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Family Life

Family Life

General Fiction

Yao Emei

138K01

"Family Life" contains four recent novellas written by Yao Omei, namely "Skeleton in the Cabinet", "The Secret of Genes", "Grandma Is Coming" and "Easy to Play". Family is a theme in literary writing. The author writes about family life from a unique perspective with simple language. Life is an unsolvable journey, where problems arise, problems are solved, and the cycle repeats. "The Skeleton in the Cabinet" re-examines the marriage relationship from the perspective of the "mistress", and "The Secret of the Gene" explores how bad luck is passed down from generation to generation, and how does it linger? "Grandma Is Coming" considers intimacy within the context of blood relationships. "Easy to Play" tells the story of how kindness drags a well-off family into a desperate situation, causing the family to embark on a life experience of embarrassment, laughter and laughter.

Rulfo Trilogy

Rulfo Trilogy

General Fiction

(mexico)juan Rulfo

235K0

"The Burning Field" On the solid, cold land, the dust on the shoulders of the poor is as small as grass. Because of poverty, a cow can decide the fate of a young girl. They were allotted to the ground, but there was not even a blade of grass to protect them from the wind. The raindrops that accidentally fell were swallowed up by the thirsty earth and disappeared in an instant. He committed a crime by begging for grass for the poor animals and hid for most of his life, but they still refused to let him go... On the plain, the wind was dark black and the time was long. No one remembers the time, only the silence contained in the loneliness of all things. Death is a hope for all. "Pedro Páramo" In order to fulfill my mother's last wish, I came to the small town of Comala to look for my father Pedro Páramo, whom I had never met. The kind-hearted donkey driver directed me to stay at the house of Mrs. Eduway Hayes - she seemed to have been waiting for my arrival early in the morning. The village is desolate and desolate, but you can often hear footsteps wiping the ground and buzzing like a swarm of bees. The life there seems to be whispering and rippling in the wind... Through conversations with them, the Comala of the past gradually emerges: Pedro Páramo's family fell into poverty when he was young, and he became a ruler by scheming and plundering, committing all kinds of evil. However, the only son he recognized fell from a horse and died, and the beloved wife he married after half a life went crazy and died. He cursed the entire village, and he could not escape the disaster... Dionisio Binzon in "The Golden Rooster" has a disabled arm and can only make a living as a "caller" in the village. At a temple fair, he rescued a dying golden rooster and took good care of it, but his mother died of overwork. Being poor and destitute, he pinned his fate on the rooster and decided to go out alone. The golden rooster repeatedly won in subsequent cockfights, unexpectedly giving him the courage to live. Traveling all over the country, Bin Song met a "capon girl". Wherever she was, he was invincible. Just when he thought things were going smoothly, fate had its own plans...

The Burning Field (rulfo Trilogy)

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"The Burning Field" On the solid, cold land, the dust on the shoulders of the poor is as small as grass. Because of poverty, a cow can decide the fate of a young girl. They were allotted to the ground, but there was not even a blade of grass to protect them from the wind. The raindrops that accidentally fell were swallowed up by the thirsty earth and disappeared in an instant. He committed a crime by begging for grass for the poor animals and hid for most of his life, but they still refused to let him go... On the plain, the wind was dark black and the time was long. No one remembers the time, only the silence contained in the loneliness of all things. Death is a hope for all.

Loneliness and Warmth: Selected Novels by Wang Zengqi

Wang Zengqi

121K0

Mr. Wang Zengqi's novels have a unique style and can be regarded as a masterpiece of his generation. This book is a selection of his representative novels, originally compiled by him at the invitation of Taiwan Publishing House. Mr. Wang's novels describe human emotions, scenery, and five elements and eight elements. They are pyrotechnic, warm and touching. The chapters included in this book, such as "Ordering", "Da Nao Chronicles" and "Loneliness and Warmth", have become classics in the history of contemporary literature.

The Soul Watching for Five Thousand Years Novel Volume 1

Wang Hairong

140K0

This book is one of eight volumes in the Chinese Qixiang Literature and Art Series. The manuscript catalogs more than ten works related to wolfberry. The work shows the fruitful results of the hard work of the people in the hometown of wolfberry with a rich local flavor, and once again shows the world a wonderful picture of the hometown of wolfberry, expressing the authors' love for Zhongning and wolfberry.

