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"Teahouse" is one of the masterpieces of "People's Artist" Mr. Lao She and a classic in the history of Chinese drama. The story in the play all takes place in a teahouse. People come and go in the teahouse, and people of all colors and religions gather together. A big teahouse is like a small society. Mr. Lao She captured the characteristics of this scene and highly condensed sixty or seventy main and secondary characters in a half-century time span into the teahouse, showing life scenes in three eras after the failure of the 1898 Coup in the late Qing Dynasty, the period of the Beiyang warlord separatism in the early years of the Republic of China, and the eve of the fall of the Kuomintang regime. It summarized the sharp opposition and conflicts between various classes and forces in Chinese society, and revealed the historical destiny of semi-feudal and semi-colonial China.

"Requiem" is a candid and heart-wrenching conversation between two souls, a father and his son. The whole book is composed of two parts: the first half recalls the growth of his son Zhou Ning during his lifetime; the second half is about his son Zhou Ning's philosophical thoughts and spiritual training after he entered the Kingdom of Heaven. In the dialogue, the father looked back on his life and made a heart-wrenching confession; in the dialogue, the son detailed his experience of death and told the strange picture of heaven. Reality and fiction are intertwined, and the current helplessness and imaginary bliss are intertwined, making people feel heavy and liberated at the same time. The first half is more realistic, while the second half is more virtual. One virtual and one real, together showing Zhou Daxin's deep longing for his son and his deep thinking about the world. Death is the end of life and a problem that everyone must face. This book observes death from a close distance and imagines people's final destination. It is not only a comfort to the dead, but also a relief to the living. It is a melancholy and broad-minded requiem.

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There are so many things in the world that are difficult to explain. For example, the spray in Qiu Cave in Liuzhen is a bit strange. Sometimes the Qiudong will suddenly emit a dazzling purple mist, and at the same time it will make a muffled sound, which sounds like shouting and sighing, which is frightening. At this time, the people of Liu Town get a little panicked. On the night when the purple mist is sprayed out, disaster will definitely happen in the town. Some people will be injured or killed, some will go crazy or crazy, some will see blood and tears, or some will see fire and water. Many disasters in the town over the years have occurred after the purple mist spewed out of the cave. Not to mention anything else, which one of the few things that happened to the Zhou family and the Gong family in Zhen were not like this?

"Out of the Basin" focuses on the struggle of Zou Ai, a rural girl from Nanyang, Henan, in the military medical system. It tells the story of a woman who does not bow to fate. In the process of pursuing personal realization, she encounters setbacks, missed love, and inflated ambitions, thereby thinking about the value of struggle and the price she needs to pay. The novel is known as the full-length version of "Life" and has been adapted into a TV series, influencing a generation.

The author began to publish a series of short stories in 1900 and began to gain a foothold in the American literary world. After that, he wrote "The People of the Abyss" based on what he saw in the UK, which shocked European and American readers. In the same year, "The Call of the Wild" came out and sold well in the United States and other countries. The next year, he wrote one of his famous works, "The Waves", followed by "White Teeth". In 1909, his masterpiece "Martin Eden" was published. This book is a selection of its classic works.

"The Quiet Don" (1928-1940) is an outstanding work of socialist realism. The novel is set between World War I and the Soviet Civil War in 1922. It describes the turbulent life of the Cossacks in the Don River region during these ten years and reflects the customs, social changes and major historical events in this region. The protagonist Gregory has become a very dazzling figure in the gallery of world literary figures because of his bumpy and complicated experiences.

The protagonist Toby is a porter. He is sixty years old and still busy with life. The day before Christmas, he stood in front of the church, braving the wind and snow, hoping to wait for an errand. His daughter Meg finally found a job, earned some money, and prepared a delicious meal for him - a pot of braised tripe. The novel begins around this pot of tripe and ends in the joyful atmosphere of a beautiful wedding.

