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"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...

A brand new edition of this essential companion to the Harry Potter stories, with a new foreword from J. K. Rowling (writing as Newt Scamander), and 6 new beasts!\U003C\u002Fp\u003EA set textbook at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry since publication, Newt Scamander's masterpiece has entertained wizarding families through the generations. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is an indispensable introduction to the magical beasts of the wizarding world. Scamander's years of travel and research have created a tome of unparalleled importance. Some of the beasts will be familiar to readers of the Harry Potter books – the Hippogriff, the Basilisk, the Hungarian Horntail... Others will surprise even the most ardent amateur Magizoologist. Dip in to discover the curious habits of magical beasts across five continents...At least 15% of the net retail price* of this eBook will be available to Comic Relief and Lumos Foundation for their work with children and young people to help them have a better life. 20% Of these monies will be used by Comic Relief and 80% will be used by Lumos Foundation. The net retail price means the price paid by the consumer less applicable sales taxes Comic Relief is a registered charity in the UK with charity nos. 326568 (England\u002FWales) and SC039730 (Scotland). Lumos Foundation is a registered charity in the UK with no. 1112575. Please note: This is the 2017 edition of the Hogwarts Library ebook, featuring bespoke cover artwork from Olly Moss and a new foreword from J. K. Rowling. The official screenplay of the 2016 Warner Bros. Movie – Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay - is available separately.

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?

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A weird and mean old lady, a girl who loves to dream, an exotic cook full of secrets, a gentle old gentleman, a facially paralyzed boss who loves homemade French fries, a simple and kind "little artist", a retired aunt who loves to create "encounters", and a cat with a "magic" taste... They met in a country inn in the Loire Valley. Secrets emerge one after another: old letters hidden in hat boxes, mysterious dancers in New York, notes left in the library, thieves who steal desserts at night... Entering the "hotel in the summer suburbs", in the aroma of coffee and croissants, a wonderful journey is about to begin...

In India, Smita is a low-caste untouchable whose only dream is to send her daughter to school and escape her cruel fate. In Sicily, Julia worked in her father's wig factory. Her father had a car accident and the factory had already gone bankrupt. The burden of the family fell on her shoulders. In Canada, Sarah, a successful lawyer, suddenly discovered that she had cancer and needed to fight against discrimination against women and patients in the entire workplace. The stories of the three people are ultimately connected by "braids": the Indian woman's braids were processed by the Sicilian girl and finally worn on the Canadian woman's head.

"Treasure Island" tells us that the true spirit of adventure is to remain innocent! "Treasure Island" is the benchmark for all sea adventure legends! A book of growth in the eyes of Hemingway, Kipling, Borges and other masters. Translated from the 1884 first American final edition of the Harvard University Library. Collector's edition of full-color illustrations by French artist Georges Roux. Includes full-color treasure maps, vividly presenting the thrilling adventure scenes in "Treasure Island"! Selected into the "BBC Big Read" Top 100 classics! The Ministry of Education recommends reading books for primary and secondary school students! Henry James: Everything you imagine about adventure at sea can be found in "Treasure Island"! Borges: I like hourglasses, maps, coffee, and Stevenson's "Treasure Island"! Churchill: When I was 9 and a half years old, my father gave me a copy of "Treasure Island". I still remember the great joy when I devoured it and read it. It is irreplaceable!

As the 11th generation descendant, Hatoko Amamiya inherited the Shancha Stationery Store and conveyed the unspeakable words hidden in the heart to customers. Letters written by an invisible boy to his mother, letters written by a deceased husband to his wife, letters written by parents who lost their young son to relatives and friends... Hatoko always uses the most complicated but also most sincere way to help guests solve their doubts. Everyone has a different story in their life, and everyone is trying to make the story complete.

"Serenade" is Kazuo Ishiguro's only collection of short stories. Using music as a clue, it consists of five seemingly independent but interrelated stories. The main characters in the story are all related to music: a frustrated restaurant musician, a faded singer, a self-admired cellist, a saxophonist who was forced to undergo plastic surgery for success, etc. Most of them are passionate about music but full of complaints about life. The plots may be absurd or lamentable. Using the theme of music and life, they express the author's consistent reflection on the living conditions of modern people. The bilingual version of "Serenade" is accompanied by the original text of the work, allowing readers to appreciate Ishiguro's exquisite and beautiful original English text at the same time, and enjoy double beauty.

Among all his works, the short stories that made Hemingway the earliest and most enduring are his short stories that created a generation of writing style. These novels are mainly declarative sentences, with precise descriptions and short dialogues, giving readers the most direct and vivid impression and influencing many modern and contemporary writers in the world. This book contains all of Hemingway's short stories. The second volume includes short stories published in books and magazines after the "first series of 49" and previously unpublished novels, a total of 21 stories. There are another five articles in the appendix, which were not included in the original complete collection and were only discovered in the mid-1980s.

