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A heavy snowstorm, a boy's three days and three nights, the ancient and charming world of Iceland a hundred years ago. "They are too young, have read too many useless books, and their hearts beat with more uncertainty than others." The boy and his only companion, Bart, who loves to read, went out to sea with the cod fishing fleet. Before leaving, Barthes was so fascinated by reciting the poems of Milton's "Paradise Lost" that he forgot to bring waterproof clothes. As a result, he encountered a heavy snowstorm on the way and froze to death on the boat. With great grief and confusion, the boy set out that night and trudged for two days and two nights in the snowy seaside valley to return the book to the coffee shop on behalf of his friend. He has decided that after returning the book, he will reunite with his friends in death.

Welcome to Iceland. Welcome to the end of the world, the end of the mind. In Iceland a hundred years ago, a boy who never had a name wrote letters day and night. He wrote to people he knew and to people he didn't know. Letters bring hope and reverie to people, slowly and irreversibly changing people's imagination of life... Some people travel far, some break up, some confess their feelings, some go to sea, and some wait in place. "We believe that some words can change the world, they can comfort us and dry our tears; some words are bullets; some words are violin notes; some words can melt the ice surrounding the heart."

"It always snows here, and they are the tears of angels. It covers the ground and illuminates the heavy winter." The boy trudged for two days and two nights in the heavy snowstorm, and came to the cafe to return the books of his deceased friend Bart. In the new place, the boy has to complete a task: accompany the postman James to deliver a letter to the end of the world. What lies before them is a journey that can be fatal at any time: endless wind and snow, waves and mountains, biting cold and eternal loneliness. On their next journey to a wide fjord, the two accompany each other, and both must risk their lives for the other and an unusual piece of mail.

The rain hit the blooming tulip petals and scratched the girl's cold face. The girl died a few feet from the back door of her home, her mouth full of mud, her pants down to her feet, and covered in bruises. Her adoptive parents were accused of murder, but they strenuously claimed that they were innocent because they loved the girl... My father, who is nearly eighty years old, is a criminal lawyer. In the final days of his long career, he was responsible for defending the defendant in this murder case. My father was running around for cases, and I drove him to and from him - but I didn't know that my father was approaching the end of his life...

"Ancient Capital" is one of the three novels mentioned by Kawabata Yasunari when he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. It is also one of his highly regarded novels. It describes the joys and sorrows of a pair of twin sisters, and also presents the customs and customs of Kyoto. Chieko was adopted by a brocade merchant and became a beautiful girl. On the night of the Gion Festival, she met Miaozi, a girl from a mountain village, and was surprised to learn that the two were twin sisters. They miss each other, but they cannot recognize each other because of their different identities. The sisters' faint sadness is woven into the beautiful scenery of Kyoto in all four seasons. Kawabata Yasunari uses light and delicate writing to narrate the story of the twin sisters Chieko and Naeko and the loneliness of the world. It brings the readers into a light poetic sentimentality. He writes about the bitter life experience and pure love of the twin sisters, their yearning for a better life, and at the same time shows people's simplicity and kindness.

"A Thousand Cranes" contains four classic novels by the world-famous writer Kawabata Yasunari, "A Thousand Cranes", "Cangha Plover", "Dancing Girl of Izu" and "Hot Spring Hotel". Among them, "A Thousand Cranes" was one of the three novels mentioned when he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. It tells a story about an abnormal love affair involving two generations. Mitani Kikuharu's father was a famous tea ceremony master who once had an affair with a woman named Kurimoto Chikako, and later fell in love with Mrs. Ota. Many years after his father's death, Kikuji and Mrs. Ota met unexpectedly at a tea party held by Chigako. Ota, longing for his former lover, actually moved on to his son Kikuji, who also accepted this unethical love... The novel shows the conflict between love and morality, and depicts Japanese culture and psychology to the extreme.

