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Return: Selected Romance Novels by Maupassant

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This five-volume set of Maupassant's short stories and short stories includes "Selected Novels of Maupassant's World", "Selected Romance Novels of Maupassant", "Selected Novels of Maupassant's War", "Selected Selection of Maupassant's Humorous Novels" and "Selected Selection of Maupassant's Bizarre Novels". It is the result of the author's appreciation and selection of more than 300 short stories and short stories by the "King of Short Stories" based on long-term research and translation of his works. It can also be said to be a collection of Maupassant's short stories. Love novels are also worldly novels, but the large number of short and medium-sized novels and novels written by Maupassant with love as the theme has won it a unique place. Love is an eternal theme, and Maupassant's love novels are a complete example. There is joy, but more tears and blood, and there are still some lingering sounds of the French knight tradition. This book is equipped with original illustrations.

Mask: Selected Novels of Maupassant's World

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This five-volume set of Maupassant's short stories and short stories includes "Selected Novels of Maupassant's World", "Selected Romance Novels of Maupassant", "Selected Novels of Maupassant's War", "Selected Selection of Maupassant's Humorous Novels" and "Selected Selection of Maupassant's Bizarre Novels". It is the result of the author's appreciation and selection of more than 300 short stories and short stories by the "King of Short Stories" based on his long-term research and translation. It can also be said to be a collection of Maupassant's short stories in a classified form. Maupassant was first and foremost a social genre painter. Adhering to the fundamental principle of realism, his worldly novels mainly write about the two social classes he is most familiar with: farmers in Normandy, his hometown where he spent his youth, and clerks in Paris where he worked as an adult. Little characters occupy the center of literature; their lives, their anguish and despair are laid bare. What is particularly commendable is the writer's deep sympathy for the suffering people at the bottom. This book is equipped with original illustrations.

Sapphire Case

Sapphire Case

General Fiction

Wang Xiaoying

123K0

This book contains three Shanghai women's novels written by Wang Xiaoying under the title of Cipai: "Red Lips", "Lazy Thrush" and "The Sapphire Case". Wang Xiaoying wrote about the life trajectories and fateful turns of some ordinary and almost mediocre Shanghai women. These women are spread all over Shanghai's alleys. Their lives are neither stormy nor earth-shattering, but the ordinary and ordinary contain the warmth, truth, complexity and cruelty of life.

Encountered a Bear on the Road

Xu Xiaoyue

81K0

This book is composed of 15 short stories with different styles, flying over tired and gray modern cities, lively and warm northeastern towns, and closed and solemn ancient city walls, and staged scenes of ordinary people's life, death, love, and parting melancholy. Here is your patron saint, which may be a bear, a deer, or a hippopotamus; here is a jealous cat that can only talk, has a bad temper but loves you very much; here are generals and soldiers who defend the city, and no one knows how many died in the battle; here are also aliens from the Northeast, stubborn writers, and boys with the appearance of killing Matt...

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"Selected Short Stories of Maupassant" is a collection of representative works of Maupassant in various periods, including "Ball of Suet", "The Necklace", "My Uncle Jules" and other classic works. In Maupassant's works, there are the urban bottom characters who are kind-hearted but are exploited and spurned by hypocritical decent people, the vain girl Mathilde who worked hard all her life for a fake necklace, and a family who were distorted by money and abandoned their family ties... These works represent Maupassant's outstanding achievements in short story creation, and are still of awakening significance in today's era.

Liars in Love (collected Works of Richard Yates)

(us) Richard Yates

136K0

Richard Yates (1926-1992) was "the great writer of the age of anxiety". As a faithful recorder of mainstream American life in the mid-twentieth century, critics have compared him to Chekhov, Fitzgerald, and John Cheever. "The Liar in Love" is another masterpiece of Yates' short stories after "Eleven Kinds of Loneliness", which perfectly demonstrates the author's keen insight and descriptive power. This book contains a total of 7 short stories. Yates, who is good at writing about "failed life", relies on his keen mind and unique perspective of observation, like a collage art, to present the "little people" and their life fragments in the United States in front of us in three dimensions: failed artists, single-parent families with difficult lives, estranged family relationships, estranged marriages, rebellious daughters, fleeting love affairs, unreliable dreams...

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General Fiction

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"Selected Novels and Novels by Mark Twain" selects thirty-five of the author's most popular works and arranges them in chronological order. These works are extensive in content and profound in meaning, and each one is full of humorous satire.

Dürrenmatt Short Stories and Short Stories

(switzerland) Written By Friedrich Dürrenmatt Selected By Han Ruixiang

215K0

Friedrich Dürrenmatt is a world-renowned modern Swiss dramatist and novelist, and one of the most important writers in German literature of the 20th century. This book includes Dürrenmatt's masterpieces of short stories and short stories, including "The Tunnel", "The Dog", "Anchor", "A Watcher's Notes", "Downfall", "The Commission", etc. Dürrenmatt's short stories and short stories are influenced by Kafka and other modern writers. The true depiction of reality in his works is often combined with absurd and even surreal scenes, bringing readers into a world that is both real and illusory, revealing the lonely existence of modern people and reflecting the fear and helplessness of Europeans under the threat of nuclear war. "Anchor" and other novels are also unique detective novels, with vivid and realistic depictions of the characters' psychology and unexpected endings.

