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Captain Pandaleon and the Labor Girl

(secret)mario Vargas Llosa

155K0

This book was written by Llosa in Salia, Barcelona, ​​from 1973 to 1974. He also completed the film script of this book. The story is based on a true event: In order to solve the sexual hunger problem of soldiers stationed in the Amazon region, the Peruvian Army Headquarters organized a service team composed of labor girls. The service was so exaggerated and misrepresented that it became an appalling farce. The author uses a non-serious story (to satisfy the sexual needs of the military) to seriously criticize a major social and political issue (corruption of the military authorities). On the surface, he seriously reports on his work by quoting a large number of documents (including request reports, official correspondence, notices, radio comments, news reports, etc.). In fact, he quietly exposes and ridicules the bad phenomena incisively and vividly. After the book was published, it was once banned by Peruvian officials, but it gained widespread public attention.

Howards End

Howards End

General Fiction

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224K0

"Howards End" is one of Forster's most important full-length masterpieces. It ranks 38th on the list of "The 100 Best English Novels of the 20th Century" by the famous Random House "Modern Library". The novel revolves around a beautiful old manor - Howards End. By describing the marriage life of two sisters, it presents to people the various social contradictions that British society faced under the impact of industrialization and mechanical civilization in the early 20th century, and explores the political, economic, class, gender, cultural and other issues in the period of British social transformation. Foster's novels have strong social critical significance, are full of humor and irony, have sophisticated plots, are also highly symbolic and even philosophical, and perfectly integrate artistry and readability.

I Am a Middle School Teacher Student

Zeng Weihui

172K0

This book records the campus life of a group of fifteen or sixteen-year-old junior high school graduates in the 1990s after entering the normal campus. This group of green teenagers, from the rawness when they entered school to the maturity when they graduated, grew into excellent people's teachers. They spent the best and most meaningful years of their lives in the normal school. The novel creates portraits of middle school teachers and students such as Jiang Yue, Du Daxing, Wu Yani, Huang Qin, Li Xinyu, Liu Tingting, etc. The writing is delicate, and although there are many characters involved in the article, each character has a distinct personality. Through each unique event in the life of a middle school teacher, the work shows the frugality, loyalty, diligence, perseverance, generosity and other excellent qualities of a generation of middle school teachers and students. At the same time, it also outlines the huge contribution that rural primary school teachers have made to China's basic education.

Planetarium

Planetarium

General Fiction

(france) Salote

158K0

Nathalie Sarraute, a famous French novelist, is one of the earliest practitioners and major theorists of the "New Novel". "Planetarium" is one of the representative works of Sarraute's "new novels". Through the imaginary dialogue and the dialogue of memories in the inner monologue of the self, as well as the inner dialogue between characters hidden under the language of daily communication, the work shows the protagonist Giselle's dream of girlhood and the unhappiness of married life, revealing the selfishness, greed, coldness and rudeness hidden under the veil of warmth. The events and characters described in the novel are true and false, unreal and real, repeated and unexpected. The complex psychological activities, unpredictable perspectives, long-span montage, and implicit language have created the unique and highly artistic style of the work.

Childhood

Childhood

General Fiction

(france) Nathalie Salote

97K0

Nathalie Sarraute, a famous French novelist, is one of the earliest practitioners and major theorists of the "New Novel". "Childhood" is the most famous autobiographical novel written when the writer was 83 years old. "Childhood", written in his later years, is an autobiography and memoir of the writer Salote reminiscing about his childhood, but it almost completely eliminates the linear narrative of external events and life experiences. Instead, it is written in the form of his iconic inner dialogues, re-presenting the childhood memories buried deep in the writer's mind in the most vivid way. The memories presented in words in "Childhood" are as flexible and solid as the living memories themselves. Fuzzy yet clear, all the subtleties of human memory are revealed. It is worthy of being a masterpiece among the autobiographical memoirs of twentieth-century writers.

Human Comedy

Human Comedy

General Fiction

(us) William Saroyan

127K0

The novel tells the ups and downs of Homer, the McCauley family, a young telegraph operator, and the residents of a small town called Qisejia in California during World War II. Homer's mother, Kate, worked hard to take care of the children after her husband's death. His eldest brother, Max, was fighting on the battlefield. His sister, Beth, fantasized about romantic love all day long. His brother, Ulysses, watched the passing trains and pondered why his father died. The name of this novel "Human Comedy" is obviously borrowed from the English general title of Balzac's novels. This work is set in the small town of Qisejia, California on the home front during World War II, and tells the story of the widowed Mrs. McCauley and her family. The name of the town comes from the hometown of Odysseus, the protagonist of the epic poem "The Odyssey". It is actually Fresno, a small town in central California where Saroyan was born, raised and finally died. Mrs. Macaulay's two sons were also named Homer and Ulysses (the Latin name of Odysseus). This very typical American novel is specific and nuanced, showing all aspects of society in an era, and vividly describing all kinds of life in the small town of "Qisejia".

