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This manuscript contains Lu Xun's three collections of works: Wild Grass, Erxin Collection, and Huagai Collection. "Wild Grass" is Lu Xun's only collection of prose poems. Written in 1925. The work uses subtle symbols to express the loneliness, confusion and fear of an Enlightenment thinker fighting alone under the white terror. It also expresses the disappointment and hope for the people who "live in confusion and die in a mess". The biggest feature that distinguishes this work from other works of Lu Xun is that it contains profound philosophy and contains all of Lu Xun's philosophy. The Erxin Collection contains 36 essays written by the author between 1930 and 1931, and the Sequel to the Sequel to the Huagai Collection contains seven essays written by the author between 1926 and 1927.

The manuscript of this book is divided into three parts: "The Scream", "Pseudo-Freedom" and "Quasi-Feng Yue Tan (Excerpt)". Among them, "The Scream" contains 14 novels written by the author from 1918 to 1922. These novels truly depict the social life from the Revolution of 1911 to the May 4th Movement. Starting from revolutionary democracy, with the purpose of enlightenment and the spirit of humanitarianism, they reveal various deep-seated social contradictions, conduct a profound analysis and relatively complete negation of China's old system and outdated traditional concepts, and show a strong sense of worry for national survival and a strong desire for social change. "Pseudo-Freedom" contains 42 essays written by the author from January to May 1933. "Quasi Feng Yue Tan (Excerpt)" contains 8 essays written by the author in 1933.

This book contains two classic works by Lu Xun, "Diary of a Madman" and "Hot Wind". "Diary of a Madman" is the first short vernacular diary novel written by Lu Xun and the first modern vernacular novel in China. It was written in April 1918. This article first appeared in the monthly magazine "New Youth", Volume 4, Issue 5, May 15, 1918, and was later included in the collection "Scream". "Hot Wind" refers to a collection of essays written by Lu Xun from 1918 to 1924. At that time, China was in its darkest era, and many people with lofty ideals and benevolence were exploring the root causes of social ills. There was ruthless indifference and affectionate irony in the cultural circles.

"Hometown" is a short story written by the modern writer Lu Xun in 1921. The novel takes "my" activities of returning to my hometown as a clue, follows the plot arrangement of "returning to my hometown" - "being in my hometown" - "leaving my hometown", and based on what "I" see, hear, remember and feel, focusing on the characters of Runtu and Yang Ersao, thus reflecting the rural bankruptcy and the painful life of farmers before and after the Revolution of 1911. At the same time, it deeply points out that due to the influence of the traditional concepts of feudal society, the spiritual constraints of the working people have caused the distortion of innocent human nature, resulting in indifference and isolation between people. It expresses the author's strong dissatisfaction with reality and his strong desire to transform the old society and create a new life. This book also includes a collection of correspondence between Lu Xun and Xu Guangping from March 1925 to June 1929 - "Book of Two Places".

"New Stories" contains eight short stories written by Mr. Lu Xun between 1922 and 1935 based on ancient myths and historical legends. It was first published by Shanghai Culture and Life Publishing House in January 1936 and listed as one of the "Literary Journals" edited by Ba Jin. "New Story" is different from "The Scream" and "Wandering" in terms of material selection and writing method. Mr. Lu Xun himself believed that this was a collection of "myths, legends and historical facts".

This book brings together classics and opens a window to world literature for high school entrance examination students. Among them, in "Jane Eyre", the orphan Jane Eyre has gone through ups and downs since childhood, but she always pursues equality and true love. She is self-respecting and self-respecting when facing love, and resolutely leaves Rochester after discovering that he has a crazy wife, showing her independent and strong personality. "How Steel Was Tempered" takes the Russian October Revolution as the background and tells the story of Paul Korchagin's growth from the bottom of society to a communist fighter. He persisted in creating despite hardships and injuries. His steely will and persistence in his ideals are moving. These two works, one highlights women's independent pursuit, and the other interprets the tenacious revolutionary spirit, can both bring valuable spiritual nourishment to students and help them sprint for the high school entrance examination and personal growth.

This book contains 15 of Maupassant's masterpieces, including "Ball of Suet", "The Necklace", "My Uncle Jules" and other classic works. With his scalpel-like precision, this French literary giant cut through the gorgeous cloak of French society in the 19th century and revealed the most authentic appearance of human nature. In his writings, a necklace can mortgage ten years of youth, a prostitute is more noble than a gentleman, and family love can be measured by money. Maupassant used concise and powerful words to build a world that is both real and profound, making each story a mirror that reflects human nature. These works, created more than a hundred years ago, still shock readers with their sharp insights and eternal themes of human nature, traveling through time and space and touching people's hearts.