The American young man Barnes suffered a spinal injury in World War I and lost his sexual ability. After the war, while 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.

This book is divided into three parts: "Spring", "Autumn" and "Winter", vividly showing the failed life of Harry Morgan, an "individualist". In "Spring", Morgan was engaged in the business of renting out fishing boats. He was forced to make a living by transporting "live goods" (smugglers) for others. In order to protect himself, he did not hesitate to risk his own life and got into a lawsuit with his life; in "Autumn", Morgan was engaged in the business of smuggling spirits and lived a life of "licking blood on the edge of a knife"; Although he killed the group of terrorists on the yacht, he was also shot and died. This is one of Hemingway's works that has aroused strong controversy among critics.

"The Painter of the Floating World" won the "Whitbread Literary Award". It is an early masterpiece by Ishiguro Kazuo and the most Japanese-style work. It describes the devastation of Japan after the war, and the painter Ono's later life, which seems to be idle and idle, has a hidden spiritual undercurrent. In order to create a good social relationship for his little daughter when she gets married, he regained his memory. The past events of his old friends were connected one by one like an ukiyo-e, showing a battlefield without smoke. The bilingual version of "The Painter of the Floating World" includes for the first time a preface specially written by Kazuo Ishiguro for the 30th anniversary of the book's publication, recalling the creative process and interpreting it in detail. Attaching the original text of the work allows readers to appreciate Ishiguro's exquisite and beautiful original English text at the same time, and enjoy a double beauty.

The painter Thomas has experienced ups and downs, having been married twice and having three sons born after marriage, all of whom were raised by his ex-wife. He loves his career and his children, and often accompanies his children on fishing trips. The relationship between father and son is deep. Unfortunately, two sons died in a car accident, and the only remaining son died in World War II. Finally, Thomas decided to put down his personal joys and sorrows and devote himself to the anti-fascist war. Despite the severe mental and physical tests, Thomas remained perseverant and dealt with the enemy tenaciously. He embodies the characteristics of the "tough guy" that often appears in Hemingway's works, and is a very successful artistic model.

"No Consolation" is Kazuo Ishiguro's longest novel, an extremely dense and delicate psychological novel that makes people unable to extricate themselves. This book adheres to Kazuo Ishiguro's consistent style, which is simple on the outside but strong on the inside. The novel describes the mysterious days a pianist experienced in a mysterious city. Sometimes he is a bystander, and sometimes he is involved. The people he sees are all passionate but obsessed with it; the things he encounters are all weird, absurd, and full of variables. In this city where people's hearts are dominated by bizarre artistic values, while trying to find the exit from his dream and seeking an explanation for all this, he gradually realizes that he is facing the most severe performance in his life. The bilingual version of "No Consolation" comes with the original text of the work, allowing readers to appreciate Ishiguro's exquisite and beautiful original English text at the same time, and enjoy double beauty.

Fitzgerald is the most outstanding and popular writer in the United States in the 20th century. 2016 Coincides with the 120th anniversary of the author's birth. Shanghai Translation has launched a new edition of the collection, which is more comprehensive and detailed than Fitzgerald's works in the market. This book is the sixth volume of the collection. It is the author's most mature and popular work, marking the author's remarkable success. This book is the author's first collection of short stories, including eight of his published short stories. The author faithfully depicts the life scene of American society after World War I with a new perspective and vivid writing style, praising the young generation's rebellious mentality against old morality and pursuit of a better future. "Pirates Offshore" is a fictional romantic story, and the heroine Ardita is simply the image spokesperson of Fly Girls. She is completely opposed to a mediocre life and would rather live in a beautiful lie. "The Ice Palace" is filled with a strong poetic flavor. The author uses exquisite writing to describe the differences between the South and the North of the United States, as well as the impact of pride and prejudice on people's hearts. Many major themes are condensed in this beautiful short story. "Head and Shoulders" is the most humorous piece in the collection. "The Engraved Glass Wine Vat" is an unforgettable story, cleverly conceived, in which the protagonist's life is affected by a wine vat. "Bernice Cuts Her Hair" is the most famous story in the collection. It has been adapted into a TV short and a stage play. This story also reflects the author's own attitude of admiration and confusion towards fly girls. "Blessing Ceremony" is an alternative in the collection, reflecting the author's complex mentality of awe and fear towards religious thoughts and rituals. "The Fall of Daley Limbo" is a short story with a humorous tone, which satirizes the prevailing trend of taking risks and taking shortcuts. "Four Fists" is a bitter and humorous story that reflects the four unforgettable blows a young man suffered while growing up.