Yichun

Yichun

General Fiction

Zhao Song

133K0

The ten novels in "Yichun" seem to be able to penetrate and merge with each other. Whether they are seemingly realistic, or interspersed with dreams and the flow of consciousness, they all reflect the author's strong overall control. He focuses on the construction of narrative space. Although there are stories of love, family, family, travel, and detective stories interspersed among them, the situation and immersive experience of the novel are the biggest gains he brings to readers. What he wants to emphasize is that novels exist for imaginary worlds to provide intensely unique experiences that become some kind of "reality." These novels have a "story quality", but they are not "stories". In daily life, people who really have stories often talk little. What Zhao Song wants to do is how to make "storytelling" become a fish swimming in the water in silence, constantly changing, disappearing and appearing. In his eyes, real discovery will always make people silent, and understanding silence is the beginning of understanding novels.

Two Tragedies of Euripides

(ancient Greece) Euripides

64K0

Euripides' works concentratedly reflected the political and ideological crisis during the decline of the slave social democracy in Athens. "Medea" is considered the most touching Greek tragedy. It tells the revenge of Medea who was betrayed by her husband. It reflects the writer's sympathy for the social status of women at that time and supports their resistance. "Women of Troy" writes about the pain of many female captives after the fall of Troy, expressing the writer's strong hatred for the war.

Two Tragedies of Aeschylus

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Aeschylus, one of the three great tragic poets in ancient Greece, is said to have created more than 70 tragedies and some "comedies". Among them, "Prometheus Bound" and "Agamemnon" are his most famous tragic masterpieces. "Prometheus Bound" is the first part of the trilogy about Prometheus and the only one handed down. It records the scene of the human hero suffering pain on the rocks of the Caucasus. "Agamemnon" and the Oresteia trilogy mainly focus on opposing unjust wars.

Selected Dude Novels

Selected Dude Novels

General Fiction

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171K0

"Selected Novels of Daudet" selects from French writer Daudet's most representative novels such as "The Mill Letters", "Sunday Stories", and "The Thrilling Adventures of Tartaran of Tarrasgon". There are popular works such as "The Last Lesson" and "The Siege of Berlin" that promote the spirit of patriotism, as well as mill stories full of Provence style in southern France, and the exaggerated and ridiculous "The Adventures of Tatalan". These novels are full of fun and can bring readers pleasure and enjoyment.

The Scarlet Letter the House with Seven Gables

(us) Nathaniel Hawthorne

342K0

"The Scarlet Letter" is Hawthorne's first novel, which describes a romantic love story that took place in colonial New England more than two hundred years ago. The novel has a unique style with profound themes and artistic techniques such as symbolism and metaphor. It caused a huge sensation when it was published in 1850 and is still an immortal classic today. "The House of the Seven Gables" is a novel describing the decline and fall of a large family. The big house that connects the whole story has multiple symbolic meanings. These two works convey the author's views on many issues such as American history, society, politics, religion, art, and morality in a tortuous and mysterious way. They are profound in thought, exquisite in art, and exude lasting charm. They are well-deserved models of American literature.

Heart of Darkness Lord Jim

(english)joseph Conrad

328K0

"Heart of Darkness" is one of Joseph Conrad's major works. Considered the first truly modernist novel in the history of British literature, the work records the story of Captain Marlowe on the Congo River as told on a ship docked outside London. In this work, the author has made profound thoughts on the theme of human civilization and human nature. "Lord Jim" is a novel written by Conrad in 1900. Among all Conrad's works, "Lord Jim" is called a landmark masterpiece. In this work, Conrad incorporates profound moral implications, delicate psychological description and unique narrative techniques. The uncomplicated plot contains the contradictions of human nature and the judgment of human life. The publication of this novel attracted the attention of many critics.

Two Kinds of Sophocles Tragedy

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Sophocles' works have rich and colorful characters and perfect forms, which is an important contribution made by the writer to the development of ancient Greek drama. Among his works, "Oedipus the King" is the most famous, which focuses on the conflict between human will and destiny, and also contributed a classic literary image to the world of literature. "Antigone" shows the conflict between religious belief and legal authority.

One Thousand and One Nights

Arabic Folktales

293K05

"One Thousand and One Nights", also known as "Arabian Nights", is a collection of Arabic folk tales. According to legend, King Shanruyar hated the queen for being selfish and killed her. From then on, he married a girl every day and killed her the next morning. In order to save an innocent woman, Scheherazade, the daughter of the prime minister, voluntarily married the king and told stories every night to arouse the king's interest. Her story was told for One Thousand and One Nights, and finally the king was moved. These stories and characters are intertwined to form a complex picture of social life in the medieval Arab empire. They are precious materials for studying Arab and Eastern history, culture, religion, folk customs, etc.