"Life" is the French writer Maupassant's classic debut novel, and it is also his only novel that has been adapted for the screen. This novel was completed under the care of his mentor Flaubert. It was revised several times and carefully polished. It is a work of female spiritual awakening about marriage, growth and disillusionment. Maupassant described the life of aristocratic girl Yana in "A Life". She was innocent, romantic and full of fantasy, but she suffered the betrayal of her husband, the death of her parents and the departure of her children. Exhausted physically and mentally, Yana could only seek some comfort from the dream of life in the maid. "Life" depicts the innocent dreams of women in the background of that era and the collision of their heads and blood in the real society of overflowing desires. It is the epitome of the miserable lives of most women. Even today, unfortunate women can see themselves in Yana and see in this book the heavy pressure they may face.

Life is gray, but lemons are fresh. A shaky soul counts the days to live, and becomes melancholy, frustrated, out of place, escaping, lonely, sick, and destroyed. However, the joy of life always makes people reluctant to give up. What saves people is the small life in the end, so only a lemon or a glass marble can lead to self-care happiness. Kajii Motojiro used words to record the trivial, seemingly meaningless, subtle changes and consciousness phenomena in social life. He did not use clever words to modify it but was faithful to his inner expression needs. He used clear words to express the true appearance of the unfortunate souls in modern life. Therefore, he was known as the "Classic of the Showa". Writers such as Mishima Yukio have stated that they were influenced by him.

"Snow Country" was one of the three novels mentioned by Kawabata Yasunari when he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. "Ancient Capital" is one of the three novels mentioned by Kawabata Yasunari when he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. It is also one of his highly regarded novels. It describes the joys and sorrows of a pair of twin sisters, and also presents the customs and customs of Kyoto. "A Thousand Cranes" contains four classic novels by the world-famous writer Kawabata Yasunari, "A Thousand Cranes", "Cangha Plover", "Dancing Girl of Izu" and "Hot Spring Hotel". Among them, "A Thousand Cranes" was one of the three novels mentioned when he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.

The author of the "Dune" series joins hands with the author of the "Star Wars" series of novels to create a new fantasy world with magical elements + steampunk settings! Comparable to contemporary "The Chronicles of Narnia", the "Crystal Door" trilogy recreates the fantasy classic! Their father is a brother, and their mother is two sisters. A pair of strange cousins ​​- Gwen and Vic, accidentally passed through the magic door and came to the island of Ilandia. The adventure begins: the mysterious storm of ancient magic, weird and exquisite mechanical devices, unheard of and unseen magical animals! The magical world dazzles the siblings, but it also contains hidden dangers: the struggle between the saints of light and the saints of darkness, the feud between the inhabitants of the sea and the inhabitants of the land, as well as the mystery of the siblings' life experiences and ancient prophecies...

The paint on his teeth was as red as blood, and the scars on his body burned like fire. The curved lines represent the wings of a crow, and the tattoo commemorates something that is forever lost. He closed his eyes and swallowed the sun. Under the dark sun, he will become a god. The winter solstice is an important festival symbolizing revival and the most important day in the holy city of Towa. The sun priest Nalanpa wanted to restore the sun priest's past glory, but he was deeply involved in factional fighting. He was deprived of his title before the winter solstice ceremony and almost died. There is widespread dissatisfaction in the city of Towa, and paganism is reviving; the Sun Priest has been assassinated repeatedly, and the major families have evil intentions; the death of the mistress of the Carrion Crow Clan, was it an accident or was she killed? The mysterious young man Serapio came to Towa on the winter solstice. He came to collect the blood debt and avenge the Crow God.

The author of the "Dune" series joins hands with the author of the "Star Wars" series of novels to create a new fantasy world with magical elements + steampunk settings! Comparable to contemporary "The Chronicles of Narnia", the "Crystal Door" trilogy recreates the fantasy classic! The prince returns to the distant sky country of Iraksh to face his responsibilities and destiny. The five partners went together, but they did not expect that the road ahead would be filled with traps set by the Dark Saint. The fate of the sky city of Iraksh is closely linked to the magical island of Ilandia. "The five crystals shine like the sun and will reveal the chosen one. The study time is over, the chosen ones gather, and the final battle between the Dark Saint and the Light Saint is coming!"

The life of middle-aged writer Tokio Takenaka seems to be happy and perfect. He has a virtuous wife and three smart children. However, in fact, his career has stagnated and his life lacks passion. He is struggling all day long between his remaining ideals and real life. During this period, he met Fangzi, a female disciple who also loved literature and deeply admired him. Yoshiko is the flower of hope and spiritual food in his ordinary life. The beauty of Yoshiko caused flowers to bloom in the wasteland of his heart, and the rusty bell rang again. Yoshiko brought new vitality to his life. But now he has to go back to the lonely and desolate past again, to the calm and mediocre life before...

