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Happiness is short-lived, but loneliness is permanent. "Ancient Capital" is a literary postcard of the city of Kyoto carefully drawn by Yasunari Kawabata. The novel uses light and delicate writing to narrate the joys and sorrows of the twin sisters Chieko and Naeko, and writes about their bitter life experiences, pure love, and their yearning for a better life. Cleverly, the author places the beautiful relationship between the sisters in the four seasons of Kyoto to describe it. The scenes blend together, allowing readers to appreciate the beauty of Kyoto's ancient culture. Loneliness is like a shadow, coexisting with life. And only lonely people can understand life more deeply. Don't be demanding, don't be envious, explore the true nature of life in the flowers and leaves in front of you.

"Flounder" is a novel by Glass. The work is quite fairy tale-like, using Grimm's fairy tale "The Fisherman and His Wife" as the framework, and doing the opposite, using a unique artistic form to outline nine important stages of human development, revealing the process of dominant men creating violence, pursuing power and reaching the end of the road, and exploring the role of women in promoting real progress, that is, the elimination of hunger. Nine cooks from different eras come to life, and a large number of historical figures and events are integrated into the story. Reality and fantasy are synchronized, and narrative and discussion are intertwined. It reproduces the changes in European history and in a sense depicts a microcosm of the history of Western civilization.

Ai Xi is an elegant vampire who has not met her soul mate in 300 years. One night, she met Jimmy, a slovenly but warm werewolf who loved to tell cold jokes. Love comes quietly. They are completely different, but they are another self in the world...

"The Metamorphosis: The Complete Works of Kafka's Short and Novels" includes Kafka's classic masterpieces "The Metamorphosis", "The Judgment", "The Cave", "In the Penal Colony", "The Hungry Artist" and other nearly 80 short stories and short stories. It is divided into three volumes. The novelist Wenzel, who lives in Germany, spent three years to finalize the translation. The chapters are all literal translations from the original German versions. To help readers better understand the novel text, the translator's notes and footnotes are attached. The appendix of this publication is "Letter to My Father", a long letter written by Kafka to his father.

"We vaguely know the best places we should go, the beautiful places we want to go, and the heights we should strive to reach. We all want to live a good life, and that is the right hope and ambition. We long for an unshakable belief that we can rely on. However, if all of these are to be realized in the girl's life, what will happen? What a lot of effort it takes." This book is a hardcover illustrated commemorative edition of the "Japanese Translation Series" series. It is based on Osamu Dazai's representative "Female Monologue" short story "The Girl's Disciple". It uses exquisite and beautiful pictures to carefully outline the yearning and hesitation of a young girl facing the future, which is extremely delicate and vivid. Do you still remember what you looked like when you were 14? If for a moment you feel that you have been numbed and confused by life, please open this book and regain your vitality.

Koizumi Yakumo is not only a novelist, who fictionalizes the strange Japanese stories he excavated and compiled; he is also a Japanese folklorist who is obsessed with studying and exploring the folk customs and spiritual culture of Japan and even Eastern China. This book selects 7 representative works by Koizumi Yakumo, the originator of modern Japanese ghost story literature. "Horai" fully reflects Koizumi Yakumo's yearning for China. "The Story of Aoyagi" also incorporates elements of "The Story of the Ryu Family" in Tang Dynasty legends, as well as famous works such as "The Story of Mu Er Yoshiichi" and "Snow Girl". The bizarre texts combined with exquisite and beautiful pictures make reading ghost stories even better.

Throughout the ages, female characters in narratives have been either beautiful and kind, or ugly and vicious. The silent queen in "Hamlet" and the extremely ugly and vicious sister in "Cinderella". When gender stereotypes become shackles, all Atwood has to do is untie, disrupt and reshape them. This time, Atwood is taking offense on behalf of offended women. I don't even have a name. All this time, I was just "that ugly sister", with the emphasis on the word "ugly". --Page 18 of this book

"The Great Gatsby" is a novella written by American writer F. S. Fitzgerald in 1925, set in New York City and Long Island in the 1920s. In America during that period, the air was filled with singing and drinking. By chance, the poor clerk Nick breaks into the secret world of the spendthrift tycoon Gatsby. He is surprised to find that the only connection in Gatsby's heart is the little green light on the other side of the river - where his beloved Daisy lives. However, the cold reality cannot tolerate vague dreams. In the end, the goddess in Gatsby's heart is just a material girl in the mortal world. When all the truth is revealed, Gatsby's tragic life also comes to an end. This book is hailed as one of the most outstanding contemporary American novels. Gatsby's tragedy is a typical representative of the disillusionment of the "American Dream". Haruki Murakami once loudly exclaimed that "The Great Gatsby" is "What an indescribable masterpiece! I really want to tell others the beauty of it."