[Exquisite novels + realistic literature + women's literature + emotions + local literature + marriage urging + marriage views] "Good Days": Zheng Changfeng came to Ward 102 and met Tian Qiming, a male superior who once felt sorry for him. Tian Qiming not only made things difficult for women in the workplace, but also treated his wife Tang Shuqing badly during marriage. So Tang Shuqing often called Sister Meng, the nurse, to slap Tian Qiming's mouth. Each of the three women has a story behind them. Combined with the current female issues, they collided with various sparks. Finally embark on a new journey together. "Orange": Why hasn't that crazy woman in the village moved away? "Nvshuang": Marriage is a time when women are in a daze. "Shengun": Hey, I, Old Snake Wang, can tell at a glance that this woman will get divorced three times.

This book contains more than 70 short stories written by Northeastern writer Situ Xiuhui, most of which have been published and won awards. With the theme of "promoting truth, goodness and beauty, and opposing fakeness, ugliness and evil", the author focuses on social hot spots, such as "A Bowl of Mung Bean Soup for a Thousand Yuan" explores the value of traditional medicine, and "True and False Business" criticizes the bad habits of following etiquette. The language of the work is simple, borrowing from O. Henry's structure but seeking novelty and change, creating a distinctive image of a small character, and integrating ideological and interesting elements into the ups and downs of the plot. A profound understanding of life and a deep concern for society can be seen between the lines.

This is a collection of women's works written by a male writer. It can be called the history of struggle and emotion of several generations of Chinese women since the reform and opening up. Every vivid female image written by the writer is a real person and has a real existence. They are skillfully interspersed with real details and fleshed out in fictional plots. They come to you one after another with a hot and burning feeling, which makes people unable to avoid or escape. It encourages me to have the courage to live for me.

In the ten years from scratch to possessing three identities, the author has experienced the joys, sorrows, joys and sorrows of life. He has condensed these ten years and these eight words into a book. He uses ridicule, amusement, thinking and other methods to tell readers that he, like everyone else in the world, is just a speck of dust on this vast planet, longing to shine brightly one day.

This book contains 40 novels by the author, with themes covering all aspects of life, including rural and urban themes, migrant workers, civil servants, doctors, teachers, businessmen, etc. The author strives to promote truth, goodness and beauty, and combat falsehood and ugliness in ordinary stories in real life. This artistic expression runs through the entire work. I hope readers can get a useful enlightenment after reading this, which is the author's original intention.

The collection of novels includes 15 short stories, 9 of which have sold film and television rights, and have attracted top-tier Hollywood studios and producers, including Paramount, Netflix, Apple, Lionsgate, Amblin and other companies, as well as "Stranger Things" producer Sean Levy, "The Sinner" Jessica Biel, "WandaVision" screenwriter Mackenzie Dole, etc. Among them, "Backwards" is a flip of "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button", telling the story of a woman who rebuilds her relationship with her long-estranged father, but every day they spend time together, he becomes ten years younger. In "The Nest", the mother who committed suicide at a neighbor's house continues to appear in the lives of everyone around her as a strange image. In "Welcome to Niutou Town", a high-end gated community encounters a power outage. As a result, the parents of every household automatically shut down their phones and fell to the ground. It felt like a children's version of "The Copy Wife". The novel has an ingenious conception, a changing narrative, and a rich sense of imagery. There are various narrative methods, and narrative techniques are consciously explored.

This manuscript is a collection of novellas with realistic themes, including four novellas by Mr. Zeng Xianguo, namely "Labor Pain", "Big Brother", "Qiu Fen Becomes a Mother" and "Repaying Debt". These articles have been published in well-known domestic literary publications such as "Red Rock", "Selected Novels" and "Contemporary". This collection of novels pays attention to the living conditions and spiritual world of ordinary people, and its meticulous observation of ordinary people and affairs constitutes the unique textual tension of the work. It writes warmly and plainly about the world.

Mao Dun: a famous modern Chinese writer, literary critic, cultural activist and social activist. His representative works include "Midnight", "Spring Silkworms", "Autumn Harvest", "End of Winter", "Lin's Shop", etc.

This book selects and compiles the author's 16 legendary short stories and short stories, totaling 200,000 words. The novels are rich in content. Some of them praise the fighting spirit passed down from generation to generation in the old revolutionary base areas, some praise the pure and beautiful love of the younger generation, some tell the mythical hunting stories of the older generation of mountain people, and some depict the deeds of rural intellectual youths who dare to explore and carry out scientific production... Reflecting the lives of the people at the bottom of our country in the 20th century from all aspects. The novel has beautiful writing, fresh style, unique subject matter, vivid characters, and a twists and turns of the story, which is vivid and fascinating.

