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Six bones are arranged in a room of death that is both real and imaginary. "My" old friend "Rat" has died in the sheep hunting adventure. "I" finally found Gotanda, an old classmate, whom he fell in love with, but this movie star, who was packaged as schizophrenic by the entertainment industry, strangled two high-end call girls to death one after another, and himself was buried in the sea in a "Maserati". Although the lonely girl "Xue" and her aloof mother "Yu" can barely survive in this crazy world, "Yu"'s patron saint Dick can't escape an inexplicable car accident. After a period of frightening days accompanied by death, "I" finally found a sense of security in the hotel maid Yumiyoshi, and made a concrete plan to live a quiet life in a quiet city. But, who does the sixth white skeleton mean? "I" still cannot escape from the house of death.

The novel is divided into forty-nine chapters. The odd chapters use a realistic approach to tell the story of a young man named Tamura Kafka who ran away from home alone on the eve of his fifteenth birthday in order to escape a prophecy from his father that was even more terrifying than Oedipus the King. However, he unexpectedly woke up in the forest covered in blood. When Kafka was four years old, his mother suddenly disappeared, taking only his sister, who was four years older than Kafka, with her. He came to a library by chance and was taken in by the director, Ms. Saeki. Kafka suspected that she was his biological mother, but Saeki refused to comment. Kafka learned the news that his father had been killed, and hid in the forest to evade police pursuit. He encountered two soldiers wearing army uniforms... The even-numbered chapters use magical techniques to tell the adventures of the old man Nakata. When Nakata was in elementary school during World War II, he lost his memory after a mysterious coma, but gained the mysterious ability to talk to cats. While Nakata lost control of his mind, he killed a cat killer who called himself Jonny Walker, and also took a ride here to look for the "Entrance Stone"... Many puzzles together create an elegant and dreamy masterpiece.

In the late stages of World War I, American young man Frederick Henry volunteered to drive an ambulance for the Red Cross and rescue the wounded on the northern Italian front. During a mission, Henry was hit by a cannonball and injured. While recovering from his injuries in a Milan hospital, he was cared for by British nurse Catherine, and the two fell in love. After recovering from his injuries, Henry returned to the front line. When he retreated with the Italian troops, he witnessed the cruel scenes of the war. He resolutely left the army, joined Catherine and fled to Switzerland. As a result, Catherine died in childbirth. "A Farewell to Arms" has a strong autobiographical flavor. It is a sad and moving elegy sung by Hemingway based on his own experience in the war, with war and love as the main line. The novel has been adapted onto the screen many times and can be called a classic of modern literature.

Human beings are just random arrangements of particles in the universe. Bruno and Michel are half-brothers with completely different personalities and mirrors of each other. Bruno was romantic and became a Chinese teacher; Michelle was rational and became a biologist. Bruno is a practitioner of life, seeking the meaning of life in the process of eating, drinking, having fun, and changing girlfriends; Michel rejected the love of his childhood sweetheart, preferring to devote himself to sacred scientific research than fleeting desires. At some point in their lives, they were all very close to happiness but missed it. The intertwined fates of Bruno and Michel constitute the DNA double helix structure of human existence. In the not-too-distant future, thanks to Michelle's research results, humans will achieve immortality through asexual reproduction and get rid of the seven emotions and six desires of being born...

What do we want? Money, wisdom, or hope? Why do we have the innate urge to tell stories? Is art in our nature? Am I an unscrupulous feminist? Has the situation for women improved? This century has seen a far-reaching financial crisis, a global pandemic, the growth of a new wave of women's movements, increasingly frequent extreme climate disasters and regional conflicts. What's next? Human society in the 21st century has witnessed too many great changes. Atwood's questions covered a wide range of topics, from technology, debt, climate crisis, environmentalism to how to provide timely advice to young people. She also spent considerable space reviewing her creative career, including the creation of best-selling works such as "The Handmaid's Tale" and "Testimony". Atwood uses his never-ending curiosity to break through all superficial boundaries, showing many cross-sections of human society, breaking through the many obstacles set up in this era of homogeneity, and leading readers to make their own reflections on this complex and ever-changing world.

Toru Okada, who resigned from his job at a law firm, lives a peaceful life with his wife Kumiko, a magazine editor. Kumiko suddenly disappeared under the coercion of her brother, Noboru Wataya, a representative of the dark forces who is also a member of the House of Representatives. Afterwards, many strange people appeared around Okada: witches, "conscious prostitutes", girls who accidentally killed their boyfriend in a car accident, veterans, etc. At the same time, many strange things happened. Okada went down to a deep well to meditate and then came out. With the help of a pair of weird mother and son "Nutmeg" and "Cinnamon", he challenged Noboru Wataya, injured him in fantasy, and Kumiko killed him in reality.