Falling Back to Childhood: Selected Novellas by Aimee

(france) Marcel Aime

278K0

This book selects Aimee's novellas, the most famous of which is "Transfiguration". Raoul has a successful career and a happy family. His only regret is his ugly appearance. One day, he suddenly found that he had become young and beautiful. This face was like an invisible wall that separated him from his previous life. He lived in seclusion in Paris under a pseudonym and continued to interact with his secretary, relatives, friends and lovers. His friend Julien suspected that he had killed Raoul and pretended to be an impostor. This novel became popular in Europe and the United States as soon as it came out. The supernatural and weird conception, realistic description, and philosophical implications make this novel a masterpiece comparable to Kafka's "The Metamorphosis".

Selected Novels and Novels by Dostoevsky

(russian) Dostoevsky

395K03

Dostoyevsky is a great Russian novelist. His works are numerous in number, profound in content, and complex in character. This "Selected Short Stories and Novels" includes "The Poor", "The Fragile Heart", "The Honest Thief", "The Christmas Tree and the Wedding", "Other People's Wifes and Husbands Under the Bed", "White Nights", "The Little Hero", "Uncle's Dream", "The Crocodile", "Peasant Malei" and other short and novella works. It reflects Dostoevsky's extensive, profound, rapid and timely thinking on the social and political life of Russia at that time, and provides a profound insight into the inner world of the characters. Dostoevsky belongs to the great ranks of Dante, Shakespeare, Goethe, Balzac and Tolstoy in the history of world literature. His short stories and novellas, like his masterpieces, are treasures in the world's literary treasure house.

Metamorphosis

Metamorphosis

General Fiction

(austria) Franz Kafka

344K03

This book includes Kafka's masterpieces of short and medium-sized novels such as "The Metamorphosis", "The Burrow", "The Country Doctor", "In the Penal Colony", "The Hungry Artist" and "The Judgment", which reflect the strangeness, loneliness, depression, division and alienation that are common in human existence. The work uses surreal imagination, realistic detailed descriptions, cold and concise language expressions, and profound and unpredictable connotations to describe the infinite complexity of human nature like an allegory.

Dinner under the Chestnut Tree

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145K0

This book selects 21 short stories. "While Changing Planes" and "Wednesday Violets" are lyrical and poetic, achieving perfection that is difficult to achieve in full-length novels. "The Return of Prisoners of War" and "The Origin of the Master" are playful and humorous. Under Moroya's exquisite, meaningful, humorous and ironic writing style, the truth of life and human nature is fully revealed.

Ghee and Malatang

Ghee and Malatang

General Fiction

Sun Rui

178K0

There are 10 short and medium-sized novels in the collection, all of which are set in urban and current life. It describes the spiritual dilemma of modern people. "Baby Take Me Fly", "No less than 500 words", "Zoo", "One Thousand One Hours", "Athena" and "Amusement Park", the names of the protagonists in these novels are all named Mi Le. Each Mile has his own different destiny, but the same thing is that they have found ways to reconcile with themselves in their own ups and downs. "Gregorian Year" - reflects the current marriage status of urban people. "Flying Flying Flies"--The entrepreneurial history of Beidiao. "Ghee and Malatang" - A disease caused the protagonist to think new about life. "Tickling" - shows the emotions between humans and sheep through a tickling competition.

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90K0

In "Notes from the Basement", the writer describes a character who he believed was not only possible but also inevitable in the society at that time. The protagonist, the basement man, is narrated in the first person. The basement man is a retired civil servant who is about 40 years old. His heart is full of pathological inferiority, but he often analyzes himself. The book mainly consists of two parts: The first part is a long monologue by the man in the basement, which discusses philosophical issues such as free will, human irrationality, and historical irrationality. The novel confronts Chernyshevsky's novel "What to Do?" With its pessimism. >>'S historical optimism, which believes that thoughts and feelings are often in a state of contradiction.

Kill the Enemy All Night Tonight

Zheng Zaihuan

160K0

"Killing the Enemy All Night" is a new collection of short stories by the writer Zheng Zaihuan. The book is divided into two volumes: "Youth in the Past" and "U-Shaped Stories". The content of the first volume mainly follows the "Sad Collection of Zhumadian Sad Stories" and includes recollections of childhood and personal observations of society after the boy ran away and entered the town. The background of the novel is inextricably related to the previous work. , Is more like a spiritual sequel to Zhumadian Boy; the content of the second volume adds more experimental creative content, such as "I am just a ghost, I can't do anything" praised by Zhu Wen, which was once published in "Novel World", and "Zhumadian Girl", etc. The author jumped out of the countryside and re-viewed the people and things in his hometown from the perspective of a returner, adding more unique experiences and aftertaste.