Song of the Blind

Song of the Blind

General Fiction

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99K0

Carlos Fuentes, the leader of the "Latin American Literature Explosion" and a Mexican literary master who has won numerous awards throughout his life, is a mature masterpiece in his tenth year of debut; four of the seven fantastic stories full of magic have been adapted into movies and put on the big screen; the story concept is exquisite, the plot design is full of drama, and the plot reversal is unexpected. The short story collection "Songs of the Blind" was first published in 1964 and is the second collection of short stories by the Mexican literary master Carlos Fuentes. The book is composed of seven fantastic stories full of magical colors, namely "The Two Elenas", "The Doll Queen", "Destined", "Old Morality", "The Price of Life", "Pure Heart" and "Sea Serpent". Four of them have been adapted into movies and put on the big screen. Each story is well-conceived and the plot is full of drama. The fate of the protagonist often reverses suddenly at the end, which is unexpected. The title of this book, "Songs of the Blind," comes from the last part of "The Book of True Love," a collection of poems compiled by the Spanish poet Juan Ruiz, Archpriest of Ita, in the fourteenth century. This book was published ten years apart from Fuentes's debut novel "The Day of the Mask". During these ten years, Fuentes accumulated rich writing experience and skilled writing skills through the creation of four novels: "The Clearest Area", "Conscience", "The Death of Artemio Cross" and "Ola".

Small Hotel a Leaf of Love (collected Works Translated by Ma Zhencheng)

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This book contains two novels translated by Mr. Ma Zhencheng: "Little Hotel" and "A Leaf of Love". The author Zola was one of the most important writers in France in the 19th century, a representative figure of naturalistic literature, and an important role in the French liberal political movement. Zola was notorious as an "immoral" writer because "The Little Hotel" nakedly exposed the poverty and misfortune in capitalist society. In order to show his many talents, he wrote "Leaf of Love". This story with delicate writing style is very different from his other works.

Looking for Story Players: the First Storyboard Fiction Competition

Brainstorm Storyboard

276K0

This manuscript is a collection of award-winning works from the first fiction competition of Brain Hole Storyboard (2.2 Million fans on Weibo). "Looking for Story Players" contains 30 short stories from the 2018 Fiction Competition. These include romance, urban, and imaginative stories by authors such as Huamu Youzhi, Advanced Fish, Questions, February, Yuehu, You Qichi, Huangbaicheng, Yao Sansui, Araybellar, Sakata Xiaohuang, Lyz, Caiyuezhibin, Yiyang Young, Mulan Without Long Breasts, Orange Medicinal Wine, Jun Chang, Xu Xiaoyue, Mei Yixuan, Hu Guangxiang, Cupping Grand Public Judgment, Qifengyi, etc. The works include romance, history, martial arts, mystery and other genres. This book is a collection of the first brainstorming storyboard fictional novel creation competition. Every year, the Brainstorm Storyboard Fictional Novel Writing Contest causes huge discussions on the Internet and attracts a lot of traffic. There are many young emerging authors who stand out through competitions. Brainstorm Storyboard provides a very good platform for new authors to make their mark in the industry. As a collection of the first competition, this book selects the outstanding works of the competition, which are mainly emerging young authors, integrating various types of novel styles such as imagination, science fiction, martial arts, urban, romance and so on.

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General Fiction

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91K0

This book is based on "The Complete Works of Osamu Dazai" published by Japan's Chikuma Shobo in 1985, and includes 9 short stories and essays by Osamu Dazai, including "The Blind Man Laughs Alone", "Cricket", "A Tale of Poverty", "Eight Scenes of Tokyo" and "The Letter of the Wind". "Eight Views of Tokyo" is Osamu Dazai's farewell message to his youth. "The Blind Man Laughs Alone" uses the diary of a blind musician to write about his optimism in the face of a difficult life. "Cricket" expresses Osamu Dazai's unique views on art, success and wealth through the voice of an artist's wife.

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General Fiction

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85K0

This book is based on "The Complete Works of Osamu Dazai" published by Japan's Chikuma Shobo in 1985, and includes 9 short stories and essays by Osamu Dazai, including "One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji", "Girl Apprentice", "Flag Bearer of the 20th Century", "Grandma's House" and "Lantern". "One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji" is uniquely written and is used in most Japanese high school Chinese textbooks. It centers on Mount Fuji and depicts the scenery of Fuji from multiple angles. Each scenery entrusts Osamu Dazai's emotions. The subtitle of "The Standard Bearer of the Twentieth Century" "I'm sorry for being a human being" has become Osamu Dazai's most famous quote.