Uncertain Glory

Uncertain Glory

General Fiction

(west)juan Sarres

337K0

"Uncertain Glory" is a classic Catalan literary work, which mainly describes the experiences of several young people during the Spanish Civil War. Their sufferings, doubts, heroic deeds, sacrifices, etc. Embody "the uncertain glory of April" (Shakespeare). It comprehensively displays the complexity of the Spanish Civil War, focusing on depicting the atmosphere and personal life during the turbulent period. The core of the novel is the experience of a young woman, Trini, and three young men around her during the Civil War in Barcelona. The first part describes Trini's lover Louis going to the Aragon front line to find his friend Soleras and participate in the battle (mainly describing bloody battlefields, quiet rural life, and exchange of interests in the name of love); the second part describes Trini's life in besieged Barcelona, where she raised her independently The child, Ramon, communicated with Sorelas at the same time, telling about his daily life and his own psychological changes, but he did not know that the other party had secretly colluded with the enemy camp; the third part describes the assistant military doctor Cruells who has a crush on Trini and is sent to Barcelona to help civilians move to safe places, so that they can take a breather during the war. The narrative mode of the novel changes three times to express the different perspectives and inner worlds of the three protagonists. What is youth? It is something that cannot last forever. Baudelaire once said that perhaps all youth is a dark storm left imprinted by the unpredictable glorious lightning in April. Youthful love, the loss and sacrifice of young lives, the disillusionment of ideals, and what young people see, hear, and experience in the context of war are all expressed from a first-person perspective, with sincere emotions.

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N

General Fiction

J

265K0

Upton Sinclair (1878-1968) was born into a declining aristocratic family in the United States. He began writing articles for popular publications at the age of fifteen to support himself in college, and later wrote articles for the socialist propaganda weekly "A Call to Reason". During this time, his editor encouraged him to write a book on the theme of "wage slavery." So Upton Sinclair went to the Chicago Slaughterhouse District for seven weeks and wrote "The Slaughterhouse" in 1906. The novel describes the immigrant Jurgis family who came to work in the slaughterhouse district with the American dream in mind. Unfortunately, the evil capitalism squeezed out the blood and sweat of everyone here, and finally plunged everyone in the family into a terrible disaster. At the end of the novel, Jurgis's class consciousness is awakened and he decides to devote his life to the socialist movement.

Wumeng Majestic

Wumeng Majestic

General Fiction

Tax Clean

210K0

This book is a full-length novel, with 40 chapters and nearly 300,000 words. It mainly tells the story of Pu City, a remote mountain village in Guxu County, a national poverty-stricken county in the Wumeng Mountains. Ever since the Red Army passed by in the 1930s, three generations of the red kid Chen Guodong's family have been destined to have an indissoluble bond with this mountain village.

Xuye

Xuye

General Fiction

Ying Bu Cao Xin

110K0

People will turn into wild monkeys, and wild monkeys will turn into people. There is no right or wrong, no truth or falsehood, and it is even harder to distinguish between good and bad. Destiny is difficult to control and can only be found and experienced throughout a lifetime. Sa, a young man from the Yi ethnic group separated from his sister, wandered in the wilderness, tamed a group of wild monkeys, and led the monkeys to search for his father under the guidance of a divine card. However, until the last man died, he still failed to achieve his wish even though he became the King of Earth. This long journey has only one end, turning into dust and returning to the wilderness.

Notes from the Underworld: the Tragic Endings of the Four Gangster Bosses in Old Shanghai

Jiang Bin

130K0

The Republic of China produced warlords and even more underworld figures. If the world's kung fu comes from Shaolin, then at least one-third of the underworld figures come from the Youth Gang. Needless to say, the Qinggang is the most popular gang since the early Qing Dynasty, nor does it need to be said that the Qinggang is one of the most far-reaching private secret societies since the early Qing Dynasty. If you just count them casually, there is a string of dazzling names: Chiang Kai-shek, Wang Shouhua, Yang Yuting, Zhang Zongchang... The names are dazzling, but in the history of the Qinggang, these people are just inconspicuous candles, submerged in the light of legend.

Collected Works of Lao She: Four Generations under One Roof (new Edition)

Lao She

699K0

The misery of the fall of home, the sorrow of separated relatives, the perseverance of rebirth from the ashes, the excitement of rebuilding the country... With words full of responsibility and compassion, Lao She condensed the gray memory of the entire Chinese nation into the tragic experiences and humiliation of more than a dozen residents of a small alley. How can a big family with four generations under one roof survive the difficulties in a war-torn era? What will be the fate of each generation? This is Lao She's largest work and the longest writing time. It can be called a monument of modern Chinese literature. It is also the work that Lao She considered to be the best and most satisfactory during his lifetime.

