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Future Mirror (i+ii) (2 Volumes in Total)

Yao Haijun (usa) Neil Clark Micro Image Culture

357K0

"Mirror of the Future" In just five years, Chinese science fiction has undergone many profound changes, one of which is the change in the exchange model of Chinese and foreign science fiction. In the past many years, although we have understood quite a few classics in Western science fiction, Western countries have extremely limited understanding of Chinese science fiction. Whether at the World Science Fiction Convention in the United States or at the international science fiction convention in China, the exchanges between Chinese and foreign science fiction writers rarely focus on a certain Chinese science fiction novel. Things are different now. There are more and more common topics among Chinese and foreign science fiction writers and scholars, such as "The Three-Body Problem" and "Beijing Folding". The communication model between Chinese science fiction and Western science fiction has changed from one-way to two-way. "Future Mirror II" contains seven top Chinese science fiction works, providing readers who love science fiction works with different science fiction experiences. Among them, most of the works have won domestic Galaxy Awards, Nebula Awards or been nominated. The translation of this book is completed by a top-notch translation team led by Liu Yukun, the translator of "The Three-Body Problem" and "Beijing Folding" and winner of the Hugo Award, presenting you with the beauty of bilingualism.

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General Fiction

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76K0

It includes two novellas: "Pink Bus" and "I Had Many Dreams Last Night". "Pink Bus" uses delicate writing to directly face the inner feelings of pregnant women, the mental journey of worrying about gains and losses, and the hesitation and struggle when facing choices. "I Had Many Dreams Last Night" mainly expresses the author's thoughts on death and insights on life through the description of the characters - death is the continuation of life; life is the flourishing of death.

Wind Chimes

Wind Chimes

General Fiction

(japan) Ishirō Yamamoto

135K0

This book selects short stories from "The Way of Japanese Women", including "Wind Chimes", "Pine Blossoms", "Arrow Bamboo", "Plum Blossom" and other excellent works. It is a collection of short stories focusing on women's life and psychology, focusing on family, love and family. Touching the patched clothes, he noticed another side of his leisurely wife; in order to inherit his wife's regrets, she began a life of 23 years of aphasia; when her husband's life and death were uncertain but criticized, waiting for the truth became her only hope... They were either diligent and thrifty, or moving forward with a heavy burden, or being patient and persevering, shining in the subtle places in life that are not easy to detect.

Happy Journey to Sweet Planet

Xu Xu

102K0

This book was written by the blogger Sweet Planet Daily. As Weibo's well-known "collection of super sweet stories", Sweet Planet Daily has selected all high-quality and moving stories that have been submitted in recent years and compiled them into a book. Among these stories, there are lovers reunited after a long separation, childhood sweethearts' heartbeats, the beauty of sudden encounters, and regrettable misses... But without exception, these stories are true and touching. All the stories in this book have received more than 6 billion exposures online, and countless readers have checked in to catch up on updates.

Nazgul

Nazgul

General Fiction

Tian Er

106K0

Tian Er's classic Xiangxi novella collection, Yi Yang Qianxi's favorite novelist, the youngest winner of the Lu Xun Literature Award in history. Tian Er set out from western Hunan and entered a broader realm of novels. The subtle and precise description of the homeland, era, all spirits, and human nature revives mankind's ancient awe of the natural earth. The novel collection "The Ring Spirit" contains three novellas written by Tian Er based on the old era of western Hunan. "Breaking the Moon" tells the story of a beggar named Gou Xiao who accidentally set a world record for survival in a desperate situation during a mining accident. However, a visit from an outside reporter spread the local legend that the dog can eat people, and Gou Xiao fell into deeper desperation. "Records of People" tells the story of an old bandit, Brother Eleven, who cut off his distal fingers and acted as a porter, but was impersonated while picking up his legs. After rebelling and subduing the bandits, Brother Eleven looked back on his early experiences, especially the death of the bandit leader Han Zhuozi. He accidentally exposed his identity and had no choice but to betray his banditry and murder. "The Ring Spirit" tells the story of a long-term leopard infestation in a certain place in western Hunan. After the hunters took action to eliminate the leopard problem, someone hid the leopard cub privately and named it the Ring Spirit with the intention of domesticating it. However, this method went against the nature of the creature and only had the opposite consequences.

Father

Father

General Fiction

Liang Xiaosheng

156K03

"Father" records the real story between Liang Xiaosheng and his father in simple and sincere words. The whole family relies on him to sell his physical strength for food and clothing. His father, who is not good at expressing, always silently swallows all the hardships in life. His ignorance and narrow-mindedness once caused his children to suffer and created a gap between his family members. But when he began to grow old, he finally slowly gained a new understanding of himself and his family. When a son enters middle age, his father already needs to rely on his own personality in order to continue to exist in society. At this time, how to let his father regain a personality that coexists with his own has become the top priority in the father-son relationship. In addition to "Father", this book also includes "The Northern Forest", "The Locksmith King", "Army Pigeon", "The Locked Diary" and "Ice Dam".