This book is the work of the Japanese national writer Natsume Soseki during his turning period. It includes three novels, "Autumn Wind", "Two Hundred and Ten Days" and "The Miner", published from 1906 to 1908. "Autumn Wind" revolves around the poor student Takayanagi and the rich boy Nakano. Although the two are good friends, their financial situations and situations are completely different. The two young men met Mr. Doya, a poor scholar. Shirai Michoya was originally a teacher in a certain school. He once taught Takayanagi. Because he was very critical of the world and the powerful, he was kicked out of the school by the villagers and students. He currently lives a life of poverty. A series of stories about morality and ideals happened among the three people around one hundred yen. Natsume Soseki focused on portraying the idealist Mr. Doya and showed his views on society; "One Hundred and Twenty Days" tells the story of two young mountaineers thinking about philosophy and life; "The Miner" tells the story of "I", a young man from a rich family who went to work in the mines because of a temporary impulse, and was deeply shocked.

"The place we lived in before has long since disappeared from the earth and has become a specimen in memory. The past will never come back, what is left behind?" When the memory hit him involuntarily, Park Minyu recalled the world he thought he had left behind - the low slate roofs covering the entire mountain, the intricate narrow alleys and the smiling faces of children gathered in front of small shops. Drive out, demolish, reorganize, neon covers the stars, cement replaces the land. He kept chasing the sunny land, glad that he had escaped from the rough and dirty slums, and never wondered where those old friends who were driven out of their homes went and what they did for a living. When I stop and turn around suddenly, there is no one around me, and there is no trace of my hometown in my memory. Forging ahead is the attitude of a pioneer. If you don't leave your back to others, you will be left behind. Without destroying the old world, you cannot reach the new utopia. The bonds are getting less and less, the eyes are getting colder and colder, and in the end only memories are left to accompany myself as life approaches the evening.

"The Man Who Came Back Alive" is a book that chronicles the life history of Japan before and after World War II from the perspective of ordinary people. The protagonist Kenji Xiong has been drafted at a young age, worked in a prisoner of war camp, contracted tuberculosis, caught up with the wave of rapid economic growth, and initiated a post-war lawsuit against Japan for compensation. This book is both an oral history, a popular history and a social history. The author records the life trajectory of his father as an ordinary Japanese soldier, showing the changes in the times before and after World War II, the changes in Japanese society after the war, and how individual destiny is affected by the great times. He also reflects on Japan's war crimes, forming a "living history of the 20th century."

The American young man Barnes suffered a spinal injury during the World War and lost his sexual ability. After the war, when he was working as a reporter in Paris, he fell in love with the British Mrs. Ashley. She pursued pleasure blindly, while he could only drink to drown his sorrows. The two went to Pamplona, ​​Spain, with a group of male and female friends to participate in the bullfighting festival in pursuit of spiritual stimulation. The lady rejected the pursuit of the Jewish young man Cohen, but fell in love with the 19-year-old bullfighter Romero. However, after getting along for a period of time, due to the huge age gap between the two parties, and Mrs. Ashley could not bear to ruin the future of the innocent young man, the relationship ended sadly. Madame eventually returned to Barnes, although both parties knew that they could never truly be together. "The Sun Also Rises" is a novel by Hemingway, and Hemingway became the spokesperson of the "Lost Generation".

The whole book "Snow Country" takes "nothingness" as the theme, and collects three novellas "Snow Country", "Lake" and "Rainbow", telling the protagonists' loneliness and their common yearning and pursuit of beauty. The heavy snow falls, and all love and hate are ultimately in vain.

"Gulliver's Travels" is a fantastic and thrilling travel masterpiece, and it is also a fairy tale where reality and fantasy are intertwined. An ordinary person who loves adventure went on four voyages and visited four magical countries, which opened the eyes and made people laugh while causing many sighs. This fictitious fairy tale-like magical world is like a sharp dagger, striking directly at the darkness and absurdity of reality.

"A Thousand Cranes" takes "the taboo of fate" and "the helplessness of life" as its themes. It includes works such as "A Thousand Cranes", the sequel "Hachidori" and "Letter to Parents". It tells the story of Kawabata Yasunari's attachment to his parents and family and the entanglement caused by the influence of his father's generation.

"Ancient Capital" takes "sisters" as the theme and includes two novellas "Ancient Capital" and "Flower's Diary", which show the true friendship between close relatives and sisters. The twists of fate have caused two pairs of sisters, Chieko and Miaozi, Naomi and Eiko, to face difficulties and harm. Amidst the myriad of melancholy, the only thing that remains unchanged is the touching wishes for you.