Early Winter

Early Winter

General Fiction

Li Ya

165K0

Li Ya's latest collection of short stories and short stories "Early Winter", with the title inscribed by Mo Yan, collects half a century of changes in Lizhuang, Bozhou, Anhui from a child's perspective, constructing the "customs" of his hometown from various aspects such as dialect, geography, etiquette, customs, etc.; At the same time, he describes the "geography" of Di'anmen West Street in Beijing, telling the weird people and events that emerge from daily life, and the writing has a unique modern style.

High Energy Early Warning

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164K01

This book contains 24 Neil Gaiman's classic short stories, describing the love, fear, jealousy, greed, suspicion and vanity of primitive human nature. When the sleeping Sleeping Beauty becomes a youth-sucking witch; when all the past tenants are sunk into the sea by your landlord; when the statue of a werewolf is found among the father's belongings; when a cannibal man accidentally eats his own child... I opened "High Energy Warning" and felt chills on my back this time, but at the same time, the original human nature was once again exposed.

I Love You, Loser

I Love You, Loser

General Fiction

(by) Raphael Bob-waksberg

123K0

"I Love You, Loser" is the first work of Raphael Bob-Waksberg, the screenwriter of the animated "BoJack Horseman". It is also a short story collection that has received rave reviews overseas. It contains 18 stories of urban men and women clumsily falling in love. They are lonely, shy, kind-hearted, and are afraid of being hurt and hurting others. However, the eternal longing for love deep in their hearts brings them closer to each other. "Having Lunch with the Person Who Dumped You": Have you ever imagined having lunch with your ex? Is it to put aside the past grudges, or is the situation tense? Is it a reunion, or a nostalgia for the past? It doesn't matter, maybe after finishing this lunch, the real parting will come and your heartbreak will be over. "Auspicious Days": The trouble and complexity of holding a wedding drive people to collapse. I don't know why it is so expensive and boring to witness love, but it is in this chaos that the male and female protagonists feel the happiness of true love. "Science Guy": The seven-year itch arrives as scheduled. Science Guy crosses the "antimatter" door and falls in love with the opposite of his life, causing disaster. Which kind of life is better? Perhaps everyone has no answer, but we have all imagined: If we had been like this before, maybe we would have a better life now. "Missed Destiny - A Man Seeking a Woman": He was heartbroken on the subway but did not dare to ask questions, and the train kept running like this for sixty years, until the two of them were gray-haired and the other party finally got off... "You have a tacit understanding - you two are ordinary people, cowardly and weak ordinary people, who have been hurt and made mistakes. In the difficult daily life, you have made a difference. I have tried my best." Bob-Waksberg uses his dry humor, combined with real life feelings and wild imagination, to create a sense of "magic reality" for the new generation. On the road to ordinary life, in the moments when things are often messed up, in a life full of loopholes, don't we deserve love and happiness? Maybe there is a definite answer, that is: I love you, useless person. Even if we are washing the dishes and blushing at this moment, we must look up at the vast sea of ​​​​stars at the next moment.

Lady Rosetta

Lady Rosetta

General Fiction

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This is a collection of short stories about "lust". It is a fairy tale written for adults by the famous children's literature writer Roald Dahl. Here, you will read: the priest who fantasizes about being eaten, the potion that makes people crazy, the husband who tricks his wife, the playboy's trip to the desert, the ugly scene of meeting his first love many years later, the man who severely punishes his girlfriend for listening to rumors, the tricks of the rat catcher, the secret of controlling the gender of cows... Ten fairy tales, revealing the "lust" impulse in human hearts at once: the more people want to control lust, the easier it is to be manipulated by lust.

The Gift of the Magi: Selected Short Stories by O. Henry

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This book selects 35 representative works written by O. Henry in different backgrounds, including classic works such as "The Gift of the Magi", "The Last Leaf", "Love's Sacrifice", "Furnished Room for Rent", etc. O. Henry's writing is sharp and witty, and his works are all-encompassing and full of warmth. In these works, O. Henry uses his unique language to deconstruct the various embarrassments of existence, and uses the twists and turns of the ending to expand countless possibilities for life.

Princess and Poacher

Princess and Poacher

General Fiction

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93K0

This book is a novel for adults written by the famous children's literature writer Roald Dahl. A total of 9 short stories about greed are included. Among them, you will read: the poacher who saved the princess but received a strange reward from the king, the butler who easily defeated his hated employer, the story of two arrogant youths and a boy who was bullied by them, and the man who did not know the value of the tattoo on his back... These stories not only shock the soul, but also use fairy tale-like metaphors to persuade people to do good. Cruel thoughts hide in everyone's heart. Once out of control, they will have ridiculous consequences. One of them, "Skin", brought Roald Dahl his third "Edgar Allan Poe Literary Award" in 1980, and was adapted into a British drama, which gained a large audience.