A Collection of Stories About Waves

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147K0

"Tales of Terror" contains 17 novels and is edited by Lawrence Block, the master of contemporary hard-boiled detective novels. Bullock invited 17 contemporary American writers to conduct an experimental proposition writing inspired by great paintings. The story spans the city and the countryside, the east coast and the west coast, the contemporary and the modern. Characters with different agendas use their strategies to raise the suspense of the mountains... It is not only a tribute to famous paintings, but also a subtle presentation of the spirit of adventure.

Seven Lives of Shiono·renaissance Novel (set of 4 Volumes in Total)

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470K0

Renaissance is interesting to read like this! This is a novel, a history, and more like a movie. From Venice, Rome, to Florence, and back to Venice, follow the beautiful man Marco, penetrate every pore of the Renaissance era, and be a Renaissance man for a day! There is Greek specialty wine exuding the scent of pine, roasted guinea chicken served on a silver plate decorated with the coat of arms of the Medici family, Pecorino goat cheese, and snacks made of almond flour wrapped in cream that can be swallowed in one bite. There are also studios of artists in the center of Florence in the 16th century, major banks all over Europe, and a dazzling array of shops filled with foreign goods. You will pass by plainly dressed civilian women cooking Egyptian bean soup in a cauldron, and you will have a heated discussion about Machiavelli's prophecies with aristocrats wearing fine satin and lace. What's even more incredible is that you can also go to watch and "interrupt" Michelangelo's own creation of the Sistine Chapel's ceiling frescoes! Not only that, the love drama between a handsome man and an elegant geisha, the power struggle between ambitious young people, and the complex relationships between the great powers at that time are all presented in this "Renaissance Novel" series.

Fireworks on Earth

Fireworks on Earth

General Fiction

Liang Xiaosheng

146K05

"Human Fireworks" takes the career, love, and life trajectories of construction worker Ge Quande and his children as clues. Ge Quande's pursuit of the "four modernizations" goals, and the selfless dedication of the commerce director and public security director to the country are the key turning points. It restores 20 years of history with profound brushwork. The real scenes of urban construction and employment issues of young people returning to the city in the mid-century describe the great changes in social development through the perspectives and levels of many characters. The selflessness and loyalty of the older generation to collective and national interests are grand scenes and reflect a strong sense of the times.

Mother

Mother

General Fiction

Liang Xiaosheng

148K0

"Mother" is a novel written by the famous writer Liang Xiaosheng. Part of the novel was selected into the 18th lesson of the sixth unit of the first volume of the fifth grade edition of the national unified edition. In the novel, the author describes how the mother worked hard and frugally under extremely difficult living conditions, maintained a kind and pure character, set an example, and established a good image for her children in terms of life and work. It shows the deep love of a loving mother for her children and the respect and love of the children for their mother. At the same time, the author uses his mother as a microcosm to describe the ups and downs of Chinese society, and describes the fate of the people at the bottom of society on multiple levels. The language of the novel is simple, and the lines are full of touching artistic conception. While it is serious, the author's clever writing style makes the article full of humor from time to time. The work reflects the Chinese people's emphasis on family, the spirit of parents' unconditional devotion to their children, and its strong humanistic care.

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General Fiction

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122K0

The handsome Ye Zang comes from a wealthy family. He has seen the warmth and coldness of human nature since he was a child, and has to play a clown to seek recognition. After growing up, he was influenced by bad friends and suffered a blow from his wife. He felt guilty for his own incompetence and was completely disappointed in others. He drank drunkenly all day long until he was destroyed.

Border Town·long River (shen Congwen's Story of Western Hunan)

Written By Shen Congwen Zhuoya Photography

161K0

This book collects two novels, "Border Town" and "Long River", and is Shen Congwen's most representative novel collection. "Border Town" is set in Chadong, a border town in the 1930s at the junction of Sichuan and Hunan. It depicts the unique customs and customs of western Hunan with a beautiful style that combines lyric poetry and essays. It uses the pure love story of the boatman girl Cuicui to show the kindness and beauty of human nature. "The Long River" was written by the author after he returned to western Hunan in 1937 and lived in Yuanshui for about four months. It tells the story of the joys and sorrows of the people living on both sides of the Chen River in western Hunan when Chinese society experienced historic changes and the turmoil radiated to this remote place. The book is accompanied by more than 200 photos taken by photographer Zhuo Ya, which reproduces the graceful customs of Xiangxi. It is a vivid restoration and portrayal of the customs and people's lives and work in Xiangxi written by Shen Congwen. It is also a true record of the changes and development of Xiangxi's cultural scenery over the past decades.

