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"The Dancing Girl of Izu" was published in Japan's "Literary Times" in 1926. It was warmly welcomed by readers immediately after its publication and became Kawabata Yasunari's famous short story. It has been adapted to the big screen six times. The novel describes Kawashima, a high school student in Tokyo, who encounters a group of six touring entertainers on his way to Izu. The dancer Kaoru has a melodious singing voice and light and graceful dance steps. Kawashima falls in love with her while getting along with her. After a brief reunion, what awaits them will eventually be parting. Kawashima, who has almost used up his travel expenses, will return to his original life, and the touring artist will have to embark on a wandering road of acting again...

"The Collection of Wandering Girls" is a poem by the Indian literary giant Rabindranath Tagore. It contains 94 poems with diverse themes and is as mellow as his representative works "New Moon Collection", "Wandering Birds Collection", "Song Collection" and so on. In this collection of poems, the poet wrote: "The poems I wrote have made their flowers extraordinarily beautiful; my love for the world has made them love the world even more."

"Song Collection" (old translation "Gitanjali") is one of Tagore's most representative collections of poetry and the main work that won him the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913. "Song Collection" contains 103 prose poems, which are "fragrant flowers and fruits dedicated to the gods". In his poems, Tagore jumped out of the framework of traditional religion and regarded gods as a universal spiritual force, closely connected with all things in the universe and human life. This collection of poems also includes an introduction written by Yeats, another Nobel Prize winner, the famous Irish poet, the 1913 Nobel Prize for Literature award speech and the dinner speech. "The Collection of Flowing Fireflies" contains 258 short poems, and together with "The Collection of Wandering Birds" is known as the two short poems in Rabindranath Tagore's poetry collection. "The Collection of Flowing Fireflies" originated from Tagore's trip to Japan and China. The poems in it were creatively influenced by Japanese haiku and Chinese quatrains. They are short and readable yet have long meanings, and are full of the poet's profound perception of life.

"New Moon Collection" is one of the representative works of Indian writer Rabindranath Tagore. It contains 40 poems with the theme of children's life and interests. In the collection of poems, the poet looks at the world from a child's perspective, vividly depicts children's games, and skillfully expresses children's psychology and their lively imagination. This collection of poems has timeless artistic charm, brings us to a pure and innocent world of children, and evokes our beautiful memories of childhood life. "Tongguan Collection" is a collection of poems by Indian writer Rabindranath Tagore, which contains 60 prose poems. In this collection of poems, the poet eulogizes the charm and immortality of love, and shows the fleeting but meaningful moments in life.

"Fruit Collection" contains 86 prose poems by the Indian literary giant Rabindranath Tagore, which can be called the sequel to "Song Collection". Tagore used poetic language to capture spiritual thoughts and ponder the essence of life, leaving us with this moving collection of poems. Every flower, every tree, every grass, every dust, in the poet's writing are all beautiful words and lively thoughts - "All things show their true colors there, as if facing the eyes of the Creator." "The Ferry Collection" contains 78 prose poems by Indian writer Rabindranath Tagore. The poet uses extraordinary brushwork to "meditate on the eternity on the other side", which is full of optimistic and positive emotions and vitality.

In Kanda Town, Edo, there is a popular bag shop called "Mishimaya". There is a mysterious place called "Between Black and White" in the store. Akon, a beautiful girl with a sad past, listens to anecdotes from the world and collects "hundreds of strange stories" in a unique way. Entertain one visitor at a time and welcome those who have stories hidden in their hearts... "The Door That Cannot Be Opened" In order to pray for her daughter, the mother chose to "break the salt", but she summoned a being that should not be summoned... "The Silent Princess" A maid with a "fierce magic voice" was sent to serve the princess who could not speak, and unexpectedly revealed a dark past... "The Mask House" Why does the mask sealed deep in the mansion always make scary noises at night? "Strange Papyrus" is a strange book that "can only be copied, but cannot be read under any circumstances". What secrets does it hide? The furry thing in "The Golden-Eyed Cat" is indeed a cat, otherwise what could it be? Are you ready? Welcome to "Mishimaya".

A collection of stories about loneliness and affection. "Future Forecast" After the boy with the power of prophecy said those words to me, our lives changed forever... "The Girl in the Film" "Sadako" who called my name in the film slowly turned her head in the video, teacher... What's wrong with you? "The Hand Grabbed by the Thief" The hand that quietly reaches into the crack in the wall for the purpose of stealing, what it grabs is not banknotes or jewelry, but another hand? "The Lost World" After becoming a vegetative state due to a car accident, I stood alone in the darkness, looking for a way to make my family happy...

