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Mo Yan Folktales

Mo Yan Folktales

General Fiction

Mo Yan

201K06

What you read are folk stories, and what you understand is the world and people's hearts. The 18 stories compiled and selected by Mo Yan creatively tell the stories of local Chinese folklore and the stories of gods and ghosts told by grandparents. This book contains 18 stories personally compiled and selected by Mo Yan. It is Mo Yan's creative narration based on Chinese local folklore and folk memories passed down orally from grandparents. There is a psychic tiger whisker in the book that can reveal the original shape of the person in front of you. It exists to let people see the true face of the people around them; there is a strange woman who turned into a bird and flew into the sky on her wedding day. She flew to the branches to resist her fate of changing marriages; Here are the beliefs, reverence, and view of cause and effect of the older generation, as well as the underlying human face of the Chinese people. Mo Yan uses language that is unrestrained and full of sensory experience to revitalize the imagination in folk tales. He also uses Chinese storytelling methods to reveal the universal human nature hidden under these stories.

Nakajima Atsushi Novel Set (mountain Moon Chronicles + Light Wind Dream)

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226K01

"Sangeuki": a Chinese historical fanfic written by the Japanese writer Nakajima Atsushi, based on "Zuo Zhuan", "The Analects of Confucius", "Zhuangzi", "Historical Records", "Journey to the West" and "Tang Dynasty"; "Light and Wind Dream": a collection of folk tales spanning South America, North Africa and Southeast Asia, which depicts the ideals and realities written by the Japanese writer Nakajima Atsushi.

Take Care of Yourself

Take Care of Yourself

General Fiction

Big Ice

219K9.118

Da Bing, the multi-million-selling author, has released a new work after three years! As always, tell the story of trivial matters, human glimmers, and fireworks. A worker's daughter, the best-singing female scientist, a one-armed boy and his blind brother, a magical family and a legendary friendship... I have been writing for 10 years, and I am grateful to millions of readers for their ten years of companionship. The Little Blue Book series has come to an end.

Return Date is Far Away

Another Galaxy

103K0

Using the themes of family and country feelings, fireworks in the world, love that cannot be achieved, animal perspectives, and ancient love and hate, it describes the touching, caring, heart-stirring, deception, sin, and sorrow of existence in lonely and melancholy days.

Youth is Old

Youth is Old

General Fiction

That Summer

146K02

[Youth Literature + Egger Classics + Sincerity and Love] Fiery emotions, sincere stories, and hot dreams, even if youth is old, are all in life, always as bright as before, as passionate as yesterday. Make you happy, make you cry, give you the gentle strength to embrace this imperfect world. May you use this fire to survive the vicissitudes of life in the vast darkness.

Based on X

Based on X

General Fiction

Yu Jingru

120K0

"Based on X" is a collection of short stories written by writer Yu Jingru. It contains eight stories. The people in the stories are around us, or even ourselves: the daughter who has a cold war with her mother, the food blogger who rents a house in a big city, the wife who is increasingly falling apart in a mediocre marriage, the plus-size girl who works the night shift... The author uses a subtle touch to present the various plights of urban young people. In the topsy-turvy day and night, in the hopeless mediocrity, in the insomnia and anxiety, in the loneliness that is resisted and welcomed, the predicament that belongs to us must also be examined and explored by ourselves.

Collection of Works of Rikako Akiyoshi (2 Volumes in Total)

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167K0

? The Japanese "depressive" high-scoring mystery novel "The Holy Mother" + the Japanese masterpiece "Dating Intoxication", after "complaining about maternal love" the reverse masterpiece "The Holy Mother", see how Rikako Akiyoshi venomously talks about "single men and women"! A must-see masterpiece of the year with high reputation, a divine twist!

Selections of Hesse (5 Volumes in Total)

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557K0

"Hesse Selections" includes five masterpieces from different periods by Hermann Hesse, winner of the 1946 Nobel Prize for Literature: "Under the Wheel", "Demian: The Wandering Boyhood", "Siddhartha", "Steppenwolf" and "Narcissus and Goldmund". These five important works span the long period from 1906 to 1930, and more comprehensively demonstrate the changes in Hesse's creative career: from the criticism of the rigid education system in "Under the Wheel" to the criticism of "Demian: The Wandering Boyhood" From the exploration of hesitation and confusion in youth, to the poetic pursuit of self-direction in "Siddhartha", to the crushing analysis of the human heart in "Steppenwolf", to the endless enthusiasm for one's unique destiny in "Narcissus and Goldmund". In these works, Hesse's search for self-realization is timeless.

