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"Members of the Wedding" is considered McCullers' most mature work, "the loneliest song of the soul", "a small book that cannot add or subtract a word". The novel is set in a southern town in Georgia, revolves around a wedding, and tells the story of the 12-year-old girl Frankie's four-day summer experience. The main theme conveyed is that every lonely person is locked in their own inner space, unable to have any meaningful communication.

The short story collection "Last Holiday" contains a total of nine stories. Most of these stories are narrated from the perspective of teenagers, showing the various embarrassments and struggles of adult life through the eyes of children: in "The Shame", two girls originally tried to help their father get out of trouble. , But plunged him into a new "shame and humiliation"; "Teresa" tells a story about desire, temptation and power control, but it ushered in an unexpected transcendence and reversal at the end; in "Talkavano", it seems brave and wanton The teenagers who became "ninjas" will never be able to escape the shadow of the tragic reality; the heroine in "Forgetting Freddy" is destined to be unable to forget the many painful experiences in life, and can only be "like a stone at the bottom of a dry river" when her body and mind are hollowed out; and in "Last Holiday" "In ", the protagonist makes his own choice between two completely different life paths... Nine short stories, nine cruel childhoods, and nine unforgettable moments of memory lead the narrator through the dark gate between the children's world and the adult world to reach today.

In 1874, the Camarasa family ended their several years of wandering in London and returned to Barcelona, ​​Spain. What makes the 21-year-old family eldest son Gabriel feel incredible is that after his father closed the highly profitable auction house, he actually started a vulgar newspaper - "Illustrated News". Soon after, the conservative-leaning "Afternoon Post" criticized it for corroding people's hearts. Unexpectedly, the "Afternoon Post" office building suffered a fire. During the commotion caused by the fire, Gaudí rescued Gabriel from the hooves of a galloping horse. The two studied at the same architecture school and immediately became friends.

Theo met Noah in South America and returned to Israel with her, settling in the desert town of Telkoda. As a town planner, Theo participated in the planning of the small town, which was very desolate because the nearby oil wells were not very productive. Theo and Noah, a couple with a fifteen-year age difference, are also increasingly estranged. Noah's student suffered a drug addiction and fell off a cliff to his death. The boy's father wanted to build a rehabilitation center in the desert town in memory of his son. Noah was obliged to participate in the preparation plan, but she did not expect how big the resistance would be. Can the two finally understand each other? Can the remaining tenderness in my heart withstand the harsh reality?

The book was inspired by Evelyn Waugh's experience as a war correspondent in Albania. The male protagonist of the novel, William Butt, is a columnist for "The Daily Beast". He lives in seclusion in the countryside far away from London, and lives a peaceful life without fighting against the world. Lord Copper, the owner of the newspaper, mistook William Butt for John Butt, a popular novelist who was eager to escape life in London. William was sent to the fictional East African country of Ishmaelia by mistake, as a war correspondent to report on the raging civil war there. Although William Butt knew nothing about journalism, he was lucky enough to always get blessings in disguise. His simple personality and wise and foolish way of doing things allowed him to deal with fellow reporters, first love girlfriend, consulates of various countries, President Ishmaelia, the Information Bureau, local celebrities and other forces with ease, and skillfully obtained "exclusive news" at the first time. William, who finally completed the mission successfully, transferred all the credit to his uncle Theodore and returned to his pastoral life.

"A Brief History of Portable Literature" is a famous work by the famous contemporary Spanish writer Enrique Villa-Matas. In the 1920s, Marcel Duchamp, Walter Benjamin, George Antheil, Scott Fitzgerald, Georgia O'Keeffe, Man Ray, Paul Klee... These outstanding artists, philosophers and writers were all members of the Tristram Shandy Society. To join the "Tristram Shandy Society", two conditions must be met: first, all his works should not be heavy and should be easily packed into a suitcase; second, he must be a perfect bachelor machine. From Mirror Street 1 in Zurich (in front of the Tavern Voltaire) to Prague and Seville, the Tristrams went further and further.

"Today, mother died. Or yesterday, I don't know." Camus wrote this famous sentence at the beginning of his first novel "The Stranger" in 1942. Seventy years later, Algerian writer Kamal Daoud wrote in the opening chapter of his first novel "The Meursault Case": "Today, mother is still alive." Camus's protagonist is named Meursault. He killed an Arab on the beach and was tried. The man he killed did not even have a name in the book, nor did he say a word. Kamal Daoud launched his investigation, and his protagonist was the victim's brother. For the first time, the victim had a name, and his name was Musa; for seventy years, only his brother and mother remembered him, searched for evidence, and preserved clues about him. What kind of person was he, and what kind of story happened to him?