The original novel of the hit TV series "Flower" series. Counterattack from "social animal" to the king of spy novels in the new era! Which of your colleagues would you trust with your life? An agent from Slough House is kidnapped and held for ransom. Team Slough must overcome obstacles and subvert all expectations of their abilities to break through the top security systems at Regent's Park, MI5's intelligence headquarters, and steal valuable intelligence in exchange for the safety of their companions. However, the kidnapping is just the tip of the iceberg - agents uncover a larger web of conspiracy involving not only a group of private mercenaries but also the highest levels of the secret intelligence agency. After years of existing as the lowest of the low, the lowlifes suddenly find themselves caught up in a conspiracy that threatens not only the future of Slough House, but MI5 itself. Recommended by Anthony Horowitz, the famous British detective novel master! The British Crime Writers Association's "Golden Dagger Award", the Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award, and the annual final selection of Thexton's old-style detective novels. "Flower" was nominated for Best Drama Series, Best Actor, and Best Supporting Actor at the 76th Emmy Awards.

This work is a collection of a series of short stories by Ishida Kira. Ishida describes some interesting stories or inspiring and impressive events found in social life in the form of novels, and integrates his in-depth thinking on the nature of the events and the insights gained from a personal perspective of the problem throughout the article. While reading, readers will also have a feeling of communicating with the author. This collection of novels mainly includes works such as "The Lonely Loveseat", "One Second After Midnight", "Scent of Dreams", "The Bookstore at 23 O'clock", and "The Magic Button".

This book is the life battle hymn of Ito Hiromi, the author of "Amenorrhea", a person's fight against loneliness and aging. She said: "Everyone dies, and there is no choice. But I can't bear it. It would be very open-minded and neat to die without leaving anything behind." This book is a record of the major and minor events in the author's life after she turned 60. In an approachable style like a diary, she nonchalantly narrates the experiences of life, death, and aging. We will age, become lonely, and be isolated, but that is actually not such a terrible thing. You can still have an ordinary and happy life. Her parents are gone, her daughters have left, and her husband has passed away. The author faces aging, death, and farewell alone, and walks into loneliness step by step. However, she never forgets who she is. She is no longer afraid of loneliness and lives a brilliant life of her own. When life is sad, there will naturally be happy times. Facing aging, facing a series of farewells and loneliness such as her daughter growing up and leaving home, her husband leaving, pets passing away, etc., She also felt empty and melancholy. But she did not get depressed and began to welcome new changes in life. The book records the major events in her life after the age of 60 in an approachable style like a diary, and calmly narrates the experiences of life, death, and aging. The delicate and profound words vividly demonstrate the fragility and strength of life, as well as the loneliness and freedom within it. Every word in the book reveals the author's open-minded and calm outlook on life and life and death. The author teaches us to take care of the present, even if there is a flood later.

The three greatest joys in life - not wearing a helmet when fishing, forgetting to sit in the back seat of a car, and eating hot pot without leaning against the wall. There are four things you need to do when you come out to be a gangster - cheating, framing, running away when something happens, and taking care of your sister-in-law! ... Ye Chen traveled through time, looked at the beef on the table, and smiled kindly at Hong Xing's younger brothers. "I don't eat beef." Bang-- The next moment, the gun rang out! -- PS: This book is also called "People in Hong Kong, Drifting and Lost Contact" Note: The protagonist is the prodigal son, a legacy of Wei Wu. He does whatever he wants and is domineering. If you don't like it, don't criticize~

They are the most successful people in this era, and they have created countless myths. They almost broke free from a very primitive state of existence and became the creators of modern civilization in a very short period of time. They are not the farmers in Jiangsu and Zhejiang in the 1930s in Fei Xiaotong's vision, nor are they the farmers in northern Shaanxi in the 1940s described by Zhao Shuli. They are not Dazhai-style farmers or farmers in Xiaogang Village. They are themselves. We are looking for a farmer. In fact, we are getting closer to a dream that is being realized. In a broader sense, the farmers we are paying attention to are a microcosm of the hundreds of millions of Chinese farmers who are changing their destiny in the East today.

Cordelia came from the free and open hometown of Beta Colony to the conservative and closed Belaya Empire. From a commoner to the regent's wife, she dreamed of being a happy mother. Unexpectedly, in the intrigues and political struggles, her husband Arrow, known as the "Butcher of Koma", became the focus of conflicts in all aspects. As a result, Miles, the fetus in Cordelia's belly, was injured by poison gas in an attempted assassination and had to be transplanted into an artificial womb. To make matters worse, the rebels hijacked the artificial womb to blackmail Arrow. However, this evil deed not only failed to achieve its goal, but also aroused Cordelia's maternal instinct. In order to save her son, what crazy actions will this angry and desperate mother make? When the mutineers realized that kidnapping Miles was an unwise move, it was too late...