A dark fairy tale about "loneliness and love"! "Happy Baby" How does he live in the same room with the dead and look for opportunities for rebirth? In "Maria's Finger", a white cat's face appeared in the darkness. It stuck out a bright red tongue and sent a bloody finger... "Missing Holiday" Why did a girl from a wealthy family sleep with a kidnapper?

"He" standing in the dock killed a total of forty-three people. Among the serial killings that occurred after World War II, this case had the largest number of fatalities. The victims were almost all elderly. In this trial, "he" confessed to the facts of the crime, and there was no possibility of a verdict other than the death penalty. Everything is planned. "He" smiled. Yoko Haneda, a family member of the victim, looked up at "him" in the gallery. Her mother was killed by "him", but to this day, Yoko can no longer feel the anger and hatred towards "him" in her heart. The news that "he" had been sentenced to death reached the ears of prosecutor Hideki Otomo. "He" probably won't appeal. Everything is in "His" plan. Not just killing people. The crime was exposed, and there were court trials, and even the death penalty, that was all. But by the time Otomo realized the truth of everything, it was already too late...

[Best-selling author Ogawa Ito returns with heart-warming following "Camellia Stationery" and "Sands Day at the Lion House"] In spring, feel the warmth from the heart, stand under the blooming cherry blossoms, and be a serious flower viewer. On a hot summer day, the sun shines on the lake, putting peaches into the cool lake water. Thousands of light and shadows soothe people's hearts. In the season of falling leaves, make your favorite pastries with your own hands, stay in the kitchen all day, and enjoy a pleasant cooking time. The breath of winter is coming, brew a pot of hot tea, and use chestnuts in the middle of the night to eliminate all mediocrity and fatigue. The bits and pieces that are repeated, repeated, repeated, repeated constitute life itself. It is in this daily life that I write one story after another and listen to them fall to the ground.

Mo Ming downloaded an APP called "Chaoyu", where users discussed various superpower topics in a serious manner, building a superpower world that was consistent with the real world. Mo Ming used his imagination and wandered in transcendent happiness until the person on the other end of the network cable came to the door of his house... When standing at the end of the journey, is it "Beyond"? "Beyond"? Or... Beyond? Fan group: 612527301

When a liar becomes a lawyer and a judge becomes a witness, which side will justice be on? What Javier feared most finally happened: his only daughter Caroline was kidnapped by the gangsters. Under the control of the kidnappers, he could not even completely rely on the police, and could only turn to the only person he trusted-Eddie Flynn. From conman to in-demand criminal lawyer, Flynn knew both New York's courtrooms and the dark world inside and out. But he soon discovered that the rules of the game had changed and he was being manipulated! In this game of lies, can anyone tell the truth? ?

[The boy Suzuki Kanya who escapes from emotions × the girl Tisha who is in the war] [Foreign novel + redemption + pure love + fantasy + love + different world + parallel world] This is a fantasy love light novel. Just like fluorescent lights lighting up the dark night, the appearance of a girl from another world lights up the boy's otherwise boring life. Alien beasts and puppies, shelters and bus stops, alarms and school bells... Two parallel worlds that echo each other in subtle ways intersect with each other in the abandoned station. The boy's movements are like the fluttering wings of a butterfly, subtly affecting the direction of the other world. What is the connection between the two worlds? Can the boy successfully prevent the war in another world? That love that spans time and space, the only storm in a young man's life, how will it end...

What determines the life or death of a novel? In the process of writing eight novels, the author found the answer: structure, and the rhythm of the story determined by the structure. Only by deeply understanding the story structure can the writer grasp the order and timing of various plots and freely control the rhythm of the story. The author combines concepts such as three-act structure and plot pain points to explain in detail the principles of story operation and plot arrangement methods. Through in-depth interpretation of four case works such as "Pride and Prejudice", the author demonstrates the various possibilities of story structure and plot shaping. As long as you control the rhythm of the story well, you can mobilize all the potential of the story and make the readers' hearts beat with the rhythm of the novel.