Boy Talking to Animals

Boy Talking to Animals

General Fiction

(uk) Roald Dahl

108K0

These 10 irrational short stories are fairy tales created for adult readers by the famous children's literature writer Roald Dahl. You will meet a little boy who loves animals so much that he swims with sea turtles; a husband who is jealous of the domestic cat; a landlady who wants her guests to stay forever; a man who is led astray by his love for pork and a wife who has a morbid fear of being late... Careful readers will find that their madness all comes from a loss of control. In these ten surprising and unsettling stories, Roald Dahl explains what happens when we lose our minds. Among them, "The Landlady" won Roald Dahl the second "Edgar Allan Poe Literary Award" in his life in 1959. The article was selected by American teachers as one of the 23 English short stories most suitable for middle school students to read. The recommendation: "A masterpiece among the short stories of the famous children's literature writer Roald Dahl, whose unique conception has far-reaching influence." It has been selected into many European and American textbooks.

Lamb to the Slaughter

Lamb to the Slaughter

General Fiction

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This is a collection of short stories about "deception". It is a fairy tale written for adults by the famous children's literature writer Roald Dahl. Here, you will meet: a priest who tries his best to defraud people of antiques, a farmer who tries every means to hide treasures, a couple who cheats in card games, a bookstore that does not make money by selling books, a musician who pretends to be Chopin, a company that specializes in revenge, a murder weapon swallowed by the police, a drunkard who steals umbrellas for money, a southern man who is keen on gambling... Ten fairy tales reveal the truth about all the "deceptions" in life at once: the so-called clever scams are just illusions waiting to be exposed! Among them, "Lamb to the Slaughter" topped the personal book list of A. J. Fikri, the owner of the best-selling "Island Bookstore", and "Southern Man" was included in "Hitchcock's Suspense Stories" and was later adapted into a part of the movie "Four Rooms" by Quentin Tarantino.

Collection of Strange Stories

(uk) Roald Dahl

147K03

This is a collection of short stories written by Roald Dahl, which selects 14 creepy classic short stories, including "The Invisible Playmate" by A. M. Burrage, "The Ghost Hand" by Sheridan Le Fanu, "You Seek Mercy" by Edith Wharton, "The Corner Shop" by Cecilia Asquith and "The Telephone" by Mary Treadgold, etc. The best ghost stories don't have a ghost in them, at least they don't let you see the ghost. Instead, you see only the results of its actions. Occasionally you can feel it brushing past you, or make you aware of its presence in subtle ways. Just like the stories in this book are not limited by time and linger in people's hearts for a long time, each one is a masterpiece in the history of literature.

Ah, Goodbye, Friend

Ah, Goodbye, Friend

General Fiction

Song Aman

120K0

A collection of short and medium novels. The book includes Song Aman's four short stories including "Li Chuiqing, 2001", "Sipi Flowing Water", "Between the Embankments" and "White Noise" and a novella "Ah Goodbye, Friend". The characters in the novel walk through narrow passages. Sex and love, freedom and bondage, yearning and inevitable obligations constitute numerous life situations. However, these passages are not completely negative and sinking: rich flowers and leaves grow out of them. There is no exit in the passage of life, but luxuriant branches and leaves can be seen in the vertical direction. Song Aman weaves questions richly and then points out the path leading to the answer, half-covertly.

Moonlight Box

Moonlight Box

General Fiction

Tang Chengnan

203K0

This is a collection of short stories and short stories by Yangzhou writer Tang Chengnan, which includes seventeen novels written by him in various periods. Whether it is the shoe repairman Lao Zhang in "A Big Tree Wants to Fly" who lost his son at the door of a department store in his early years and spent the rest of his life looking for it. Finally, he found out that his son had become a scumbag and was devastated. Or the farmer father in "Running Rice Field" who is still 50 years old and has a fairy-tale pursuit of his ideal of rice farming. Or the couple in "Winter on Gonghe Road". Hu Dajiang, the boss who cuts beef with his poetic hands in "Old Hu Ji", Wang Xiuying who likes to tell stories about "other people" to relieve her depression, and the literary young uncle in "We Still Have Fish Here" who is submissive and overwhelmed by life... Tang Chengnan's poetry in Jiangnan writes about the daily humility of these little people. Those worldly warmth mixed in chicken feathers, those joys, angers, sorrows and joys that are still longing for the light despite being forbearing, are the daily lives of ordinary people.

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"Twilight" was first published in 1986. It is one of the few short story collections to win the PEN Faulkner Award. Each story included is a masterpiece of enduring power and elegant writing. Two upstarts in New York's legal profession embark on a wanton trip to Italy; an ambitious young screenwriter accidentally discovers the true meaning of art and honor; a female rider is involved in a terrible accident in a remote field. As night falls, she must face her fate alone... Salter's language is frugal and has a long aftertaste, and each story is heavy and calm, thrilling in silence. It shows Salt's strong language control as a novelist.