There are more than a thousand beacons in the galaxy, and I stay alone at the edge of the eighth sector. In beacon No. 23, I am an ordinary beacon operator working for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. I monitor and maintain beacons and help spacecraft transit. One day, the beacon malfunctioned and a faster-than-light spacecraft crashed into a huge rock. In just a short moment, the originally peaceful starry sky turned into the scene of a huge disaster. At that time, I didn't know that war was coming, let alone that I, an ordinary beacon operator, would decide the lives of countless people. Should we choose war or peace? My answer is, I choose to save lives.

The author of the "Dune" series joins hands with the author of the "Star Wars" series of novels to create a new fantasy world with magical elements + steampunk settings! Comparable to contemporary "The Chronicles of Narnia", the "Crystal Door" trilogy recreates the fantasy classic! A sudden kidnapping brings Gwen and Vic to the Mellon Kingdom in the underwater world. The moody undersea monarch, the ferocious and aggressive General Mellon, the evil and cunning Dark Saint - Azrik. Dangerous and hot magic lava surges on the bottom of the sea, and poor Mother Kwai is enslaved. How can Gwen, Vic and their three partners escape from birth, rescue Mother Kwai, and rescue Ilandia in distress?

There are not only desolate gravels and sand dunes here, but also full of savage life. In this city on the dunes, the wind and sand never stop, so people can't stop either. For as long as Palmer can remember, he has always wanted to be a sand diver and be like his father. He dreams of going under the dunes to find the legendary Danwa. Search for treasures in ancient underground cities. But at that time, he didn't know where this temptation from the old world would take him, and what fate would befall his mother, sister, brother, and his long-lost father.

I was once a blastocyst, a fertilized egg. Together with hundreds of other fertilized eggs, they were sent to the colony spacecraft to find a habitable planet. I was fifteen years old when I first opened my eyes. Find yourself in a square glass column. A girl came to life in a large incubator adjacent to mine. We were all shaped differently, and we were supposed to have fifteen more years in the incubator, learning and growing, ready to conquer this new planet. But now, as children, our eyes are filled with dancing flames and people running away frantically. I held the girl's hand and ran forward. I didn't know who was the friend and who was the enemy, but I only knew that we must run, survive, and face this unknown world...

The author of the "Dune" series joins hands with the author of the "Star Wars" series of novels to create a new fantasy world with magical elements and steampunk settings! Comparable to contemporary "The Chronicles of Narnia", the "Crystal Door" trilogy recreates the fantasy classic! Their father is a brother, and their mother is two sisters. A pair of strange cousins ​​- Gwen and Vic, accidentally passed through the magic door and came to the island of Ilandia. The adventure begins: the mysterious storm of ancient magic, weird and exquisite mechanical devices, unheard of and unseen magical animals! The magical world dazzles the siblings, but it also contains hidden dangers: the struggle between the saints of light and the saints of darkness, the feud between the inhabitants of the sea and the inhabitants of the land, as well as the mystery of the siblings' life experiences and ancient prophecies...

At the beginning of the story, Patty is dead. Film director Richard Lees embarks on a long journey of mourning. He meets another lost soul. During the journey, Florence, a magical 12-year-old child, walked into the sludge of dirty reality. What connects Katherine Mansfield, Charlie Chaplin, Shakespeare, Rilke, Beethoven, Brexit, the present, the past, North, South, East, West, a man mourning a lost era, a woman trapped in the modern age? Spring. Great connection. Ally Smith looks at how stories change over time and uses one of Shakespeare's most intriguing works, Pericles, Prince of Tire, to tell an impossible story set in unbelievable times. Between the wall and the blockade, Smith opened - the door. We live in an era that is changing nature. Will it change the nature of the story? Hope lasts forever.