"Rose Gate" mainly describes the different living conditions and life trajectories of three generations of Zhuang women, Si Qiwen, Zhuxi and Su Mei, and vividly summarizes the historical evolution of the fate of Chinese women over more than half a century. It was also from this work that Tie Ning's creative style changed from fresh and pure to deep and heavy. From a unique female perspective, the author presents a comprehensive and in-depth picture of women's existence through pure praise of the female body, frank recognition of female desires and a clear understanding of women's living conditions.

This is one of a set of 20 "Zhou Daxin Collected Works". This is the first time Zhou Daxin has published a collection of essays. "Zhou Daxin Collected Works" includes eight ten novels (including three "Twentieth Act"). Four novellas, two short stories, three essays and a film script. "Golden Wheat Field" is a collection of short stories by Zhou Daxin.

"The Lady in the Ming Dynasty" is a collection of short stories by Mao Dun Literature Award-winning writer Zhou Daxin, which is included in the short story volume of "Collected Works of Zhou Daxin". Most of Zhou Daxin's works are based on modern military life and the land and water where he was raised - the Nanyang Basin in Henan Province. His novels are rooted in the earth, exuding a fresh earthy flavor and containing rational philosophical thinking. They have a good reputation in the literary world and among readers.

Tie Ning's novel with the largest circulation to date. Executive Vice Mayor Pu Yunzhe has a bright career but a depressed heart. Unexpectedly, he met a female reporter and fell in love. After his wife found out, she secretly took photos, but a cunning citizen obtained them and further blackmailed her. When Pu Yunzhe faced an opportunity for promotion again, between politics and sex, he chose the former. So, trouble arises...

"Stairs Upward" is a collection of novellas by Mao Dun Literature Award-winning writer Zhou Daxin, which is included in the novella volume of "Collected Works of Zhou Daxin". Most of Zhou Daxin's works are based on modern military life and the land and water where he was raised - the Nanyang Basin in Henan Province. His novels are rooted in the earth, exuding a fresh earthy flavor and containing rational philosophical thinking. They have a good reputation in the literary world and among readers. The "Collected Works of Zhou Daxin" published this time has a total of twenty volumes, including ten volumes of novels (eight volumes in total), four volumes of novellas, two volumes of short stories, three volumes of essays and one volume of film scripts. This is the first comprehensive review and refinement of the author's writing history in the past forty years. This collection fully reflects the author's creative level and artistic value, and also reflects the height of contemporary Chinese literature to a certain extent.

"Wordless" takes the life experience of the female writer Wu Wei as the main line, telling the marriage story of her and several generations of women in her family. It is full of women's self-reflection and pursuit of the ideal of true love, and unfailingly calls for the roots of human spiritual home. It describes the ups and downs of people of all colors in the great social turmoil and great changes. It shows the situation of the times in China in the past hundred years, uniquely records and examines China in the 20th century, and describes an era that cannot be described.

"Small Town Jianghu" is a collection of short stories and short stories. This book selects 18 characters in the town, including a proud woman, a peasant woman living alone, sisters in a milk tea shop, a bus announcer, police, rogues, and even a body collector. Although the novel only focuses on 18 characters, nearly a hundred people actually appear in the novel. These people come and go in 18 stories, forming the past and present of the town described by the author. They reflect the inextricable connection between social changes and personal destiny, and also highlight the various joys and sorrows of human nature in small community life.

"The Turbulent Autumn" is a novel that reflects the tremendous changes in rural appearance and interpersonal relationships under the impact of the commodity economy. It not only describes the external turmoil of the "peasant reformer" Yue Pengcheng in reforming his hometown: concern from superiors, operational difficulties, and lack of understanding and active support; it also describes Yue Pengcheng's personal and inner turmoil: the conflict between father and son; the intensification of extramarital affairs and family conflicts; his boldness, decisiveness, courage, foresight, etc., Have indeed enabled township enterprises to develop greatly, and indeed, under the impact of the commodity economy and the influence of unhealthy social trends, he has adopted some illegal means...