Story Convenience Store

Luo Yijun

259K0

This is a convenience store that only sells stories. The store manager is Luo Yijun, the best storyteller in the Chinese literary world. In this "Story Convenience Store", he tells us 40 themed stories, as well as the endless revelations contained in the touching stories: The glowing room, Dreaming in a dream, A small and beautiful thing, White tears, Honeymoon trip in a strange situation, Hitchhiking game that makes fakes come true, Girl's dream-eating tapir, The story of the shortest love, The story of the South, The story of the train Stories... These stories include stories from world classic novels and movies, as well as real stories that novelists have personally experienced or heard. They are about fathers, love, death, regret, comfort, sympathy, wishes, body, madness, dreams and other common human experiences. They open up the little secret room in our hearts and make us smile knowingly or laugh out loud. They are warm and sad and have endless aftertaste.

The Wind Comes from the Mountains

Ding Weimin

141K0

This book is a collection of short stories, with a total of nine short stories. Each short story basically takes place in a specific place in a small place: a sanitation facility or a scientific research institute. Readers may see some real shadows around them, which expresses the author's thinking about life. Although it is simple, it has a beauty that can be explored.

Silent Eternal Wheel

Silent Eternal Wheel

General Fiction

Liang Qingsan

122K0

A bizarre murder occurred on the Yonghe ship given to the Qing Dynasty by Japan. The deceased died in a strange manner and the cause of death is unknown... A roll of copper foil appeared in a place where it should not have appeared, a mysterious Japanese family, and a ship that hinted at the relationship between the Qing Dynasty and Japan, intertwined into a tragic and dusty past. A feast of science fiction and mystery including the Global Chinese Science Fiction Nebula Gold Award-winning work "Kite of Jinan".

Death in the Woods

Death in the Woods

General Fiction

(us) Sherwood Ender

98K0

"Death in the Woods" is a mature masterpiece of Sherwood Anderson's short stories. It contains sixteen short stories, including the famous "Death in the Woods". The stories are mostly set in American small towns in the second half of the 20th century. The stories are connected together to form a real and moving picture of life, including a miserable life ravaged by reality and a lonely soul struggling in the spiritual world. Anderson, with his deep and elegant writing, vividly depicts the dual plight of the characters in reality and spirituality.

Horse and Man

Horse and Man

General Fiction

(us) Sherwood Ender

163K0

"Horses and Men" is a collection of short stories. Sherwood Anderson was a famous American novelist in the early 20th century. He played an important role in the history of American literature. Both Hemingway and Fitzgerald were greatly influenced by him. Hemingway once said: "He is the teacher of all of us." Sherwood Anderson is a writer's writer, the only writer of his generation who has had a profound influence on the style and vision of the following generation. "Horses and Men" is Anderson's masterpiece of short stories. It is included in more than ten famous works such as "Horses and Men". It vividly and restrainedly describes the marginalized characters and rural life in American small towns, and has a unique understanding of human nature and desires. Through the novel "Horses and Men", Anderson became a truly American writer. The people in his works who achieve success through lies. Those who try to avoid the crowd, those who are born and distorted in self-made time, they are all swirling in the era of desire and the desire of the era. And this generation of Americans is no longer the individuals who moved down the Mississippi River from innocence to experience in Mark Twain's writing, but have become "freaks" immersed in spiritual barrier lakes.

Egg Victory

Egg Victory

General Fiction

(us) Sherwood Ender

100K0

"The Triumph of the Egg" is a collection of short stories by Sherwood Anderson. It contains 14 short stories in total. One of them, "The Egg," is particularly famous. It tells the story of an ordinary family who constantly pursues the American dream but ends in failure. Eggs in the article symbolize the destiny that cannot be competed with by people. In order for people to live a better life, my father has believed in the successful way to make a fortune from scratch since his marriage. From the beginning of running a chicken farm to later opening a restaurant in front of the station, he has been working hard. However, God's will made people unable to "conquer" even an egg in the end, and he was ridiculed for his incompetence. In the struggle between man and destiny, destiny can be said to have won a great victory. This hilarious yet poignant story is beautifully constructed and cohesive, and showcases Anderson's extraordinary skill and ingenuity. There are also many excellent works in other chapters with different themes, basically covering Anderson's main writing themes.

The Poet Remains Silent

(israel) Abraham Yehoshua

251K0

"The Poet Remains Silent" contains twelve novels by Abraham Yehoshua, an important contemporary Israeli writer. The stories are all set in contemporary Israeli society, sometimes in cities, sometimes on battlefields, sometimes in remote mountain villages, sometimes completely confined to families, always creating the bizarre from the commonplace. In these fictional worlds, even small actions can be paralyzed. Yehoshua's narrative is slow and detailed, immersing the reader in a cold-toned allegorical dreamland, outlining various emotions in Israeli society - which invariably point to loneliness.

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This book is a collection of short stories written by John Updike, the father of the "Rabbit Tetralogy" and a master of contemporary American literature, in the last ten years of his writing career. It was first published after the author's death in 2009 and includes a total of eighteen stories, including "Tears of My Father". These novels are the final short works of a generation of literary giants. In them, Updike reveals his true feelings, looks back on the past in a farewell gesture, records the world with tender touches, and depicts the pain and joy, love and guilt, affection and betrayal, fear and relief of ordinary Americans from the "Great Depression" to the post-9/11 era.