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General Fiction

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348K01

In the past, my grandfather came here to reclaim wasteland and got the land; later, my father was born here, and he cleared the weeds and eliminated the poisonous snakes; then we were born here again, and my father had to borrow money from the bank. During the lean years, my father couldn't pay back the money, so the land belonged to the bank and we became tenant farmers. But we still stayed here and could still get a share of what we grew. Finally, the banks used tractors and no longer needed sharecroppers, and we were left without a home. Hundreds of thousands of people left their homes and headed for California along Route 66, because the leaflets said that California was full of farmland and full of jobs. We arrived in California and discovered that it was just a lie: the farmers deliberately attracted large numbers of people to try to keep wages low. We have to wander again, looking for work like mad dogs, we starve, we teeter on the edge of death.

Flying All the Way

Flying All the Way

General Fiction

Hu Moyu

73K0

"Flying Songs" is based on Wang Yuezhen, a local grassroots original composer in Chongqing. Using the tone of "I", it tells the inspirational story of the protagonist who never forgets his original intention, bravely pursues his dream, successfully holds a personal original singing club at the age of 79, and realizes his life ideal. The prototype of the novel's character was born in 1939 in Yunyang County, Chongqing. He has been commended by the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Culture and the People's Government of Yunyang County, Chongqing. He served as a member of the Seventh, Eighth and Ninth CPPCC in Yunyang County, Chongqing. He is currently a member of the China Popular Music Association and a member of the Sichuan Provincial Musicians Association. Her original songs are either majestic and heroic in tone, gentle and elegant, or grand and heavy. They sing the new era, praise the new life, spread positive energy, and sing the main melody. More than 20 songs including "Ode to the Flag", "China Is My Root" and "Group: After the Full Moon" have won gold and silver awards in various competitions across the country. "Pear Blossom Rain" and "My China" won the International Outstanding Work Award. In 2010, he was included in the "Moving China's Glorious Five Years - Dictionary of National Outstanding Songwriters and Musical Figures".

Happy Funeral

Happy Funeral

General Fiction

(russia) Lyudmila Ulitskaya

80K0

The novella "Joyful Funeral" by Lyudmila Ulitskaya, a famous contemporary Russian writer, was published by the author in 1997. The book was shortlisted for the Russian Booker Prize for Literature. It has been translated into several languages ​​and has been widely praised. The story of the novel takes place in August 1991. In a stuffy apartment in New York, a group of Russian Jewish immigrants gathered at the death bed of an artist named Alik. Alik was a charismatic character and people liked him. Ulitskaya delicately depicts their complex emotions toward the dying man and their recollections of life in Russia, which are constantly punctuated by arguments. At the same time, Ulitskaya also set some interesting questions in the novel: Who does Alik love most? Should he be baptized Orthodox before he dies, as his alcoholic wife Nina desperately wants, or should a rabbi reconstitute him into the Judaism of his birth?

Miss Dou Who Revolves While Rotating

(japanese) Yamamoto Momo

216K01

Miss Du, 32, felt like she was about to collapse. Obviously he returned to his hometown to take care of his mother who suffered from menopausal disease, but how could the days he lived with his parents become increasingly depressing? Workplace life also makes people want to escape. Sexism and work pressure are enough troubles, but at this time, they are also sexually harassed by their bosses. Even her boyfriend, who has always been happy with her, seems to have never considered a future with her. With a junior high school education and an uncertain income, can he be relied on? Will his parents accept him? ... When will the days of spinning and revolving come to an end? This is her story, this is my story, and this is your story.

Grandma is Renting

Grandma is Renting

General Fiction

(uk) Liv Arbuthnot

153K0

Eliza, who was born in poverty and was abandoned by her mother since childhood, hoped to change her destiny with her academic talent and worked hard to get into the coveted Oxford University. But surrounded by elites with distinguished family backgrounds and extraordinary talents, she began to doubt herself. In order to save money, Eliza can only live in illegal housing that is subject to demolition at any time. Through the gray bedroom window, she could often see the owner of the yellow door across the street, an old woman who lived alone who often went to the balcony to water the flowers. Her lonely figure gave her some comfort. The old woman's name is Ada, and she is the famous "rental grandma." If anyone needs a grandma present, look no further than her. She provides etiquette guidance for cross-border marriages, serves as a witness at unblessed weddings, and takes care of children for single mothers... Learning that the omnipotent "rental grandma" lives across the street, Eliza cannot resist the temptation and knocks on the yellow door, and her bleak life changes.

Writer Li and His Country Friends

Li Yore

107K0

"Writer Li and His Rural Friends" is based on his experience in poverty alleviation at the grassroots level in Guangxi's rural areas. As the "first secretary", Li Yore entered the villages and targeted poverty alleviation. With the humility and sensitivity of a writer, he faithfully recorded the secret life of a village and wrote down the vicissitudes of the faces and days at the bottom of Chinese society. It also allowed us to see the most cherished will and confidence of a moving China.