This book contains thirty-four short stories by Luis Sepulveda. These stories are about men and women who have never ceased to struggle, including Amazonian Indians, Jewish poets, Genoese across the Pampas, from Patagonia to Norway, from Argentina to Russia, from the Nazi concentration camps to the prisons of Pinochet, from the borders of Lapunia to the islands of the Adriatic Sea. He talked about the Chilean writer Francisco Coloane; the Jewish poet Avrom Suzkevel, whose name and fate are full of uncertainty; the pirate Simon von Utrecht who occupied Elba until 1400; the Ecuadorian trade union activist Vidal Sánchez who was committed to promoting cooperatives; the Italian quarrymen whose life and beauty are thousands of miles apart... They are hopelessly locked with tragedy. It seems that endless stories have one thing in common: the belief that behind an ordinary person, there is always a great deed worth writing.

"Make Up" is a novella documentary novel published by French writer Colomb Schneck in 2012. It won the Tiede Monier Award of the French Literary Association, was shortlisted for the Femina Literary Award, the "Elle" magazine Reader Award and other awards, and has been translated into Italian, Polish, German, Dutch, etc. The novel revolves around the history of the Jewish Holocaust during World War II. Colomb Schneck, as a woman, paid attention to the power of women in disasters, which is also one of the brightest and most timeless parts of this heavy theme.

"The Clock Without Hands" is an impressive novel by McCullers, written about people in three age groups: the 80-year-old former member of the House of Representatives, Judge Fox Klein, the pharmacy owner Mr. Malone who suffers from leukemia, the judge's grandson, Jester, a seventeen-year-old high school student, and Sherman, a black man of the same year. The novel connects these vivid characters through two main lines. The first main line is that Mr. Malone, the owner of the pharmacy, was diagnosed with leukemia. From then on, his life became a clock without hands until he calmly closed his eyes forever. Fourteen months passed in between. The second main line is that the blue-eyed black orphan Sherman Puyou is determined to find his biological mother, while the judge's grandson is interested in finding out the cause of his father's death, so the novel has a very thick "racial discrimination" main line. The novel does not have a bizarre and tortuous plot, but the characters are flesh and blood, each one vivid and vivid on the page.

The innocent Ifemelu and Obinze met in a school in Lagos and had similar visions for the future. Like all Nigerian young people, their hometown seemed more like a transit point for their pursuit of the West. The beautiful and confident Ifemelu followed her aunt's footsteps and came to the United States, but experienced for the first time what it meant to be a "black". As she became increasingly poor and unable to continue her studies, she had to betray her love with Obinze in order to survive in this country. After 9/11, opportunities to study in the United States were repeatedly blocked. Obinze, who was not favored by fate, took advantage of his mother's study tour in the UK and came to the UK with her, but he had to face his status as an illegal immigrant. Obinze tried various menial and insecure jobs, but the indifference of British society and the snobbery of his fellow countrymen made him feel inexplicably disappointed with the West he originally imagined. After many years, Obinze has achieved success in a "Nigerian-style" way, and Ifemelu has also achieved great success with his pungent, sharp, and critical blog on American racism. I am eye-opening the bblog. When she feels that returning to Nigeria and starting a new life that is real and full of excitement and contrast with life in the United States, she and Obinze have to face the most difficult choice in their lives.

Elena is a widow, and her beloved daughter Yana is frail and sick. When Yana suffers from an illness, Dr. Henry brings her back to life. In the process of taking care of Yana, Elena and Henry also fell in love with each other, but Henry was actually a married man, and their reason did not overcome their lust for each other. In the end, Yana died of a sudden illness. Elena believed that this was God's punishment for her behavior, so she ended the relationship, remarried, and left Paris, spending the rest of her life in endless regret and memories.

Summer 1946, Jerusalem. The geraniums are in full bloom and the fig branches are empty. Hillel likes to stay in the trees most. His beautiful mother will never come back. He climbs and climbs to the highest place. Yuri uses corks, matchboxes and empty cigarette boxes as battleships, armies and tanks to sweep away the Nazi headquarters. Team; Dr. Nasbohm is writing to Mina. Mina has left her homeland and gone to the United States. She has not left a new address... "The Mountain of Malice", "Mr. Levi" and "Longing", three stories are intertwined with each other: Jerusalem, which is still under British jurisdiction, has a bleak future. Blood and tears, hope and fear, and waiting.