"Little Bird" is a novel written by Japanese writer Ogawa Yoko. The story tells the lonely yet warm life of an autistic patient. The author narrates in the younger brother's voice, and uses a calm and sentimental tone to show readers the lives of the two brothers who depend on each other, take care of each other, and redeem each other. The male protagonist of the story has difficulty communicating with the people around him due to congenital deficiencies, but he has learned the language of birds without any teacher. He is affectionately called "Uncle Birdie" by the children in the kindergarten because of his love for birds. Not only could the elder brother talk to all the birds, he even taught his younger brother this mysterious language. When no one is around, the brothers often communicate in this unique language. Outsiders can't understand my brother's language. My mother doesn't understand it, and neither does an education expert from Tokyo. Instead, they call it "a disorganized noise." Many years later, when my younger brother recalled the past, he often sighed with regret, "I wish I had used a tape recorder to record my brother's words." After his elder brother passed away, his younger brother lived alone for many years, pinning his emotions on raising beautiful birds with melodious songs. It was as if his elder brother had never left with the birds by his side.

"The Last Story" is a novel by Polish writer Olga Tokarczuk, winner of the 2018 Nobel Prize for Literature. The novel is composed of three stories about three generations of women that happened in different time and space: Ida came to a country house due to a car accident, and she was stranded with a dying dog in the place where she spent her childhood; Paraskivia lived in a house on the mountain far away from the dust and smoke all year round, and her husband died on Sunday night; Maya took her son to travel to an island in southern China after her divorce, and met a sick magician. Mother, grandmother, daughter, their paths have long been separated, but their lives are closely connected. Now, they will face the inevitable "death" alone. This is their "last story"...

A family secret from many years ago aroused Gigi's curiosity, but there was not much time left for the teenager to explore, because time seemed to be flowing away from our world at an incredible speed. So in order to fulfill her mother's wish and to clarify the family secrets that troubled her, Gigi was led by Annie to the eternal land, and embarked on a fantasy journey that belonged only to him with an outstanding violinist and an injured dog...

By chance, the poor clerk Nick breaks into the secret world of the spendthrift tycoon Gatsby. Nick is surprised to find that the only thing that binds Gatsby is the little green light on the other side of the river. In the flickering light, lives his beloved old lover Daisy. Gatsby once lost Daisy due to poverty. In order to find love, he used all means to become a rich man and built a mansion, just to let his former lover come and sit for a while. However, the cold reality cannot tolerate misty dreams, and the real tragedy quietly begins at this moment...

It tells the life of Narcissus and Goldmund, two talented but very different young men. Narcissus, a young scholar at Mariabronn Monastery, is talented and talented. He has always been strict with himself and upholds the ideal of becoming a theologian who advocates logic and reason. Goldmund, who entered the school as a newcomer, originally followed his father's wish and hoped to become a monk, but accidentally discovered the joy of secular life. Although the two were attracted by each other's unique temperament, their differences in nature led them to embark on completely different paths. As a young man, Goldmund traveled around the world, tasted love and sensual pleasures, learned the art of sculpture, and survived plague and death.

This book is a collection of short stories by the famous French novelist Daudet. His short stories play a prominent role in French short story creation. Among them, the famous piece "The Last Lesson" can even be synonymous with Dude, and can be regarded as a model of the combination of ideological and artistic aspects in short stories. "The Last Lesson" describes the last French lesson in a rural primary school that was ceded to Prussia after the Franco-Prussian War and bid farewell to the language of the motherland. Through the self-narration of a naive and ignorant primary school student, it vividly expresses the pain of the French people under foreign rule and their love for their motherland.

"The Age of Innocence" is a masterpiece by American writer Edith Wharton. The story is set in New York's upper class society at the end of the 19th century. The aristocratic young man Archer is in love with the well-matched lady Mei, and they are about to get engaged. At this time, May's cousin Ellen returned to New York from Europe. On the one hand, she was seeking a divorce from her husband, the dissolute earl, and on the other hand, she wanted to start a new life in New York. The upper class is full of prejudice against Ellen's maverickness, and even avoids "scandals" such as divorce. In the process of Archer's enthusiasm to help Ellen, his childhood sweetheart, reintegrate into New York, the two secretly fell in love. Archer, Ellen and May all face choices under the pressure of their hearts, families and society...