Changes in the Family (2)

Cheng Zhanxin

86K0

The second part of the series of novels "The Changes of Family" by Hebei writer Cheng Zhanxin is a companion piece to the first part, and was included in the "Literary Quality Support Project" by the Propaganda Department of the Qinhuangdao Municipal Party Committee. Synopsis of the novel: The story is about the death of the protagonist Hao Zhanren's wife Li Xia's mother Fan Yuwen in a car accident. Starting from the morning when the car accident occurred, it focuses on Fan Yuwen's hard-working life as a "mother and stepmother" and the disputes and compromises in the handling of traffic accidents. There are two main lines in the novel: one is the family tragedy caused by the traffic accident, which creates a typical image of "positive energy" of a "veteran" who is "son-in-law and son"; the other is the performance of various characters such as police officers, prosecutors and lawyers in dealing with traffic accidents. The novel has exquisite conception, rigorous structure, twists and turns in plot, vivid language and long meaning. It is a masterpiece that is close to the times, the masses, people's hearts and souls.

Changes in Family

Changes in Family

General Fiction

Cheng Zhanxin

126K0

Hao Chunqiu, an ordinary farmer with some education, and an ordinary family motto - "Read carefully since you were young, you must know that there is gold in the book..." Led a family of six children Zhanren, Zhanyi, Zhanli, Zhanzhi, Zhanxin and Shuxian to grow up to five college students and one doctor. Taking Hao Zhanren, the eldest son and the most ordinary literary lover and worker at the grassroots level, as the main line, it tells the "changes" of the "family" over the past fifteen years, reflecting the changes in the countryside, the reform of the army, and some conditions in the cultural and artistic circles. It depicts the life trajectory of the protagonist "Ren" for more than ten years and his yearning and pursuit of the "spiritual home". Hao Zhanren and others have inherited family virtues and have obvious character and quality characteristics of gratitude, diligence, self-motivation, benevolence, pragmatism and loyalty. A "family motto" has been passed down from the grandfather Hao Chunqiu to the grandson Hao Fei's generation: "Reading, let's read good books" is simple, unpretentious, profound, and inspiring to savor and think about. This book is definitely a novel worth reading.

Nine Perfect Strangers

Nine Perfect Strangers

General Fiction

(australia) Liane Moriarty

239K0

"Nine Perfect Strangers" is a novel by Australian national treasure female writer Liane Moriarty. Following "Big Little Lies" which sold millions of copies worldwide, "Nine Perfect Strangers" quickly became popular in Europe and the United States after its publication, and was highly recommended by the great writer Stephen King, the famous host Oprah and the Hollywood actress Nicole Kidman! Nine strangers who had never met each other and were frustrated in life came to a sanatorium at the same time. They thought they would spend an ordinary 10-day recuperation trip here, but unexpectedly, what awaited them was a mysterious dean, weird drinks and a frightening fire... A middle-aged female writer who was once the queen of romantic novels, but was defrauded of her savings by an "online pig killer" when she fell into writing bottleneck... The newlyweds suddenly won a huge lottery, the wife was addicted to plastic surgery, and the husband loved luxury cars. Their marriage was suddenly in jeopardy... The originally lively son The family relationship between the parents and their little daughter who suddenly committed suicide and deeply blamed themselves has fallen into a freezing point... The obese single mother who was abandoned by her husband wants to come to a nursing center to get a "new life"... The lonely old man with his children abroad is not liked by anyone... A handsome man who has a disagreement with his partner over fertility issues is on the verge of breaking up... How should nine imperfect strangers continue to face the rest of their lives?

Castle (wenjing·star System)

Franz Kafka

232K0

This book is the most representative work of Kafka's late period. Although the novel is unfinished, it is full of a nightmarish, strange, mysterious and absurd atmosphere, showing the alienation of human existence under the control of a huge bureaucratic machine. In Kafka's plan, K tried his best and rushed here and there, but all his efforts were in vain. He was unable to enter the castle until his death. The protagonist K walked through the snow in the middle of the night and came to a village governed by a castle. He claimed to be a land surveyor hired by the castle, but he could not provide any proof, so he was severely interrogated. The castle is located on a hill in front of you, but it is cold and majestic, like a giant beast overlooking the village, out of reach; it is a huge bureaucracy with a strict hierarchy and countless departments, officials and dusty documents.

Be the Person in Charge

Remaining Farmland

104K0

Yu Jingwei, who was born in a liar village, is a rare college student in the village. After graduating from college, Yu Jingwei became prosperous in the liar world, and his tricks became more and more clever, and he even regarded deception as a performance art. In an "Ivy" Ponzi scheme worth tens of billions, Yu Jingwei came up with the idea of ​​"changing careers" and becoming a serious investor. Unexpectedly, the stock market investment failed and more than ten billion was cut off. However, the news that the two deceived persons committed suicide by jumping off the building made Yu Jingwei, who had always followed the principle of "cheating the rich but not the poor, seeking wealth but not life", condemned by his conscience. He decided to make a bigger game to compensate...

Golden Branches and Jade Leaves

Remaining Farmland

200K0

Jin Zhi's mother was one of the first batch of educated youth to go to the mountains and countryside. Because of Jin Zhi's words, her mother died in childbirth, leaving behind her half-sister Yu Ye. From then on, my sister became Jin Zhi's responsibility. Jin Zhi worked hard to support his sister's education, but gave up the opportunity to go to college. Yuye lived up to expectations and was admitted to Beijing Normal University. The two sisters decided to leave their hometown and come to Beijing to start their new lives...