"Daddy" is a collection of eleven short stories written by Vasilis Alexakis. The characters in his novels are often journalists, filmmakers, and professors. Almost all of them face interesting and sometimes absurd extreme situations. In the first story, which is the title of the book "Dad", a strange little boy calls the narrator daddy, but the narrator does not know this boy at all. What will happen? When the narrator sends the child home, the child's mother recognizes him as her husband. This bizarre and absurd situation reflects the most ordinary and basic human emotions and situations in life. The author uses concise and humorous language to tell the adventures of life, and also tells the hidden side of human inner world.

This book tells a detective story with the main line of fighting for gold coins lost during World War II. When the famous traveler Ibn Battuta died, the Sultan ordered one hundred gold coins to be minted and buried under a hundred intersections that the traveler had passed. However, his will was not fully implemented and the gold coins changed hands countless times. During World War II, the last owner died in a German fascist concentration camp, and the gold coin fell into the hands of the Berlin police chief. War-weary German police officers Hans and Ulrich dream of leaving Germany one day and living a free life in Tierra del Fuego at the southern tip of Chile. They accidentally discovered the sixty-three stolen gold coins in the cellar, and decided to take the gold coins and escape to Chile by boat via Hamburg. In Hamburg, their actions were discovered by the Gestapo. Hans was able to escape, but Ulrich was captured. Under severe torture for nearly four years, Ulrich never revealed the secret of Tierra del Fuego.

After reading "Moby-Dick", a young man longed for life at sea. He came from Santiago to a strange port in southern Chile, boarded a whaling ship and became a sailor, and saw the seas sailed by heroes in reality and novels. Years later, he became a journalist and joined Greenpeace, living on the other side of the world. When he returned to the places he had traveled, it was for completely different reasons. Several pirate ships hunt marine animals in the frozen sea at the end of the world. He must follow the blood trail at sea, find evidence, and stop this barbaric act. This book collects four of Sepulveda's novellas, showing the characteristics of the Chilean writer as a traveler and environmentalist. By writing about his experiences of traveling to the end of the known world, he calls for a balance between ecology and human dreams. The lines are full of poetry, passion and tenderness.

"Talking" is Evelyn Conlon's latest collection of short stories, which includes 10 selected from previous works and 9 new works that have never been published. These short stories are all set in metropolitan areas and describe all kinds of urbanites whose "life is out of control." Derailment and dissociation are their normal state, and questioning and testing are their strategies. Conlon's language is sharp, direct, and humorous, and she is good at describing the unexpected turns in ordinary life. This collection reflects her style well.

After a terrorist incident occurred in Paris, a police officer responsible for investigating the case was implicated. His wife disappeared, his children were deeply hurt, and his family was torn apart. He persevered in pursuing the truth, but was criticized by his superiors and laughed at by his subordinates. However, his clear ideas for solving the case were never disrupted... This book is a novel by French novelist Danielle Thierry. The novel tells the story of Le Vere, the captain of the criminal investigation team of the Versailles Judicial Police in Paris, France, who has been pursuing an unsolved case for ten years, even at the cost of defying his boss's ban. The unsolved case involved two families - including his own, which was also destroyed in the unsolved case: his wife disappeared, and his daughter gave up on herself and eventually ran away from home. Years of hard work and mental depression caused Captain LeVert's health to deteriorate. Finally, he suffered from cancer and was sent to the intensive care unit. At this time, based on the captain's investigation report, his subordinates found conclusive evidence that was enough to solve the unsolved case. Even his bosses who didn't like him were moved by the shocking investigation findings. The secret buried under a certain pond and sleeping for ten years proves that the stinging truth behind Captain LeVert's difficult life is so tear-jerking, and his persistent pursuit is even more worthy of respect.

"Half of a Yellow Sun" is a lament written by the Nigerian female writer Adichie about the Nigerian Civil War in the 1960s (1967-1970). With an epic structure, the novel uses the changes experienced by several pairs of ordinary men and women in the Nigerian Civil War to interrogate how solid concepts such as identity, national boundaries, love, and friendship survived in the face of the absurd and brutal war... 13-Year-old Ugu comes from a poor family and works as a valet in the house of Odenigbo, a professor at the University of Nsukka. The learning opportunities given to him by his master gradually help him get rid of ignorance and superstition; Olanna, the daughter of the Igbo chieftain She is the girlfriend of Odenigbo. Her family had great reputation and wealth before the civil war. Olanna, who advocates freedom, has always kept a distance from her snobbish and opportunistic family. Olanna's twin sister Kenene has been taking care of the family business. She fell in love with Richard, a British journalist living in Nigeria. Richard, who hates the hypocrisy of post-colonialism, has always tried to record everything that this country has experienced fairly and objectively. When that extremely brutal war broke out, and when northern and southern Nigeria were driven by the curse of post-colonialism and headed towards the end of cannibalism, the fate of these protagonists suddenly changed, and their loyalty to self, friendship and love also faced severe tests...