This book mainly focuses on the three days and two nights of the revolutionary cadre Yu Erlong's return to his hometown. It traces back and compares the social struggle and accompanying personal life of more than 40 years from the Anti-Japanese War and the War of Liberation, to 17 years after the founding of the People's Republic of China, to the 10 years of the "Cultural Revolution" and the smashing of the "Gang of Four".

"Lake Mountains" is Zhou Daxin's work that won the Mao Dun Literature Award, and it is also one of his masterpieces. The novel takes the changes in rural life in the early days of reform and opening up as the background. It takes the Danjiangkou Reservoir, Asia's largest reservoir, as the location where the story takes place. It takes a woman's struggle to return home from Beijing as the main line. It describes ordinary life events in the countryside such as spring planting and autumn harvest in Chu Wangzhuang, choosing a spouse and starting a family, illness and divorce, returning to work and rural tourism, etc., But it shows an in-depth thinking on the evolution of human nature, historical heritage and the operation of power. "Scenery of Lakes and Mountains" pays close attention to the tremendous changes experienced by our country's contemporary rural areas, as well as the material life and emotional and spiritual desires and expectations of contemporary farmers.

"Heavy Wings" is the first full-length novel that reflects life in the early stages of reform. It positively describes the struggle between reform and counter-reform in industrial construction, and enthusiastically praises the correct line of the Third Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee of the Party. The novel describes a complex struggle between the Ministry of Heavy Industry of the State Council and its affiliated Shuguang Automobile Manufacturing Plant over the reform of the industrial economic system in 1980.

One of a trilogy of autobiographical novels by Eileen Chang, which unfolds her journey over the past forty years and tells the story of family entanglements, family prosperity and decline. It can be called the Republic of China version of "A Dream of Red Mansions" following "Leifeng Pagoda". "The Book of Changes" describes the heroine's experiences from the ages of eighteen to twenty-two, and is also based on Eileen Chang's own growth experience. Zhang Ailing once mentioned in a letter to her friend Song Qi: "Because "Leifeng Pagoda" is the first half of the original book, the mother and aunt in it are too ideal and unrealistic from the perspective of children." In contrast, "The Book of Changes" is all about adult characters. Therefore, I can observe and experience the vast scenes, complex characters and subtle emotions more freely. Every line of dialogue is elegant and ruthless, and the vicissitudes of life and youthful vitality of a girl are portrayed with endless aftertaste!

This day was destined to be an extraordinary day. For Zhang Luoke, he couldn't understand why the municipal committee made such a decision.

"Have we changed the world, or has the world changed us?" This line of lyrics expresses the pursuit, mission and responsibility of the main characters Xie Ping, Xiang Shaowen and Li Shuang in the novel. At that time, they carried the passion of youth and were swept up by the tide of the times, from the prosperous Shanghai to the far northwest. Here, they endured hardships, unintentionally got involved in political whirlpools, and even suffered six years in prison... Although the road was tortuous, they forged ahead! He has become a truly strong person in the various tests of conscience, belief, and future. The novel truly depicts the ups and downs they experienced, leaving precious memories for history.

This book is the latest novel by the famous writer Zhou Daxin. After the last book "The Music Ends" won the China Good Book and China Publishing Government Award, this book "It Gets Dark Slowly" still uses a pseudo-documentary approach and uses storytelling to focus on issues related to the aging society. About love and hate, illness and death, etc. The novel uses a cold writing style to describe people's despair in the face of the ruthless time, and at the same time uses a warm writing style to describe the tenacity, warmth and love that people use to resist time.

A novel that reflects rural life on the shores of Dongting Lake in Hunan under the background of rural policy reform after the Third Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. It describes the profound and complex historical changes in rural China brought about by the implementation and development of the agricultural production responsibility system after the protagonist Yang Qinglin was rehabilitated and released from prison and returned to work. The works are full of rich local flavor and local characteristics.