This book includes the Nobel Prize-winning novel "Snow Country" and seven classic works including "Oil", "Fantasy of May", "Bonfire", "Her Dress", "Thousand Generations", "Orphan's Feelings" and "Human Heart" from the collection of first love short stories "First Love Novels". "Snow Country" is Kawabata Yasunari's representative work of aestheticism. The author uses a graceful and sad style to describe a snow world where the beauty of nothingness, cleanliness and sadness are intertwined for readers. The story mainly tells the story of a Tokyo dance art researcher named Shimamura, who went to a hot spring hotel in the snow country three times, and had a love entanglement with the local geisha Komako and the girl Ye Zi who met by chance. The article is full of delicate emotions of love and futility.

One late night, the girl rushed into the forest with a double-barreled shotgun, put the muzzle of the gun against a man's forehead, and pulled the trigger. People often say that Bear Town is too inconspicuous. This small town located deep in the forest has no unique natural scenery and has not produced any great people. It seems to be expected that even if Bear Town completely disappears one day, no one will notice it. If there is anything different, it is that their junior ice hockey team is about to participate in the national competition, and they really have the opportunity and ability to win the championship. All the hopes and dreams of the town rest on the shoulders of these teenage boys. The hope that carries the entire town soon turns into a heavy burden, when an act of violence before the semifinals intensifies, and the trauma of a young girl turns the entire town into turmoil. All residents will face the most important choice in their lives.

A former Nazi officer, Mark forged a new identity after World War II as a factory owner. Once, he was an intellectual proficient in philosophy and law, as well as a Nazi believer and killer. From Ukraine to Stalingrad, from Berlin to Auschwitz, he was seriously injured in the war and survived, and then his official career was prosperous and he rose step by step. At the same time, he was accompanied by nightmares, blood, tears, and vomit. Countless desires surge and burst. The war opened all the doors and opened its big black mouth with a hoarse, wild and indistinct scream. This novel holds up a mirror to human nature - we can't look away.

The Sherlock Holmes series was introduced to China as early as 1896. In 1916, Zhonghua Book Company took the lead in launching "The Complete Works of Sherlock Holmes" - the first Chinese version of the complete works of Sherlock Holmes. In 2012, Zhonghua Book Company created a new version of "New Illustrations and New Translations" (seven volumes), with accurate translations and reliable annotations! In 2022, Zhonghua Book Company will launch the "Illustrated Collection Edition" based on the 2012 edition, which will be fully upgraded - all translations will be revised and nearly 300 additional annotations will be added.

The original title of "Dulan Funny Stories" is "Hundred Funny Stories", which is a collection of short stories in the style of "The Decameron". The author pretends that this is a manuscript preserved in the monastery of Touraine and compiled and published specifically for the entertainment of the Pantagruelists. In fact, these stories are all written by Balzac, but they only use the background and themes from the fourteenth to sixteenth centuries, imitating the language of the sixteenth century and Rabelais's bold, straightforward, lively and vivid writing style. The content mostly involves human affairs and personal relationships between men and women. However, under the cover of all kinds of frivolous jokes and vulgar words, there is no lack of penetrating satire and praise of beautiful human emotions. The translator, Shi Kangqiang, is a famous French translator and writer in China. In this book, Balzac uses Old French. At the request of Xia Wen, senior French editor of the Humanities Society, he translated this strange book in a style that imitates the Song and Yuan dialects. It is both faithful to the original text and consistent in form and tone. It is a rare translation masterpiece.