Past Events in the Ice Age

Xiaohe

175K0

"Ice Chronicles" is a collection of Xiao He's selected works, including a total of 15 of his works. The short story of the same name tells the story of how nuclear radiation caused the surface temperature to plummet, freezing three thousand meters below the sea surface, and a few humans moved to the ice to survive. "The Soul Builder in Clay Town" tells the story of the robot Steve Doyle who creates mediocre souls based on the data instructions he receives every day. At the end of his life, he disobeyed his instructions and secretly created a very rebellious soul. A new baby was born, and the fate of mankind may have changed. "Empire Mars" tells the story of "I" who was desperate for life and committed suicide many times, and was eventually sent to Mars, where "I" lived in harmony with robots, built the city together, and regained the passion for life. The "Skylight of the Earth", "Plateau Canyon" and "No Country for Old Men" show the author's worries about reality: the greenhouse effect, rising sea levels and the problem of elderly people who have lost their only child.

I Wish the Whole World Had You

Yuan Zihao

95K0

Yuan Zihao's new novel collection in 2022, six stories that give you love and energy. From Nanjing to Beijing, from Beijing to New York, the whole world is no longer empty, warm and beautiful because of a cherished person, and we are no longer alone. The birthday cake given by the sister to the brother, the braised egg silently waiting for the friend, the mother overcoming obstacles for her daughter, and the boy who has been secretly in love for many years in a foreign country... They are all ordinary people in Zihao's works, supporting characters in another world, but in the eyes of their lovers, they are unparalleled heroes, brave and fearless protagonists. No matter how many hardships there are in this world, please believe that there will always be a person in the world who, with love, travels through thousands of mountains and valleys, regardless of all difficulties and hardships, and becomes your army when you are alone.

Only Half the Story is Told

Wanma Caidan

101K01

This book collects ten short stories written by the novelist and director Wanma Tseden in recent years, showing the life portraits of ordinary Tibetan people: the village old man full of folk tales, the young son who is certified as the reincarnation of the living Buddha, the parents of the newborn who exhaust their efforts to breastfeed, the poet who committed arson... The wind blowing on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau has etched out unique textures and directions for their stories. In the telling, the story gained extension, the legend gained an audience, and the myth gained a people. Wanma Tseden's writing style is simple and pure, embellished with a unique sense of humor, and actively explores the narrative.

Selected Stories by Maupassant (yili Library·lark English Classics)

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"Selected Short Stories and Novels by Maupassant" belongs to the "Lark English Classics" series and is a collection of short stories and short stories by the famous French writer Guy de Maupassant. This book contains many representative works of Maupassant, including classics such as "Ball of Suet" and "The Necklace". These novels have been translated into many languages, influencing generations of readers around the world, and some have also been adapted into plays, movies, TV series and cartoons.

Three Women

Three Women

General Fiction

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"Three Women" consists of three short stories. The three stories with different text structures have a subtle and careful relationship with each other, forming an extremely exquisite aesthetic whole. The British "Times" said that Musil is "the greatest German writer in half a century."

Book Person

Book Person

General Fiction

Aweimuyiluo

154K0

This book consists of five short and medium-length stories, namely "The Man in the Book", "Great Luck from Heaven", "Arrival", "The Native Man" and "The Fish on the Shore". The first two articles use wild imagination to construct a wonderful world of different dimensions. The last three articles use real life as the theme, telling the confusion and struggle of the working people at the bottom. This book is full of magical realism style, which is both divorced from reality and concerned with reality. It expresses the author's thinking and attitude towards writing and the meaning of life.

As Snowy as Mountains

As Snowy as Mountains

General Fiction

Zhang Tianyi

144K02

The manuscript is a collection of short stories with realistic themes, with a total of 7 articles and about 150,000 words. The theme of this series of novels is "The Dilemma, Pain and Joy of Contemporary Women", and the topics involved include postpartum depression, getting along with stepfathers, and the loss of a child in middle age. In daily life, "snow" and "mountain" are common things that cannot be ignored. Memories like snow and hidden pain like mountains run through every woman's life memory. In several life stories captured in this book, there is a woman named "lili": they are Lili, Lily, Lili, Lili... All women are the same person, and this dilemma is universal. The writer uses a melancholy and delicate writing style to describe to the extreme the pain that runs through a woman's life. Not only did she write about the women she loved, respected, and sympathized with, but she also wrote about herself.

Sky Mirror

Sky Mirror

General Fiction

Chen He

164K0

"Mirror in the Sky" is a collection of short and medium-sized novels by Chen He. The novels have different backgrounds and focus on the survival and emotional state of Chinese people in Peru, Algeria, Toronto, Vancouver and other places. Unlike the previous generation of immigrant writers, Chen He no longer focuses on the issue of Chinese identity in these novels, but highlights the universal problem of mankind - existential crisis. Through different writing techniques, he constantly asks about the meaning of life. "Mirror in the Sky" tells the story of a writer named "Li" who went to Peru to search for the footprints of Che Guevara and his revolutionary partner Chino, a Chinese descendant in Peru. This involves a history of blood and tears of the struggle of the Chinese who traveled to South America to make a living in the 19th century. "Dan River Gorge" is about a Chinese man in Toronto who decided to join the Canadian Army. The meaning of life can only be confirmed through constant search. "The Bunker" takes place after SARS in 2003. Ali, who was declared dead, suddenly returned to Algeria. How did he start a family in a foreign land, and how did he return as a deceased person? "Winter Blackout Night" describes how "I" looked back step by step on a night when there was a power outage and uncovered the hidden secrets of my neighbor's house. "The Light of the Lighthouse" Looking back at the past of youth and the youth in our memory, it turns out that those we love deeply are always like the light of a lighthouse, shining in the thick fog...