"The Dawns Here Are Quiet" is a famous work by Soviet writer Vasilyev. "The Dawns Here Are Quiet" describes the story of five Soviet female soldiers fighting bravely against four well-trained German airborne troops in a mountain village north of Leningrad during the Soviet Union's Great Patriotic War. After the novel was published, it was quickly adapted into a screenplay for stage and screen.

It tells the tragic story that the war brought to personal life. Sokolov was captured on the battlefield. Once, a fascist officer forced him to toast the fascist victory, but Sokolov refused. In the end, he lost all his relatives and warm family, but Sokolov did not lose the will to live. At the end, he wrote: "I hurriedly turned away. No, older men who have turned gray in the years of war don't just cry in their dreams. They also shed tears when they are awake, and the important thing at this time is to turn away. The most important thing at this time is not to hurt the children's hearts...", Which caused a sensation in the Soviet literary world.

There are many ordinary people living in Cailianbang, including storytellers, opera singers, odd-jobbers, teachers, framers, stall owners, and prostitutes who used to be prostitutes and are currently prostitutes... They are struggling on the journey of life, performing scenes of heartbreaking and sympathetic dramas... The work is written calmly, naturally, freely and smoothly, with elegance in the vulgarity, vulgarity in the elegance, and shocking people in the heavy display.

"The Drunkard" was written in the 1960s and has been praised by critics as "China's first stream-of-consciousness novel". It is one of the famous masterpieces of Hong Kong writer Liu Yifang. Since the novel came out, it has been reprinted many times in various places. The version launched this time is based on the author's revised version launched by Hong Kong Yiyi Publishing Co., Ltd. In July 2003. In addition to the main text of the novel, it also includes two prefaces, the author's handwriting, the author's photo, and an appendix (an excerpt or full text of the author's 1993 speech "Why I wrote "The Drunkard"") and fourteen reviews.

Qian Meizi, a laid-off female worker, runs around in order to survive, working as a hostel waiter, speculating in stocks, opening a restaurant... But she always fails in the end. The difficulties and resistance of life did not make her decadent. Instead, they tempered her perseverance and strengthened her confidence in life. She faced life with an optimistic heart and infected the people around her. She started from small things and finally won her self-esteem.

When Wen Shu, the new secretary of the Municipal Party Committee of Pingjiang City, took office, it was a critical moment when township and village enterprises faced a major crisis. TV reporter Lu Di exposed the country's advanced model and the flag of Pingjiang City, Taohua Village, which was in arrears in fund-raising, causing an uproar in the city. Undercurrents in Taohua Town were raging, and the town party secretary Xiang Damin was in a state of distress. Problems kept appearing one after another, leaving him with no way out...

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The novel unfolds with a thrilling story of a historic city undergoing renovation. While writing about the intricate battles and competitions between officialdom and shopping malls, he also created a vivid image of the project commander-in-chief. The whole book integrates grand narrative and graceful love, showing the ups and downs of the conflicts between the heritage of Su-Wu culture and the modernization of the old city, hinting at the dream and complex destiny of a famous cultural city.

This long novel, which is composed of fragments and stories, shows people a large ancient and peaceful museum; old mansions of officials and former residences of celebrities can be seen everywhere, temples and nunneries, wells, trees and monuments, rivers and streets running parallel to each other, and waterways. The ancient streets adjacent to the land, the crisscrossing small bridges and alleys, the beautiful and exquisite classical gardens, the leisurely and peaceful people who like nostalgia... All of these constitute the unchanged pattern of Suzhou for more than 2,500 years, and also give the ancient city a rich and unique historical and cultural charm.

A popular beautiful actress entered the business world from the stage. With her natural beauty and agility, she managed to get everything going and became a new star in the business world. However, a fire broke out in the backyard and the incident came to light, causing her to fall into a sinful trap. All her efforts and dedication were in vain, causing pain, sorrow, heartbreak, hatred, and loss...