(The new book "Everything Is False, Only the Great Witch is Real" has been released) All the gods of the old world are dead. People carefully conceal the traces of God's existence, pushing magic and science to the throne of truth, fearing that the former rulers will return again. However, happiness is short-lived and fragile. Foreign gods covet this clean world; The followers of the old gods pray for the return of faith. The fragile world is like a ripe apple, anyone can take a bite. Just when the world is in danger, "Crack!" An unexpected visitor took a bite from the apple and declared his sovereignty. "I am a wizard, not an evil god. Therefore, this world does not need an evil god."

Most of them I came up with, but some of the names are original. Xingyue, an elf living in the Living Continent, was hunted down by the Evil Spirit Lord and fled to Jiuxia Continent. With Bai Yuchen, Mo Cai and Mo Nan. Next week. Started a series of adventures

"A Good Man is Hard to Find" is a collection of short stories. It is the second collection of short stories by Flannery O'Connor, winner of the National Book Award and a representative writer of American Southern literature. It is a classic short story collection in the history of foreign literature. The twelve works included in the volume include many famous works. "A Good Man Is Hard to Find", "Saving Others Is Saving Yourself", "The Kind Countryman", etc. Have made O'Connor occupy an irreplaceable place in the hearts of literature-loving readers around the world. The translator is Zhou Jianing, a young Chinese writer. "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" is her first challenge to an American classic after translating "The Corn Girl" by Joyce Carol Oates, a major contemporary American writer, and "Written on the Body" by Janet Winterson, a major contemporary British writer.

This book is the seventh novel of suspense thrillers in the "Adamsberg Sheriff Series" by contemporary French writer Fred Vargas. An abused pigeon, an industrial giant who was burned alive in a luxury car, and an old woman in Normandy was worried about the threat of the legendary "dark soldiers". Sheriff Adamsberg led the team to start investigating three cases at the same time. During the investigation, the clues of the case were intertwined in his mind, inspiring each other, and finally all came to light.

During the world-destroying dragon-slaying battle, the six precious dragons fell into a deep sleep to save Luo Xiaoyi. Luo Xiaoyi returned to his time as a dragon warrior in order to change everything. Can Luo Xiaoyi change everything?

This book is the eighth novel of suspense thrillers in the "Adamsberg Sheriff Series" by contemporary French writer Fred Vargas. At the scene of two murders disguised as suicides, the police discovered a mysterious symbol similar to a guillotine. The investigation first led Sheriff Adamsberg to an incident in Iceland 10 years ago where travelers were trapped and caused casualties. New clues later led investigators to a research association on Robespierre's writings that was keen on restoring scenes of parliamentary debates during the French Revolution. History, cross-dressing, Iceland, human bones... Withstanding the pressure of not being understood by his subordinates, after peeling off layers of cocoons, Adamsberg finally uncovered the truth about the travel accident 10 years ago and exposed the murderer's tactics. The book sold 700,000 copies in France and won the 2015 French Landino Suspense Literature Award and the 2016 German Crime Novel Award.

Zweig, the humanistic fighter, is a true masterpiece in confronting war and society! A new authoritative translation, a literal translation of the original German version, translated by Pang Wenwei, professor of the German Department and Director of the Teaching and Research Section of Tongji University. Humanist fighters questioned and resisted the war, and showed concern and sympathy for the people. That is the most tortured punishment. When a person is locked up alone in a room, shrouded in endless loneliness and fear, a chess book is both a life-saving straw and the source of madness. The horn of war swept every inch of Europe, and the dawn of peace was far away. Zweig, with his infinite concern for life and his humanistic feelings, showed the powerlessness of small people swept up in the huge whirlpool of fate and the absurdity of war to the world. He caressed the scarred land with his scarred soul.

"The Idiot" is one of the important novels by the famous Russian writer Dostoevsky in the 19th century. It takes the epileptic Duke Myshkin's adventures after returning from Switzerland as the main line, depicts the various ugliness of the Russian upper class after the serfdom reform, and reveals moral and ethical issues. The tension between the tragic fate of the heroine Anastasia and her refusal to succumb to fate, and the difference between the hero Myshkin's attitude towards her and the attitude towards her by ordinary people add endless charm to the plot of the novel. After reading this novel, it will be difficult for you to tell who is the idiot. This novel vividly depicts the characters and left the classic images of Myshkin and Anastasia in the world literature gallery. At the same time, it caused generations of readers to think about the relationship between spiritual pursuit and material desire. It is highly ideological.