"Young Guards" is an outstanding work that reflects the heroic achievements of the Soviet people during the Anti-Fascist Patriotic War. It achieves a high degree of unity between historical reality and artistic reality, and has a strong artistic appeal. The novel describes the heroic struggle of local youth centered on the Communist Youth League after Krasno, a small town in the Donbas mining area, was occupied by German fascist troops in 1942. After the novel was published in 1945, it was warmly welcomed by readers. It can be regarded as a landmark work of Soviet literature in both ideological and artistic aspects. It is full of the spirit of patriotism. Since it was translated and introduced to China in 1945, it has been reprinted more than 120 times and has become the common reading memory of generations of Chinese readers.

Cao Ying is the first person in China to translate Sholokhov's works. "Cao Ying's Translation of New Reclamation" was selected into the Chinese Translators' Translation Collection, which meets the requirements of a famous writer, a famous translator, and a famous book. "New Land" (also translated as "Virgin Land Reclaimed") is a two-part novel that took about thirty years to write and won the Lenin Prize immediately after its publication. This novel mainly describes the conflict between the old and new ideas of farmers in the Don River area during the Soviet agricultural collectivization process, as well as the life-and-death struggle between the two camps of revolution and counter-revolution. The hour objectively and truly reflects that magnificent historical struggle, leaving behind a number of classic characters with profound thoughts and sincere emotions, continuing Sholokhov's consistent style.

Grandpa and Noah sat on a bench in the square, sharing their obsession with math and numbers. Every day, the walk home becomes longer and longer, and everything around me becomes blurry. Grandpa knew that his memories were gradually passing away, and he could only hold Noah's hand tightly, hoping to make Noah disappear in the end. Sometimes sitting next to Grandpa is his son Ted. Ted doesn't like math and only likes writing and guitar. Throughout his life, he has been waiting for his father to accompany him, encourage him and recognize him. The forgotten things are remembered again, the resentful ones are finally forgiven, and we miss someone who is still alive. We should all learn how to say goodbye.

His last memory started at the train station. He woke up with only his pants and shirt on him. He never left the station again, and gradually he couldn't even remember his own name. Until one day, because he took back a stranger's wallet from a thief, he was dragged to work as a night shift clerk in his convenience store. This small store called "Always" suffers from a shortage of Always products and insufficient staff. Community residents complain that it is an "inconvenient convenience store." He turned from a homeless man to a worker by accident. Not only did he help a college clerk transform into an Internet celebrity in the convenience store industry, but he also helped the fake detective who monitored him to find a new job. Even the venomous aunt with a temper as bad as her mouth also let go of her guard in front of him... The secret weapon behind it is seemingly ordinary convenience store food--·Wrapped with worries. Triangular rice balls, lunch boxes of delicacies from the mountains and seas that can summon inspiration, corn silk tea that makes drunkards become more and more addicted, "Golden Triangle" set meal that can quickly recharge late-night workers... The convenience store is warm on a winter night, and every piece of food is steaming. A person stands on the edge of his own life, salvaging one falling soul after another, and taking in countless wandering hearts.

"Beautiful Friend" is the second novel written by French writer Maupassant and also his masterpiece. The work tells the story of the male protagonist Duroy, who was born in the civilian class and later moved to Paris after being discharged from the army. He got the opportunity to work as a reporter in a newspaper from a comrade he met by chance. But he was ambitious and unsatisfied. He also designed to leave Madeleine and became the son-in-law of the newspaper owner, and suddenly became the editor-in-chief of the newspaper. At the end of the novel, it is hinted that this amoral careerist "beautiful friend" will have a bright future. This book adopts the classic translation of Mr. Xu Hejin, the translator of "In Search of Lost Time", with more than 50 illustrations painted by French printmaker Jean-Emile Laboule, and exclusively includes a 5,000-word preface by French critic Rene Dumenil, telling the anecdotes behind Maupassant's creation of "Beautiful Friend".