"The Mortgated Heart" is a posthumous collection compiled by McCullers' sister after her death, including her early and later short stories, essays, critical articles and poems. The impossibility of loving and being loved has always been at the center of McCullers' novels, and the pain of this isolation is ultimately a torture, both physical and mental. In this posthumous work, she is still a paranoid child, still grasping the propositions of "human loneliness" and "inability to love", and indifferently describing the loneliness and alienation in her eyes.

"Redispatch" is Phil Clay's debut novel that won the National Book Award. These twelve short stories have a highly unified theme and focus on the living conditions of US troops who are in or have left the battlefield in Iraq (Afghanistan). Their hellish battlefield experiences left them unable to face life and return to daily life. Phil Clay sharply penetrated the psychological world of different characters in the Iraq War, including ordinary soldiers, soldiers in the funeral department, sergeants, psychological warfare soldiers, and military chaplains. Almost without exception, they detest war indifferently and cannot get rid of the bloodthirsty military honor; their beliefs come from absurd settings and imaginations of the enemy and ourselves. While they are full of shame about the role they play, they also have a strange and fearful sense of alienation towards the enemy.

"The Red Collar" is a novella by Jean-Christophe Lufen, winner of the Goncourt Literary Prize. It was published in 2014 and won the Maurice Genava Literary Prize that year. A movie based on it will be released in 2018. The story takes place at the end of World War I. French soldier Morrac was awarded the Legion of Honor during the Battle of Salonika, but openly awarded the medal to a dog during a military parade in July 1919. Is he crazy? Is this a provocation against militarism? Regardless, he went to jail for it. Driven by curiosity, the young military judge kept digging into the case, vowing to find out the real motive for this ridiculous behavior: What is the relationship between Morlak and the dog? Has his love been betrayed? What did this farmer-turned-soldier see about war? Loyalty is a quality shared by humans and animals, but human loyalty is more complex. In this novel, Lu Fen uses fascinating narrative techniques to present us a story beyond loyalty and within human nature.

This book collects almost all the short stories that Javier Marías claims to be "recognized and acceptable", showing a series of characters who are anxious in their predicaments, including victims of mistaken identity, amateur detectives, eavesdroppers, professional liars, delinquent bodyguards, etc. In "The Night Doctor," a dinner meeting turns into a nighttime walk through Paris, leading to two similar Italian women, both with unpleasant husbands, and a mysterious doctor who may be able to end their unhappy marriages in a late-night consultation. In "Broken Telescope," an innocent conversation at a racecourse gradually turns into a straightforward discussion of murder and silence. In "Sexy Sunday," a man on his honeymoon looks from the hotel terrace to a woman who may or may not be waiting for him, while his wife is lying on the bed behind him. Marias's novels are uniquely charming, immersing people in a state of wanting to stop and unable to look away, and this book is an excellent entry into the world of Marias' novels.

After experiencing a long and legendary life, Alain Karlsson moved into a senior citizen apartment that he thought would be his last stop on earth. But the problem is, his health refuses to yield. One day, he actually lived to a three-digit age. A gorgeous celebration awaited him, with the mayor and local newspapers in place. But he didn't want to see such a scene, so he unexpectedly climbed out of the window and escaped from his birthday party. In a hurry, he accidentally got a suitcase - originally he only needed to take care of it, but in the blink of an eye, he became the target of criminal gangs and the police because the suitcase contained 50 million in cash! "The Centenarian Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared" tells the story of a month-long pursuit of Alang and his temporary acquaintances, all over Sweden. At the same time, this book also tells a journey through the twentieth century - the life journey of carefree Alain Karlsson. How could Aaron save Franco and have dinner with Truman, who was about to become president? Why did he hitch a ride on former Prime Minister Winston Churchill and be thrown into the struggle between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party in China? And how did he spend those months crossing the Himalayas? Although Alang is completely uninterested in politics and religion, he seems to have appeared and played a key role in most of the major global events of the last century. In the past hundred years, wherever Alain Karlsson appeared, he would be disturbed. And now, he is gone again...