The Complete Works of Hawthorne's Novels (all 4 Volumes)

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1.1M0

Most of Hawthorne's works are based on the history of New England for more than two hundred years. Among them are the heroic spirit of the colonial people against the brutal rule of the mother country, the tragic fact that the Puritans used exorcism as an excuse to persecute heretics and suppressed Quakers, the customs and customs of ordinary people's daily lives, and the shameless actions of the upper class. Overall, there are both historical volumes and folklore sketches. "The Collected Novels of Hawthorne" translated by Hu Yunhuan focuses on Hawthorne's novels "Fan Xiao", "Retold Stories", "The Scarlet Letter", "Legends of Fortune", "The House with the Seven Gables", "Moss in the Ancient House", "Jade Figures", "The Snowman and Other Retold Stories", allowing readers to have an overall understanding and grasp of Hawthorne's novels.

Kaka's Faith: Cui Manli's Short Stories Collection

Cui Manli

121K0

"Kaka's Faith" contains ten fine short stories and short stories written by Cui Manli over the past ten years. In these novels, Cui Manli examines friendship, family, and love. The protagonists in these novels are in various desperate situations, whether due to illness, disaster, or love, or in remote villages, bustling cities, or foreign countries. The desire to escape from a desperate situation and the cruelty of the real world intertwined and reflected the truest and original human nature. The writer brings us into a world that is both quiet and full of tension with his calm, wise and penetrating writing power. Among them, "Kaka's Faith" was selected as the best short story collection in China in 2003, "The Room" was highly praised and recommended by famous writers, "Killing Ducks" won the Jinling Literature Award in 2005, and "The Job Hunting Game" won the Beijing Literature Award in 2011... Deeply loved by literary critics and readers.

Ship on Sea

Ship on Sea

General Fiction

Yu Yishuang

100K0

Yu Yishuang's new novel collection. Nine stories, full of uncertainty: a group of living people talking about a dead person, a Ferris wheel and a letter from afar, facing the Yue King Goujian's imagination, a distant woman who has lost her identity and has nowhere to go, a funeral scene with mixed impurities... Everyone is on the boat, they don't believe in the other side, have no purpose, are weak on one side, and kind on the other. It's both romantic and shaky. The essence of romance is uncertainty.

Blue Bomb

Blue Bomb

General Fiction

(japan) Kajii Motojiro

64K0

This book contains 10 short stories such as "Lemon" and "Under the Cherry Blossom Tree". The protagonists of each work are the incarnations of the author, and the physical and mental state they display also echoes the author's fatigue and melancholy. For example, in "Lemon", he fantasizes about using lemons to blow up this melancholy city that makes people want to escape; in "On the Road", the protagonist knows that the road is dangerous, but still refuses to turn back like a maniac, preferring to see his own destruction; "K's Ascension──or K's Drowning" even uses the moon landing of the soul to romanticize the irresistible desire to go to the depths of the sea. However, despite the pain, Kajii Motojiro still tried to find the joy of life and the vitality of life. In "A Town with a Castle", the author described the trivial daily life in detail, such as the not particularly exciting city scenery, quarrels when the family went out, etc. It is these trivial daily life that constitute happiness. Fu's life; the courtship scenes of night cats and creek tree frogs depicted in "Mating" also make people feel the dedicated vitality in nature; especially the chapter "Under the Cherry Blossom Tree", with the shocking opening of "There is a corpse buried under the cherry blossom tree!" Implies that beauty must fade away, and brilliant flowers will bloom in death. The whole book includes "Lemon", "A Town with a Castle", "On the Road", "The Ascension of K - or the Drowning of K", "Dark Picture", "Flies in Winter", "Mating", "Under the Cherry Blossom Tree", "Caress" and "The Careless Patient".

Elegant Villain

Elegant Villain

General Fiction

(japan) Junichiro Tanizaki

60K0

This book includes: "Blind Story" and "Tattoo". "Blind Story" is one of Tanizaki Junichiro's representative works in the period of returning to classical tradition. Through the 66-year-old blind masseuse Yaichi, he recalls the history of his thirteen years of serving Oda Nobunaga's sister, Mrs. Aichi, and proposes that "erotica is the driving force that shakes history." Yaichi believes that even a hero like Toyotomi Hideyoshi has no different inner thoughts from an ordinary person like him. They both admire Mrs. Yachi's unparalleled beauty. The world view of this work is clearly stated at the beginning of "Tattoo" - "Those with beautiful appearance are considered strong, and those with ugly appearance are considered weak." In order to become a strong person, "tattoos" as a symbol of beauty are indispensable. This short story was not only highly appreciated by Karika Nagai, but also allowed Tanizaki to enter the literary world as a new writer. It also announced the birth of Tanizaki aesthetics!