Since she was sent to France for adoption many years ago, Nana's only connection with her hometown of South Korea is a vague memory: a dumpling-shaped food, the aroma of mint permeating the wooden home, being abandoned by her parents on the railway alone and helpless, and the strange train driver who took her home to take care of her. Invited by a letter from South Korea, Nana returned to her homeland and became the protagonist of a family search documentary to find an answer - the man she had never met before became her father in a short period of time, the man who tenderly called her "munjoo" and gave her the true meaning of this name. Because the name is her origin, the evidence that she has existed in this world. In an old-fashioned restaurant downstairs of her residence in South Korea, she had the second important encounter in her life, and she became an old friend "Fuxi" who silently cared for her and took care of her. Before Fuxi disappeared from this world, Nana helped her recall her name and her remaining memories. In this world, everything is forgotten too quickly. When someone remembers a name, it is a tribute to the passing world.

A literary girl who studied abroad fell in love with a weak literary youth. Regardless of the opposition of others, she resolutely entered into the marriage she was looking forward to. The creed of the future... The disillusionment of reality, a woman who doesn't want to be a caged bird, bravely faces the loss of ideals, and reaches out to touch freedom. "Escaped Nobuko" is an autobiographical novel written by the Japanese writer Miyamoto Yuriko based on her personal experience. It tells the story of a young woman from a middle-class background, Nobuko, who went to the United States, fell in love, got married, had conflicts with her husband, divorced, resumed literary creation, and finally awakened her self-awareness and moved towards an ideal life. In the novel, Nobuko's relationships with her husband, mother, and female close friends are intricately intertwined, and the scenes are described in a gripping manner. Japanese private novels are good at self-revealing narratives and are known for their in-depth exploration of the characters' psychology. The usual life seems calm and without violent conflicts, but the characters' feelings are full of crises and undercurrents. In terms of text narrative, because the author was influenced by Tolstoy and other Russian novelists, he shows a very delicate realistic style.

Fifth-grade student Jiro Uehara discovered that his father was very different - he never went out to work and stayed at home with nothing to do all day long; he made critical remarks when he met everyone, and his sharp words were often overwhelming; he went to school to turn things upside down because the cost of Jiro's graduation trip was too high; he was even bitten by the tax bureau and received close attention from civil servants... For people who are used to following the rules, Ichiro is simply a disaster. Erlang originally thought that despite the constant wind and rain, he could still survive. Unexpectedly, a series of emergencies caused Erlang's family to move southward like "running away overnight." A major event that will cause a sensation across the country is about to be starred by the Uehara family on this small southern island.

"Shuncho" is a collection of short stories and short stories by Junichiro Tanizaki, a master of Japanese aesthetic literature. This book includes a total of 9 works including "Shuncho", "Tattoo", "Kirin", "Youth", "Gang Xian", "Secret", "Devil", "Demon Continuation" and "Oedipus". Elements such as love and hate, affection and resentment, pain and beauty, virtuality and reality, are used throughout the book, rendering a beautiful world of Japanese aesthetic literature. The perfect fusion of sensual pleasure and Japanese classical taste inspires a strong Japanese aesthetics of things. The beauty of physical sorrow, tracing back to its origin, is the love that is undying in the absurd ups and downs of the human world.

"The Cthulhu Mythos" is known as the most influential horror novel system in the 20th century. The author Howard Philip Lovecraft advocated "cosmism" and believed that human beings are far from being the masters of the world. In the unknown universe that has not yet been explored, there are unimaginable and unspeakable horrific truths hidden. Even a glimpse of it may make people fall into madness or death. As the author said: "The oldest and strongest human emotion is fear; and the oldest and strongest fear is the fear of the unknown." This book contains 6 short and medium-sized stories such as "The Call of Cthulhu", "Whispers in the Dark" and "The Dunwich Incident". Each of them is enough to arouse your inner fear of the dark.

The story took place in May 1942. Warrant Officer Waskov "helplessly" accepted the "troops" assigned by his superiors to two squads - although they were "non-drinkers", they were young female soldiers wearing short skirts; he wanted to command them to guard the 171 train station facilities. For a time, the female soldiers were stationed. Just when they were not used to the field life, they unexpectedly encountered a group of German fascist scouts. They could have let these devils go and just defended their positions and facilities. However, justice and sensitivity required them to not only defend the position and facilities, but also fight the enemy with the power of five girls-soldiers and commanders, to fight to the death...