Miles' clone brother Mark impersonated Miles and led a mercenary army to launch a raid on the clone correctional facility in Baropucho. Miles was unfortunately shot while rescuing Mark, and his body disappeared. Mark, who felt regretful and self-blame, embarked on a journey to find Miles with the comfort and support of Miles's parents. However, when he finally found Miles who had received resurrection treatment, he fell into Baropuccio's trap again... Can Mark get out of the shadow of being a clone of Miles? Can Miles meet the challenge from Mark? Competing with each other or working together? A pair of brothers who are as similar as mirror images, who is the better dancer? "Mirror Dance" will give the answer.

In the vast space, the war is raging. A "cargo ship" secretly carrying weapons passed through the enemy's blockade and flew to the space smelting plant where the Felice Army was stationed. Captain Miles Nesmith claims to be a senior general of the Dundali mercenaries. In fact, his true identity is Miles F. Corsigan, a nobleman of the Belaya Empire. Unexpectedly, the space smelting plant has long been lost. Facing the dilemma, Miles exerted his potential military commanding talents: using small strategies to recapture the smelter; cleverly placing prisoners of war to divert their attention from resistance; using the relationship between the captured generals to contain each other; boldly negotiating with the enemy's senior general Oser... His wisdom and sweat earned him loyal subordinates, honor and self-confidence, but the cruel war caused him to lose his best friend and love. "War Apprentice", Miles F. Corsigan's first successful mark in life.

Five hundred years ago, the Chaos Demon Emperor prepared to rule the universe. In order to save the universe, the Ming Bagua Holy Lord combined with Qilin, one of the four holy beasts, and eighty-eight Xingyuan warriors to seal the Chaos Demon Emperor. Five hundred years later, the Dark Bagua Demon Lord and the Seven Deadly Sins Demon Lord under the Chaos Demon Emperor prepared to lift the seal. However, on the way to lift the seal, they discovered a bigger conspiracy. Everything was not as simple as they thought...!

Her hometown of Amgash is the place Lucy most wants to escape. Now, her life is different from what it used to be, and she actually begins to feel that everything in the past is not so bad - "Thumb Smashing Theory" - He fell in love with a prostitute, and when she asked to borrow money, the love disappeared. "The Gift" - Abel felt that he had succeeded. But he couldn't get rid of the inner doubt about himself: I am relying on myself, right? It's not based on my wife's wealth. "Windmill" - Patty, who witnessed her mother cheating on her as a child, took the initiative to choose a sexless marriage when she grew up. She thinks this is her punishment. "Sister" - Pete specially cleaned and decorated his home to welcome his sister Lucy, who had not returned for many years, but Lucy broke down after staying here for a while. She said she could not remember the bad days. What now, Pete thought. Am I living a bad life now? "Shattered," "Signs," "Mary of Mississippi," "Dotty's Inn," "Snowblind"... It will get better, sooner or later. Every heartbroken person has heard the resonance of grief in the loss of others. It seems, not so lonely anymore.

The book "River Night" is the latest collection of short stories by the famous British writer Janet Winterson. It takes the impact of modern technology on human nature and life as the theme. It tells thirteen stories with different themes - family members "resurrected from the dead" through artificial intelligence technology, a science fiction world entered by smart glasses, a room covered in dust, and objects condensed with memories. In these stories, the characters encounter unexpected experiences, but in the end they always have a warm ending. The author combines his own thinking and experience to unfold his wild imagination, which is thrilling and mysterious and also makes people think. As a novelist, Winterson bridges the gap between imagination and reality, exploring the hazy and marginal places in life through adventures. This book is the exclusive copyright of our company. The translator is one of the representative new generation authors and young and middle-aged translators in China. He has rich experience in translating Janet Winterson's works. The translation is beautiful and smooth, and it presents Winterson's strong personal style on an accurate and faithful basis. It is highly readable and has been widely recognized by domestic readers.

The "Pepper's Illusion" is a technique used to create "illusions" on stage and in some magic shows. This technique uses a flat piece of glass and a specific light source to make objects on the stage appear, disappear, or transform into other objects. Middle school teacher Tan Qianxiang seems ordinary, but he has the super power to see the future of others. At the same time, his students are writing a novel on the theme of two extraordinary "Cat Prison Hunters". One time, Tan Qianxiang foresaw a terrorist bomb attack! At the critical moment, the "Cat Prison Hunters" who were supposed to exist only in books miraculously appeared in the "real world"... Are we human beings or characters in novels? Is there a reader outside our world who is reading about our lives?

Ursula Le Guin, the eternal queen of fantasy! In the mysterious and remote world of the West Bank, young people are in pain and confusion, and their destiny is majestic and turbulent: young Olek wears a blindfold to seal his spiritual power, because it destroys enemies and harms loved ones; young girl Memmer was born in a "bookless city", where books were burned and denounced as the devil that breeds sin; the little slave Gavel witnessed a funeral, and death tore apart the illusion of "justice and order", making him question his gentle and docile first half of his life.