May Holland, who had just graduated from college, was hired by the world's most influential Internet company. She felt that she was the darling of fate and decided that this was a good opportunity for her to make a big difference. This company called "Ring" is dedicated to analyzing users' network big data, summarizing each person's network traces and inferring people's personality, shopping preferences and other information. Just as Mei slowly adapted to the rhythm of work, the appearance of a mysterious man involved her in a huge mystery...

This is David Almond's modern take on the Orpheus myth. In the myth, Orpheus entered hell with his lyre, survived many difficulties, and finally moved Pluto to let him take his wife back. However, when he was about to return to the human world, he couldn't help but look back, and all his efforts were in vain. In this book, a seventeen-year-old British girl, Claire, is camping on the beach with her friends. During the all-night party, a mysterious wanderer named Orpheus appears with a lyre. Orpheus's performance enthralled everyone. Claire called her friend Ella Gray, who couldn't come, and asked her to listen to the song. Thus began the love affair between Orpheus and Ella. Seeing Ella fall in love, Claire felt sad. The most serious blow was that Ella was bitten to death by a poisonous snake. So she told Orpheus that he sneaked into the afterlife and wanted to bring Ella back, but the ending was as disappointing as the ending of the mythical story.

"Dora Bruder" tells the story: In 1988, Patrick Modiano saw a missing person notice in the "Paris Evening News" on New Year's Eve in 1941: "Missing girl Dora Bruder, fifteen years old, 1.55 Meters, oval face, gray maroon eyes, wearing a red coat, burgundy pullover, navy skirt and hat, maroon sneakers." The people who published the newspaper were looking for Dora. The Jewish girl left Catholic boarding school that winter and never returned. For ten years, Modiano worked tirelessly to search for all information about Dora. Why did she want to escape the school that sheltered her at the height of Nazi rule? Another official reference to Dora is a list of Jews sent from Paris to Auschwitz in September 1942. Modiano gradually discovered that more unknown people, more stories and histories also disappeared in that turbulent era. The story of Dora Bruder also reminded him of his troubled teenage years. Modiano used superb montage techniques to create this classic work about loss and memory that is between fiction and documentary.

13.7 Billion years ago, the universe was an extremely small, dense, and hot strange particle filled with everything from the past. The strange particles were under extreme pressure for a long time, and finally couldn't bear it and exploded. Whales and budgies, you, Julius Caesar and Elvis Presley all came into being. In the darkest places, the devil is born. As the earth's temperature plummeted, despite frequent shifting of the plates, life eventually emerged. The devil finally found the target of venting his anger - the people on earth. The devil has been dormant in the dark hell, waiting for the right time to come, until eleven-year-old Samuel Johnson, with his little dachshund, discovered the secret of the basement of the Abernathy house at 666 Crowley Street before Halloween: The Abernathy couple and the Langfield couple, whose lives were extremely empty, actually opened the door to hell while playing the game of "Summoning Ghosts". The evil and vicious Demon King was finally awakened after dormant for billions of years. He led his men through the gate of hell and began a journey to conquer the earth...

I can say: "If I can get all the happiness I want, I will be happy." I can also say: "If I achieve the best self-improvement, I will be happy." - Erich Fromm The first part of "The Art of Existence" clarifies the nature of the two modes of existence, possession and existence. The dominant results of these two modes of existence are for the well-being of mankind. The comprehensive humanization of human beings needs to break through from possession-centered to activity-centered, from selfishness and self-centeredness to solidarity and altruism. The second part of the book offers some practical suggestions that may help humanize the world. To start discussing the art practice of life, we first need to think about what is the goal of life? What is the meaning of human life?

As soon as "Sun of Scota" came out in 2004, it was unanimously praised by the jury, publishers and media of the Prix Goncourt, and won the Prix Goncourt that year in one fell swoop. The novel uses metaphorical writing and hot, dry words to depict the legendary story of three generations of the Scotta family in a small town in southern Italy. This is a family born from the union of "a deceitful man and a woman who accepted his lies". The despicable life background of the predecessor as a robber made the descendants humiliated and marginalized everywhere. However, they resisted the pressure and fought hard to rewrite the family's history. They lived proudly and happily because "under the sun of Puglia, people are as eternal as olives." The novel has beautiful words, beautiful vocabulary, and vivid descriptions of many scenes, allowing us to see a passionate Italy.