A quiet and beautiful dead body suddenly appeared in the locked suitcase in the corner of the attic. A unique specimen on the autopsy table tells the story of his life. In the traveling circus, complicated and confusing crimes are staged one after another. In a small town where no one got off the bus, a stranger broke the peace. Ventriloquists, androids, and lifelike marionettes. In the silent big house, the owner never leaves home and the strange smiling man. The past, present and future intersect here. Literary master Ray Bradbury uses 20 colorful thrillers to reveal the fears, desires and loves hidden deep in our consciousness.

21 wonderful works by Ray Bradbury, the master of illusions - ghosts, fairs and magic shows, dead dogs, crazy inventors, cemeteries and adolescence. From the unbridled fantasy about the past and future to the unimaginable magical reality, from the exquisite sketches that make people laugh, to the timeless stories with magnificent settings, it opens the door to the fantasy world for us. Tender Murder tells the funny, poignant, and satirical story of an octogenarian couple who have spent their entire lives together and loathed each other as they plot to murder each other. Follow in the footsteps of Ray Bradbury and experience the various aspects of the world in the book!

Kronos, one of the original gods in ancient Greek mythology, represents eternity, chaos, and transcendence. He is also known as the god of time. "The Miracle of Chronos" contains seven science fiction love stories about time travel published by Shinji Kajio from 1994 to 2008. Many of the stories have been adapted into stage plays and movies, which have become household names in Japan and have been well received. Kajio Shinji's delicate writing style and tender narrative fully demonstrate the difficulties, suffering and incredible power of ordinary people's relationships. Seven touching and pathos stories describe the beautiful and incomplete love in human imagination. Extras: Chronology of the Chronos travel machine + commentary by the well-known writer Tsujimura Fukasuki.

This is the "Dead House", where the cold winter has no end in sight. Unpalatable food, blatant theft, endless abuse, never-ending fights... Jealousy, resentment, anger, humiliation, pain, despicability, selfishness, loneliness... Tens of thousands of dramas were staged in turn, and human nature was repeatedly interrogated. Open "Notes from the House of the Dead" and Dostoevsky will help you see all the possibilities of human nature!

"How was your summer?" " Is Jin Ae-ran's third collection of short stories, including a total of eight works. Most of the various characters in the book face desperate situations, nakedly exposed to reality, but trying to find slim hope. It is particularly worth mentioning that five of the works focus on young women in their thirties, delicately describing their psychological states in love, friendship, marriage, work, etc., Which may arouse resonance among Chinese female readers. As the most representative female writer in the Korean literary world, Kim Ae-ran has won the love of a large number of readers, largely due to the power of the protagonist in her work. The book is prefaced by Wen Zhen, a Chinese writer and winner of the "Lao She Literature Award".

"Roaring Life" is the second collection of short stories by Kim Ae-ran, a powerful female writer in the Korean literary world. It consists of eight short stories. There are stories in the book about a daughter who was raised in a noodle shop and plays the piano wantonly in a semi-underground rental house in Seoul where rainwater pours in. There are stories about college graduates who teach in remedial classes and live a life that is both a "social animal" and a "dwelling". There are also stories about the reality that urban youths are unable to spend Christmas decently with their lovers due to lack of material... These stories focus on the city Those respectable ordinary people in the novel who seem ordinary and marginal, but are actually struggling silently with life every day, are like a pool of water accumulated in ordinary daily life. With the author's imaginative and intelligent writing style, readers can reflect themselves and taste that sadness can be portrayed calmly, and desolation can be expressed humorously. The book is prefaced by Zhang Yiwei, a Chinese writer and winner of the "Future Writer" Award.

"Run, Dad" is Jin Ae-ran's first collection of short stories and the first in the "Jin Ae-ran's Works Collection" (a total of 6 books). It consists of 9 short stories including "I Go to the Convenience Store", "She Has a Reason for Insomnia", "Who Sets Off Fireworks at the Beach", "The Forever Narrator", "Home Without Knocking", "Greetings from Love" and "Bounce-Stilts", covering family issues, cities and young people, living in a small house. The author uses subtle observations, fresh feelings and rich details to brilliantly describe the daily life and life status of young people, reproducing modern Korean literature with trauma, pain, and sorrow as representative words.