After checking their eyes, they are all people who have traveled through time and space. Time travel into an otome game. Male protagonist, why do you turn black when you disagree with me? You have the aura of the protagonist, don't be afraid, I can load the file. No worries about poison, assassination, I can load files. Loading files, loading files, loading files infinitely in an ancient fantasy world, Du Yun found out that this damn cannon fodder couldn't die no matter what?

At least once in his life every man becomes part of Adam's body, that is the moment of revelation. Only this short period of time is light and belongs to oneself. The rest of the time is darkness and is used by others. This moment of revelation is what the Khazars call a "dream." The purpose of the Khazar dream catchers is to collect these moments and piece together the body of Adam... The Khazar king wanted to convert to a religion and choose one of the three religions: Christianity, Judaism, and Islam, so representatives of Christianity (Orthodox), Judaism, and Islam in Constantinople gathered in the Khazar capital and held a "Khazar Debate." The three religions each have their own opinions on the outcome of the debate. Since the history written by the Khazars themselves has been lost to obscurity, the results of this great debate can only be supported by Christian, Jewish and Islamic documents. However, the results recorded by the three religions are contradictory, and they all believe that their religion has won the victory. So at the end of the seventeenth century (that is, hundreds of years later), a Khazar dictionary came out, which included records of debates between the three major sects. The book was divided into three parts, namely the Red Book, the Green Book, and the Yellow Book, which recorded the respective opinions of the three major sects.

"The Woodland Monster" is a drama work by Anton Chekhov. It narrates a family story centered on a professor with a weird temper and selfishness. It successfully creates the image of "The Woodland Monster", a doctor with unique ideas but not understood by everyone. It is regarded as a "beautiful dramatic novella". The research community recognizes that "The Forest Monster" is the predecessor of "Uncle Vanya" and is an indispensable part of the complete presentation of Chekhov's drama creation. As Xu Le, the author of the introduction to this book and a researcher at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said, "Chekhov never wrote a novel in his life, but he did use "The Forest Monster" as a starting point to create a novel-style drama that had never been seen on the stage before... The playwright tried his best to show people's inner, long-term, habitual depression and the hidden trend of the times in the details of daily conversations, eating and drinking, walking, reading newspapers, and playing cards, in silent pauses or meaningful overtones." This book is the seventh volume of the "Master Guide Edition" of "The Complete Works of Chekhov's Dramas", with audio interpretations of famous scenes from Chekhov's plays. I would like to commemorate the 120th anniversary of Chekhov's death - his stage contains all the pain and expectations of this era.

"The Man Without a Father", also known as "Platonov", is a work written by the great dramatist Anton Chekhov when he was studying at the age of 19. Although he was a little immature, he already showed his amazing creative talent. The translator, Mr. Tong Daoming, is a famous drama critic and an industry-recognized expert on Chekhov. The script describes the decline of provincial aristocratic estates and depicts the image of a group of intellectuals, represented by the protagonist Platonov, who have nothing to do and spend their days in melancholy. It is the precursor of a series of "superfluous people" characters at the end of the century created in Chekhov's later works. As the book's introduction author and well-known director Wang Xiaoying said, "Platonov's excellence and sensitivity make him like the nerve endings of the organic whole of human beings. He feels and bears the spiritual distress that belongs to us all before us and is stronger than us... Is Platonov noble or despicable? Tragic or tragic? Is it comic? Will it make people cry or laugh? Should we sympathize with him or despise him? ... The 19-year-old Chekhov leaves today's people at a loss, and the modernity of "The Man Without a Father" may lie in this. "This book is the sixth volume of the "Famous Guide Edition" of "The Complete Works of Chekhov's Plays", with audio interpretations of famous scenes from Chekhov's plays. I would like to commemorate the 120th anniversary of Chekhov's death - his stage contains all the pain and expectations of this era.

"Three Sisters" is Chekhov's famous play that is constantly being rehearsed on stages around the world. In a family of Imperial Russian officers in a small provincial town in Russia, three sisters, Olga, Masha and Irina, lived with their brother. They were smart, beautiful, well-educated, and each of them had a dream in their hearts. For the three sisters, Moscow, where they lived when they were young, is their spiritual home, and they hope to return to Moscow. However, as time goes by, life changes quietly, and beautiful ideals and vulgar reality collide fiercely. They all feel the hardship and boredom of life to varying degrees. There is no way to go back to Moscow, and the longing for a spiritual home is still in the hearts of the three sisters... This book is the third volume of "The Complete Works of Chekhov's Dramas" "Famous Guide Edition", with audio interpretations of famous scenes from Chekhov's plays. I would like to commemorate the 120th anniversary of Chekhov's death - his stage contains all the pain and expectations of this era.