My name is Usha, 9 years old. I'm an alien from the constellation Ursa Major, really! Where is Ursa Major? Right at the tail end of the Windmill Galaxy! Why do aliens look like little human girls? This girl was already dead, I just took over her body. Also, I will never eat broccoli because we don't eat green things at all on our planet. Do you believe it now? Joe didn't believe it at all. The girl suddenly appears at the door of her forest cabin, barefoot and wounded, begging Joe to take her in. In Usha's endless chatter and the hesitant silence, Joe gradually became aware of the deep sadness and fear behind this girl's lies.

This book selects Mark Twain's representative short stories from various periods, including works that have long been known and loved by readers, such as "Millions of Pounds" and "Running for Governor". Through these masterpieces, you can appreciate the humorous and satirical style of Mark Twain's novels. These novels are rich in unique personal wit and witty remarks, as well as profound social insights and analysis. They are masterpieces of humor and poignancy, but also tragic and serious!

There was once someone who might understand me. But this man was exactly the man I killed. On the opening day of the exhibition, a strange girl stayed in front of my painting for a long time - only she saw the small window in the painting that no one cared about. For the first time in my life, someone glimpsed my hopeless loneliness in the dark tunnel. We became lovers, but her mystery, alienation, and elusiveness made me suspicious, angry, and sleepless. After countless hardships, I put the knife that ended the pain in my hand. But I think there will be someone who understands me: even just one person.

Ryusei Yushu is determined to avenge his childhood friend, and he wants to kill three people. The stage for revenge will be the isolated island - Youshi Island. Youse Island is known for its secret festivals that are held regularly. As early as forty-five years ago, a bizarre tragedy occurred on the island, killing thirteen people. Since then, the island has become an uninhabited island. A group of nine people came to Yuse Island to film a TV show. Yushu, who had murderous intentions, found that one of the revenge targets had been killed... Who made the first move? Will the murderer continue to commit crimes? To complete the revenge plan with his own hands, Yushu must find out the truth.

He leaned forward and looked down at her - "I'm not targeting you, I just want to see how long it takes to turn into a skeleton. It took a kitten seven months, how long do you think it will take you?" A wooden board was drawn across to cover the hole. She screamed, and the only answer was the sound of stones being piled up. That year, he was fourteen years old. Forensic doctor Maura Ayres found a car parked in front of her house with a body in the driver's seat. The deceased looked exactly like her! After in-depth investigation, it was discovered that the deceased was Maura's twin sister. Maura decided to go to the place where her sister once lived to pursue the truth, and unexpectedly dug up the bones: a pregnant woman was locked in a "coffin", and the kidnappers left her with enough food and a small vent, and it seemed that they did not want her to die...

"Weekend" is a novel written by Bernhard Schlink, an important writer, novelist and best-selling author in the contemporary German literary world. After more than 20 years in prison, Yoelke was pardoned by the president and released. To celebrate his freedom, his sister Christiane organized a weekend party at her house in the suburbs of Berlin, inviting Jörke's friends to attend. Christiana hopes this is a good opportunity to help her brother start a new life, but for those who attended the party, there are mixed emotions and the past is hard to look back on. Jörke was once a member of Germany's "Red Army Faction." This group was deeply influenced by far-left thought and originated from the 1968 student movement in West Germany. It developed into a violent terrorist organization in the 1970s and caused many kidnappings and murders that shocked the world in the 1970s and 1980s. Jörke was a participant in these terrorist incidents. The gathering with Yorke brought all kinds of choices and judgments that seemed to have gone away before everyone again. How should York face the people around him and how should he understand today's world? In three days and two nights of partying, Yorke, his lawyer, his "revolutionary comrades", former lovers, and sons who had lost contact for many years came together... Things have changed, not only Yorke, everyone is looking for their own position again, and everyone is once again faced with the confusion of dreams, responsibilities, sins, forgiveness, friendship, and moral judgment, and today's world facing new terrorist threats makes these more than just retrospectives.