This is a novel writing book. This book details templates for disasters, romantic comedies, heroes, partners, and success stories that can be used in a wide range of modern novels. As long as you understand the structure and writing method, you can expand your story creation repertoire a lot. Each chapter of this book has an exercise section. Don't feel troublesome, please be sure to write it yourself.

This is a novel writing book. In order to write "stories that captivate readers," this book teaches you 9 ways to write stories. For writing novels, on the basis of keeping the characters and story frame unchanged, through various adaptations, even the atmosphere and the feeling after reading will change. Just like the same curry with different ingredients, it can be made into curry chicken or beef curry. When used as seasoning, it can be made into curry-flavored salad dressing. Please start writing now.

Seven years ago, literary editor Lifan received a submission called "Keeping a Dog". The novel was full of brutal sadism and aversion to men. The work was rated as "heavy-tasting and demeaning to men" and was not published, and the author has since disappeared. Seven years later, Lifan received the second submission from the mysterious writer. The story begins with the reunion of two old friends from their student days. The two people with different stances have differences in the conversation, and their murderous intention becomes stronger and stronger. "Just kill this woman." As the plot progressed, Lifan was surprised to see his own shadow in the protagonist of the novel. What's even more frightening is that this novel seems to be inextricably linked to the violent "Raising Dogs" seven years ago...

"Broken Mirror" uses poetic language to write a family story spanning three generations: in the prosperous Barcelona in the 1870s, with the emergence and intensification of Franco's dictatorship, the past love and hatred between the three generations finally came to an end. Those broken loves and pasts are pieced together like broken mirrors. When the earth is completely white and clean, only fragments of love leave traces in time.

Our journey is the stars and the sea! An Asian science fiction classic that has influenced countless writers, exclusively released online! About 1,600 years ago, there were two major forces in the universe at that time, namely the "Galactic Empire", which was an autocratic system dominated by emperors and nobles, and the "Free Planet Alliance", a democratic country that flaunted republicanism. The Fraser Dominion, a country with which the two companies do business, also plays an important role. These three restrained each other but maintained a delicate balance of power, until the emergence of the ever-victorious strategic genius Reinhardt changed everything. Leading a fleet of 20,000 ships on the journey, he met his lifelong enemy, Yang Wen-li of the Allied Forces, and the two began their first fierce battle of wits. The current translation version was authorized by Mr. Yoshiki Tanaka to copyright the original Japanese version of "Legend of the Galaxy Heroes" and invited domestic translators to re-translate it. The current version is different from the earlier popular version by Taiwanese translators. It is more in line with the syntactic habits of current mainland readers. Under the guidance of Mr. Yoshiki Tanaka himself, some errors in the meaning of words in the earlier translated version have been corrected. Taking into account the efficiency of the translation team, this book chooses to be presented to readers in stages in a serialized manner.

"The Last Summer of Klingsor" is a novella written by Hermann Hesse in 1919. At the end of his life, the painter Klingsor roamed, tasted wine, and talked about life with his friends in the beloved places he often visited in his early years. He used paintings to fight and scream for the continuation of life, declaring war on the evil death. The unmixed paint on the palette in his hand carried his protest against death and his ridicule of decline. He painted new life and all declines. Finally, after a warm but short summer, Klingsor exhausted all his energy and completed the work he will leave forever in the world - a self-portrait...

When I reach middle age, I have a successful career, a big villa, a husband who has become a bad temper, and a son who doesn't know what he is busy with all day long. I was finally alone and free again. I must say that loneliness is the best gift in the world and the only haven in life. But one night, masked men broke into my house and raped me. This accident split my life in two. On the surface, I continued to deal with a miserable life: my son was a naughty old man and wanted to marry a girl who was pregnant with someone else's child; my mother insisted on marrying a pretty boy who was younger than her; my ex-husband had a new date, and I was having an affair with my best friend's husband. Secretly, I want to find out the true identity of the masked thug. I used an iron fist and cold blood to keep my daily life running as usual, and at the same time I had to deal with the rapist until the accident happened again...

The steak and burger restaurant "JUJU" was inherited from Mitsuko's grandfather and later run by her parents. It is a nostalgic store with sizzling burger patties, and the food and atmosphere are memorable. Mitsuko's mother's favorite comic is "Salome, Princess of Hell". After taking over the burger shop, her mother changed the name of the shop to "JUJU" based on the name of the burger shop where Salome worked in the comic. When her mother died suddenly, Mitsuko took over and ran a burger restaurant with her father. However, she did not know how to cook and had no confidence, and she was not as good at dancing as her mother. With the help of his father and first love boyfriend Shinichi, a wonderful transformation happened...