Human Chair: Edogawa Ranpo Hunting for Strange Stories

(japan) Edogawa Rampo

119K06

"What weird and terrifying things are happening in the corners of the world that people can't see are completely beyond people's imagination." "The Human Chair" is when a strange man with evil intentions lives on your sofa; "The Taro" is when a wife has to face the loss of her limbs and hearing every day. A husband who talks about his abilities; "The Dark Beast" is when the mystery writer personally commits the perfect crime in his work; "Dr. Muro" is when the residents of the same suite hang themselves one after another... This book contains 8 Edogawa Rampo Japanese thriller classics, each of which explores the hidden corners of the human heart!

Exile

Exile

General Fiction

Xin Bai

56K0

This book contains seven short stories. The thriller and supernatural "Exiled Place": They are exiled from the world and at the same time they are escaping from the world. "Earth Walking Evil Star": Headless filial piety, life rope exchange, corpse sitting in a sedan chair, a folk horror feast. "Library Ghost": The ghost has been wandering in the library for a year, and I suddenly became curious about what happened to her during her lifetime. "One word decides": Language itself is a curse, and sometimes it can even determine a person's life or death. "Ghost Writer": Do you dare to read books written by writers after their death? "Growing Up": People often grow up in a moment, and that moment is called disillusionment. "Out of Control": If you had a child, how would you love him\u002Fher?

Alchemy

Alchemy

General Fiction

Xin Bai

41K0

This book contains three chapters of Pirates and Youdao: "Bai Xiangshu", "Thousands of Kills", and "Pirate Ji", and two new chapters of the story, "Bajie" and "Wukong". "The Art of White Physiology": Despicable means can also save people, and upright justice can also kill people. "Thousand Kills": In the old days, there were four Thousand Hands in Shanghai. Some people speculate that they may be the pseudonyms of the same person. "The Ultimate Thief": The ultimate thief, a game between people's hearts. "Bajie": Do you know whether this light lit for others can shine into your heart? "Wukong": Transformation from god to human, the legend of a little demon.

Atwood's Works Collection (set of 9 Volumes in Total)

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2.1M0

A two-time Booker Prize winner, a popular candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature, a favorite author of Kazuo Ishiguro, Von Gurnet, Neil Gaiman, Janet Winterson and other well-known authors, a collection of representative novels by Margaret Atwood, the "Queen of Canadian Literature". The masterpiece "The Handmaid's Tale" is a global best-seller, and its adaptation of the film and TV series of the same name swept the awards season. For every reader who pays attention to the situation of women and changes in generations, Atwood's works will always be on your must-read list. With dystopian stories every word derived from reality, and scalpel-like writing that pierces hegemony every sentence, Atwood never stops ringing the alarm. This set contains nine of Atwood's novels, including "The Handmaid's Tale," "Witness," "The Blind Assassin," "La Dancing Girl," "Alias ​​Grace," "The Year of the Flood," "The Robber Bride," "Mad Adam" and "Oryx and Crake."

Major League

Major League

General Fiction

Zadie Smith

123K0

"The whole world is a text, and pain is the least abstract thing among them." Zadie Smith, "the representative of the young generation of British writers", is the first short story collection, a long-listed work for the Carnegie Award, and an annual recommended book by many authoritative literary review media. This book is Zadie Smith's first collection of short stories, which collects nineteen short stories she has written over the past twenty years. In addition to some works previously published in well-known literary media such as The New Yorker, Granta, and The Paris Review, it also includes eleven latest short stories. The writer relies on his unparalleled insight to deeply deconstruct the complexity and anxiety of contemporary life. These short stories break through the limitations of genre and perspective, and freely travel through different time and space, from the corners of history to the current torrent, and even the surreal dystopian world. From them, readers can get a glimpse of the absurdity and vitality of this world, and touch some of its threads. Identity, rebirth, the shadow of the past and the rush to arrive at the future, Zadie Smith accurately captures the complexity and turmoil of this era. As her readers, just like her protagonists, they are running rampant in the virtual horizon, struggling in countless parallel projects, and at the same time being unconsciously included in other people's stories. Zadie Smith once again shows her bold experimental spirit, using rich narrative and even counter-narrative techniques to explore the infinite possibilities of short story creation. This book was shortlisted for the Carnegie Award and was listed as an annual recommended book by many authoritative literary review media.