Leaf Tremor

Leaf Tremor

General Fiction

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135K03

"The Tremor of the Leaves" is a classic short story collection by the British novelist William Somerset Maugham. It includes six novels including "Macintosh", "The Fall of Edward Barnard", "Achi", "Pond", "Honolulu" and "Rain". These six novels are all set in the South Pacific island as beautiful as the Garden of Eden. As the background of the story, it tells the story of a leader who is not understood, a fiancé who wanders in a foreign land and refuses to look back, a captain who betrays his engagement, a white man who falls in love with a beautiful indigenous girl and dies for her, an indigenous girl who bravely saves her lover, and a man whose faith collapses due to temptation. In particular, the last piece "Rain" is Maugham's famous novel. Whether it is the creation of the plot or the characterization of the characters, it is qualified to be among the best novels in the world.

Unknown Visitor

Unknown Visitor

General Fiction

Dong Zuiye

66K0

This book tells three interesting fantasy stories, which are science fiction, suspense novels, and romance novels. These stories happen around us, and they are filled with the flavor of the times.

Mask Day

Mask Day

General Fiction

(mexico) Carlos Fuentes

35K0

The first work of Carlos Fuentes, the leader of the "Latin American Literature Explosion", takes us to peek into the secrets behind the mask that we don't want to reveal to others. The six stories have different styles and are full of whimsical ideas. When it was first published in 1954, it sparked heated discussions in the Mexican literary world at the time. The collection of short stories "The Day We Weared the Mask" was first published in 1954. It is the first work created by Carlos Fuentes, one of the four protagonists of the "Latin American Literature Explosion" and a master of Mexican literature. The book is composed of six short stories full of text and ideological vitality. There are macro thoughts on human civilization, a political allegory pointing to the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union, a tragic identification with foreign invasion and enlightened monarchs, a bizarre metaphor for the Panama Canal, awe of the Aztec gods, and a mockery of consumerism that ultimately destroys civilization. The whole work is full of whimsical ideas, and the opening chapter "Chuck Mohr" is one of Fuentes's most acclaimed short stories.

Periodic Table of Elements

(italian) Primo Levi

106K0

"Periodic Table of Elements" is a collection of essays by Italian writer Primo Levi with a strong style. It has autobiographical elements, but also combines fables, imagination, and even history. By explaining the characteristics of twenty-one elements, the author narrates his own growth and life before and after World War II, and conducts a profound and moving inquiry into the hidden relationship between human morality and the material world. The two identities of chemist and Auschwitz survivor coexist so strongly in Levi. For Levi, chemistry was "a political school". The material world of chemistry presented him with many subtle ethical and moral metaphors, helping him face the various displacements he experienced as an Italian Jew during the fascist years. Levi used the inert gas "argon" as a metaphor for the separation between the Jewish community where he grew up and other ethnic groups in the Piedmont region; he used "mercury", an unstable and volatile gas, to refer to the Italian intellectuals who followed Hitler at the time; and the element "zinc", which is "inert and requires impurities to carry out chemical reactions", effectively satirized Hitler's absurd statement that "Jews are an impurity that must be removed". The stories of "cerium", "vanadium" and "gold" vaguely restore the painful memory of the author's experience as a "chemical engineer" in Auschwitz; and Levi's views on life are also fully revealed in the last chapter "Carbon". The author uses a super-historical perspective to restore the transmission and circulation of a carbon atom among all things in the world and the human body. Every reader is forced to face the same thinking as Levi: Since life is the accident and reorganization of matter, then must life be nothingness?

Happy Porcelain

Happy Porcelain

General Fiction

Chen Xiaoqing

122K0

"Happy Porcelain" is one of the "Young Writers Collection", a key work support project of the Henan Provincial Writers Association. It includes 75 short novels written by the author in recent years, such as "Big River" and "Happy Porcelain". Most of the selected articles are the author's officially published works in recent years. These stories are either close to reality, or close to dreams, or humorous, or affectionate and sad. They use a variety of techniques to deeply depict the social people's hearts, describe the world and human feelings, show the style of the times, and draw nutrients from traditional literature. They apply the past to the present, write new ideas about classical culture, and fully reflect the intellectual content and artistic value of short novels. It is a collection of short novels with high readability and high literary taste.

Looking for Zong Xiv

Looking for Zong Xiv

General Fiction

Wang Wenpeng

128K0

"Searching for the Fourteenth Sect" is one of the "Young Writers Collection", a key work support project of the Henan Provincial Writers Association. It includes 13 short stories written by the author since 2018. It is divided into four series: Searching, Boys Blocking the Street, The Adventures of Liu Ziqian, and The Answer is Blowing in the Wind. Most of them are works that have been officially published or notified for adoption in recent years. The stories written by the author are close to reality, life and the masses, creating vivid images of ordinary people and showing the spiritual outlook of the people in the new era through them. The works have diverse styles, delicate writing styles, and are durable to read and enjoy.