"The Escape of Love" is a collection of short stories by Bernhard Schlink, an important writer, novelist and best-selling author in the contemporary German literary world. It contains seven short stories. The seven independent stories told have a common theme - the secret behind love. The story tells the story of a man who has been attracted to a mysterious painting collected by his father since he was a child. When he grew up, he finally learned that the secret behind the painting was his father's controversial identity in the war. Story Two tells the story of an awkward friendship between a man from West Berlin and an East Berlin couple. The third story is about a man who discovers after the death of his wife that under the harmonious marriage for many years, his wife was having an affair with another man, and he begins to track this man. Story 4 tells the story of a successful architect who deals with three women, but encounters a bizarre incident. Story 5 tells the story of a German student whose father had experienced the war and fell in love with a Jewish-American girl. They were repeatedly troubled by differences in beliefs and the shadow of history. Story 6 tells the story of an armistice observer who once again embarked on a dangerous journey. He began to doubt his role as a peace messenger and felt guilty that he had not fulfilled his responsibilities as a father. Story 7 tells the story of a German man over fifty whose relationship with his wife has gradually become colder. He decides to travel to the United States together as a silver wedding anniversary to bring the two closer together, but he hesitates along the way. How love happens and how it ends, the emergence and resolution of misunderstandings, the unfolding of deception and the revelation of the truth, and the various twists and turns in these processes, are what the male protagonists of the seven stories have experienced, and they face more sober and brave women.

"Summer Lies" is a collection of short stories by Bernhard Schlink, an important writer, novelist and best-selling author in the German contemporary literary world. It contains seven short stories. The author wrote seven sad stories around the key word "lie": a man hesitated to return to a normal life after experiencing a lightning love affair he met on vacation; a woman suddenly discovered that the meaning of life she had believed in for many years no longer existed and began to look for students. People who have loved in time try to undo their past decisions; a son embarks on a journey with his father in order to truly understand him; an old man suffering from an incurable disease arranges a summer vacation with his family to say his final farewell to life; a man listens to the passenger next to him on the plane confessing his legendary experience, but suspects that what he is facing is a scam... Family, friendship or love are entangled in daily life, and life is always wandering between doubt and belief.

This book is a representative collection of short stories by Borges, the Argentine poet, novelist, critic, and translator, and a master of Spanish literature. It includes two sixteen novels, "The Garden of Forking Paths" and "The Collection of Fictions." In 1944, Borges officially published these stories under the name "The Collection of Fictions." Borges named his iconic work directly after "fiction", which was also the final form of Borges' version of "The Garden of Forking Paths". "The Garden of Forking Paths", published in 1941, is Borges's most well-known novel. The context of "novel-garden-time-maze" appeared for the first time in Borges' writing and became a keyword in his art. The understanding of different sequences of time that are parallel, divergent, converging, or intertwined is integrated into writing, and endless possibilities arise from this. "Apocryphal Collection" continues the theme of fictional legendary stories. The collection of novels includes the author's "most proud story" "The South", which is regarded as a turning point in Borges's writing.

"Siddhartha" is a novella by Hesse published in 1922. "Demian" is a novel published in 1919. Readers will accompany the young Emile Sinclair as he grows up, experiencing the temptation of the complex world, experiencing loneliness, timidity, hesitation, rebellion, longing for love and friendship, and falling into doubts about himself and the outside world until he meets his peer Demian. Under his influence, he will find answers step by step and mature. "Steppenwolf" is a novel published in 1927, with a strong autobiographical flavor.

You've heard of King David, the legendary warrior and king of the United Kingdom of Israel, the husband of Bathsheba, and the father of Solomon. Now, meet the real King David: a proud son of the Jews, a poet who was constantly copied, a husband and a father. In his later years, David was described as haggard and dying. With a bittersweet nostalgia, but more of a regret, he looked back on his magnificent life on his death bed: his early military exploits, eight marriages, several children who broke his heart or disappointed him, constant fights with relatives, and a God who did not know whether he had forgotten or abandoned him. "God Knows" is Joseph Heller's fourth novel, based on the story of King David. Joseph Heller used black humor to restore a more realistic and vivid image of King David. "God Knows" dissolves traditional historical writing, reveals the mystery of theological knowledge through different versions of stories, and dispels the sacred halo of sacred works of Western culture. From deconstructing David to subverting religious classics to dissolving God, Heller subverts everything sacred, from literary classics to religious beliefs. The book is Heller's meditation on his own life and an exploration of Jewish perspectives on family, life, death, and more.