The Body Knows Everything

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62K0

"People are afraid of defeating their weaker compatriots. They will have the illusion that their lives are about to end." A collection of healing short stories by Banana Yoshimoto, the queen of modern Japanese literature. "That aloe vera plant is saying, please don't cut me down." The grandmother who lived alone said this before she passed away. Grandma cherishes and shares weal and woe with plants. She is a careful and gentle "flower nurturing hand". I inherited the power from nature from her. Perhaps they are all trivial things that are taken for granted and not paid attention to in daily life, but they all contain extremely real feelings. This is a collection of healing short stories that integrate body, mind, and scenery. It contains a total of thirteen short stories. Many emotions are so accustomed to us that they are forgotten. However, although these emotions are small, they are worth cherishing.

Signal

Signal

General Fiction

(us) Tim Gautreau

261K03

Written with compassion and humor, this is a selection of new short stories by Tim Gautreau, a representative writer from the contemporary American South. "Signal" includes twelve new short stories by contemporary American southern writer Tim Gautreau and nine masterpieces selected from his first two short story collections, representing the highest level of Gautreau's short story creation. Most of these stories take place in his beloved Louisiana, along the Mississippi River, and some in North Carolina and Minnesota in the depths of winter. Readers feel as if they are immersed in the hot and humid atmosphere of the American South. They see the men and women in the story struggling with their beliefs and various concerns, as well as their small town life and blue-collar work. A rare radio, a magical sewing machine in an abandoned safe, barges on the Mississippi River, card games and casinos, grandparents and children and grandchildren... Their stories lead to absurd, disturbing or sublime endings. In 2017, "The Signal" was named a book of the year by the Wall Street Journal and NPR.

The 110th Anniversary Collected Works of William Golding (set of 5 Volumes in Total)

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658K0

A collection of masterpieces by William Golding, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature and the Booker Prize, the master of fables in contemporary British literature. It is highly recommended by Stephen King and Luo Xiang. It is a must-read classic literature in the post-epidemic era and an immortal masterpiece that has influenced generations of people. Golding's charming allegorical novel style reveals the master's representative symbolism, formal symmetry and philosophical exploration; the intersection of absurdity and reality, the struggle between light and darkness, tearing apart the fragility of civilization, confronting the evil of human nature, inspiring a large number of literary and artistic works, and the creative source of future generations of practitioners. The inspiration for the movie "A Good Show" and the literary projection of "Battle Royale". A collection of masterpieces by William Golding, the great British novelist of the 20th century. With a genius-like writing structure, Golding leads readers to mourn the lost harmony and unresolved chaos, profoundly revealing the cruel truth of human nature and society, transcending life and death, and questioning good and evil. This set contains a total of five volumes of "Lord of the Flies", "Church Spire", "Pyramid", "Dark Revealed" and "Pincher Martin".

Hidden Disease

Hidden Disease

General Fiction

Yizhou

139K0

Here are 11 stories and 11 hidden diseases. Women attack the person next to them every time they sleepwalk. This kind of "sleep violence" seems to be inextricably linked to long-term depression; a man is broken up by his girlfriend, and his inferiority complex about his origin and appearance when he was a student returns to him; an old man struggles with whether to take away the clothes given to him in the nursing home, and the memory of being framed in his youth once again awakens his inner fear; each of us lives with a hidden disease, and we cannot tell others or get rid of it. These hidden diseases that have never been taken seriously leave us with a emptiness that is difficult to fill and a dull pain throughout our long lives.

Anonymous Area +666

Anonymous Area +666

General Fiction

Anonymous User

115K0

The third part of the Anonymous Zone series once again brings those "silent inner thoughts". The anonymous authors included in this collection span a wider age range and span more groups, bringing a richer flavor of life. In everyone's life, there is a story that cannot be told. Here is a group of anonymous storytellers: "Our experiences seem to be different from others." Even if we meet and don't know each other... Is there your story here? This book selects the gripping anonymous stories from the Zhizhihu platform over the past nine years. They include love, family affection, friendship, the ups and downs of the world, and growth in adversity. It is a carefully crafted "complex" emotional story that is either warm, healing, regretful, inspirational, touching, humorous, or enlightening.

Take Out the Mad Stone

Take Out the Mad Stone

General Fiction

Zhou Wanjing

113K0

Troubled patients in the psychotherapy group, young lovers who steal, translators who communicate through the Internet in the subtitle group, painters who make fake paintings, pregnant women who go to the United States to give birth, poets who forge manuscripts... "Take Out the Crazy Stone" is written about the stories of these people. This collection of short stories is the first collection of short stories by the famous scholar, writer, and art critic Zhou Wanjing. It includes nine short stories including "Exodus", "The Big Elm", "Subtitles", "Crisis" and "The Last Politician in New York". Zhou Wanjing focuses on contemporary urban life, pays attention to the confusion and pain of ordinary people on the margins, and depicts the subtleties of life in detail. She writes contemporary stories full of warmth with a sharp and sophisticated writing style, presenting us with her wonderful cross-cultural and international writing as a "new literary human being".