"My Uneasy Life" is Kim Ae-ran's first novel. The movie of the same name stars Kang Dong-won and Song Hye-kyo. It tells the story of "the youngest parents and the oldest children." The main thread of the book is two stories. One is to tell stories that happened in reality, that is, what happened to "me" in the last year of my life. Because of medical expenses, "I" participated in the TV station's donation program, exchanged emails with peers who had watched the program, and became friends. They were passionate for a period of time, but later learned that he was a false character... During this period, "I" wrote a novel, describing the romantic process of my parents' love, questioning why "I" was born, and what this short seventeen years of life meant to my parents and "me". As a final gift to my parents, this novel constitutes the second story.

This is an unethical love. The lonely Kawabata throws a porcelain bowl that has been used by tea drinkers for generations into an unethical love. Its owners were cursed with being too obsessed with the false makeup of women and the exquisiteness of ceramics. Like his father, Kikuji was deeply entangled with women. He even followed his father's story and had an affair with his lover, which led to Mrs. Ota's final suicide. And the teacup stained with guilt continues to wander in the weirdness, just like the loneliness of sentimental objects is also in the eternal reincarnation.

It's so beautiful that I want to cry. I really want to go to Kyoto after reading it. Chieko and Naeko are twin sisters. The elder sister Chieko was adopted by a wealthy brocade weaver in the ancient capital of Kyoto, while the younger sister stayed in the village where she was born. As a result, their fates became completely different. On the night of the Gion Festival, the two sisters unexpectedly reunited and learned the truth. However, in the end, they could not recognize each other due to their identities, and each returned to their own lives. A heart-warming story, the plot never strays from the scenery, festivals, and customs of Kyoto. Kawabata reconstructed the cultural Kyoto with beautiful language, which can be called the "hometown on paper" of the Japanese nation.

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"Are you having a good time?" These were the last words Jason heard before losing consciousness. When he woke up again, he found himself lying on a gurney in the hospital. A stranger smiled and said to him, "My friend, welcome back." Gradually, he was horrified to find that the world he faced was completely different from before. What is different is not the scenery around him, but his original interpersonal relationships.

Common people's food x interesting things about wedding life. What is "marriage"? The term "marriage" originates from Japan and refers to various activities performed in order to find a marriage partner. "Marriage Restaurant" is a series of healing cooking novels with the theme of marriage and love. It is a pillow reading that soothes modern people's anxiety with food and wine. It shows people's different views on marriage and love and the pursuit of happiness. It is bittersweet and heart-warming. Sometimes, we are reluctant to talk about our troubles to family and friends, but it is easy to boldly open our hearts to outsiders who meet by chance. Summary of the story: Megumi, who was once a popular fortune teller, had a turbulent life. She lost the ability to predict the future due to an accident in the past, and then switched careers and opened a Shitamachi restaurant. People who were troubled by work, love and marriage, and life problems came here all at once. Hui could hear about new developments in "marriage" every day: all kinds of marriage agencies, wedding parties, parents making blind dates for their children, "pig-killing plate" marriage fraudsters, remarriage and family reorganization... While working hard to create delicious food and sharply complaining, Hui gradually solved the worries of the guests.

"My Century" is Glass's masterpiece. The genre of the novel is unique and all-encompassing. From 1900 to 1999, there is a story every year. Different characters narrate the major historical events that occurred in Germany and other countries in the world over the past century from different perspectives, covering all aspects. The whole book travels through different time and space, intertwining reality and history. For example, the German emperor sent troops in 1900; the Battle of Flanders in World War I in 1914; Hitler came to power in 1933; the 1936 Berlin Olympics; Germany invaded Poland in 1939 and the Second World War broke out; the German army retreated in 1944; Brandt knelt in front of the Polish Jewish grave in 1970; the Gulf War in 1991; the birth of Dolly the cloned sheep in 1997, etc., Showing a panoramic view of Germany for a century.

No one dies on New Year's Day. This fact is contrary to common sense. The Prime Minister called on everyone not to panic. The newspapers published the news of "New Year, New Life" as usual, but the commotion has already spread: mankind has fallen into eternal old age, and pension reserves will be overwhelmed; funeral companies are facing bankruptcy and can only bury cats, dogs and canaries; pessimistic philosophers are worried: without death, the future will be a disaster. And Death, a skeletal lady wrapped in sheets who lives in a cold basement with a scythe, is satisfied with asserting herself for the first time ever and is ready to get back to work.