Loneliness Experiment

Loneliness Experiment

General Fiction

(japan) Natsume Soseki

64K0

This book collects Natsume Soseki's life in the UK or his works based on British literature and history, including "The Carlyle Museum", "Tower of London", "Phantom Shield" and "Xiaolu Xing". "Carlyle Museum": "It is this face that has been soaking in this bathtub that is about the same height as a radiator, lying on this simple bed for forty years, always complaining about the noise outside." Soseki's travel notes describing Soseki's visit to Thomas Carlyle's former residence. "Tower of London": "The Tower of London is like the focus of dreams in my previous life." This work is written based on Soseki's own experience of actually visiting the Tower of London and his unique vision of fantasy. It incorporates Soseki's views on Western painting. "Phantom Shield": "This is the world in the shield. However, William is the shield." This is a tragic love novel depicting the knights William and Clara in ancient times. William and Clara are like Romeo and Juliet. "The Dew Walk": It is a work with strong British literature. The story is based on the legend of King Arthur and describes the secret love between the legendary Knight of the Round Table Lancelot and Princess Guinevere. The name is quoted from the unknown poet's work "Song of Dew" in the ancient Yuefu ballads of the Han Dynasty in China.

Are You There

Are You There

General Fiction

Korea Fai

6K0

The busier it is, the lonelier it is, is that you? You need this "uninterrupted companionship"! This is a collection of stories, which contains twelve stories about "Are You There?", Including barrages, love legends, wild fables, and urban ghost stories: What kind of wine will a girl who drinks so well that she never gets drunk get drunk, and where is the end of the rainbow she wants to go to? Would an expectant mother suffering from cancer choose to abort her child to protect herself, or give her child life and face death herself? A man who looks like a gopher and a woman who looks like a migratory bird fall in love. Will they choose the cave or the sky? It is done deliberately, and the stories told are all about the stories we have loved, and the stories we have loved. In everyone's life, there are always people coming in, people leaving, and people always being there. But there is one answer with ultimate warmth and power, and that is: Are you there? I am here. If you read this book carelessly, you will miss it; if you read it too carefully, you will shed tears. You can't prove it if it's false, and you don't need to prove it if it's true.

Mary Von's Rose Garden

Mary Von's Rose Garden

General Fiction

Fan Jianjun

176K0

Towering buildings, endless subway transfer points, rich nightlife... After stripping away these standard features of big city life, the food, clothing, housing and transportation in small towns are probably closer to the essence of life for the silent majority today. "Marie Feng's Rose Garden" is a new short story collection by Fan Jianjun, a famous writer in Jiangxi and vice chairman of the Jiangxi Provincial Writers Association. It includes 8 stories in total, "Inner River", "Life with Aftereffects", "Taboo of the Mirror", "Sleepwalking Tower", "Soul Circle", "Iron Fantasy History", "Marie Feng's Rose Garden" and "The Kite Runner". The novel describes middle-aged life in a small town, listening to thunder in silent places, using light writing techniques to reveal the turbulent undercurrents hidden under life; at the same time, the author's thoughts sometimes penetrate into forbidden places, making small town life magnificent and colorful, allowing us to accept the familiar or unfamiliar aspects of society with pleasure.

If We Only Meet for the First Time

Cheng Yongxin

145K0

As the editor-in-chief of the Harvest literary magazine, Cheng Yongxin has been a close witness to the Chinese literary scene for decades. This book is a collection of his recently completed novels. The novel "If We Only Met for the First Time" is based on personal experience and is deeply imbued with the cruelty, passion and free spirit of the 1980s and 1990s; "The Shape of the Wind" tells the story of a college student's experience after knocking on the iron door of an old house on a hot afternoon. Su Tong said the narrator's image is "reminiscent of Cheng Yongxin himself in his youth." "Qingcheng Mountain", which involves historical and martial arts themes, explores the relationship between ideas, dreams and human nature; "Mahjong World" tells the story of friendship, love and a messy life. "My Chiang Mai, My Teresa Teng" uses sentimentality and moderation to describe Teresa Teng's relationship with an era. The five novels have different themes and reflect the author's long-term understanding and practice of literary work.