Air Guitar

Air Guitar

General Fiction

Shao Dong

125K0

"Air Guitar" contains 9 novels by Shao Dong. Each story revolves around an everyday object or a ubiquitous place. Focusing on ordinary life and delicate human hearts, half of it is a story that happened in Hong Kong, and the other half is an experience that everyone has had during their teenage years. Precocious girls peek into the future from their favorite novels; ordinary young people sip past mistakes and happiness from epidemic prevention candy pills; embarrassment workers experience a glimmer of joy through an old refrigerator; lost diamond rings bear witness to emotional changes and regrets...

Little Foreigner

Little Foreigner

General Fiction

(japan) Liancheng Mikihiko

142K0

This collection of short stories comes from 8 short stories published by Renjo Mikihiko in the magazine "ALL Reading" from 2000 to 2009. Among them, "The Little Foreigner" was Liancheng's last short story in his career. It was published in the same year that he suffered from gastric cancer and shocked the Japanese literary world. This abduction novel uses Renjo Mikihiko's rare children's perspective, creating a playful and warm-hearted work, which has been hailed as a "miracle work". In the second year after Liancheng died of gastric cancer, the publishing house released a collection of selected short stories "Little Foreigners" to the world. It included 8 short stories that had never been published before Liancheng's death. Different themes were selected from his mature writing style. After reading it, you will have a sense of "Liancheng's life condensed". The eight short works are: "The Ring", "Unmanned Station", "Until the Orchids Fade", "Winter Roses", "Miscalculation of the Wind", "White Rain", "Until the End" and "Little Foreigner", depicting eight suspense masterpieces of human nature full of love, hate and suspicion.

Pretending to Be in Saigon

Wang Bang

131K0

Ten novels, telling stories about women's struggle, resistance and persistence. Whether they set foot on the British soil, their southern homeland, or the future world, they dare to wade barefoot into the mud of life and live out their own vitality. Wang Bang is a human observer who lives in the city, an empathizer of marginalized groups, and a contributor to the new style of Chinese writing. She is like a mysterious bohemian girl, wandering between Chinese and Western cultures, freely picking up bizarre urban experiences in different contexts, and depicting the loneliness and vigorous and unyielding love of modern women. Wang Bang is so familiar with urban and contemporary life. At a time when critics are clamoring for the absence of urban literature, her novels have no time difference with the present. The spiritual wanderings, intracranial explosions, and tragic and joyous experiences of the little souls of the Internet generation are all revealed through her complex and gorgeous images, spicy and hearty language, and urgent orchestral rhythm.

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General Fiction

G

224K01

People call Dazai Osamu's works eternal youth literature: in his works, there are always eternal youths who never grow up, either perfect or completely shattered. This is a concentrated expression of the purity and fragility of Dazai Osamu's life, and it is also a true portrayal of modern youth. This book is a selection of Osamu Dazai's short stories and short stories. It has selected more than ten of Osamu Dazai's masterpieces such as "The Setting Sun" and "Disqualification in the World" and compiled them into a volume. It is a concentrated expression of the essence of Osamu Dazai's creation. The representative work "Disqualification in the World" describes the tragic story of the protagonist who cannot find the direction of life, keeps sinking in order to escape reality, and finally leads to self-destruction. It is considered to be a semi-autobiographical novel. The novel profoundly reflects the emptiness and helplessness of people under the oppression of the capitalist system. "Setting Sun" describes the chaotic era when Japanese social values ​​collapsed after the war, and the tragic life of declining nobles who had no choice but to die, and shows the deep harm caused by the war to the Japanese people. The remaining ten short stories also have their own characteristics, fully demonstrating the author's creative talent.

Shanyueji

Shanyueji

General Fiction

(japanese) Fish-eye Painting By Atsushi Nakajima

93K01

"The Story of the Mountain Moon" is a Chinese history fanfic written by the Japanese writer Atsushi Nakajima, which is based on "Zuo Zhuan", "The Analects of Confucius", "Zhuangzi", "Historical Records", "Journey to the West" and "Legends of the Tang Dynasty".

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W

General Fiction

I

133K0

"Dream of Light and Wind" is a collection of ideals and reality written by Japanese writer Atsushi Nakajima, a collection of folk tales spanning South America, North Africa and Southeast Asia, folk legends + Japanese ghost stories.