A fantastic collection of weird stories from Israel's most popular and acclaimed young author. In this collection of witty satirical short stories, best-selling Israeli author Keret describes the absurdities that plague his characters. These stories are brave, tense, sad, and sparkling. These stories, capable of both pain and pleasure, are brief but cover a wide range of emotions and narratives, establishing his status as the national conscience of Israel. These soul-stirring and humorous stories show that a passionate and intelligent person can also shine in a war-torn environment... We hope that Keret can trigger a craze for reading and a craze for the pursuit of reason. A man's beautiful girlfriend turns by night into a football-loving hunk with whom the man finds himself getting along; a pair of shrinking parents; a world where thoughts turn into shapes; a pessimistic talking Middle Eastern fish. "The Last Story, That's It" is an extraordinary collection of short stories, an Israeli bestseller, written by Etgar Keret, the most outstanding Israeli writer of his generation. "The Last Story, That's It" is about important things: friendship, grief, fear... But it's written in a way that's different from any other writer's.

"The English Patient" author and Booker Prize winner Michael Ondaatje's most powerful novel is about war, about love, about family ties, about identity, about unknown enemies, and about the exploration of the dusty past. Tao Lixia, a popular writer and translator of "Flying to the West", has lovingly translated it

Yakov, a mechanic who was born as an orphan, is a decent man but ill-fated. He has no children. After his wife left with someone else, he went to the big city of Kiev to make a living alone. But it was not easy to open up a new life. While living in an area where Jews were not allowed to live, he was framed for killing a Christian boy. What followed were absurd accusations, an unreasonably long prison life, inhuman physical and mental torture, and Yaakov's consistent insistence on ideals and justice. In a plain yet slightly sarcastic tone, the author vividly describes the atrocities of the Tsarist government that quietly persecuted the Jews on trumped-up charges.

"Honeymoon" was published in 1990 and is Modiano's fifteenth novel. In the summer of August, a forty-year-old man was traveling in Milan and heard that a French woman committed suicide in a hotel room in Milan. He wanted to know more details about this tragedy, but accidentally discovered that this woman looked familiar. He was lost in reminiscing about the past. After returning to Paris, he arranged a disappearance, leaving his relatives and friends to rediscover the traces of Ingrid Tyson and her husband Rigo Tyson. The story of Ingrid's life takes him back in time, when the couple had fled the war and were taking refuge in a hotel on the Côte d'Azur...

This book tells the story of British traveler Isabella Bird's experience of traveling alone to the Rocky Mountains. In nineteenth-century Europe, even men rarely traveled to the American West. Bode took a train from the east coast of San Francisco to Truckee, California, located in the Sierra Nevada Mountains; then, dressed in Hawaiian riding gear, he rode from California to the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, and spent an unforgettable time in the stunningly beautiful and isolated Estes Park. Finally, on a harsh winter day, he rode the energetic semi-domesticated horse "Bird" to explore the Wild West alone. During these three months, she lived in farms and mining camps, helped with cleaning and cooking, learned to drive a carriage and drive cattle, and with the help of the outlaw "Jim of the Mountain", she climbed to the top of Longs Peak at an altitude of 4,480 meters. She recounted this legendary adventure in a letter to her sister.

Harry is a tree lover, but works in the Forest Service where there are almost no trees. He buys lottery tickets every week, hoping that if he wins the lottery, he can start a business and really do something for trees. Unexpectedly, his wife died accidentally while he was buying lottery tickets. Harry received a huge compensation, but felt lifeless and decided to go to the deep mountains and woods to commit suicide. There he happened to meet the twelve-year-old girl Orianna - she was convinced that her father had transformed into other things in the forest after his death, and Harry was the one who would lead her to find her father. This wonderful combination of big and small embarks on a magical journey full of fun and imagination. A treehouse to be dismantled, bags of hidden gold coins, a handmade storybook, a mysterious librarian, a down-and-out real estate salesman, and the brother who is looking for Harry, their destinies are wonderfully intertwined... This is a humorous, warm, and exciting story full of love and hope. This wonderful adventure is not only full of Oriana's rich imagination, but also allows everyone to gain themselves during the journey and face a new life again.

In a house in Anning Village, two people lived. The man is the applicant who chooses to start over because of unforgettable pain and grief. The woman is the inspector, responsible for teaching the man a series of simple things and their uses - what language is, what a name is, how to dress, how to go down the stairs, what actions to take when facing others, and record his healing process. He had forgotten most of these things and had no memory of why he was here. He felt safe in this paradigm of life. During this period, the man's condition recurred many times, and his past cognitions once again invaded his purified brain. When he meets an attractive, emotionally volatile woman at a party, he questions everything he's learned. What is this village for? Why is he here? Has he ever been someone else, and will he truly become the person he is allowed to be?