Lively and Luxurious

Lively and Luxurious

General Fiction

Zhang Henshui

485K0

The novel is set in Chongqing, the capital city on the eve of the victory of the Anti-Japanese War. It describes that from the political arena to the shopping malls, from the upper class to the lower class, bankers, civil servants, small businessmen, socialites, old ladies, and even coolie workers all dreamed of getting rich overnight, and everyone was trapped in the financial vortex of gold reselling and bond speculation. Human nature, emotions, soul, and body have all become the weights of speculation and gambling. Tian Peizhi, a beautiful and high-spirited female student, was deceived by her husband and entered the world of flowers. She was also addicted to vanity and money. She indulged in gambling and gold trading day and night. She not only lost her family and love, but also her own conscience and dignity. "The Lost Lady" takes her story of decline as the main line and tells the story of the changing world in such a big era, as well as the loss and struggle of human nature in the face of money. It is the epitome of an era and the tragedy of an era.

Anthology of African Short Stories

(nigeria) Chinua Achebe Et Al.

230K0

For the first time in China, the works of Nobel Prize winner Gurna are translated and introduced; 38 writers from 16 countries use literature as a method to describe Africa in motion, presenting the cohesion and separation of African history. This is a genealogy of modern and contemporary African literature. It selects and compiles the most representative literary works, and thus presents the cohesion and dispersion of African history. Its authors, from Chinua Achebe, Abdul Razak Gourna, Nadine Gordimer, Ben Okri, to Ngugi Wa Thiango and Mia Kotto, have repeatedly convinced us that literature is not just a mirror or window of history; it is also a medium that interprets and reshapes Africa in our eyes, triggering us to examine issues such as immigration, identity, and borders. The history of Africa seen through literature is not just about political turmoil and generational changes. It includes the subtle depiction of daily life, the writing of cultural memory, the legacy of oral tradition, the alternating influence of folk literature and modern Western literature, the repeated reenactment of totems and taboos, and the never-ending dialogue between legends, myths, fables and reality. It allows us to see how people in Africa live and how they view their own existence and future.

The Gift of the Magi (bilingual Audio Classic)

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O. Henry is a world-renowned master of short stories. He created hundreds of excellent works in his life and is known as the "Father of Modern American Short Stories." This book contains nine representative works such as "The Gift of the Magi", "The Last Leaf", "The Police and the Hymn" and "Twenty Years Later". The content of these stories is close to real life, the length is short and concise, the plot is fascinating, and has a strong artistic appeal.

Ten Years of Secret Investigation (5 Volumes in Total)

Li Yaosha

1.0M07

In the community of beggars, there is a strict hierarchy. The boss has several thugs under his command. The thugs are all young men with strong bodies and strong hands among the beggars. One of their important jobs is to beat people. They will fight when they encounter people who refuse to turn in their money, people they think are disobedient, and people they dislike. In addition to prostitutes, there are all kinds of people in the rental house. Some are the husbands of prostitutes, some are the temporary boyfriends of prostitutes, some are people who protect prostitutes from behind, and some are people who rely on prostitutes for their livelihood. Above the blood slave is the blood head, and above the blood head is the blood tyrant. There are dozens of blood slaves under one blood head, and there are several blood heads under one blood tyrant. The blood heads are all local ruffians, while the blood tyrants are people with great hands and eyes, who can play both black and white.

The Observer (calvino Classic)

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Mo Yan and Wang Xiaobo praised! Calvino's "Ten Years of Sharpening a Sword" work follows the day of a scrutineer at the Turin election station, focusing on the absurd reality and criticizing the absurdity of reality. During the 1953 elections, Olmea was appointed as a scrutineer at a polling station in Turin. In order to win votes, rival parties ushered hordes of disabled people to the polls: amidst barking, laughing, and hideous deformities of all kinds, they collected the votes of bedridden patients. Olmea watched and reflected, and he wanted to turn the tide... In "The Observer", which came out in 1963, Calvino cut into today's life without hesitation and asked penetrating questions about life. Calvino is no longer a writer who criticizes uncertainty personally and psychologically, but a writer who describes the objective existence of this uncertainty in reality: the essence of this reality is difficult to explore.

Wonderland

Wonderland

General Fiction

Zhegui

112K0

"Wonderland" is Zhegui's latest collection of short stories, written around the people and affairs of "Xinhe Street" in his heart, especially the delicate current situation and inner persistence of folk craftsmen in the face of the turbulent waves of reality. Regardless of their professional status, people are all shining seeds of the times. They collide, conflict and reconcile with the world. After the storm rises and the sky clears, all the stories have a lasting spiritual charm and exude the independence and pride of personality. This collection of novels is both a chronicle of scenery and characters. At the same time, it presents Zhegui's literary pursuit and understanding of the world.