Yao's Cat

Yao's Cat

General Fiction

Yin Jianhong

68K0

A new collection of children's short stories by Yin Jianhong, winner of the Bing Xin Children's Literature Award. The selected content is a collection of novels published by the author in major provincial and above magazines in recent years. Ancient streets and alleys, surrounded by blue waves, paper umbrellas drizzling, plum blossoms blooming, smoke cages and water towns... Such poetic and picturesque scenery outlines the feelings of boys and girls. These novels describe the delicate, euphemistic, graceful and intriguing mysterious world unique to Jiangnan.

Down the Block

Down the Block

General Fiction

Jiang Zai

115K0

The novel peeks into and looks at foreign lands from a unique female perspective, describing the love and struggle, rationality and confrontation in foreign scenes, the twists and turns of self-redemption, and the amazing similarities of human nature that transcend regions in the intricate intersection of cultures; the loneliness, secrets and uncertainty of individual lives are identified by natural signs, full of sadness and the continuation and continuation of life, which is a series of codes of consciousness and existence.

Snowy

Snowy

General Fiction

Tang Shiyun

133K0

This book is a collection of short stories by the emerging writer Tang Shiyun. In "Snowy White", Tang Shiyun uses the language of poetic rhythm and the brushwork of prose to outline several characters with deep human nature. The brushwork is unbridled, sharp, bright, sharp and tender, and there is a spiritual energy between the lines.

Other Side

Other Side

General Fiction

Lin Shuyan

153K0

Lin Shuyan adheres to the anatomical spirit of Mr. Lu Xun, and she pays attention to people's mental outlook and psychological state... The narrative is usually from the perspective of women, making some kind of resistance to the patriarchal society and calling for women's rights. However, the anatomical novel writing method does have the blade facing inward. This is also the "other side" of Lin Shuyan's female perspective that is very different from other female writers.

Goldfish

Goldfish

General Fiction

Cheng Xiangsong

172K0

The novel collection includes 13 works written by Cheng Xiangsong in recent years. Among these works, there are not only the construction of the rural world on the land of Qilu, but also the discussion of the living difficulties of modern urbanites, marriage and love emotions and other issues. In the former type of works, the author integrates morality, customs, and human feelings in a desolate atmosphere, and presents criticism and nostalgia in the songs and cries of the lost humanities in the countryside. In the latter type of works, they more reflect life, intervene in reality, and further explore the subtleties of human nature. The writing style is also more light and flying.

After the Family Banquet

Zhao Wanli

98K0

"After the Family Banquet" is a collection of short stories by the writer Zhao Wanli. On the one hand, Zhao Wanli's novels inherit the tradition of being simple, funny, concise and neat in Zhao Shuli's works. They use folk culture to shape the characters, reveal the characters' psychology, promote the development of the characters' personalities, and reveal the distinctive imprint and characteristics of the local environment. On the other hand, it embodies the style of calligraphy novels in the Chinese classical literary tradition. Details of life are entered into the novel through line drawing, which constitutes the vitality of the novel.

Detective's Heart

Detective's Heart

General Fiction

Zhu Weijian

272K0

A complicated and confusing falling incident involving human nature involved a shocking corruption case and uncovered an interest group that was indignant to both humans and gods. One person cannot save the world, but he can save someone. In order to live up to his conscience and for fairness and justice, he risked his life and fortune, and even his entire family, even if he was arrested and imprisoned. Gao Fan woke up from a coma and didn't even know who he was. He didn't even know his parents and friends. He is confused about his current identity, status and wealth, and his relatives and friends are silent about his mysterious past. In order to uncover the layers of mysteries surrounding himself, he asked around and searched hard, and accidentally became a criminal policeman. Everyone in the police station looked at this "gongzi brother" with suspicion. As if with divine help, he relied on his super intuition and special abilities to solve puzzles one after another and find clues to major mysteries. Because of his special status, he eliminated all kinds of interference and pressure, and gradually got closer to the core secret. The shadow of death enveloped him... After surviving a life of nine deaths and overcoming difficulties and obstacles, all the clues and spearheads pointed at himself. He discovers that he used to be a villain who committed all kinds of evil. The evidence is irrefutable and the reality is cruel. Should he uncover the answer and go to jail? Or should he conceal the truth and live in a life of luxury? He faces a difficult but unavoidable choice...

Fly, Dragon Dragon Dragon

Jin Yuji, Pu Caolan, Jin Lianhua, Etc.