"The Seagull", which Chekhov himself called a comedy, tells the story of several misplaced loves in Russian manor life at the end of the 19th century, and the beauty that was destroyed as a result. As Chekhov's first four-act play, it has become a symbol of Chekhov's dramatic innovation and personal artistic maturity. Nina, a girl from a wealthy rural family, is innocent and simple. She longs for beautiful love and has great hopes for the future life. Trepolev hopes to become a writer, but also deeply loves Nina. Tripolev's father passed away, and his mother Irina took a writer named Trigorin back to the manor to recuperate. Nina was attracted by the famous Boris... This book is the fourth volume of the "Master Guide Edition" of "The Complete Works of Chekhov's Dramas", with audio interpretations of famous scenes from Chekhov's plays. I would like to commemorate the 120th anniversary of Chekhov's death - his stage contains all the pain and expectations of this era.

A brilliant, innovative novel that keenly captures the presence and absence of the sacred. "To Take", first published in 1960, is a milestone in the history of American literature - Flannery O'Connor's work is a dark and fascinating example of gothic sensibility and sharp irony. In the novel, orphan Tarwater and his uncle Reb defy their dead uncle's prophecy that Tarwater will become a prophet and baptize Reb's son Bishop. Tarwater engages in an inner struggle with his deep-seated beliefs and the voices calling him to be a prophet, while Rebbe attempts to guide Tarwater into a more "reasonable" modern world. Both are grappling with the legacy of lost loved ones. O'Connor observes it all with a breathtaking combination of irony and empathy, humor and pathos.

"Swan Song" is a one-act play by Anton Chekhov, which includes a total of nine one-act plays such as "On the Road", "On the Harm of Tobacco", "Swan Song" and "The Bear". They are all short and interesting. Some works have experimental colors, reflecting Chekhov's special style exploration in one-act plays. Among them, "Swan Song" is the most famous. The play depicts an old comedian who bids farewell to his glorious years. He performs a wonderful last performance with a prompter in an empty backstage, just like the swan's final song. As the introduction author of this book, Professor Peng Tao of the Central Academy of Drama, said, "In the inconspicuous 'small form' of the one-act play, Chekhov's profound gaze on life is integrated with humorous laughter, melancholy temperament and optimistic and open-minded spirit are accompanied, and the 'emotional undercurrent' is organically combined with the development of the plot... Chekhov's one-act play is a key to interpreting his multi-act plays." This book is the 8th volume of the "Master Guide Edition" of "The Complete Works of Chekhov's Dramas", with audio interpretations of famous scenes from Chekhov's plays. I would like to commemorate the 120th anniversary of Chekhov's death - his stage contains all the pain and expectations of this era.

Maugham is well-known among Chinese readers for his novels such as "The Moon and Sixpence" that have long become cultural symbols. But in fact, in the first half of his life, long before Maugham became a novelist, he had achieved astonishing success in the theater world. During the heyday of his dramatic writing, London's major theaters once staged four of his plays simultaneously. Contemporaries once joked in cartoons that such an achievement would make Shakespeare jealous. Divided into four volumes, this complete collection includes complete translations of all 25 Maugham published plays, filling a gap in this field in the domestic publishing industry. His plays particularly embody his literary style that appeals to both refined and popular tastes, humor and wit, and are worthy of appreciation by all Maugham lovers.

With "The Legacy of La Traviata in Paris" as its original title, "La Traviata" was translated into classical Chinese by Lin Shu as early as the end of the 19th century. It was the first Western novel translated by a Chinese and became popular all over the country as soon as it was published. Margaret, who lives in a hypocritical vanity fair, devotes her most sincere heart to love. Yan Fu, a modern enlightenment thinker and translator, lamented after reading it: A poor scroll of La Traviata has broken the heart of a Chinese prodigal.

The newly revised edition of "Looking for Jack", a collection of short stories by the genius writer Zainer, includes "Rush to the Front" for the first time. The most important fantasy writer in the 21st century and the founder of the "New Weird" style - China Miéville, a recognized genius novelist, has repeatedly won many fantasy honors around the world: Locus Award, Hugo Award, Arthur C. Clark Award, British Fantasy Award, Philip K. Dick Award, World Fantasy Award, etc. Known as "Kafka in the fantasy world", there are 14 bizarre stories: wild roads wander around the world, old glass leads to another world; "parasitic word" disease makes people only repeat one word; festivals have become luxury brands; criminals are equipped with mechanical arms as punishment; the world in the mirror fights back against the human world... This is Miévi's only short story collection, with amazingly bold imagination. He uses a unique perspective to show everything that may happen in the future, and uses cautionary fables to remind people to learn to reflect.