Must-read Classics of Contemporary Chinese Literature·2000 Short Stories Volume

Editor-in-chief Wu Yiqin

234K0

"Chinese Contemporary Literature Classics Must-Read·2000 Short Stories Volume" selects more than 20 of the best short stories in 2000, including Chi Zijian, Shi Tiesheng, Su Tong, Feng Jicai, Mo Yan, Wang Anyi, Bai Yuan, Bi Feiyu, Qiu Shanshan, Nie The works of more than 20 famous writers, including Xin Sen, Liu Jiming, Deng Yiguang, Ma Xiaoli, Shi Shuqing, Pan Jun, Peng Jianming, Wang Fangchen, Wen Yajun, Liu Qingbang, Yi Xiangdong, Huang Yanping, Dai Lai, etc., Represent the highest level of short story creation in 2000. The editor-in-chief of "Chinese Contemporary Literature Classics · 2000 Short Stories Volume" is Wu Yiqin, director of China's most authoritative literary research institution, the Museum of Modern Literature, and a famous literary critic. With his professional vision, he strictly selects the most worth-read short stories of the year, and each article is accompanied by professional and exciting comments.

Gold List of World Classic Novels

New Year Editor-in-chief

286K0

This book collects the most classic, distinctive, and fascinating foreign works in the past hundreds of years and compiles them into the "Gold List of World Classic Novels" for the enjoyment of readers.

Hometown: Lu Xun's Novels (youth Customized Edition)

Lu Xun

216K02

This book is a relatively complete collection of Mr. Lu Xun's classic novels, including the three novel collections "Scream", "Wandering" and "New Story", as well as his first novel "Nostalgia" written in classical Chinese, totaling more than 30 articles. The works in this book take ordinary social life as their themes and deeply reflect the social culture and human nature of the time. It is highly praised for its rich content, profound observations, meaningful artistic conception and concise words. Most of the stories are set in the hometown, creating many classic and unforgettable characters, such as Ah Q, Xianglin's Wife, Kong Yiji, Runtu, etc. This publication is edited and edited word by word, striving to reproduce the original style authentically! Mr. Lu Xun's novels are classics worth reading and re-reading, and they are still timeless today.

Wonderful Stories of the World

J

135K0

This book collects 16 ghost stories written by Kontaro Tanaka, a master of Japanese ghost fiction literature. Kontaro Tanaka is Japan's most prolific, representative, and wide-ranging author of ghost story novels. He was deeply influenced by the creation of Chinese classical novels and determined to write works like Pu Songling's "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio". In his works, ghosts and ghosts are all lifelike, wandering around in strange and bizarre stories to reflect the world. Although it is something "made out of nothing", it is interesting and reasonable. The stories selected in this book are all masterpieces created with great painstaking efforts by Kontaro Tanaka. The plots are twists and turns, gripping, and rarely preachy. The stories demonstrate the aesthetic style of Japanese monster literature, making them thrilling and addictive to read.

The True Story of Ah Q: the Complete Novels of Lu Xun

Lu Xun

221K0

"The True Story of Ah Q: The Complete Novels of Lu Xun" includes all the novels in "The Scream", "Wandering" and "New Stories", a total of 33 articles. These novels mostly describe the tragedies of ordinary people at the bottom of society. Lu Xun used his dagger-sharp writing style to criticize the "numb souls of the Chinese people", hoping to alert the world. The themes of Lu Xun's novels are mostly anti-feudal, anti-ethical, anti-tradition, and anti-superstition. He is good at creating typical images and satirizing the dark sides of characters. Most of the stories are set in his hometown. The protagonists of the novel, Ah Q, Sister Xianglin, Kong Yiji, and Runtu, are well known in China.

Thanks to Your Presence, I Have Been Fond of You for Many Years

Jian Xiaoshan

157K0

A love letter to you: Before, I never thought that I could persist in writing for so long. I wrote out the colorful and bizarre stories in my mind just because they made me feel happy and satisfied. Later, when I got readers and an audience, I realized that it wasn't just me who liked these stories, you also liked them. You tell me, you can read it as long as I write, and accompany me from the dawn of day to the snowy dusk. Every year on my birthday, I remember every one of the birthday wishes you wrote to me and the videos you made. You will clamor and "call" me "stepmother" and refuse to accept abusive stories, but every time no matter how abusive the stories I write, you will still support me. You are so cute, it makes me feel very sweet when I write the story. Later, a person said that in this life, you only need to do one thing well. I realized that, for me, that thing was writing. This collection of short stories is a souvenir I left for myself. It is not the end, but the beginning. Thanks to your love, I will be proud for many years.

Must-read Classics of Contemporary Chinese Literature·2008 Novella Volume

Editor-in-chief Wu Yiqin

268K0

"Chinese Contemporary Literature Classics Must-Read·2008 Novella Volume" selects 9 excellent novellas published in 2008, including excellent works by famous writers such as Wang Anyi, Chi Zijian, Lu Min, Liu Yudong, etc., And represents the level of novella creation in that year. The editor-in-chief of "Chinese Contemporary Literature Classics Must-Read·2008 Novella Volume" is Wu Yiqin, the former director of China's authoritative literary research institution, the Museum of Modern Literature, and a famous literary critic. With his professional vision, he strictly selects novellas that are worthy of recommended reading each year, and each article is accompanied by professional and exciting comments after its sale.