Panjim is a famous Bengali novelist and the founder of modern Indian novels. "Selected Novels of Panjim" includes Panjim's six novels in total: "Moonlight", "Krishna Kanta's Testament", "Indira", "Poison Tree", "Radarani" and "Rajsingh". Among them, "Indira" and "Radarani" are novellas, and the remaining four are novels. The above-mentioned six novels selected by the translator are the essence of Panjim's novels and are also favorite works of Bengali readers. They are classics of Bengali literature and are well-known in Bangladesh and West Bengal, India.

"Disillusionment", written by the French realist writer Balzac, is a novel that reflects the commercialization of literature and art and the shady world of journalism. It is also one of the most profound masterpieces in "Human Comedy" and the one that best reflects the spirit of the times. Through the encounters of two talented and ambitious young people, the novel reflects the situation and mental state of an entire generation of young people after the French Revolution. It points out that with the disintegration of the feudal system and the victory of capitalism, there will inevitably be competition between people, which will inevitably produce poems of personal struggle and tragedies of shattered ideals.

"The Unbearable Lightness of Being" is Milan Kundera's masterpiece novel and a world-renowned super best-seller. The novel relies on the historical changes in Czechoslovakia in the 1960s and uses the accidental and fateful love of Thomas and Theresa as the main line to unfold the story. It not only describes the emotional entanglements of several couples, but also not only writes about personal lives. The ups and downs of fate in the changing circumstances and the choices of individuals in moments of change are a philosophical novel with rich layers and complex images. It starts with the mysterious question of the weight of human life under the delirium of eternal reincarnation. As the characters' life trends and thoughts in the book are constantly interspersed, the theory of relativity between the lightness and weight of life, and the soul and body is put forward.

Ludwik, a young student, was expelled from the party and sent to do hard labor in the mines because he wrote a few jokes on a postcard sent to a friend. While serving, he fell in love with Lucy, an honest and steady girl, and regarded her as the guide to his dark life. However, Lucy showed strong rejection and resistance to the further development of the relationship between the two, which angered Ludwick, who did not know the inside story. In the end, Ludwick slapped Lucy completely out of his life. Fifteen years later, Ludvik, who was free, returned to his hometown and met Lucy, who had become a hairdresser, but Lucy no longer recognized him. In order to retaliate against Zemanek who insisted on expelling him from the party, Ludvik designed to seduce his wife Elena, but then learned that Elena's marriage to her husband had long been in name only, which made Zemanek glad that he could divorce Elena. After knowing that Ludvik did not love her, Elena decided to commit suicide by taking poison, but accidentally took laxatives, and the story ended in a farce.

Film master Hirokazu Kore-eda's novel of the same name was shortlisted for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. In autumn in Tokyo, twelve-year-old Amin moved to a new apartment with his mother Keiko, and there were three other children secretly hidden in the house. The mother lied to the landlord that her husband was working abroad and that she lived with her son, but in fact each of the four children had a different father. They could only stay at home and could not go to school. When his mother went out to work, Amin took on the responsibility of looking after his younger siblings. Suddenly one day, the mother disappeared, leaving cash and a note, and entrusted Amin to take care of her brothers and sisters. No relatives, no friends, hungry, no water or electricity at home, garbage all over the floor, spring is coming, how should the children face their new life?

"Where are you? " Is Mark Levy's masterpiece, and the new version is now on the market. The book contains tear-jerking love and friendship, as well as touching family affection. Mark Levy uses gentle and delicate words to soothe the spiritual pain of modern people. The world may be cruel, and life may not be perfect, but there will always be a place where souls who have nowhere to rest can find their own place to live. Susan and Philip grew up together. They were everything to each other's lives, but fate kept them apart. Susan, who experienced a family tragedy prematurely, has never been able to learn to live in peace with the world. Even when she is with the people who love her most, she cannot overcome her inner panic. So she kept running away, traveling far and wide to help those who had lost their homes due to hurricanes. Susan knew that no matter where she went, no matter how many changes the years brought to them, Philip was her last support and the only person she could entrust her life to. This is their promise to each other, and this promise will bring unpredictable changes to their destiny...