The novel mainly describes the trivial human affairs in the alleys of Suzhou. These people and things are around us, cordial and familiar. Everyone in No. 3 Crotch Alley has a certain representativeness, whether it is Mrs. Zhang, Mr. Qiao, or the third son, Ah Hui, and Wei Min. Their optimistic attitude and unyielding spirit under the temper of life make people sigh and sigh. It can be said that this is a novel with "a human touch".

The work tells the story of a battalion of officers and men led by the Soviet artillery captain Shabulov who was ordered to cross the Volga River, enter Stalingrad besieged by the enemy, and successfully defend three buildings. It shows the heroic and unyielding fighting spirit of Soviet soldiers and civilians, and creates a series of evocative heroes. "Days and Nights" is the earliest outstanding literary work in Soviet literature that reflects the Battle of Stalingrad. It won the Stalin Prize in 1946.

The novel is set in Suzhou in the 1980s during the reform and opening up period. It tells the story of Hua Runze, a masseur from a family of doctors. He wanted to help others but got involved in a cultural relic smuggling case. He was forced to undergo labor reform, his wife and children were separated, and he was manipulated and framed again and again, forcing him to fight hard and survive. The plot of the novel is tense, tortuous, and thrilling, making it highly readable.

Wan Li, a female college student, entered the municipal party committee and was appreciated and reused by the leaders because of her outstanding talents. However, she also attracted all kinds of criticism and personal attacks because of her poor consideration of the problem, and thus offended important powerful figures... The cold world made her feel discouraged, and she had no choice but to stay away from power. Focus on the power, endure injustice, let the bumps of fate, and wait for the opportunity... The author's smooth writing and language tension, the detailed outline of the characters and the comparison with reality, the changes in the agency and the overt and covert struggles can be regarded as a record of the emergence of modern officialdom and a history of resistance in modern female officialdom.

The novel tells the story of a schizophrenic patient who imagined that he was a mouse, so he arranged his life in a mouse-like manner. His behavior was absurd and eccentric, causing constant trouble and humiliation. What's more serious is that he directly affected the marriages of his brothers and sisters, so the family finally discussed getting rid of him, and the story unfolded...

Lin Youhong was the vice president of a foreign company. Due to unexpected reasons, the company closed down. Temporarily unemployed at home, she was promoted to the position of director of the neighborhood committee by the Guixiang Street Neighborhood Committee. From then on, her life changed. She was entangled in conflicts between street vendors and neighbors every day, and was exhausted. Facing the humble and lowly people, she sympathizes with their helplessness and is angry at their cunning and selfishness. At this time, the closed foreign company made a comeback, and the boss sent her an employment letter again. What would she do? ...

"Jesus Jerusalem" is the masterpiece of Mozambican writer Mia Cotto's novel. After the civil war in Mozambique, Sylvestre's wife died unexpectedly. In extreme grief, he moved his family to a remote place where wild beasts lived, named it "Jesus Salem", and waited there for God's apology. With him are the younger son Mwanito, the eldest son Ndonzi, the war-scarred veteran Zakaria, the connection with the outside world Aprosimado, and Sylvestre's sexual partner - a female mule named Zesbela. In order to completely erase the pain of losing his wife, Sylvesterer created another hell. Jerusalem is a place without past and future, a place that denies time and denies memory. People here learn to stop crying and praying, stay away from the river of time, and regard women and outsiders as enemies of the family. His brother Ndonji wanted to escape from his father's prison all his life. He secretly taught Mwanito how to regain his memory through literacy and writing. It wasn't until Martha, a white woman, broke into Jerusalem and revealed the true cause of her mother's death that Jerusalem finally began to fall apart. As Mia Kotto's most important work after "Sleepland", "Jesus Jerusalem" deeply depicts the intergenerational grief left by the war. The protagonist Mwanito finally reconstructs the family memory that his father refused to talk about through "writing" and makes a real voice of independence within the African continent. The publication of "Jesus Salem" fills a major gap in the translation of African Portuguese literature in China and gives readers an excellent opportunity to understand Africa and the diversity of Portuguese literature.