Lying Woman

Lying Woman

General Fiction

Zhao Dahe

147K0

The novella collection "The Lying Woman" is one of the key work support projects of the Henan Provincial Writers Association "Wending Zhongyuan". It includes the author's representative works created in recent years "Look, My Grandpa", "The Lying Woman", "Girls and Rock", " After Injury", "Childhood Named After a River", "Three Sisters" and "I Want to Give Birth to a Child", a total of 7 articles. These works were published in influential domestic literary publications (such as "Chinese Writers", "Sichuan Literature", "Woodpecker", "Novel Forest", etc.). The author creates vivid characters one by one and shows the spiritual outlook of the people in the new era through them.

Horse Bone Qin

Horse Bone Qin

General Fiction

Niu Hongli

99K0

"Ma Gu Qin" is one of the "Young Writers Collection", a key work support project of the Henan Provincial Writers Association, and includes 12 short stories written by the author. The characters in the novel include Chinese medicine practitioners, nurses, hospital patients, family members, and even a morgue makeup artist. Among them, "White Lotus Seeds" and "Wushi Ji" continue the author's consistent traditional Chinese medicine themes; "White Coat on the Hook" and "Make-up" directly address the moral heart, focusing on writing about the life difficulties of small people, with reflections on human nature, including kindness and harm. This is a collection of novels full of the fragrance of medicinal herbs, integrating artistry and thought. It is also a collection of works rich in the cultural connotation of traditional Chinese medicine.

Fifth Portrait

Fifth Portrait

General Fiction

Qu Congjun

148K0

"The Fifth Portrait" is one of the "Wending Central Plains" series, a key work support project of the Henan Provincial Writers Association, and includes six novellas by the author. In terms of content, this book takes the city as the background, and reveals from different angles the forbearance and loneliness of the urban crowd in the hustle and bustle, and the transformation and accommodation in the chaotic human nature, which can be likened to all living beings in the world. The structure of each novel has its own characteristics and is different. Its wonderful story and character creation and unique novel structure have given birth to the uniqueness of this book, and have reference significance for another creative form of modern traditional literature.

The Complete Collection of Maugham's Short Stories (all 4 Volumes)

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Bohu Ballad

Bohu Ballad

General Fiction

Chen Shixu

139K0

My youth, the precious years of life, belongs to it. I lived on a small sandbank at the mouth of Poyang Lake for nearly ten years. I am sowing hope here, sweating, and blood. Life has used huge, even terrifying storms and floods, as well as the warm sunshine and the wind that blows the sails, to forge the boat of my life roughly yet tenderly, ruthlessly yet generously. After that, my profound experiences of joy and pain, my very warm and very gloomy emotions, and even the source of my creative inspiration, my aesthetic ideals, and the passion and emotion of my artistic pursuit were all connected with it.

Spring Grass Blooms

Spring Grass Blooms

General Fiction

Qiushan Mountain

136K0

Ruoyun stood at the end of the queue, waiting to change her boarding pass. The plane ticket turned out to be a piece of blue tissue paper like an invoice. She tucked it into her work ID for fear of tearing it. Although there were many people in the hall, it was not noisy. It was still dark, and people stared at the windows with sleepy eyes or looked at each other indifferently. Another car stopped at the door. Ruoyun heard the sound of brakes coming from the dark and cold air. After a while, a man and a woman walked in. The man put down his luggage, turned around and said to the woman: Go back. The woman stood, handed the bag of fruits to the man, and said: I wish you a safe journey.

Best Chinese Short Stories of the Year.2015

Editor-in-chief Meng Fanhua

291K0

"Chinese Short Stories of the Year 2015" is edited by the famous literary critic Meng Fanhua. It selects outstanding short stories published by various media and newspapers across the country in 2015. It depicts the appearance of all living beings in the current society, which is fascinating and thought-provoking. The content is concise, the aftertaste is profound, and it has educational significance for society. No matter in terms of language, structure or the communication of meaning, they have strong uniqueness and superb artistry. Short stories are at the forefront of literary concepts and literary creation, and are the most colorful waves in literature.

Falling Flower Season

Falling Flower Season

General Fiction

Qiushan Mountain

101K0

The rain came hard and suddenly. Almost instantly, the sky and the earth were soaked, and the city was soaked in water. Pedestrians on the street disappeared quickly, and cars passed by at high speed, as if they were afraid that if they stopped, they would be floated up and washed away by the accumulated water. The street lights flickered on and off in the rain, like the light of another world, which was a bit strange. It was after eight o'clock in the evening, and some guests who had just finished their meal and were about to leave were blocked at the entrance of the hotel. At this time, taxis become Noah's Ark, and those who are not lucky should not expect to take them. Of course, those who came by car did not care and prepared their own ark to escape. I feel sorry for the many people who didn't even bring an umbrella, not to mention cars, and could only wait for the rain to stop. Some people started calling family and friends for help. There are also some people who stand there and complain in vain. Complaining to God is useless and harmless anyway.