Zhou Yiwei and Wang Likun star in the original novel of the same name in "The Case of Di Gong of the Tang Dynasty". This book was translated and adapted by Gao Luopei from the late Qing Dynasty's long public case novel "Four Odd Cases of Wu Zetian". It is the source of inspiration for Gao Luopei's "Tang Dynasty Di Gongan" series. The story in this volume takes place in Changping County, and three cases are intertwined with each other. One is about two corpses suddenly appearing in broad daylight, causing merchants to suffer misfortune; the other is about a beautiful young lady taking deadly poison on her wedding night; there is also a bizarre town where the ghosts of the deceased are still lingering and the case remains unresolved. Let's see how Judge Dee reasoned and reasoned, and made clever calculations... Gaulopet was a Dutch sinologist, diplomat, translator, and novelist. His representative works include "The Case of Judge Dee in the Tang Dynasty", "The Way of the Piano", "Calligraphy and Painting on Bells", etc.

Zhou Yiwei and Wang Likun star in the original novel of the same name in "The Case of Di Gong of the Tang Dynasty". In the first year of Emperor Gaozong's imperial examination in the Tang Dynasty, Di Gong recommended himself as the magistrate of Penglai County. On the way to his appointment, turmoil arose: the former magistrate died in the county government; officials in the government office disappeared; the body of a monk was found in the bushes... One wave after another, several cases are complicated and interlocking. This volume contains five cases that Judge Dee encountered in Penglai County: "The Golden Case", "Five Auspicious Clouds", "Red Feathered Arrows", "The Lost Traces of the Rain Master" and "Four Painted Screens". Gaulopet is a Dutch sinologist, diplomat, translator and novelist. His representative works include "The Case of Di Gong of the Tang Dynasty", "The Way of the Piano", "Calligraphy and Painting on Bells", etc.

Zhou Yiwei and Wang Likun star in the original novel of the same name in "The Case of Di Gong of the Tang Dynasty". Di Renjie was transferred to Puyang County as the county magistrate. With the help of several capable assistants, he fought wits and courage, defeated the powerful enemy, and solved the case in one fell swoop... This volume contains three cases that Di Renjie encountered in Puyang County: "The Bronze Bell Case", "The True and False Beggar", "The True and False Sword" and "The Red Pavilion Case". Gaulopet is a Dutch sinologist, diplomat, translator and novelist. His representative works include "The Case of Di Gong of the Tang Dynasty", "The Way of the Piano", "Calligraphy and Painting on Bells", etc.

Relive this brave adventure in the newly revised version of the masterpiece "Pseudo London" by the genius writer Zhainer. The most important fantasy writer in the 21st century and the founder of the "New Weird" style - China Miéville, a recognized genius novelist, has repeatedly won many fantasy honors around the world: Locus Award, Hugo Award, Arthur C. Clark Award, British Fantasy Award, World Fantasy Award, etc. He has a unique writing style and is good at using the fantasy world to explore real life and social and cultural issues. Pseudo London is London in the mirror, where all the broken and filthy things in London will be reborn. Here, words take on life, carnivorous giraffes roam the streets, and smoke dreams of world destruction. This precarious city is waiting for a hero. When Diba and Zanna find the secret entrance and enter this strange city from London, the gears of fate begin to turn...

Zhou Yiwei and Wang Likun star in the original novel of the same name in "The Case of Di Gong of the Tang Dynasty". Di Gong was transferred from Penglai County Magistrate to Hanyuan County Magistrate. Half a year after taking office, the first household in Hanyuan invited him and a group of Hanyuan businessmen to a party on the flower boat. During the banquet, a dancer revealed that someone was brewing a huge conspiracy in Hanyuan City. Unexpectedly, her body was fished out of the river before the banquet was over... The case is complicated and confusing, and the waves in Hanyuan County are treacherous. Can Judge Dee escape unscathed? This volume contains four cases that Di Gong encountered in Hanyuan County: "The Lakeside Case", "The Broken Finger", "Chaoyun Temple" and "The Sound of Frogs in the Lotus Pond". Gaulopet is a Dutch sinologist, diplomat, translator and novelist. His representative works include "The Case of Di Gong of the Tang Dynasty", "The Way of the Piano", "Calligraphy and Painting on Bells", etc.

Zhou Yiwei and Wang Likun star in the original novel of the same name in "The Case of Di Gong of the Tang Dynasty". During the Yifeng period of Emperor Gaozong, Di Gong was transferred to the county magistrate of Beizhou, Hebei Province. He suspected that a woman had murdered her husband and risked opening the coffin for an autopsy, but found nothing. Public dissatisfaction boiled, his superiors were held to account, and Judge Dee was about to be dismissed from his post... He finally cracked the case, but he also left behind eternal regrets. Later, Judge Di was promoted to the chief minister of Dali Temple and became the prime minister. However, Judge Judge also encountered the most thrilling conspiracy he had ever experienced in his life... This case also became the last case that Judge Judge experienced. This volume contains four cases: "Iron Nail Case", "Flying Tiger Group", "Liu Garden Picture" and "Guangzhou Case".