Sherwood Anderson's Works Collection (3 Volumes in Total)

(us) Sherwood Ender

361K0

"Death in the Woods" is a mature masterpiece of Sherwood Anderson's short stories. It contains sixteen short stories, including the famous "Death in the Woods". The stories are mostly set in American small towns in the second half of the 20th century. The stories are connected together to form a real and moving picture of life, including a miserable life ravaged by reality and a lonely soul struggling in the spiritual world. Anderson, with his deep and elegant writing, vividly depicts the dual plight of the characters in reality and spirituality. "Horses and Men" is Anderson's masterpiece of short stories, and is included in more than ten famous works including "Horses and Men". It vividly and restrainedly describes marginalized characters and rural life in small American towns, and has a unique understanding of human nature and desires. It was through the novel "Horses and Men" that Anderson became a truly American writer. The people he describes try to avoid the crowd through lies, those who are born and twisted in self-made time, they are all swirling in the era of desire and the desire of the era. This generation of Americans is no longer the individuals described by Mark Twain who moved down the Mississippi River from innocence to experience, but have become "freaks" immersed in a spiritual barrier lake. "The Triumph of the Egg" is a collection of short stories by Sherwood Anderson. It contains 14 short stories in total. One of them, "The Egg," is particularly famous. It tells the story of an ordinary family who constantly pursues the American dream but ends in failure. Eggs in the article symbolize the destiny that cannot be competed with by people. In order for people to live a better life, my father has believed in the successful way to make a fortune from scratch since his marriage. From the beginning of running a chicken farm to later opening a restaurant in front of the station, he has been working hard. However, God's will made people unable to "conquer" even an egg, and he was ridiculed for his incompetence. In the struggle between man and destiny, destiny can be said to have won a great victory. This hilarious yet poignant story is beautifully constructed and cohesive, and showcases Anderson's extraordinary skill and ingenuity. There are also many excellent works in other chapters with different themes, basically covering Anderson's main writing themes.

Pain (the Complete Works of Duras 8)

Marguerite Duras

183K0

Volume 8 of "The Complete Works of Duras" includes seven novels and novels published by Duras between 1967 and 1985: "The English Mistress", "Abbarn, Sabana, David", "Pain", "Mr. Pierre Rabie", "Alber's Security Guards in the Capital", "Broken Nettles" and "Aurelia Paris". They are Duras's fictional works based on social news and exploring the themes of war, race and emotion. "The Mistress of England" tells the story of the murder of Marie-Thérèse, who was deaf and mute. The murderer brutally cut her body into pieces and threw her body from a nearby viaduct into a train carriage passing below. The story of "Abaan, Sabana, David" takes place in the "Jewish House" in Stadt. There is a large dark park nearby and a forest in the distance. In the house, Sabana and David were ordered to guard a Jew who was about to be executed. In fact, the Jews are two people with the same name: Abaan. One of them is mute, and the other speaks. They are waiting for the dawn, waiting for the arrival of the leader of the Gringo Party... "Pain" is a semi-autobiographical novel by Margaret Duras, written in the 1940s. The manuscript was discovered in the author's country house more than 40 years later and was published in 1985. Duras once said: "'Pain' is one of the most important experiences in my life. It would be inappropriate to call it 'writing'." Focusing on the theme of the German occupation of France in World War II, it cuts through the perspectives of the wives of resistance members, the Gestapo, informants, French enemy elements, and Jewish girls. It profoundly exposes the inhumane atrocities of the Nazis and reflects on the alienated humanity in the war.

Young (the Complete Works of Duras 10)

Marguerite Duras

151K0

"Young: The Complete Works of Duras 10" is the 10th volume of "The Complete Works of Duras", which includes seven short stories and short stories written by the writer in his later period: "The Man Sitting in the Corridor": a short story about a man sitting in the corridor and a woman lying in the garden, unfolding an absurd narrative a few meters away. "Atlantic": a short story that can be said to be a confession of young lover Jan. "The Disease of Death": a short story about men and women with desire and passion. No matter how close they get, they cannot transcend themselves and must return to where they started. "The Whore on the Riviera in Normandy": a short story about how to write about the summer at the Black Rock Hotel in Trouville and the story of the black-haired and blue-eyed foreign man. "Emily L": a novella, a novel about the theme of accidental and fatal love. The intermittent observations and illusory abstract conversations between two lovers in a seaside cafe lead to the love legend between the British woman Emily L and the caretaker of the villa on the Isle of Wight. "Summer Rain": A novella, Ernesto lives in a poor immigrant family, with weak parents who lack the means to make a living, and six younger brothers and sisters who need to be taken care of... But the harsh environment does not prevent him from feeling happiness. He is intoxicated by the subtle relationship with his sister Ranna. "Jan Andrea Steiner": a novella about Duras's acquaintance with his young lover Jan when he was sixty-six years old.