158K0

Most of the short stories and short stories translated by Jin Lianhua collected in this book have been published publicly and are now collected into a book. The works of young and middle-aged writers who have emerged in the Chinese Korean literary world in the new era and are well-known, such as Jin Yuji, Park Cholan, Jin Jinji, Quan Chunhua, etc., As well as the works of well-known old Korean writers such as Hong Manhao, Quan Chunzhi, Park Yunan, etc. Are selected.

The Snows of Kilimanjaro: Selected Short Stories by Hemingway (classic Translation)

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165K0

This book collects twenty-five of Hemingway's best short stories. The leopard on the snowy mountain, the fisherman by the river, the old man in the cafe, the veteran who wants to love but is no longer able to love... Twenty-five meaningful stories contain untold vicissitudes of life. Hemingway's unique "iceberg" writing style has been highly demonstrated in his short stories.

Salinger's Works Collection (4 Volumes in Total)

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428K0

"The Catcher in the Rye": one of the top 100 novels of the 20th century, selected into the reading lists of many prestigious schools around the world and selected as the Book of the Century by the New York Public Library, with a cumulative global sales of 70 million copies. Hemingway, Nabokov, John Updike, Beckett, Su Tong, Mai Jia, Zheng Yuanjie, Bei Dao... A masterpiece in the hearts of generations of literary and art masters. Salinger resurrected Holden, who had disappeared on the battlefield in previous works, and recounted his various adventures during his three-day urban wandering after dropping out of school. The language of the novel is plain and restrained; Salinger uses dual characters, metaphors, intertextuality, puns... To explore the steep cliffs and dark paths between one's self and the world, innocence and maturity, life and death; and presents a sincere requiem for all that has passed. "Nine Stories": Before reading these nine stories, you dare not say you know what a short story is. "The Catcher in the Rye" is Salinger's only short story collection, included in the "Western Canon" as a writing model. The nine stories twist, complement each other, and reflect Salinger's beloved Glass family like a prism. "Franny and Zooey": Following "The Catcher in the Rye" and "Nine Stories", Salinger continues to write songs of innocence and tenderness. This book is composed of two mutually related novels, "Franny" and "Zooey". Pushing the conflicting sense of self-existence in "The Catcher in the Rye" and the discussion of spiritual salvation to a deeper level. The novel relies on exquisite dialogue to advance, is full of metaphors, turns a thousand times, and is hearty. The beautiful sister Franny is like the "female version of Holden", extremely confused and on the verge of suffocation; the brother Zooey uses words full of inspiration and humor to rescue his sister from the shell of autism. This is also a story about love and the expression of love. "Raise the Beams, Carpenters; Seymour: A Biography": "The Catcher in the Rye" Salinger's last published work before his death, a book of comfort dedicated to wanderers trapped at a spiritual crossroads. It is a powerful supplement to "Nine Stories" and "Francny and Zooey", deciphering the events of Seymour's life and death, and carving out a group portrait of the "Glass Family". It is also a book of comfort for wanderers trapped at a spiritual crossroads: the confrontation with absurd reality may make people crazy, but the penetrating poetic world in our hearts will never die.

Raising the Beams, Carpenters; Seymour: a Biography (by Salinger)

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102K0

"I suspect people are conspiring to make me happy." In Salinger's classic short story "A Best Day for Catching Banana Fish", Seymour, who was on his honeymoon, shot himself inexplicably, leaving a huge suspense: Why did he commit suicide? What exactly does banana fish imply? The first part of this book condenses the time and space of a few hours in the afternoon of Seymour's wedding day. The groom Seymour escapes from the wedding, causing his younger brother Barty to have to face the bride's relatives awkwardly; but precisely because of Seymour's absence, his presence and silhouette seem to be everywhere. Reading this book is like looking through archives. Smart readers may get a glimpse of Seymour or Salinger, or an X-ray of their own soul...

Return from Darkness

Return from Darkness

General Fiction

Pan Haitian

160K0

This book selects dozens of Pan Haitian's classic works since he started writing in 1994, including "Big Horn, Run", "Clone City", etc., All of which are popular. Among them, "Clone City", "Big Horn, Run" and "Return in the Dark" are the winners of the Galaxy Award, the highest honor in the field of Chinese fantasy novels. "Dajiao, Run" is Pan Haitian's most influential masterpiece. The protagonist "Dajiao" has become another spiritual incarnation of Pan Haitian. Therefore, he is affectionately called "Dajiao" by many readers.