Xiaocang Mountain

Xiaocang Mountain

General Fiction

Remaining Farmland

66K0

Yang Cangshan was born with a smile that never fades. Because of this smile, he offended his leaders and colleagues. He was originally an outstanding police academy graduate and was transferred from the Criminal Police Brigade to the Forest Police Bureau. After that, under his smiling face, he became depressed and confused. Until a snowstorm suddenly fell and three young men and women from Italy were trapped in Cangshan. Yang Cangshan, who called for help on the street, decided to take the risk to rescue...

Gunshots at the Foot of Luoshan

Zhang Zhiqian

105K0

In the spring of 1944, Yang Taozi, a graduate of the provincial girls' middle school, married her teacher Yanshi. On the wedding night, the bandit Luo Jinxiong came to rob Taozi and killed Taozi's parents. Taozi escaped from the tunnel, but Yanshi was seriously injured. The newlyweds embarked on different paths... In September 1949, the People's Liberation Army marched into the northwest and fought all the way to the foot of Luoshan in Ningxia, where they surrounded the enemy on the bank of the Yellow River. After careful planning, Tao Zi, who was renamed Yang Bing, helped Yan Shi eliminate Luo Jinxiong and successfully instigated a rebellion against the enemy. At the scene of cheering for the uprising, Yang Bing was plotted by the Kuomintang die-hards and died heroically...

Misfortune and Blessing

Zeng Gang

222K0

The novel uses the fictional Zaojiang County, a small county with unique tourism resources, as the main environment for the characters' activities. It makes powerful reflections and interrogations on the current urbanization process, rural revitalization, industrial development, quality education, and the living conditions of various people. The novel develops an important plot around the development of a large-scale rural tourism project. Beautiful countryside is not only about building houses and developing industries, but more importantly, revitalizing the spiritual world and ideology of villagers. In the face of money and interests, morality and perseverance, all kinds of characters appear on the stage.

Flight

Flight

General Fiction

Yao Yongqiang

233K0

"Flying, Traveling" is a novel describing the work and life stories of the younger generation of civil aviation people. By telling the emotional entanglements of the new captain Gao Jian and the flight attendant Liu Momo as the main line, the author describes the emotional entanglements and work pressure faced by the new generation of civil aviation people in today's rapid development of the civil aviation industry, and tells the warm or sad stories between them and their families, colleagues and passengers at work.

Extraordinary Grandmaster

Song Biejie

266K0

At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, the country was weak and the people were declining. There were foreign powers eyeing the country and warlords fighting internally. In extraordinary times, there must be extraordinary things and extraordinary people. It is true that times make heroes. It was in this turbulent historical torrent that Song Wending gradually transformed from a passionate young man who practiced martial arts for revenge to a mantis boxing master who revitalized the national martial arts and was revered as the "Mantis King". The novel does not trace back and examine the origin of Mantis Boxing, nor does it specifically examine real people and events, nor does it subdivide the Mantis sect. It aims to tell the changes of that era and the fate of the characters through the legendary story of a legendary figure.

Bloody Steel Knife

Bloody Steel Knife

General Fiction

Chalong River

170K0

In the 20th year of the Republic of China (1932), the Japanese Black Dragon Society secretly stationed in Laiyang and cooperated with the "Sino-Japanese Cultural Joint Inspection Group" to steal the gold head and silver arms from the legendary general's tomb. Zhang Tiesheng, the successor of Laiyang Mantis Boxing, and others teamed up with the former Kuomintang Blue Clothes Club agent Lao Cuitou, the bandit Ying San and others to fight the Black Dragon Society in a battle of wits and courage, and finally annihilated the Black Dragon Society, which had many evil deeds. In the end, Zhang Tiesheng's son and the successor of Mantis Boxing, Zhang Xian, defected to the 29th Army and became the coach of the 29th Army's sword team.

Li Xiye, No Longer Silent

(korean) Choi Jin Young

80K0

From the age of 11, Li Xiye writes two diaries every day, one is for the teacher to check, and the other is for herself to read and treasure... Xiye feels that all this is her fault. Maybe it's easier to think this way. This book is presented in the form of a diary, sometimes from the perspective of the girl Li Xiye, and sometimes from the perspective of a third party. It describes the turning point in the young Li Xiye's state of mind after being sexually assaulted, as well as the changes in the protagonist's life before and after the incident when she gets along with her family, others, and herself.

