

The winner of the 2nd Japan Mystery Writers Association Award, Edogawa Ranpo and Matsumoto Seicho praised and recommended; the only full-length detective mystery novel by the post-war "honkaku" Ango Sakaguchi, an immortal masterpiece in the history of Japanese mystery novels, the prototype character of the super popular Japanese animation "Bungou Stray Dogs", the original novel of the Japanese movie "Serial Murder", a representative writer of the "rogue faction" as famous as Dazai Osamu, a literary master highly respected by Kawabata Yasunari and Mishima Yukio. "Continuous Murder" is the only full-length mystery novel written by Ango Sakaguchi. It subverts common sense criminal methods and inner games, and solves the shocking conspiracy behind eight murder cases. It is an immortal masterpiece in the history of Japanese mystery novels. The author sets the background of the story in the summer of 1947. At the mountain villa of Utagawa Tamon, a large Japanese conglomerate at that time, there were more than 20 scholars, poets, writers, doctors, etc. Who came to spend the summer. The interpersonal relationships were complicated and entangled with love and hatred. After receiving the threatening letter, eight murders occurred one after another, and the Utagawa family was destroyed. Throughout the process, the author does not use the "alibi" and "impossible crime" routines commonly used in mystery novels. It is obvious that the crimes are committed continuously, but it makes people unable to see a consistent motive, and even cannot predict the next victim. But there is a shocking conspiracy behind these murders. When this mystery novel was first serialized, the author attached a "Challenge to Readers" at the end of each article, stating that whoever guessed the murderer would pay his royalties. Osamu Dazai also participated in the guessing of the murderer, but unfortunately the challenge failed. After the novel was officially published, it won the Novel Award at the 2nd Detective Writers Club Award (later renamed the "Mystery Writers Association Award") in the second month. It became a model work of Japan's postwar "honkaku" mystery novels and has been popular in Japan for more than half a century.

The direct descendant of Borges, Argentinian literary giant Cesar Ella devoted his efforts to create it; it has been shortlisted for the Booker International Prize and the Neustadt International Literature Prize, and is highly recommended by Roberto Bolaño, the author of "2666". "Musical Brain" is a collection of short stories by Argentinian writer Cesar Ella, which includes: "Musical Brain", "Picasso", "Brick Wall", "Shopping Cart", "Athena Magazine", "Dog" and "Two Men", as well as an introduction written by the translator Mr. Konyare himself. The stories in this collection of short stories are full of fantastic fantasies, and the plot trends exceed readers' expectations. They do not deliberately pursue the completeness of the stories, and often lack clear endings. In other words, the novel "Music Brain" actually provides readers with a huge space for imagination, and also weaves each story structure from another aspect to be fuller and fuller.

The late Ming Dynasty was an era of bright colors. Transcendence of etiquette and publicity of individuality were the most distinctive characteristics of that era. This world style inevitably affected literary creation, so the collection of short stories in vernacular "Sanyan Erpai" that described the colorful urban life and human emotions was born. "Three words" refers to "Essays to enlighten the world", "Words to warn the world", and "Essential words to awaken the world"; "Erpai" refers to "Surprise at the first moment" and "Surprise at the second moment". "San Yan" and "Er Pai" were compiled at similar times and have similar contents and forms, so later generations often refer to them as "San Yan Er Pai".

Liao Dong felt that Han Jiayu was like a little rabbit, always quietly beside him, poking and moving. He thought she would always be there, no matter how long it took, he would be able to see her when he looked back. Until one day, when he stood up for Jiayu, before he could take credit, he saw the boy who had been chasing her calling her to confess to him. Her voice came from the phone, "I have someone I like, and I have liked him for many years." What? Liao Dong was confused, who was that boy? Why didn't he know? Is he handsome? Is he good at grades? No, why is he comparing himself to himself?

In this life, I have sown countless causes and produced countless fruits. If I had never been to the world, I would have been lonely and lost in the chaos of all things, so I would not have met him. One wrong step, one wrong step... Meeting, this is one cause; meeting someone like me is a misfortune for you; in this life Because my soul was scattered, I was protected by being killed by the six realms in this life. This is the result; getting to know each other and falling in love is the cause. People like me should have been lonely all their lives and should not be in love. Unexpectedly, God has made such a joke between you and me. Love blossoms are opened by mistake, and it is difficult to break the love chain. After three lifetimes of madness, there will be no happy ending! This is the effect; and the biggest cause is me; the goddess, the supreme of the gods, the top of the six realms, the identity that everyone in the six realms dreams of; but I am not happy, let alone what I think. What I want is just a moment of freedom, a moment of happiness, but they cannot even accept this small request; even if they are obsessed with it for three lives, they will not end well...

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Philip lost his parents when he was young and was born with a deformed foot. He was fostered in his uncle's house. Born deformed and dependent on others, young Philip was sensitive and had low self-esteem. He was often teased and bullied at school, and even though he prayed diligently, he still could not escape the fate of being disabled. Philip understands that his future must be fought on his own. Soon he decided to leave school and live for himself. However, the trial of his humanity has just begun. Family, love, art, ideals, he went round and round in confusion, fought against the flames again and again in the heavy shackles, but fought with all his strength, and finally found a peaceful harbor after reading all the sails... Maugham had a stuttering problem since he was a child. After his parents passed away one after another at a very young age, he began to live under the shelter of others. His childhood experiences deeply influenced his literary creation. This book is an in-depth portrayal of his troubled childhood. In this way, he tried to release the unhappiness caused by the past and explore the meaning of life using the perspectives of philosophy, art and religion.