I Wish to Win the Heart of One Person and Stay Together Forever

Bai Luomei

74K0

"Wish to Win the Heart of a Lover" is a new beautiful biography written by the best-selling author Bai Luomei for ten years. It contains 17 love stories in the long history and 17 kinds of pursuit of love and beauty. "When I see a gentleman, I am not happy with the clouds" is the poetic expression of thousands of women like Cai Wenji; "The south wind knows my wishes and blows my dreams to Xizhou", which is the vigorous and free spirit of Su Xiaoxiao and Hong Funu, the sons and daughters of the Jianghu; "Once the sea was difficult to move, except for Wushan, it is not the clouds", is The dejection and pathos of the frustrated poets Yuan Zhen and Bai Juyi; "Ten years of life and death are blurred, without thinking, and unforgettable" are the indelible thoughts of Su Shi and Lu You; "Betting on books has faded away the fragrance of tea, but at that time it was just ordinary" is Nalan Rongruo's uneasy feeling after a glance ten thousand years later. Through the ages, compared with the eternal bright moon, everyone is in a hurry, but Bai Luomei uses ancient poems to string together stories, presenting those poetic eternities that are frozen like amber, presenting From ancient times to the present, people's prayers for love are: "I hope that we will live forever and share the beauty of the moon thousands of miles apart", "I just hope that your heart will be like mine, and you will live up to my love for you", and even more so, "I hope that you will be with the same person and we will never be apart until we grow old together."

You Are My Prototype

You Are My Prototype

General Fiction

An Liang

138K0

"You Are My Prototype" is a series of novels carefully created by the author in recent years. Each work is narrated in a "Ming Dynasty" tone, with multi-dimensional perspectives, closely related to daily life, rich content, and considerable originality. With delicate and plain brushwork, it draws a picture of the contemporary world that blends emotion, reason, and interest. It is vulgar and strange, and it is thought-provoking and inspiring.

Slow Boat to Hong Kong

Slow Boat to Hong Kong

General Fiction

Zhou Zixiang

213K0

The collection of short and medium-length stories "Slow Boat to Hong Kong" includes the author's collection of "King of Cooks from the End of the World", "Slow Boat to Hong Kong", "The Legend of Luo Yuzhu", "The Daughter of the Singapore River", "Wang Ran Ji", "The Female "Human Flower", "The Secret of Batulu", "The Coffin Bearer", "Goodbye Alang", "Crying Jenny", "Her World Is Snowing", "A Woman Called Wanlin", "Farewell, Sophie" and other fifteen short stories. This collection of novels uses a unique theme and perspective, and against the backdrop of overseas exposure, describes the huge group of Chinese people who invaded Southeast Asia. Each novel uses its own different wonderful story, compact plot, delicate and rich characterization and psychological description, and uses women's unique observation perspective and psychological feelings to depict the rich spiritual and emotional world of many characters, and the ups and downs of the fate of the little characters. The writing style of the novel is novel and unconventional. In the compact story structure, it sets up multiple puzzles, effectively showing the multiple struggles between different characters' personalities, hearts, emotions, good and evil, etc. It probes into the depths of human nature, and the ending is unexpected and sad. Many novels describe the true state of a group of small characters, mainland women, working hard and living in the special lands of Singapore and Hong Kong over a period of ten years. A foreign country, a tenacious life, mental and physical pain and tearing, but in this vivid life, friends, colleagues, partners, fellow villagers, strengthen each other and compete with each other. It describes the confusion, struggle, struggle and hard work of a group of migrant workers after going abroad, and writes about the vicissitudes of the changing era and the hardship and weight of Chinese people's survival in a foreign country.

Biological Robots: a Collection of Novels and Stories by Zhu Dingju

Zhu Dingju

53K0

The author Zhu Dingju is a computer scientist who loves literary creation in his spare time. The book contains twenty-seven short stories and stories. The language is rich and the imagination is wonderful.

Life and Death

Life and Death

General Fiction

Liu Niaku

164K0

This book is a collection of short and medium-sized stories, including thirteen masterpieces with a very personal style. Almost all the characters in the story were born and raised in a place called Yixiang Town. The ages and occupations of these people are very different. Among them are left-behind children, troubled teenagers, small town youths, literary middle-aged people, empty nesters, anchors, gangsters, ladies, conmen, and fugitives... On the road of life, although they are behind bars and mentally distressed, they show tenacious vitality, resist the impermanence of the world and the changes of fate, and compose their own magnificent life chapters.