Fish Have No Legs

Fish Have No Legs

General Fiction

(iceland) Jorn Kalman Stefansson

177K04

Keflavik is known as the darkest place in Iceland, a barren lava, a sea that cannot be fished, and a US military base that cannot be driven away. Writer and publisher Ali returns here because of his seriously ill father, and memories of his childhood flood back, including Pink Floyd, stealing supplies from US military trucks and a girl he can't forget. My grandfather and grandmother were Icelanders who built their lives on the sea of ​​the East Fjords with courage and will. At that time, the ancient custom was still popular, men brought glory and glory by going to sea, and women endured the cruel wait on the shore. The love of his ancestors, the praise of nature and the glory of life all deeply attracted Ali. In this same place of mountains and oceans, why did the former glory turn into a life with only profits instead of heartbeats? An unbearable question mark arose in Ali's heart.

Sai Ying Ji

Sai Ying Ji

General Fiction

Maping

160K0

Centenarian Lei Gaohan has always lived in the shadow of Hongzhen Fortress. The shadow of the huge building dominating the hill not only condensed his hunger, fullness, coldness and warmth, but also covered his grudges and hatreds. It was not until the last moment of his life that he completed his long dialogue with it. This is the secret history of a country that lives and dies together, and is also a legend of China's kindness and friendship over the past century.

Go to Sleep, Flo, Go to Sleep

J

145K0

In the 1860s, Liu Xiaohe, a seventeen-year-old girl from the Jianghan Plain in China, was sold to a human trafficker by her father for the price of two bags of potatoes. The traffickers resold Xiaohe to a Chinese man in the Canadian town of Barkerville as his wife. White people and Chinese people live at opposite ends of the town of Barkerville. The two ethnic groups are estranged because they do not understand each other and have been in a state of hostility for a long time. The Chinese woman named Flo changed the atmosphere in the town, and the two ethnic groups began to communicate carefully. Flo, a hard-working woman, is the earliest woman in town to get up every day. When she died, the whole town set up a tombstone for her: "Sleep, Flo, sleep" - because she could finally rest peacefully.

New Hampshire Inn

New Hampshire Inn

General Fiction

(add) John Owen

360K0

An innocent family tragicomedy, but also a dreamer's life adventure. The "dream" constructed throughout the book carries the light of ordinary life. There may be lives lost and dreams disillusioned, but hope is never lost. My father has always had two fantasies in his heart: first, that bears can live well in this world; second, that people can live their whole lives in hotels. He took his mother, five of us children, a bear, and an old dog, and opened the first "New Hampshire Hotel" on an abandoned school, followed by the second and third hotels. In half a century of hotel life, we have experienced a lot of sudden misfortunes. Whenever we dwell on the pain of the past, we always remember what our father said: Our most important duty is to enjoy the joys of life. "If you come into a great hotel broken and incomplete," my father said, "you will leave the great hotel whole."

Pastoral Symphony

Pastoral Symphony

General Fiction

(france) André Gide

44K0

When the pastor first met the blind girl, he saw her huddled by the fireside, "like a pile of unconscious flesh." He seemed to feel an oracle and firmly believed that it was his mission to educate and redeem the blind girl. As the two get along day and night, the pastor's education of the blind girl gradually shows results, but he himself falls step by step into a dangerous abyss... When selfish desires conflict with morality, it is difficult for us to face the evil in our own nature, and can the fragile happiness under deception be deceived by everyone, including ourselves? Gide used 22 diaries to vividly demonstrate the protagonist's psychology of wandering between morality and desire, trying to cover up, avoid, and deceive himself! With extremely artistic psychological analysis, it explores how people face the dark emotions and thoughts in their hearts. How to face yourself under the mask of hypocrisy?

Residual Temperature

Residual Temperature

General Fiction

No Precepts

101K04

It tells the story of several young people who broke through their old selves and achieved redemption from their terrible original families. The prince lived in an extremely patriarchal family; Zhen Yu's father committed murder and was imprisoned; Wu Ge gave up his dream because of his vegetative father; the writer Wu Jie was bullied like an orphan; the doctor Liu Qinsheng was born in a single-parent family. Loneliness and indifference were engraved into their boyhood and became an indelible mark. When they grow up, they choose to confront their broken hearts and the rigid world, persistently looking for the glimmer of love. In the process, they bumped and fell, but never gave up. They drifted like duckweeds until they met each other and redeemed themselves. In loving and being loved, in gaining and losing, they found their own happiness, gained redemption, let go of the past, and started a new life.

Purgatory on Earth

Purgatory on Earth

General Fiction

Zhao Xiangyi

271K01

In prison, Tian Xishan recalled his life before imprisonment, from working to marrying and having children, from being a simple boy to experiencing cruelty. After Tian Xishan was released from prison, as time passed, Tian Xishan went from being kind-hearted to becoming weak after taking control of power. After meeting his dead mother in a dream, he realized his own problems and changed his ways.

Symphony of Destiny

Symphony of Destiny

General Fiction

Zhao Xiangyi

70K02

Based on the life paths of four people, through time and experience, human nature changes, from good to evil, and from evil to good. People never judge them as good or bad. Time can change people's personalities and beliefs. The destinies of the four people are intertwined. Over time, the hearts of the four people have changed. The honest and introverted Li Chenguang will become evil and criminal in the future, and he will be shrewd and sophisticated in his conduct. The playboy, Zhang Xinhua, went from being wild and unrestrained to being down-to-earth and started to start a business. The eldest lady of Bai Xue Group, who is reserved, dignified and kind to others, turned to prostitution after the company collapsed. Wang Jianing was originally a gold-worshipping girl. After her father passed away and a series of events later, she married Zhang Xinhua, and her personality changed.