"The Salty Man" is a novel about the lives of special working people involved in traditional salt production. It includes an introduction to traditional salt production techniques, as well as the customs and customs of northern Shaanxi and current problems in rural areas.

"The Tribulation of Ghosts and Gods" is a work of high artistic quality and profound thought. The protagonist Guzi has a distinctive image, and the formation and development of his character have certain artistic characteristics. The villagers of Wangjiabao took the initiative to create "gods" to suppress "evils", causing the village to "suddenly become calm, gentle, and no one would pick up things on the road." This is a highly intelligent expression of farmers in a deformed society fighting against evil forces. It is also the creation of a struggle strategy under specific historical conditions. It has an inseparable inner spiritual connection with the later "Memorial Hall of Historical Figures".

This book is composed of seven short and medium-sized novels, describing the difficult things in the world and the warmth and coldness of the world. The author attempts to explore the reasons for the changes in human nature's good and evil and find a way to prevent such changes, thereby reminding people how to be autonomous and self-disciplined, and how to create a harmonious and stable social environment. The protagonists in the article all have high hopes for the future, hoping for their own sublimation, hoping for social harmony, and hoping for a brighter world.

"Whirlpool" tells the story of the life of a group of young people who graduated from college in the 1970s as they walked out of school and headed to the Daba Mountain area. They went deep into the people and worked hard in unfamiliar remote areas, breathing the same fate as the masses. When the spring breeze of reform and opening up blew, they seized the opportunity, surpassed themselves, pursued and practiced higher life goals with unremitting efforts.

Duroy, who was born as a peasant, was bold, cold and cruel. He broke into Paris alone with his good looks, mixed in the circle of Parisian noble ladies, and acted like a fish in water, performing scenes of debauched farces. However, those cuckold husbands rushed to recommend and promote him, so that he quickly entered the upper class and became a political upstart. The novel reveals the emptiness, debauchery, and depravity of the upper class society, shows the shamelessness of bourgeois politicians, exposes the dark inside story of the political world and the press, and strongly criticizes the dark social reality. This novel has a very profound and broad influence in the world and has strong practical significance.

Duroy, who was born as a peasant, was bold, cold and cruel. He broke into Paris alone with his good looks, mixed in the circle of Parisian noble ladies, and acted like a fish in water, performing scenes of debauched farces. However, those cuckold husbands rushed to recommend and promote him, so that he quickly entered the upper class and became a political upstart. The novel reveals the emptiness, debauchery, and depravity of the upper class society, shows the shamelessness of bourgeois politicians, exposes the dark inside story of the political world and the press, and strongly criticizes the dark social reality. This novel has a very profound and broad influence in the world and has strong practical significance.

There are no magical and beautiful legends in Taiping Village, no picturesque landscapes and charming scenery, but only memories of hunger. Poverty is like an incurable disease that lurks in the hearts of every villager for years. At the same time, they have been dreaming of becoming rich for generations. But after the villages got really prosperous, the younger generation began to abandon the villages and move to the city, leaving a village of old people to taste the desolation after the harvest of dreams.

Although this is "my" experience, it is not entirely self-talk, because as the book says, "it not only helps people with physical illnesses, but also helps people with mental illnesses in this materialistic and irritable world. Being able to help people and deliver positive energy is the happiest thing for me!" Maybe people can't see perfection in "me", but "I" want people to see hope through "me".

Ding Qiuxiang and her son Ding Wujin were begging and wandering, and were taken in by Bai Dan, a single farmer in Tianbai Village, and married. The mother and son lived a difficult life in suffering and humiliation. While Bai Dan was tending the orchard, he accidentally set fire to the straw shed and died in a sea of ​​​​fire. The Baidan people suspected Qiuxiang and her son of arson and murder, and reported them to the government. During the interrogation, Ding Wujin was severely beaten, which sowed hatred. He sought revenge and severely injured his enemy, and was imprisoned for it. On his way home from prison, Ding Wujin bravely rescued the kidnapped juice factory owner Zhang Zhiqing from the gangsters.