The content of this book can play a role in exposing snobbery and alerting the world. Snobbery is a very stubborn evil in human society and a major weakness of human nature. William Makepeace Thackeray, a famous British writer in the 19th century, used humorous and pungent language to comprehensively and thoroughly describe the faces of various snobs, which caused a huge sensation in British society at that time. To this day, we can still see all kinds of snobs in various countries and groups.

The whole book is about the experience of the protagonist "Youngster". As a teenager, he joined the U. S. Military and went to Mexico. Soon he was fatally attacked by the Indians. Later, he accidentally joined a team of bounty hunters composed of criminals, veterans and Indians. The nominal leader of this team was Granton, a veteran of the American-Mexican War. In fact, it was Judge Holden who directed life and death. This team of hunters hunted Indians everywhere in Mexico, regardless of age or sex. Naked violence raged across the wilderness. Twenty-eight years later, all team members died one after another. This is a book composed of books. Elements of literature, philosophy, theology, science, and mythology can be seen everywhere. The superposition and integration of multiple dimensions create a huge text capacity and endless interpretation possibilities for the book.

Everyone thought he was dead. The comedy genius Hector Mann was a dazzling rising star in Hollywood in the 1920s, but he suddenly ran away from home one day and was never heard from again. For sixty years, his mysterious disappearance has remained a mystery. Literature professor David Zimmer lost his wife and children in a plane crash, and fell into a quagmire of sadness and depression, unable to extricate himself until he accidentally discovered a fragment of an old Hector movie. Across a huge abyss of forgetfulness, the fate of the two people is closely linked. In order to watch all the existing Hector films, Zimmer traveled around the world to search archives in Europe and the United States. He was deeply impressed by Hector's elegant and witty works and enjoyed them. However, just after Zimmer's monograph on Hector's films was published, he received a letter from the town of Sueno, New Mexico, stating that Hector was still alive and looking forward to meeting him. While Zimmer was hesitating, a mysterious woman suddenly appeared in his secluded cabin, and eventually forced him to embark on a phantom journey full of fog and danger... "A novel that is constantly unexpected", "Phantom Book" tells the story of death within death, stories within stories, about loss, silence and self-salvation: "You have to die first before you can know how to live."

In order to find her missing brother, Anna came to an isolated city. Everything here, even memories, are slowly being damaged, decomposed, and disappearing. As things disappear, so do the languages ​​used to identify them. Some people have invented all kinds of novel ways to commit suicide, while others have tried their best to find a chance of survival. From the amazingly intuitive Isabella, her brother's colleague Samuel, to Victoria at Woburn House, Anna has experienced periods of unusual wanderings and loves, and has also endured various losses and separations. She decided to write a long letter to tell "you" in the world far in the past about the only things left here.

Going through layers of fog, pursuing and reflecting on father, family, and self-identity. In the first part, "Portrait of an Invisible Man," a murder mystery from nearly sixty years ago was discovered while taking inventory of his late father's belongings, thus revealing the secret of his father's elusive character. From trivial relics and fragmented memories, he reconstructed the man who was always absent. The second part, "Book of Memory," has a sudden change in perspective and style. It adopts a third-person narrative to reflect on one's identity as a father. Through the thirteen "Book of Memory", past events are connected to each other, and in the intertextuality of many literary works, loneliness, chance, fatherhood, and even language itself are reflected and commented on, turning the story told into a reflection on the writer's self-awareness. "Loneliness and What It Creates" is Paul Auster's artistic statement, the cornerstone of his creation, and the origin of all stories. "

Mr. Bones is an old dog who can understand English and think, and is also the closest companion of the dying poet Willy. After wandering together for many years, they went all the way to Baltimore to look for Willie's young English teacher Mrs. Swanson, but accidentally came to the former residence of Edgar Allan Poe. On the front steps, Willie said goodbye to Mr. Bones and set off for Timbuktu, a "spiritual oasis", a place of eternal nothingness. Mr. Bones, who lost his owner, lived on the street and was adopted twice. He ignorantly accepted sterilization surgery, a dog chain and a dog house, but he always kept the fire of freedom and loyalty in his heart. At the end of his life, he tried his best to escape from the luxury kennel, hoping to reunite with Willy in Timbuktu.

Every soul engraved with love and kindness will become a ferryman in our lives. In the first two parts of the "Ferryman" series, the girl Dylan and the soul ferryman Tristan traveled through the wasteland twice and experienced thrilling ordeals such as being punished by the judge and fighting evil spirits, and finally were able to live in the world. At the same time, Jack and his soul ferryman Susanna, who were thrown into the wasteland, also encountered a very serious crisis: Jack was dragged into the dark and sticky lake by evil spirits and became one of them... However, everything was not over. Cracks in the wasteland have appeared, and frightening changes have taken place in both the wasteland and the human world - buses disappearing from the world, the wasteland shrouded in white mist, and evil spirits that can break into safe houses. Something seems to be making the wasteland unstable, and greater panic begins to spread... When facing survival, death and love, which one will be your final choice? If life enters reincarnation again, what price are you willing to pay for it?

"A Brief History of the World for Everyone" is a popular history book that discusses the history of the world across five continents from the formation of the earth, the origin of living things and human beings to the modern World War I. It does not have the academic spirit of a serious historical work, and it got rid of the intolerance of nationalism and even Eurocentrism earlier than many works of that era. The book focuses on what is truly valuable in the history of human civilization, showing in a straightforward manner how the political, social, and economic organizations will develop if civilization is to continue, to people of average intelligence.

By tracking "sea monsters", this book depicts magical underwater worlds for us. There are underwater plains, underwater forests, underwater cemeteries, pearl worlds, sunken continents and ancient castles... Of course, in addition, the novel also shows us a variety of confusing and magical fish worlds. At the same time, Verne also used his magical pen to set up many thrilling scenes for us, making the whole novel ups and downs and exciting.