Desire for Salvation

Desire for Salvation

General Fiction

Zhao Xiangyi

95K02

The first half focuses on Shan Hong's loss of his parents, which means that people, regardless of gender, treat their parents as filial piety when they are still alive, and don't regret it when their parents die. From the difficult birth in the hospital to the car accident, the protagonist Shan Hong's experience, and the changes after his death. It is the description of the previous part, and the side points to some common things in today's society through Shan Hong's friends, such as campus violence, corpses, hospital expenses and other topics. Tong talks about dreams in the article, hoping that people can have meaning in life, have a dream of their own, and work hard for their dreams. Talking about some books, domestic and foreign famous works, books are all over the text, telling how a reader writes and how he views the principles in the book. He uses his own words to describe some life insights, hoping to make readers who read the book think through these insights. The second half is about the protagonist going through depression, the death of his parents, etc., Facing a new city, working hard in the workplace, and realizing the cruelty and intrigues in the workplace. It is described through the stock work, and he meets his confidant, which affects Shan Hong's mind and gives him changes in the future.

upper Class" Children

upper Class" Children

General Fiction

Wu Xiaole

117K0

In order to realize the dream of "better than those who have learned before", Chen Yunxian strived to reach the top and wanted to give her son Yang Peichen the best, but the real economic pressure forced her to give in. Until one day, the door of destiny opened magnificently. At a birthday party held by her husband's boss for her son, the birthday girl and her son unexpectedly fell in love. This rare fate gave Chen Yunxian a great gift: the boss was willing to fund Peichen to attend an aristocratic private school so that he could keep company with his child. Seeing that Chen Yunxian's family was about to embark on the "road to the upper class", and she also became a "lady's mother", vicious incidents happened one after another. It turns out that in this upper-class game, even if you have stepped into the threshold, you are not eligible to participate...

There is No More Chen Jinfang in the World

Shi Yifeng

122K02

When I was a child, Chen Jinfang and I lived in a compound. When I practiced piano, she would always listen quietly under the poplar tree in the yard. Twenty years later, I was confused and met Chen Jinfang again after a concert. She seemed to be a successful person in the art investment industry. She was elegant and decent, shuttled between artists and businessmen. However, there always seems to be an unknown story hidden behind her... "Eye of the Earth" The science genius An Xiaonan was taken in by a rich second-generation classmate Li Muguang in a difficult situation, and was hired by him to develop a set of monitoring equipment to monitor American factories across the ocean for Chinese bosses. An Xiaonan, who could have reached the peak of his life through this, accidentally discovered Li Muguang's secret. The "Eye of the Earth" is open, and evil has nowhere to hide. Faced with the cruel laws of survival and the inner moral shackles, how should An Xiaonan, who is walking in the middle ground between crime and punishment, choose?

Classic Late Qing Novel: Ten-tailed Turtle (6)

Lu Shi'e

33K0

"Ten-Tailed Turtle" is a Qing Dynasty Zhanghui vernacular novel written by the late Qing Dynasty scholar Lu Shi'e. It describes the story of Shanghai in the late Qing Dynasty. It was written in the third year of Xuantong in the Qing Dynasty (1911). The main existing versions include the Xinxin Novel Society edition published in the third year of Xuantong Period of the Qing Dynasty (1911), and the typesetting edition of "Chinese Ancient Rare Novels Series" published by Chunfeng Literature and Art Publishing House in 1994. The book describes the glitzy life of the ten miles of old Shanghai: rich locals, foreign compradors, nouveau riche, foreign students, business owners, military and political officials, brokers, helpers, liars, ladies, aunts... Throwing many of these people into the turbulent vortex, it reveals the various social phenomena in the early days of opening up from isolation, which are still very relevant today.

Classic Late Qing Novel: Ten-tailed Turtle (5)

Lu Shi'e

48K0

"Ten-Tailed Turtle" is a Qing Dynasty Zhanghui vernacular novel written by the late Qing Dynasty scholar Lu Shi'e. It describes the story of Shanghai in the late Qing Dynasty. It was written in the third year of Xuantong in the Qing Dynasty (1911). The main existing versions include the Xinxin Novel Society edition published in the third year of Xuantong Period of the Qing Dynasty (1911), and the typesetting edition of "Chinese Ancient Rare Novels Series" published by Chunfeng Literature and Art Publishing House in 1994. The book describes the glitzy life of the ten miles of old Shanghai: rich locals, foreign compradors, nouveau riche, foreign students, business owners, military and political officials, brokers, helpers, liars, ladies, aunts... Throwing many of these people into the turbulent vortex, it reveals the various social phenomena in the early days of opening up from isolation, which are still very relevant today.