A Ball of Ice (on-site Essay Collection)

Yang Zhihan

180K0

"A Ball of Solid Ice" is a collection of short stories and short stories by young writer Yang Zhihan. Stories are a great place to hide. Nine Northeastern stories hide many people walking in the cold world: Chi Min shot and ended his brother-in-law's life, but it could not end the decades-old grudge between the two families; a girl skipped school and hid in a Buddhist temple next to the bus terminal, she was both escaping and pursuing; updated continuously for eight years The circle of friends was finally interrupted, Rebecca disappeared from the Internet, and Li Xiaorui disappeared from life; the old actor sitting in the Blue Bridge Hotel eating snow-coated bean paste, waiting for the door curtain to be suddenly opened, waiting for a play to be sung again... People are like a huge group of ice, who can really hide fire in it?

Life is Not a Dream

Life is Not a Dream

General Fiction

Liang Xiaosheng

146K0

This book collects Liang Xiaosheng's short works such as "Life is Not a Dream", "A Street in the Western Suburbs", "Zhai Ziqing" and "Long-cherished Wish". It tells the ideals and pursuits, the twists and turns of fate, and the ups and downs of people of different ages and identities. It uses scenes of stories of solidarity and mutual help, or joyful farce to describe the hardships and tears of small people who work hard in the turmoil of the times and in the general environment. Even in the face of the helplessness and teasing of life, they still persevere and fight, showing a glimpse into the subtle human nature and full of thoughts and expectations for society.

Wife Climbs a Tree

Wife Climbs a Tree

General Fiction

Xiaosu

197K0

This is a selection of short stories published by the author in the past two years. They are divided into two categories. One is rural novels, such as "My Wife Climbs a Tree" and "Spring Returns to the Earth", etc., Which positively reflect the amazing changes brought by targeted poverty alleviation and rural revitalization to the countryside; the other is university novels, such as "The Master" and "Flower Rice", etc., Which successfully portray the image of intellectuals such as Professor Zhang Han who insist on truth, oppose evil, respect academics, and fulfill their mission. Most of the selected works have been reprinted by "Selected Novels" and "Novel Monthly", and some have even entered the annual ranking of novels.

Grinding Iron Classics Volume 2: First Love

(russia) Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev

169K0

"First Love" is a famous novel written by Turgenev based on his own experience. It tells the story of a 16-year-old boy falling in love at first sight with a 21-year-old neighbor girl, showing the sweet, real and cruel side of love. Two wonderful novellas, "Axia" and "Spring Tide", were also selected. Some people commented that no one could describe all the dissatisfaction and despair of existence, all the mishaps in life, etc. Better than Turgenev.

Love the City

Love the City

General Fiction

He Cunzhong

172K0

He Cunzhong's collection of short stories is a collection of his novels written in recent years and published in major literary journals. The protagonists are mostly "new city dwellers" who have come out of the countryside or young people with endless yearning for the city. They either integrate into the city and take root, or they linger on the edge of the city, but their roots are always connected to their hometown.

Invisible Women (set of 6 Volumes)

Lin Yihan Et Al.

929K0

After she was 13 years old, she had been living in the dream she spun, pretending that her teacher really loved her, and pretending that she was in love with her teacher, until one day she saw other prey who were imprisoned like herself. This is a book of shame written by women with castrated tongues and the whole society! In the eyes of Yinghui's husband, Mr. Zheng, Yinghui before her illness was an ordinary woman: neither tall nor short, hair neither long nor short, plain in appearance, dressed in ordinary clothes, docile, plain and quiet. Just as he hoped, Yinghui perfectly played the role of an ordinary wife-taking care of the housework and serving her husband, just like thousands of traditional women. However, when storms came one after another, in order to escape the violence from her husband, family and society, she decided to become a tree!

Women Chasing the Light (set of 5 Volumes)

(u. S.) Nan Rossiter And Others

848K0

The close-knit Quinn siblings get together every summer at their country house. Their cheerful figures remained there until tragedy struck that summer when the sky was filled with fireflies - they lost their seven-year-old brother. The four sisters all blame themselves for the death of their brother, and they spend their long lives with guilt and sadness. Decades later, as their bodies grew weaker and each shouldered the burdens of their families and cared for their aging parents, they supported each other and rarely mentioned the scars of their childhoods. Until one evening, when they were sitting on the top of a mountain watching the sunset, fireflies lingered around them, and the regret, guilt, and secrets of that summer burst out! We all lie. Sometimes, a small lie can snowball and eventually have fatal consequences. Five-year-old Emmabella told her mother that a boy named Kigi choked her in kindergarten. This accusation easily broke through everyone's disguise, caused antagonism among parents in the school, evolved into horrific scandals, and even triggered a bizarre murder case that has many different opinions.

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