The Sun in the Wozhi Valley

Wang Yue Zerizhaxi

204K0

The novel by Wang Yue, a well-known writer in Chengdu, tells the story of the changes in fate of a chieftain family in the Wori Valley area of ​​Sichuan during the Qing Dynasty. The Wori River Valley, which is hundreds of miles deep, is a secret place in the Jiarong Tibetan area of ​​Kham. Three generations of valley chieftains fought from east to west and fought to the death with the Qing Dynasty's 200,000 troops for many years by relying on the dangers of thousands of towers. They also competed with the surrounding chieftains. Young children grow up in the flames of war, and the fate of the tribe is wandering in the disputes. The Wori River Valley is a mysterious and magnificent land, but with the clash of swords, the neighing of war horses, conspiracies and conspiracies taking turns, and the advent of epidemics, the chieftain family in the valley declined step by step.

Novel Lantern (japanese Classic Literature)

G

104K0

"Novel Lantern" includes fourteen short and medium-length works by Japanese literary giant Dazai Osamu, including "Novel Lantern", "Owl Communication", "About Clothing", "Shameless" and "Writer's Notes". The articles included in the book "Novel Lantern" were written between 1940 and 1944, when Dazai Osamu had just entered into the only formal marriage in his life. The happiness of marriage pulled him out of the shadow of failed love and brought him warmth and light. After being redeemed, Dazai Osamu cheered up and worked hard on writing, hoping to bid farewell to decadence and pursue beauty, so he came up with this "Novel Lantern". In this book, Osamu Dazai writes about family, love, jokes, and friends.

Under the Scorching Sun

Yuan Minggu

139K0

The book is full of pictures and texts. This book is a collection of short stories, including 18 short stories such as "The Cat on the Wall", "Midway", "Running" and "Broken Bridge". The language is concise, the plot is compact, and it is highly readable.

Collected Works of Lao She: My Life (new Edition)

Lao She

190K0

This book selects 15 classic short stories and short stories by Lao She, such as "My Life" and "Crescent Moon", to fully demonstrate Lao She's artistic achievements in the field of short and medium story creation. Through ordinary little characters, it tells the great tragedies of an era and truly and vividly depicts the social style and people's psychology of modern China. It is both critical and sentimental. The writing is vivid and humorous, and full of Beijing flavor. Life is easy; life is easy; life is not easy. How should one spend his life?

Collected Works of Lao She: Luo Tuo Xiangzi (New Edition)

Lao She

212K0

Xiangzi is a countryman who has nothing but a fighting spirit. He is diligent, kind and has his own dreams. He believes that sweating his own sweat, eating his own food, and having a car of his own are the best things in the world. But the cruel reality made him buy cars several times and lose them several times... Youth is beautiful, but struggle is bitter. In that cruel era, what is the meaning of hard work? There is a Xiangzi who wants to be strong in everyone's heart, and he is both painful and happy.

Street Without Roses

Street Without Roses

General Fiction

Li Liuyang

64K0

This book is a collection of fantasy stories by the young writer Li Liuyang, which depicts all kinds of imaginary things happening on a "Toon Street" that seems both real and illusory, as well as the warmth and coldness of the world. It is both a worldly wonder and a romantic fantasy, a book for the market and a book for the soul, with an unbelievable depth and maturity in its innocence. The loose brush strokes seem to outline the childhood of a generation.

24 Classic Novel Reading Lessons: Discover the Secrets of Stories

Xu Lu

104K0

Remember the little scribe who copied for his father late at night? There are also Paul with an iron will, the never-yielding old man in Hemingway's works, Uncle Tom, Robinson... These many classic literary characters who have touched countless readers will be reappeared in this book. 24 Classic novel reading lessons lead readers to review the most classic novel stories, understand and enjoy the beauty of classic novels and stories, and tell you the secrets behind these stories...

Xx: a Collection of Novels (5 Volumes in Total) Led by Forensic Doctor Qin Ming

Qin Ming Yue Yong Chen Meng Et Al.