Facing the pressure from society and family, would you choose to marry the person you love or continue to wait for the right person? Katie, who is young, beautiful and vain, chose the former, but was captured by a smooth-talking married man soon after her marriage. She thought she had met true love, so she risked her life, like a moth to a flame. But when the veil is lifted, her illusions are shattered by the truth. For the first time in her life, she began to reflect and grow; perhaps, her mistakes and follies, and the misfortunes she suffered were not in vain, and would eventually lead her to find a way to inner peace. "The Veil" not only presents the bad aspects of love and marriage - betrayal, indifference, suspicion, revenge, but also the uneasiness and self-salvation in the face of life changes. If you understand "The Veil", you will understand yourself.

"The Last Days" is the sequel to Joseph Heller's "Catch-22". In addition to Yossarian, Milo, Priest and others in "Catch-22", it also adds Sammy, Liu and other characters who left a deep impression on readers. As they grow older, they no longer fight fascist fire, but disease and death. The black humor of "Catch-22" has been extended and broken through in this book, such as "the priest urinated in heavy water", "a lavish wedding held in a dirty station during the economic depression", "the president mistakenly released a nuclear weapon while playing games"... The greed and hypocrisy of capitalism are clearly visible in Heller's absurdity and profundity.

After many years of separation, Jin Shengjun met his ex-girlfriend again. This was the second chance given by fate. Although they reunited in a strange way, they quickly resumed their relationship as lovers. However, as they get along with each other day by day, Jin Shengjun discovers that the gentle and virtuous girl who was ignorant of the world has now become an independent, mature and sober feminist. What has happened in these years? It didn't matter after he calmed down his feelings mixed with shock and curiosity. Shengjun thought that as long as he launched a "good man" offensive, he would be able to bring his girlfriend back to where she was before, and then they would get married, have children, and start a family smoothly. But who would have expected that in the successive contradictions and conflicts, not a single thing would develop according to his imagination...

The set includes: "The Story of Pancreas", "When We Meet, Blooming Flowers", "Hello, World" and "The Night of Spring Is Too Short, Girl, Go Forward".

65-year-old Harold has been unknown all his life. His son died young and his wife Maureen separated from him. On a Tuesday, Harold received a farewell letter from an old friend. For this reason, he embarked on a pilgrimage to save his friend - as long as I leave, Queenie can survive! A man, 65 years old, 87 days, 627 miles, across the whole of England. "I have done nothing in my life, and now I finally try something. I must complete this journey." This is an adventure started by a farewell letter, and it is also a spiritual journey across time and space. Harold's journey into nature is also a journey that allows him to delve into the darkest corners of himself.

"Empty Hope" is a novel with an autobiographical nature. The heroine, the orphan Andrea, narrates in the first person "I". Andrea came to Barcelona from the countryside to study and stayed at her grandmother's house. It coincided with the difficult economic period just after the Spanish Civil War. Life in my grandmother's family was very difficult, and hunger and poverty were always her loyal "partners." In addition to starvation, she also had loneliness. In this conflict-ridden and indifferent family, she had no relatives or friends with whom she could speak the truth. At school, due to the huge gap in social status between her and her friends, she could not get rid of her inferiority complex during the communication process. A year later, Andrea left Barcelona with helpless disappointment and good vision for the future.

This book contains Zhang Yousong's translation of two representative novels by the famous American writer Mark Twain: "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn". "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" satirizes and criticizes the hypocritical and vulgar social customs and stereotyped school education in the United States through the adventures of the protagonist. It describes the free and lively minds of children in a cheerful style, and has become the greatest children's literature. "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" describes Huckleberry's various experiences in pursuing a free life, running away from home and rafting along the Mississippi River on a raft with Jim, a black slave.

This book consists of three clues: a well-known old writer was invited by a publishing house to write a book of opinion called "Warning", which was an opportunity to express social concern; in the community laundry room, he met a charming young woman Anya, and he gave her a job typing his manuscript; Anya's boyfriend Allen is an investment consultant, and he is quite disgusted with Anna wasting time in the antiques downstairs. However, some of the writer's personal affairs aroused his interest, so he began to conceive of a conspiracy... This book is stylistically experimental in nature and was written after the author immigrated to Australia from South Africa.