My father is still alive, but he is socially dead. He lost his job due to a work injury and became a "lazy guy" in the eyes of politicians and a "trouble" in the eyes of his bosses. My relationship with my father is not good. I am not a manly son in my father's eyes, and he is not a qualified father in my eyes. He drank heavily, was violent, and spent all night in bars with his friends until my mother kicked him out. In the process of visiting my father again and again, I began to try to understand his past and break the silence and barrier between father and son. My father was also in his prime, but eventually fell into the quagmire of fate uncontrollably. I use his life experiences to reveal social issues. People often talk about politics eloquently, "For rulers, politics is just an aesthetic matter: a way of thinking about oneself, a way of looking at the world and constructing individuals. For us, it is life or death."

In a future world, the glass bead game is a symbol system evolved from music and mathematics, and is all human knowledge and spiritual wealth. Due to numerous political turmoil and wars, human civilization is facing the threat of destruction. In order to save and promote this spiritual culture of mankind, a certain religious group is making unremitting efforts. Knecht was an orphan who was raised by this religious group. He was talented and intelligent. With his outstanding talents and superior organizational skills, he continued to rise and rise in this elite group until he reached the top of the group and became a master of the glass bead game. But as he grew older, he was no longer satisfied with this isolated spiritual kingdom and felt that it was impossible to contribute to the people in this ivory tower. He came to the real world and tried to use education to improve the whole world. However, before his career was completed, he unfortunately drowned while swimming.

When I saw the photos of my mother when she was young for the first time, I realized: she too had been free and had dreams. She wanted to be a chef, but interrupted her studies because she became pregnant, then got married, had a child, divorced and remarried. The mother in my memory was always around pots and pans, and I didn't want my classmates and teachers to know that this person was my mother. I hope to change my mother to a mother who is more smiling and sunny. I ran away from her and my original family and ran to Paris to study. Silence grew between us, and the gap grew wider. As she entered middle age, she finally divorced my father and wanted to live for herself again. I recalled every bit of my childhood. She was ordinary, but she persevered, supported a poor family, and loved me as much as she could.

The 37-year-old "I" Chujun owns two prosperous bars in downtown Tokyo, as well as a beautiful wife and two lovely daughters. He can be called a successful person with a successful family and career, but he always feels empty inside. Hatsumi's past consists of his emotional entanglement with three women, Shimamoto, Izumi, and Izumi's cousin. It seems that the shortcomings in his heart can only be made up for by his girlfriend Shimamoto, whom he met in elementary school and had a vague relationship with. 25 Years later, Shimamoto suddenly appeared, and the two rekindled their love. However, Shimamoto was unwilling to reveal his experience and current identity. He only hoped that Hatsumi would not ask anything and just accept herself as she was, and just treat her as the girl who loved classical music in elementary school. Hatsumi accepted these harsh conditions and accompanied Shimamoto to the Tokyo River to scatter the baby's ashes. The two spent an unforgettable night at the Hakone villa. The next day, she disappeared without a trace.

The death of any one leaves me somewhat deficient, for I am inseparable from mankind; so never ask for whom the bell tolls; for you the bell tolls. --John Donne (British poet) "For Whom the Bell Tolls" is one of Hemingway's major works. Robert Jordan, an American young man, volunteered to join the Spanish government army and engage in blasting activities behind enemy lines. In order to cooperate with the counterattack, he was ordered to contact local guerrillas to complete the task of blowing up the bridge. In the midst of the raging war, he fell in love with Maria, a little girl who had been raped by the enemy, thereby smoothing out the trauma in Maria's soul. In three days, Robert experienced the conflict between love and duty and the test of life and death, and his humanity continued to sublimate. On the way to retreat after the bridge was blown up, he gave up his hope of survival to others, but his thigh was broken by a cannonball. He stayed alone to stop the enemy, and finally gave his young life for the Spanish people.

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.

"The Dancing Girl of Izu" takes "innocence" as its theme and includes two novels, "The Dancing Girl of Izu" and "Waltz of Flowers", which are both known as "the most beautiful first love in the world", as well as masterpieces such as "Water Moon" and "Hot Spring Hotel". Describes the sincere emotions that influence Kawabata's creation and life direction.

"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.