999K0

There are 5 volumes in the set, namely "The Peeper", "The Wrong Detective", "The Dreamer", "The Perpetrator" and "The Punisher". "Peeper": Young women disappear mysteriously in a series; who is spying on lost souls in the dark? Everyone has an unknown secret; darkness and light are just a thought away! Immerse yourself in the crime scene; put yourself in the perspective of a professional forensic doctor; uncover the truth with forensic doctor Qin Ming; expose the truth and lies of human nature. "The Wrong Detective": Amidst the laughter of the onlookers; beside the guardrail of the balcony on the fifth floor; a girl with tears on her face gritted her teeth and jumped. Detective Ouyang Cuo from Dingzhou City conducted interviews and investigations into the people the girl had been in contact with during her lifetime; he found that each of them insisted that they were innocent; but each of them was comparable to a murderer. The case is complicated and confusing; several strange and murderous cases followed one after another; the driver of the black car was murdered, the single woman was killed in the mansion, and the doctor in the clinic was buried in the fire... Is it a coincidence or someone carefully planned it? When will it end? "Dreamers": Wang Lang, a well-known psychological counselor; met Wu Yan, a detective from the special case team through his mentor; two people carrying the same secret; they joined forces to decode bizarre crimes for the sake of justice. The calm and honest person in charge of the e-commerce project, the sunny and cheerful rich second-generation high school student, the unspectacular young cleaner... Some crimes cannot be traced; they can only be glimpsed in dreams; the genius psychological counselor + the cool detective of the special case team will take you to pursue the murderer in your latent dream; are you ready? "The Perpetrator": When the police were investigating a vicious hit-and-run case, they found Mu Dan, a young female technician at the shoe repair shop at the entrance of the community where the crime occurred. During successive interviews with her, the police discovered that such an ordinary girl was neither a witness nor knew the person involved, but she had a deep emotional relationship with the victim's husband. She also led to a series of murder suspects. How is this young woman, who seems to have so many problems, involved in the case? "The Punisher": There was a car accident on a rainy night; the driver was actually a woman who had been dead for three days? Two corpses were locked in the autopsy room; one's heart was missing; the other mysteriously appeared in a coffin in a different place; could the corpse "walk"; or was there another conspiracy? Under surveillance; the phantom whose head can rotate 180°; is it a ghost full of hatred; or is it a cunning and cruel living person? "I miss you too; but I'm already dead." People who are clearly dead; why can they still chat on WeChat and make appointments to meet? Unknown couriers arrive one after another; soon someone dies; who is behind the scenes constantly predicting death?

Huajiezi

Huajiezi

General Fiction

Zeng Xianguo

180K0

This book is a collection of novellas written by the famous Chongqing writer Zeng Xianguo. It is titled "Huajiezi", a real alley in Yuzhong District, Chongqing. It consists of four novellas, including "Entering the Play", "Bridging", "No Other Quest" and "Minami Azabu's Home". Among them, "Enter the Play" tells the story of Zhang Changshou and his wife adopting dancer Qiu Xiaohui as their goddaughter; "Bridging" tells the story of retired teacher Luo Changgui's constant misunderstandings with his son after losing his wife. After reminiscing about the past, the father and son used family affection to bridge the gap caused by grief; "Nothing But" "He Begged" is about the elderly widowed Li Yushan, who bravely pursues happiness despite his daughter's objections, and begins a twilight love affair with his confidant Yi Hua; "Minami Azabu's Home" tells the story of Ye Ziyun taking her young daughter to work in Tokyo with her husband, and the landlord, Grandma Songhua, helping their family overcome difficulties. These works all focus on the daily lives of ordinary citizens. Although the characters of the protagonists are different, they all reflect the common yearning for a better life by ordinary people amidst the changes of the times.

Ba Shuiyun

Ba Shuiyun

General Fiction

Ouyang Yucheng

196K0

"Ba Shui Liu Yun" is a collection of short stories and short stories that reflect the culture of the Three Gorges Reservoir Area. The book is divided into three parts: Volume One, "Lower Riba People", tells the stories of kind, loyal and brave friends and acquaintances around the author, shaping the typical characters of the reservoir area such as Xia Lao Niang, He Lao Da, Nie Lao Gui, and CEO Kobe; Volume Two, "Impressions of the Xiajiang River", writes stories about the Xiajiang River that are about to be forgotten, such as rising water in the Xiajiang River, days of picking mushrooms, adventures of fools, etc.; Volume Three, "Memories of Pinghu", recalls the past events of the Three Gorges migration that the author personally experienced. By successfully shaping the typical images of ordinary people in the Three Gorges Reservoir area, the work truly reproduces the lives of the people who lived on the streets near the river before the Three Gorges Dam was impounded. It shows their hard-working, optimistic, sophisticated, perseverant, upright and courageous group personality, and recalls their little-known contributions and sacrifices they made for the Three Gorges Project, which is of practical significance.

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Y

General Fiction

I

210K0

This book is a collection of short stories and short stories by Polish writer Olga Tokarczuk, winner of the 2018 Nobel Prize for Literature. The original Polish book is titled "The Sound of Drums". In 2002, it won Poland's highest literary award, the Nice Prize Readers' Choice Award. The collection of novels includes 19 works: a bored woman enters the detective novel she is reading; a man becomes obsessed with "the ugliest woman in the world" and follows her throughout his life; a British psychology professor is trapped in a foreign land for a week and encounters many dangers; a female dancer pays tribute to her long-lost father over and over again Writing letters that will never be mailed; foreigners entering a strange city and "changing" their identities inspired by the sound of drums on the street... Tokarczuk uses 19 elf-like stories to write about all kinds of loners in different senses, unfolding their unique adventures in the overlapping of the soul and the real world.

Digest Novels: Character Volume

Readers Club

98K0

Wei Lianshu and I met once, and in retrospect, it was quite strange that it actually started with a funeral and ended with a funeral.

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