Koizumi Yakumo was born in Greece and grew up in Ireland, but he was obsessed with Japanese culture and created a large number of well-known ghost stories. The earless Yōichi, the snow girl, the green willow spirit, the dream-eating tapir... These monsters originally only had vague images in the village night talk. It was not until they met Koizumi Yakumo that they became flesh and blood, affectionate and meaningful, and were truly known to the public! This book conducts a comprehensive review of all 17 volumes of Koizumi Yakumo's works, and compiles all the ghost stories from "Keidan", "Spiritual Japan", "Amagawa Kitan and Others", "Old Art" and other books, and makes up the number of "Keidan" from 17 in the first edition to 69! Looking at life through the eyes of ghosts, I find that ghosts are more affectionate and righteous than humans!

We call those women who dare to break the rules and long for the unknown Wilderness Women. Now, ladies and gentlemen, let us invite the "Lady of the Wilderness" to make her debut - "Furball": A lover's betrayal is nothing, even if she takes revenge, she must find another way. "Isis in the Dark": Does anyone still write poetry in this impetuous era? She is the light that has not disappeared in the ordinary world. "Clay Man": She can give a man divinity, but of course she can also take away his aura at any time. 10 Stories, 10 women who actively survive in the wilderness of life tell you: life is not a track, but a wilderness that can be explored to your heart's content.

Sudden serial murders in Tokyo: Some people were tied hand and foot and thrown into boiling water in the bathtub; some were burned in the streets... At the same time, the villain Yagami finally waited for the opportunity to change his mind - he arrived at the hospital within 17 hours to donate bone marrow to leukemia patients. Unexpectedly, his friend was also killed in a serial murder case! The police regard Yagami as an important suspect, and the murderer regards him as the next target. Yagami made up his mind to break through the siege within 17 hours and reach the hospital alive. Cruel crime modus operandi, secrets hidden by friends, mysteriously missing bodies... During the 17-hour tense escape, the truth behind 11 serial murders gradually emerged!

"Ms. Oracle": Why are such excellent women always denying themselves? In their eyes, I am a deviant poet, an enigmatic cultural icon, an otherworldly classical muse, and a much-sought-after oracle. But in my heart, I will always be a cowardly and submissive housewife, a liar who escapes reality, a clown who creates illusions, and an overweight girl who everyone hates. I am Joan Foster, and I am thousands of women. This is my story and what every woman has been, is, and will go through. "Cat's Eye": Painter Elaine never thought that she would return to her hometown again after so many years. What awaits her is not the joy of revisiting her old place, but the lingering "ghost of childhood" - Cordelia, her best friend and enemy, the creator of her endless pain. As an adult, Elaine still cannot get out of the shadow of her childhood and can only keep running away from those darkest years. In fact, as long as you fight back ruthlessly once, you can break away from the false friendship. "Ladies of the Wilderness": We call those ladies who dare to break the rules and long for the unknown "Ladies of the Wilderness". Now, ladies and gentlemen, let us invite the "Wild Ladies" to make their debut - 10 stories, 10 women who actively survive in the wilderness of life will tell you: life is not a track, but a wilderness that can be explored to your heart's content. "Stone Mattress": Welcome to Atwood's literary wonderland! Here, evil and weirdness are everywhere, and wisdom and pungency are everywhere. Here you will see: The old lady puts her young rival in love into a fantasy world and releases a hundred bees at noon every day to sting her over and over again. A girl who was born with deformities was buried by her family. Years later, she wandered around the village. The innocent girl was hunted by the whole village. ... After all, some people cannot forgive and can only seek revenge to the end.

A mysterious woman drives on a remote road, searching for prey with her eyes. Her figure was so proud that no one noticed her strange and incomprehensible face behind her thick glasses. One by one, the hitchhikers got into the car with their own motives. They were ready to pounce on the beautiful prey in the driver's seat in the next second. An underground farm, anxiously waiting for the arrival of prey, tongue cutting, castration, fattening, slaughtering, and serving to the aliens' dining table. There is a turbulent undercurrent in the small compartment, and the future of the hunter and his prey is uncertain. However, who is the hunter and who is the real prey?