Between the coast and the sugar cane fields stands an isolated house. Inside the house, nine-year-old Alice Hart was sitting at her desk, planning how to burn her father with fire-the uncertain man who had enveloped the world of Alice and her mother with a haze of violence. When an accident takes the lives of Alice's parents, she is sent to the home of her grandmother, whom she has never met. It is a farm of native Australian flowers and a sanctuary for women only. There, Alice learned to use the language of flowers to heal childhood pain, and to use flowers to express feelings that words could not express. But as Alice grows up, grandma's protection gradually becomes more like imprisonment. Grandma's concealment, betrayal, and a wrong love affair made Alice realize that the language of flowers cannot write her own life for her. She must find the courage to confront loss and pain and tell her own story.

Father and son, on the road. If I have one day left in my life, I hope to take him with me to travel. Along the road, heading north, from City A to City Z, from the wilderness to the ruins, not only allowed him to see the world, but also allowed the world to see him - a cute boy with one more chromosome than "normal people". I used to be a doctor and now I'm a census taker. This is my new identity, or rather, the new identity I share with my son. I have always felt that my son is more suitable for this job because he has a "really blank heart." He sees the world without distracting thoughts; he is not disturbed by desires, and does not understand differences in class, color, and language; he understands the world in a different way from us. So, before I died, I chose to travel with him. I wanted to see the world again through his pure eyes, and I wanted to rethink humanity through the way people treated him. Of course, what I want most is to gather the goodwill in the world and send him warmth for the rest of his life. Send to the stars and say goodbye along the way. Loneliness is inevitable, and so is our love for you.

Norwegian writers and scholars Peter Aberjonsen and Jungen Moi are famous Nordic "story hunters." Through many years of hiking, the two collected folk tale materials from various places. In the mid-to-late 19th century, they published many story collections. They are regarded as the foundation of modern Norwegian language culture. They are as famous as Andersen's fairy tales in Denmark and Grimm's fairy tales in Germany. They have become a must-read for Europeans' childhood. "East of the Sun, West of the Moon", first published in 1914, is the most widely circulated version in the series. It selects 15 classic stories from Norway and Denmark, and pairs them with 25 exquisite illustrations specially drawn by the European illustrator Kay Nielsen. It is recognized as one of the most beautiful illustrated books in modern Europe and America. In 2008, it set a record for the highest price in the history of picture books in the UK. A classic work of Nordic literature and collection-level illustrations, it will take you on an extraordinary reading journey.

"Exercises in Style" is one of the most famous works of French writer Raymond Queneau. It was first published in 1947 and revised when it was republished by Gallimard Publishing House in 1963. This book tells the same story in ninety-nine different narrative ways: On the bus, there was a young man with a somewhat perverse appearance. He had an argument with others, but quickly left the place and grabbed an empty seat; shortly afterwards, he appeared at the Saint-Lasalle train station with another young man, and the two were discussing the buttoning of his coat.

During a chance visit, Fritz fell in love with the 12-year-old girl Sophie. She is not beautiful, she is not religious, she likes to laugh. In just fifteen minutes, she came like a mysterious and transcendent force and became his wisdom, his spiritual guide, and his blue flower. Because of love, an ordinary girl may become an eternal star in a man's heart and start his romantic life. The novel is based on the early experience of the German poet Novalis and imagines the legendary life of the Blue Flower poet. The encounter with Sophie became a turning point in his life and creation. Throughout his short life, he was always pursuing the immortal and fleeting blue flower.

Nobel Prize winner Kazuo Ishiguro knows the book so well that he can recite it by heart! Winner of the Booker Prize 50th Anniversary Grand Prize "Golden Booker Prize" and a rare "poetry and novel all-rounder" in the world of literature, Ondaatje! Ondaatje's another classic masterpiece after "The English Patient"! If there's anyone else you're worried about, reading "Wartime Lights" may help you feel better. Ondaatje's imagination borders on the surreal! --Nobel Prize-winning writer Kazuo Ishiguro. Obama recommends books! Excellent translation! Bonus: "The Prism of Memory" written by Professor Wu Gang of Shanghai International Studies University and exquisite illustrations! "Life is 'schwer' (distress)." In 1945, 14-year-old Nathaniel's parents passed away, leaving him and his sister in the care of two possible criminals. The person nicknamed "Moth" is elusive all day long, and the identity of "Bartman" does not seem to be simple. They also bring with them a group of strangers, each of whom seems to have a secret and seems to have some kind of relationship with the boy's mother. More than ten years later, 31-year-old Nathaniel is still brooding over his mother's sudden abandonment. He is determined to dig out the incomprehensible past and try to piece together the complete story of that year...