Must-read Classics of Contemporary Chinese Literature·2008 Short Stories Volume

Editor-in-chief Wu Yiqin

220K0

"Chinese Contemporary Literature Classics Must-Read·2008 Short Stories Volume" selects more than 20 excellent short stories published in 2008, including outstanding works by famous contemporary writers such as Feng Jicai, Mai Jia, Alai, Fan Xiaoqing, etc., And represents the level of short story creation in that year. The editor-in-chief of "Chinese Contemporary Literature Classics · 2008 Short Stories Volume" is the former director of China's most authoritative literary research institution, the Museum of Modern Literature, secretary of the Secretariat of the Chinese Writers Association, and a famous literary critic Wu Yiqin. With his professional vision, he strictly selects short stories worth recommending for reading each year, and each work is followed by professional and exciting comments.

Must-read Classics of Contemporary Chinese Literature·2005 Short Stories Volume

Editor-in-chief Wu Yiqin

283K0

"Chinese Contemporary Literature Classics Must-Read·2005 Short Stories Volume" brings together more than 20 short stories published in important national literary journals in 2005, which comprehensively reflects the overall appearance of Chinese short story creation in 2005. The selected short stories have strong readability, artistry and classicity. The works are of high quality and cover a wide range of subjects. They not only pay careful attention to real life, but also explore and supplement the development of current literature. The comments attached to each work are also relatively professional and unique, able to accurately capture the theme and spiritual connotation of the work, and complement the text.

Must-read Classics of Contemporary Chinese Literature·2005 Novella Volume

Editor-in-chief Wu Yiqin

276K0

"Chinese Contemporary Literature Classics Must-Read·2005 Novella Volume" brings together 9 excellent novellas in 2005, which more comprehensively reflects the overall appearance of Chinese novella creation in 2005. The selected novellas have strong readability, artistry and classicity. The works are of high quality and cover a wide range of subjects. They not only pay careful attention to real life, but also explore and supplement the development of current literature. The comments attached to each work are also relatively professional and unique, able to accurately capture the theme and spiritual connotation of the work, and complement the text.

New Highway Old Road

New Highway Old Road

General Fiction

Guo Phitian

105K0

"New Highway, Old Horse Road" is a collection of novels by Dingnan writer Guo Chutian, which contains more than 70 works by the author. It uses what he sees and hears in reality as the writing object. "New Highway, Old Horse Road" is one of the representative works. It tells about the feelings of an old road maintenance worker in protecting the road. In the face of an era of rapid development, what he showed was not complacency, but heartache that each living life was disappearing before his eyes. Old Man Ma thought and wandered. In order to reduce traffic accidents on the new highway, he simply repaired the old road. In this collection of works, there are also works that focus on the lives of people at the bottom. See the brilliance and kindness of human nature in ordinary life, and see philosophy and poetry in daily life.

Egg Town Cinema

Egg Town Cinema

General Fiction

Zhushanshan Mountain

111K0

"Egg Town Cinema" consists of 17 interrelated stories, all of which are set in the cinema of Egg Town, a small southern town, as the background and carrier. Write moving stories, describe interesting souls, convey the meaningful warmth, a touch of sadness and sadness in the world, and play back the lonely and mottled years treasured by the cinema... The cinema is a place where wonderful stories and all kinds of life are gathered. The story of a small world shows the great progress of the times.

Yin Huifen's Selected Works: Qiu Lan

Yin Huifen

192K0

This book is a self-selected collection of short stories and short stories by the famous writer Yin Huifen. It includes eight novels with the background of Shikumen in Shanghai: "Upstairs Downstairs", "Qiu Lan", "Brother's Romance", "Quietly Gone", "Freak", "River Under the Eaves", "Ji Qingli" and "Shanghai Strange Road". In the book, Yin Huifen describes the life and psychological state of the lower-class citizens in Shikumen in detail. She can see the big from the small, and get a glimpse of the overall style of Shanghai citizens from the Shikumen. She writes her deep feelings for the city in a cold style.

Selected Works by Peng Ruigao: the Escaper

Peng Ruigao

152K0

This book is a self-selected collection of short stories and short stories by the famous writer Peng Ruigao. It includes five works written after 2010, including "The Escaper", "Zifeiyu", "Blue Bird", "Shouting Soul" and "Iron Gu". The novel writes in a calm and restrained style about the daily encounters and emotional confusions of ordinary people in the city, and explores the lifestyle choices that everyone can choose in the context of the city.

Wang Xiaoying's Self-selected Collection: Lazy Thrush

Wang Xiaoying

119K0

This book is a self-selected collection of novellas by the famous writer Wang Xiaoying. It includes five middle and later works of the author: "Lazy Thrush", "Sapphire Case", "Wonderful Eyebrows", "Heavy Fog" and "Where Is No Grass". The novel focuses on the women in the alleys of Shanghai. Their lives are neither stormy nor earth-shattering, but the ordinary and ordinary contain the warmth, truth, complexity and cruelty of life.

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