At the age of eighteen, a thunderstorm fell on Mila's world: her father was imprisoned on suspicion of stock fraud, her mother seemed to be cheating on her father's colleagues, her brother was a life-sucker, and her aunts couldn't hide their sympathy... For a moment, the past life seemed like a lifetime ago. Mira became a notorious "sinner's daughter" and had to hide under a pseudonym. During this embarrassing period, she made close friends and lovers. In the face of public abuse, should Mira stand up and express her feelings? How to save the loss of idealism? Can a fragile young man still lend a helping hand to others? Mira guessed that maybe sociology saved her.

This book was shortlisted for the 2018 Caen Literary Prize. In March 2019, Macron and his wife made a special trip to Nice, France, to arrange a private dinner for President Xi Jinping and his wife at the "Kingfisher Villa" on the Côte d'Azur. This book was presented to President Xi Jinping as one of the gifts by President Macron. Kingfisher Villa, a famous building on the Mediterranean coast of France, is the representative of a series of villas. It was built in the early 20th century and was designed by the versatile Theodore Heine (an archaeologist, jurist, mathematician, philosopher, politician, etc.). Theodore was the brother of Joseph and Solomon, and the three of them were inseparable, both bearded and equally learned. This villa decorated in Greek style is also a treasure trove of French cultural treasures. This villa allows the protagonist Achilles to step out of his small world and discover a world full of dreams and poetry. Achilles, a painter who is over 70 years old, returns to this villa that has been turned into a museum as an ordinary person. He was a neighbor of the villa, witnessed its construction, and spent his youth in Kingfisher Villa, immersed in the civilization of ancient Greece like the other children of the extended family. Years later, he returned to Kingfisher Villa as he grew old. In each room, he rediscovered his past. One door opens to Alexander the Great; another door opens to Mount Athos; yet another door opens to his beloved Ariadne... When reading this historical novel, readers will temporarily stay away from modern society and immerse themselves in the atmosphere of ancient Greece.

This set contains four works by Norman Manea: "Legal Happiness", "The Black Envelope", "Prisoners" and "The Nest". "Legal Happiness" contains four novellas, which show the lives and psychological states of various different groups of people including intellectuals, officials, and the working class in Romania in a special era, reflecting the hopes and fears, struggles and confusions of an era. "Black Envelope": In the eyes of "mental patient" Tolea, this spring in Bucharest is brilliant and crazy, filled with restlessness, poison and perversity. A story narrated by an "abnormal person", the whole book is composed of paradoxical scenes. Confusion, metaphors, and sleep talk form a shocking picture of the Romanian intellectuals in the 1980s. "Prisoners" is the author's first published work, which has special literary value and significance. The novel creates three main characters: a depressed teacher, a sensitive and lonely daughter of a suspected war criminal who committed suicide, and a young engineer. The novel presents the lives of people who experienced the Nazi Holocaust and fell into the totalitarian rule of Ceausescu. The manuscript combines reality and dreams, and the writing style is both true and imaginary, like a monologue or a babble. "The Nest" is a literal translation of Eastern European literature about the troubled life of a conscience in exile in the United States, which is closer to the author's original intention. The profound trauma of the Jewish Holocaust, the heavy spiritual shackles of a closed society, and the layers of spiritual confusion in the free world. This book describes the life of Romanian intellectuals represented by Parade, Peter, and Gora in the "free world" America.

This set includes: "The Seven Deaths of Evelyn", "Crimes of Hope", "The Unknown Truth", "Killing the Mary Sues", "The Resurrection of the Joker", "The Curse of the Witch", "Resurrection of the Doll", "The Mystery of the Eye Box" , "The Mystery of Corpse Manor", "Keigo Higashino: The Letter", "Death Mail (2020 Edition)", "The Flame of Water (2020 Edition)", "The Blank of the Night (2020 Edition)", "Doubt", "Strong Ant (2020 Edition)"

This set includes: "Heart-stealing Bookstore", "I Know Where the Light Is", "The Girl Who Didn't Exist", "Goodbye", "Quicksand", "Farming Food Love", "To All the Boys I've Loved Before", "The Girl Who Lost Her Name".