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Tom's debut novel "Angel Companion" became popular across the United States overnight. The world built in the book has addicted countless readers. Doubleday has signed the next two sequels to "Angels" with a hefty advance. Tom also quit teaching to become a full-time writer. Tom falls in love with pianist Aurora. Aurora believes in carpe diem and advertises "eternal singleism". She has an unpredictable but inextricable charm. Her relationship with Tom lasted for a few months and then ended. Tom was so depressed that he could not continue writing no matter how hard his agent and publisher pressed him. On a stormy night, a naked young girl suddenly appears in Tom's beach villa. She claims that she fell out of Tom's corrupted novel and is his character "Billie"... Tom refuses to accept this ridiculous lie, but the girl's behavior is exactly the same as "Billie", and she is well aware of details that have never been written in the book and have only been recorded privately in the character file. Who is this "paper girl"? How will she rewrite Tom's life inside and outside the book?

In the very near future, someone invented a magical machine. Just take a small DNA sample and put it into it for testing, and you will get three suggestions to make you happy. Some are harmless, some are more extreme or unethical, but the customer satisfaction rate is frighteningly high. Happiness is the eternal pursuit of mankind, and the popularity of this machine is inevitable. This book tells the story of a group of ordinary people surrounding this machine. The boy who suffers from severe anorexia but refuses to do the happiness test, the artist who is stuck in a creative block and tries to get other people's happiness suggestions, the wife who leaves without saying goodbye with a secret that her husband will never know, the horror movie star who is good at screaming... Everyone has his own story, his own obsession, and the happiness and happiness he wants. Can this machine really help them?

Isma is a Muslim woman in the UK who gave up her studies early to raise her young siblings Anika and Parvaiz. When her younger siblings grew up, she went to the United States to study for a doctorate, and at the same time she cared deeply about her younger siblings. Shortly after arriving in the United States, Isma met Eamonn Long, the son of the British Home Secretary Karamat Long. Karamat and Isma were both immigrants from Pakistan, and their ancestors had crossed paths. Isma hates Karamat deeply, but falls in love with the gentle and polite Ammon. She confessed the family secret to Ammon: Isma's father was a jihadist... After Ammon returned to England, he met Isma's sister Annika, and the two fell in love at first sight and soon fell in love. Not long after, Ammon proposed to Annika. Annika has never met her father, her love remains with her sister and twin brother, but she seems to have many secrets. Ammon's proposal brought her uneasiness to the surface, and she confessed to Ammon another huge secret about her family and her brother...

In 1502, Machiavelli, who was then Secretary of the Consulate of the Italian Republic, was sent to Imola to negotiate with Cesare Borgia, Duke of Valentino. During this period, Machiavelli witnessed with his own eyes how the Duke captured cities, beheaded powerful officials, and eliminated opponents, and learned about the Duke's cunning and mysterious nature. While he himself was always vigilant and mediating with the Duke, he formulated a perfect plan to seduce the wife of a local dignitary...

"Sea Wolf" tells the story of a ferry that sank in the San Francisco Bay. The writer Humphrey was rescued by the seal-hunting sailboat "Devil" after drowning. The captain of the "Devil" was nicknamed "Sea Wolf" and was cruel and cruel. The captain found Humphrey and rescued him, but did not agree to send him back to San Francisco. Instead, he forced him to go to sea with the ship and forced him to do various hard work. During the voyage, the female writer Maude was rescued and drifted at sea due to a shipwreck. She and Humphrey hit it off. One day, the two escaped in a sampan and landed on a frozen island. Soon, all the sailors on the "Devil" betrayed the "Sea Wolf". "Sea Wolf" became blind due to illness and drifted to the island with the ship. Humphrey and Maude repaired the damaged "Devil", held a sea burial for the "Sea Wolf" who died of illness, and set sail for the motherland.

Mark is the family doctor of many celebrities and takes great pride in his ability to manage relationships. In front of others, he is a conscientious and perfect doctor; behind others, he is selfish and hypocritical, and does not care at all about the pain and helplessness of his patients. By chance, he met the famous actor Ralph. Out of his reverie for Ralph's beautiful wife Judith, Mark broke his principle of never having close interactions with patients and accepted all invitations from Ralph, from stage plays to family parties. In the end, he even deliberately chose the same vacation spot as Ralph's family in order to meet Judith unexpectedly. When a doctor is unable to choose between medical ethics and family, a seemingly innocuous game of desire in the upper class begins. When the game gradually gets out of control, who will bear this sudden tragedy?