100% Pure Cotton

100% Pure Cotton

General Fiction

Qiushan Mountain

148K0

When Fang Xin was standing on the street waiting for the bus, she seemed to hear someone calling her. She looked up and saw no one, but unexpectedly met the tree under the sky. That's the tree in April. After Fang Xin and Shu smiled at each other, they felt much better. Every spring, Fang Xin will be happy because of the trees. But she only told A Ming about this, and A Ming said she was pretentious. A Ming, Fang Xin's boyfriend. Just now in the office, her boss asked her to go to a banquet with him in the evening and asked her to dress up beautifully. Fang Xin was unhappy. She was not willing to go out with her boss in the first place, but her boss actually explicitly instructed her to dress up, turning an originally happy thing into a task. She said to herself, why do you have to say this? You just need to tell me that the dinner tonight is very important, and I will dress up myself. I'm not mentally retarded. When you say this, you seem to treat me as a dish at a banquet, to be served for others to taste. Bother!

Eight Year Old Canal

Eight Year Old Canal

General Fiction

Qiushan Mountain

158K0

After the white dew, Taoshu, who was over fifty years old, dreamed back to her childhood for three consecutive nights. Dreams with such a long span were rare for her. In the past, she always had some regular dreams, the kind of things she thought about day and night. For example, if you talk to someone about traveling during the day, you dream about being on a train at night, watch a police movie during the day, and dream about chasing thieves in a car at night... It's reasonable and has a source. But the dreams of these three nights were completely different. Some distant and unfamiliar scenes flooded into the dream, and some distant and unfamiliar characters appeared one after another. She even smelled the fishy smell of the canal water, and there was a hint of intimacy in the smell. She almost wanted to grab a handful with both hands and drink it...

Martyrdom (yukio Mishima's Works Series)

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Mishima Yukio's third collection of self-selected short stories before his suicide was published for the first time in China. It is a confession of an anti-era alien isolated in the modern jungle world. "Martyrdom" is Mishima Yukio's third self-selected short story collection before his suicide. The short works included in the collection symbolically depict the central theme of Mishima's literature - the relationship between the yearning for the Roman ideal world and the everyday world - through anti-era protagonists, and seek the meaning of modern "noble race exile" (people with noble blood are teased by fate and exiled) and alien isolation.

The Sun and Iron (mishima Yukio's Works Series)

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Mishima Yukio's self-explanation of his literary career, the essence of Mishima's mysticism in his confrontation with death. Mishima Yukio's masterpiece of prose. Including "The Sun and Iron" and "The Era I Experienced", the author summarizes and reviews his writing career, and creates a prose world that is compatible with emotion and reason based on the literary mechanism of lyric prose.

Death in Midsummer (yukio Mishima's Series)

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Yukio Mishima's collection of self-selected short stories is a masterpiece that uses all techniques to depict the real themes of life; the gorgeous writing that despises daily life, the sound and realistic presentation of the decadent taste of literature, and the extreme depiction of the forgetfulness of fate and hunger. When a loved one dies, can those left behind be saved? "Death in Midsummer" is a collection of short stories written by the author in the 1940s and 1950s. It contains 11 short stories in total. "Death in Midsummer" was created in 1952. It was conceived by the author based on a true story he heard in Kanaihama, Izu. It depicts the joys and sorrows of lovers, life and death, and is a tear-jerking novel. "Tobacco" is his famous masterpiece and was recommended by Kawabata Yasunari. The work depicts the social, political, cultural and other realities of Japan after the end of World War II, as well as the Japanese people's mentality of emerging from the shadow of the war.

Afternoon Towing (mishima Yukio's Works Series)

(japan) Mishima Yukio

74K0

The boy desperately sentenced the mixture of heroes and criminals, disintegrating the toxic reality with the mark of cleansing. "Afternoon Trawling" ostensibly describes the passionate love story between a middle-aged widow and a sailor. In fact, the focus of the book is the psychological transformation process of the widow's son from extreme admiration to the sailor to disillusionment and finally killing his hero with his own hands. The young boy Deng admired the strong body and spirit of the crew member Long Er. However, when he saw his mother and Long Er embracing each other through the gap in the wall, he was shocked. This man who once had nothing to do with the boring world of the sea also began to consider getting married and gradually adapted to life on land. For Den, this was both an unforgivable humiliation and a declaration of war against a hostile reality. In order to launch a final counterattack against the adult world, Den and his friends prepare to execute Ryuuji, "his future appearance". The sensitive and beautiful sea, the human nature full of erotic entanglements, the inner-twisted young man, and the addictive and even irresistible death give this book a unique, strange and colorful "Mishima-style" brand.