"The End of the Day" is a work by Nobel Prize winner Kazuo Ishiguro that won the Booker Prize in 1989. It is also Ishiguro's most important masterpiece. The novel unfolds with the memories of butler Stevens, telling the various experiences he had during his more than thirty years of service to Lord Darlington. Although he reached the peak of his career, Stevens suppressed his own emotions too coldly and pursued perfect performance of his duties. He missed the last time his father was on his deathbed, and then missed love. Through the protagonist's memories, the novel unravels a person's life journey in front of the readers' eyes. It also reflects the international political landscape during the extraordinary period between World War I and World War II. The 1993 film of the same name (also known as "Goodbye"), a remake of the novel, starred the famous British actors Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson. It was nominated for eight Academy Awards and six British Academy Film Awards, and became a classic in film history.

"Shadows on Distant Mountains" is Kazuo Ishiguro's debut novel, a masterpiece that is still being reprinted more than 30 years after its publication. The fusion and balance of "sentimentality and irony" are still memorable. The novel tells a memory full of mist, both real and illusory. After the war, a suffering mother and daughter in Nagasaki yearned for stability and rebirth, but they could never escape the shadows and inner demons brought about by the war. In the end, the mother and daughter successfully immigrated, and the daughter committed suicide as a tragic ending. At the end of the play, the remembrancer peels off his disguise, and the story is full of tragedy. The bilingual version of "Shadows of Distant Mountains" comes with the original text of the work, allowing readers to appreciate Ishiguro's exquisite and beautiful original English text at the same time, and enjoy double beauty.

This book is the eighth volume of Fitzgerald's collected works. It contains the essence of Fitzgerald's short stories. It has been selected as the number one work in textbooks and various anthologies. It is a collection of short stories with highly cited witty sayings. It is recognized as the author's most sonorous and powerful short story collection with the most artistic merit. Phil's third collection of novels, including "The Rich Man", "A Winter's Dream", "Baby Shower", "Absolution", "Pauper Martin Jones and the Prince of Wales", "The Wise Move" and "Gerry's Forty Blinks". "Winter Dreams" can be said to be a prelude or abbreviation of "The Great Gatsby". It uses a sad tone to describe love and marriage that have been distorted by money and material desires. There is a trickle of sadness and sadness flowing between the lines, making people and the author understand and appreciate this dream-like life and chaotic world. "The Rich Young Master" conducted an in-depth analysis of the nature of "very rich people". The discussion about "rich people are completely different from you and me" caused quite a shock in the literary world at that time and became a fashionable topic at the time. "Absolution" describes the fierce conflict between a teenager named Rudolf and a priest named Schwap over moral principles, religious beliefs and the pursuit of beautiful things. "Pauper Martin Jones and the Prince of Wales" uses romantic writing to describe modern women's bold and passionate pursuit of a better life. It is a bizarre and wonderful romantic story of the Jazz Age. "A Wise Move" describes the personal experience of the author and his wife Zelda. It describes the love and marriage of this literary couple in a tearful way, and truly records the author's reflections on his own unique marriage.

This is a novel written by Hemingway after he returned from traveling and hunting in Italy in 1949. The protagonist, Colonel Cantwell, has the shadow of the author himself. The book describes how the protagonist, who participated in two world wars, went to Fossalta in Italy shortly after the war to revisit the place where he was injured in the battle, went to Venice to play, and hunted wild ducks with his friends. It also focused on the innocent love between him and the beautiful Italian girl Renata without any utilitarian purpose, reflecting the author's disgust for war, concern for the future of mankind, and thoughts on the value of life, love, and death. The title of this book is taken from the words of Thomas Jackson, the Confederate general during the American Civil War, before his death. It reflects the "tough guy" in Hemingway's works - including his own strong character who regarded death as his own.

London, England, 1930s. The young and successful Christopher Banks is a well-known detective throughout the UK. His legend of solving crimes has long been spread word of mouth in London social circles. However, for many years, an unsolved case has lingered in the mind of the famous detective for a long time. That is the mysterious disappearance of his biological parents in old Shanghai when he was a child. "Chasing the shadow of the disappearance of his parents", our protagonist searches all the way from the rich and luxurious London upper class, and finally returns to Shanghai under the gunfire of the Japanese invaders. This was by no means a tender homecoming. In this city that was once bustling with traffic and is now full of smoke and smoke, what awaits him is a dark secret and a cruel truth, and his Sherlock Holmes-style fairy tale life will also be reduced to ruins like his childhood hometown...