Zhou Yiwei and Wang Likun star in the original novel of the same name in "The Case of Di Gong of the Tang Dynasty". During the Dragon Boat Festival, Judge Dee and his three ladies were playing mahjong cards on an official ship when they discovered that a "whiteboard" card was mysteriously missing; during the dragon boat race, a drummer on a boat that was competing suddenly died; Judge Dee disguised himself as a boxer while visiting, and was hired by a woman as a bodyguard to escort her to an old rural area by the forest. The house was bought and sold, and then the woman was killed in the abandoned house; Di Gong visited the woman's husband's house, and heard a story about the pearls from the woman's husband... This volume contains three cases that Di Gong encountered in Puyang County: "The Pearl Case", "The Black Fox Case" and "The Necklace Case".

In the 22nd century, under the sacred mountain of Kirinyaga in Kenya, Africa, modern civilized cities are seriously polluted. Herds of wild animals have become a distant memory. The vast savanna is filled with immigrants from Europe. Kiriba, a descendant of the Kikuyu people, is determined to build his nation's "utopia" - Kirinyaga - on an earth-like planet. He is the witch doctor of Kirinyaga and the only spokesman for the god Enga in the entire ethnic group. Koliba contacted the maintenance department of the planet through the computer and had the power to control the wind and rain. He told fables one after another that fascinated the children and enlightened their wisdom, but also brought trouble to his own authority. In the face of various challenges that are coming one after another, can Koliba stick to the ancient national tradition? Among the articles included in this book, two have won the Hugo Award and four have been nominated for the Nebula Award.

This book is Verne's science fiction adventure novel. There is no Chinese translation in China yet, and this publication is the first translation. Verne was inspired to write this book by Defoe's "Robinson Crusoe". The novel tells the story of the Zermatt family who escaped to a desert island in a shipwreck. Unlike Robinson Crusoe who was eventually rescued and returned to England, the family described by Verne never left the island named "New Switzerland". They lived peacefully on the island for 10 years. In the tenth year, they found a piece of cloth with a distress letter and found the surviving British girl Jenny on a nearby island. She was the only daughter of a colonel in the British Army in India. She was also shipwrecked and drifted to a small island next to New Switzerland. Soon after, the British "Unicorn" deviated from its course due to a storm and came to New Switzerland Island by accident. It came to find Jenny. The Zemats decided not to leave New Switzerland, and the Unicorn took Jenny back to England with Zemat's two sons. Send them away, and the Zemat family faces the threat of indigenous attacks. Jenny and the others returned to New Switzerland Island after all the hardships, and together with their family defeated the indigenous attack.

The nineteenth century in which Dostoevsky lived was a declining century. In that irrational era, people doubted all final conclusions, inherent nobility, royal power, and faith. In 1849, Dostoevsky was arrested for participating in a secret rally against the Tsar and angering the authorities. The following year, he was sentenced to exile in Siberia and served four years of hard labor. The painful life spent with criminals gave him a profound observation of the dark side of Russian society, and he also gained new concepts about human life, the good and evil in human nature, and the character of the Russian people. These observations and concepts are presented in "Crime and Punishment". The author himself said that this is "a confession about a criminal."

Günter Grass was a German writer and a plastic artist. This book is divided into two parts: "Literature Glass" and "Art Glass". "Literary Grass" includes his novels, plays, poems, essays, lectures, autobiographies and other works in various genres, trying to give readers an overview of Grass's literary creative style, including excerpts from novels such as "The Tin Drum", the drama "The Flood", the essay "My Teacher Döblin", the autobiography "Peeling the Onion", "Box Camera", etc. The "Art Grass" section includes the author's sketches, watercolors, sculptures and other fine art works. This book comprehensively displays Glass's achievements in the field of literature and art.

"Money" is Martin Amis's masterpiece and was selected as one of "The 100 Best English Novels" by Time magazine. The protagonist of the novel, Self, is a producer who "makes commercial TV commercials for tobacco, alcohol, junk food, and nude magazines." For money, he even more unscrupulously makes pornographic videos, and travels between London and New York, two money-worshiping metropolises. In this web of money and sex, Self's relationships with everyone around him are laid bare. Money is everywhere and omnipotent. As the only "true god" that Self trusts, it can not only fulfill all of Self's despicable and greedy human desires, but at the same time pave the way for Self to fall into hell. In this money and sex scam, Self ultimately became the biggest loser. In its straightforward, uninhibited and decadent description, this book profoundly highlights Amis's extreme ridicule of "money" and the silent sorrow of the twisted human soul corroded by "money".