Forbidden Colors (mishima Yukio's Works Series)

(japan) Mishima Yukio

253K0

Love is born out of despair, and subtle evil is more beautiful than rough goodness; Mishima Yukio's early novel is a classic work of homosexual description. The old writer Hinoki Shunsuke despised morality and vulgarity and advocated extreme aestheticism. Because he was born ugly, and because his three wives did not love him, he met the handsome gay young man Yuichi and decided to shape Yuichi into a work of art to take revenge on the woman he could not get...

Stories from the End of the World (Yukio Mishima's Works Series)

(japan) Mishima Yukio

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The space of romance and suspense constructs a thorough human nature. The thirteen short stories written by Yukio Mishima, a master of contemporary Japanese literature, from his youth to middle age for more than 20 years, are small and concise in length, with rich and circuitous themes. You can feel Mishima's rich and full expressions. "Tales from the End of the World" is a short story written by Yukio Mishima. It is written in the first person and follows memories based on the memories of when I was eleven years old and vacationed with my family on the Boso Peninsula's Saigaura Coast. Because I refused my father's request for swimming practice, "I" met a young man and woman on the Cape. They played a hide-and-seek game with "me", and while "I" was blindfolded and counting, a sound like a noble bird's call came from the cape. When "I" went to look for them, there was no trace of them. Although I was young, "I" also knew that they ended their lives by sacrificing their lives for love. After that, "I" was scolded by my father for not learning to swim, but I felt incredibly satisfied because "I" remembered a real life-threatening incident. The other twelve short stories in the book span different periods and have different themes.

The Death of Radiguet (work Series by Yukio Mishima)

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"Let me live like a rocket taking off, let myself burn up, and let the night sky gain instant light." Mishima Yukio's thirteen short stories between the ages of seventeen and thirty-one are the masterpieces of Mishima's creative career. The elegance and passion behind his violent death. This book collects thirteen short stories written by Mishima Yukio between the ages of seventeen and thirty-one. When the opening chapter "Moon in the Water" was completed, Mishima was only seventeen years old. The full text consists of seven letters. The unfolding first-person narrative style makes the dialogue between the two parties closely connected and inseparable. The delicate and full psychological monologue is gripping. "Goat Head" reflects the subtle and dramatic changes in the protagonist's heart by describing whether a man can see the transformation of a goat's head when he interacts with different women before and after the war. The combination of realistic scenes and allegorical images brings the story to an abrupt end when it takes a major turn. Mishima's surprising expressiveness and distinct control of rhythm are impressive. In the title work "The Death of Radiguet", Radiguet, a talented writer whom Mishima had admired since his boyhood, passed away under the protection of Cocteau, ending his life at the age of twenty, as predicted: "Within three days, I will be shot by a magic weapon."

The Blue Age (Yukio Mishima's Work Series)

(japan) Mishima Yukio

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"A serious pseudo-heroic biography" is a novel written by Mishima Yukio based on real events. It reflects the spiritual vacillation of post-war youth and the restlessness of society. The detailed psychological description analyzes the characters to the point of being revealed. "To this day, it still uncontrollably contains my incredible attachment." This work has a unique status and emotion in Mishima's heart. "The Blue Age" is the fifth novella by Mishima Yukio. It is based on the Light Club Incident (a case in which students from the University of Tokyo initiated black market financial transactions and violated the law). Makoto Kawasaki, a young talent who grew up in a prominent family in a local city, was severely disciplined by his father since childhood, and therefore developed resistance to his father. Cheng is obsessed with rationalism, and took the opportunity of being victimized in a large-scale fraud case to establish an illegal loan sharking financial company. The plan that I thought could successfully conceal the truth and make a net profit was thwarted. Cheng's youth experienced a lonely and nihilistic disillusionment. Mishima Yukio uses an ironic and exaggerated style to give his works a sharp warning and reflection.

The Sims

The Sims

General Fiction

True Story Project

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This book is a collection of award-winning works in the second non-fiction writing competition of the "True Story Project". It uses 20 real life samples to present the possible outlet of destiny: there are young people who have suffered from entrepreneurial failure, debt, and depression in succession, trying to use talk shows to resolve the absurdity of the current society; People of different identities and classes are all trying hard and decisively to explore the possibility of destiny and find an exit from the iron-walled life. Open these 20 true stories and use individual life cases as a sharp edge to eliminate the banality and repetition of daily life and polish the dullness that has been unconscious for a long time, allowing us to feel the collision and pain again, and to re-understand and define life.