Classic Late Qing Novel: Ten-tailed Turtle (4)

Lu Shi'e

52K0

"Ten-Tailed Turtle" is a Qing Dynasty Zhanghui vernacular novel written by the late Qing Dynasty scholar Lu Shi'e. It describes the story of Shanghai in the late Qing Dynasty. It was written in the third year of Xuantong in the Qing Dynasty (1911). The main existing versions include the Xinxin Novel Society edition published in the third year of Xuantong Period of the Qing Dynasty (1911), and the typesetting edition of "Chinese Ancient Rare Novels Series" published by Chunfeng Literature and Art Publishing House in 1994. The book describes the glitzy life of the ten miles of old Shanghai: rich locals, foreign compradors, nouveau riche, foreign students, business owners, military and political officials, brokers, helpers, liars, ladies, aunts... Throwing many of these people into the turbulent vortex, it reveals the various social phenomena in the early days of opening up from isolation, which are still very relevant today.

Classic Late Qing Novel: Ten-tailed Turtle (3)

Lu Shi'e

51K0

"Ten-Tailed Turtle" is a Qing Dynasty Zhanghui vernacular novel written by the late Qing Dynasty scholar Lu Shi'e. It describes the story of Shanghai in the late Qing Dynasty. It was written in the third year of Xuantong in the Qing Dynasty (1911). The main existing versions include the Xinxin Novel Society edition published in the third year of Xuantong Period of the Qing Dynasty (1911), and the typesetting edition of "Chinese Ancient Rare Novels Series" published by Chunfeng Literature and Art Publishing House in 1994. The book describes the glitzy life of the ten miles of old Shanghai: rich locals, foreign compradors, nouveau riche, foreign students, business owners, military and political officials, brokers, helpers, liars, ladies, aunts... Throwing many of these people into the turbulent vortex, it reveals the various social phenomena in the early days of opening up from isolation, which are still very relevant today.

Classic Late Qing Novel: Ten-tailed Turtle (2)

Lu Shi'e

46K0

"Ten-Tailed Turtle" is a Qing Dynasty Zhanghui vernacular novel written by the late Qing Dynasty scholar Lu Shi'e. It describes the story of Shanghai in the late Qing Dynasty. It was written in the third year of Xuantong in the Qing Dynasty (1911). The main existing versions include the Xinxin Novel Society edition published in the third year of Xuantong Period of the Qing Dynasty (1911), and the typesetting edition of "Chinese Ancient Rare Novels Series" published by Chunfeng Literature and Art Publishing House in 1994. The book describes the glitzy life of the ten miles of old Shanghai: rich locals, foreign compradors, nouveau riche, foreign students, business owners, military and political officials, brokers, helpers, liars, ladies, aunts... Throwing many of these people into the turbulent vortex, it reveals the various social phenomena in the early days of opening up from isolation, which are still very relevant today.

Classic Late Qing Novel: Ten-tailed Turtle (1)

Lu Shi'e

47K0

"Ten-Tailed Turtle" is a Qing Dynasty Zhanghui vernacular novel written by the late Qing Dynasty scholar Lu Shi'e. It describes the story of Shanghai in the late Qing Dynasty. It was written in the third year of Xuantong in the Qing Dynasty (1911). The main existing versions include the Xinxin Novel Society edition published in the third year of Xuantong Period of the Qing Dynasty (1911), and the typesetting edition of "Chinese Ancient Rare Novels Series" published by Chunfeng Literature and Art Publishing House in 1994. The book describes the glitzy life of the ten miles of old Shanghai: rich locals, foreign compradors, nouveau riche, foreign students, business owners, military and political officials, brokers, helpers, liars, ladies, aunts... Throwing many of these people into the turbulent vortex, it reveals the various social phenomena in the early days of opening up from isolation, which are still very relevant today.

Small Town Style (part 1): the Regret of Tuo Township

Song Zhenbang

155K0

Aunt Lu and the prodigal son Liu San in the teahouse help each other in times of adversity, the tragedy of the carpenter Hu Si's attempted elopement with the embroiderer Cui'er, the lonely Hou Wu rescuing an old refugee woman to gain the warmth of mother's love, the humorous sadness of the donkey dealer Lao Qin helping the widowed cauliflower, the kindness of the seasoned brother-in-law, the solidarity and kindness of the wandering artist, the anti-Japanese sentiment of the blacksmith family... All of this is presented in the background of a small town. The sadness of life flows in the folk songs.

Small Town Style (part 2): Castle Storm

Song Zhenbang

149K0

Fighting to the death is not for glory, but for life on earth. In the Northeast under Japanese occupation in the first half of the last century, the five major families in the small town, Song, Xiao, He, Qian and Lin, fought bloody battles in the national struggle of iron and fire. They traveled between small towns, mountains and forests, big cities, and ports, and unfolded the tragic love and hatred between them. The story scenes in this book are grand and magnificent. The epic scroll slowly unfolds, exuding the rich fragrance of local customs, showing a magnificent picture of frosty leaves and colorful leaves.

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