Attic

Attic

General Fiction

Li Liguo

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I have been fond of houses with attics for a long time, mainly because of the sense of form formed by the pitched roof and dormer windows, so that I worked hard to create such a form in a multi-story house I once lived in. Later, I finally lived in a house with an attic... The reason why I chose one of the short stories "Attic" as the name for my collection of novels is because they all came from that attic.

Outsider Plague

Outsider Plague

General Fiction

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This book is a collection of two of the most representative novels by the famous French writer Camus. "The Outsider" reveals the paradoxes in the modern judicial process through the true feelings of a clerk. The social significance of "The Outsider" lies in its profound revelation of absurd reality. "The Plague" is a symbolic novel. In the novel, the story of the people of Ahlan City uniting to fight and defeat the plague fully explains how people should face absurd philosophy. These two works are the shining gems of Camus's literary creation and have become immortal classics in world literature in the twentieth century.

Complete Works of Flaubert's Novels

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Flaubert was a 19th-century French realist novelist. He has been engaged in writing all his life, but the number of finished products is not very large. Including the unfinished novel "Bovard and Pécuchet", there are only five novels and three short stories in total. However, these few works are enough to make him surpass many writers of his generation and enter the ranks of masters. This set of books is the complete collection of his novels, divided into three volumes: the first volume contains "Madame Bovary" and "Salembo"; the middle volume contains "Emotional Education" and "The Temptation of Saint Anthony"; the second volume contains "Three Stories" and "Bovart and Pécuchet".

Wait Until the Weather Clears

Jiang Xingqiang

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This is a collection of realist themes. Its perspective shuttles between urban and rural areas, aiming to write about people's living conditions and spiritual struggles and efforts. The selected titles are selected from 18 novellas written by the writer over the past 30 years, all of which are classics that have been published by well-established and famous magazines and have aroused wide acclaim. The author has a sense of worry, dares to break bottlenecks, and is willing to change. The creative ideas of each work are very clear. He can always focus on the top, write at the bottom, and splash ink on important places. The lines of the words include the glitz of urbanization, the decline of the countryside and the hidden worries of being marginalized, as well as the elements of modern love and marriage that deviate from traditional culture. The novel's characters and stories are vivid, and it provides a wonderful interpretation of the complicated social world, current pain points, and the complexity of people's hearts. Although its tone is low, it is always high-spirited and thought-provoking, and the writing is beautiful and long-lasting.

Migrants

Migrants

General Fiction

Zhang Jingtong

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This book tells four stories full of warmth and worldly reality. The protagonists meet or reunite with the innocence and darkness in their respective worlds, talk to each other, and cling to each other. Life is generally like this. We slowly get closer to each other in the pain of uncovering the secret truth. No matter how many setbacks and changes we experience in the process, we will eventually reconcile with ourselves and be inspired by warmth, so we can live actively and bravely with trauma and love.

Rose Red on Face

Rose Red on Face

General Fiction

Huang Lifeng

178K0

When I was in my twenties and thirties, I wrote many novellas. That's because novellas were popular in the 1980s and 1990s and were called "satisfying novellas", and I wanted to join in the fun. It's a pity that I am still young as a beginner, and what I write is not "satisfactory" (I am not very satisfied). What's more, at that time, it was only handwritten, so it was not easy to submit the manuscript. After encountering several setbacks, I stopped submitting articles. After that, I was busy with life for many years and had little energy to devote myself to novel writing. Occasionally I write a little bit, and after I finish writing, I stuff it into a drawer. It wasn't until I was forty years old that my friend Yang Zhenhua started editing a local publication called "Wu Yuefeng" that I resumed writing novels. "Wu Yuefeng" is a small publication and can only publish short stories. So I started writing short stories.

The Complete Collection of Capote's Short Stories

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This collection of short stories by the most star-studded writer in the entire 20th century shows the creative path of the talented writer Capote before he became a famous boy, wandering through Gothic, dreamy, fashionable, snobbish, innocent, tender, lonely, and behind the annoying negativity, decadence and cynicism, a beautiful manuscript of the times. This book collects all the short stories written by Capote throughout his life: from the Gothic and dreamy American South to the fashionable and snobbish East Coast, from the innocent country boy to the sophisticated celebrities in the prosperous and well-read Vanity Fair, all the unforgettable characters and places in Capote's works are exposed in this complete collection. "The Complete Collection of Short Stories" once again proves that he is a current master of the literary form of short stories, not just a literary celebrity, establishing his most noble status in American literature. This edition also adds a newly discovered posthumous work by Capote, "Yachts and the like."

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