Nineteen-year-old rising literary star Wei Ziyang is here with his masterpiece "JAC Soul Family" which took him a year and a half to work on! "Jianghuai Soul Family" is a heavy novel collection. It includes five novels written by Wei Ziyang before he was 20 years old, including the novel "Jianghuai Soul", the novellas "Corpses Everywhere" and "Hundred Days", and the short stories "Eating Human Shadows" and "Cancer". What kind of profound understanding of life and world can a nineteen-year-old have? Wei Ziyang will give his answer! In the novel "The Soul of Jianghuai", Wei Ziyang takes us into the turbulent years of the Republic of China from the perspective of an onlooker; in "Bodies Everywhere", let us fully appreciate the shock and charm that magical realism brings to us! This is a novel and unique reading experience; in "Cancer", let us, as sober bystanders, think deeply about life... What is the purpose of living? Wei Ziyang gave the answer: "Everyone lives just to live."

"Lily Nian Nian": This is a story that runs through the love, hate and resentment of two families and two generations. Zhao Zhiguang and Xu Fengming broke through all kinds of constraints and fell in love sincerely in a special era and special circumstances. However, due to a strange combination of circumstances, both of them suffered misfortune. More than twenty years later, outstanding young men Geng Xinghui and Zhao Ruxin fell in love, but at a critical moment they learned the mystery of their life experiences, which was like a bolt from the blue. Fortunately, the two young people not only inherited the older generation's excellent views on marriage and love, but also had a better mind and vision than the previous generation. Not only did they get out of the predicament themselves, but they also relieved their parents from their ideological confusion. "Oath to Be the First to Break the Ice": Jiangcheng, swept by the economic tide, driven by interests, tilted educational resources towards "key" schools, and the school-choice and tutoring habits... Have become more and more intense; Jiangcheng No. 10 Middle School has just been separated from the key middle schools, and is full of contradictions, stretched, and struggling. Li Muping, who had been a "left-behind" principal for three years, was appointed at a critical moment. He brought his own thoughts and ideas about education: to allow every child to enjoy the right to equal education and every student to have the opportunity for a truly quality education. He went through all kinds of doubts, difficulties, interferences, and impacts, and overcame unimaginable difficulties. During this period, he almost encountered "annihilation", and finally won the understanding and support of his surroundings and achieved initial success.

This book contains a total of 31 short stories and short stories by Akutagawa Ryunosuke. "Rashomon" uses a weather-proof layout to push people to the limit of life and death choices, thereby showing the inescapability of "evil" and conveying the author's understanding of human nature. The plot of this work is simple and the language is concise. Although it is a historical novel based on old themes, it is endowed with a certain meaning and describes the people at the bottom of society who are tenaciously struggling to survive. It is not a historical novel in a simple sense. We cannot judge whether everyone's choice is absolutely right or wrong. We should treat the choice of survival and human nature rationally. Everyone may have been to Rashomon. The whole book depicts the contradictory relationship between survival and human nature, and each novel is thought-provoking.

"In Prime Minister Fei's Living Room" is a satirical novel, which is included in the anthology "Jane Dropped from a Dangerous Nest". The story takes the living room of the philanthropist Prime Minister Fei as the core scene. Through a hypocritical "philanthropy" performance, it exposes the greed and moral decay of the bureaucratic class during the Republic of China. On the surface, he talks about morality, but in fact, he is greedy and greedy, forming a strong contrast overtly and covertly. Also included are "The Gills of the Iron Fish" and "The Three Doctors". "The Gills of the Iron Fish" is set against the backdrop of the Anti-Japanese War and tells the tragic story of Mr. Lei, a scientist, who saves the country through science and technology. "The Three Doctors" is included in the novel collection "Humans Are Not Human". It describes three doctors who returned from studying abroad and exposed the hypocrisy and academic corruption of intellectuals in the Republic of China.

A selection of Hu Yepin's short stories include "Pearl Earrings", "Parents", "Snow-White Parrots", "Fighting" and "A Village". The Pearl chapter is about the concubine of a rich gentleman's family who lost her earrings. Before going to bed at night, they discovered that the pendant was missing, and the whole family went out to help his wife find the pearl pendant. Finally, the youngest and helpless boy was arrested and sent outside to be beaten. The master, his wife and all the concubines were very satisfied with this ending. The parents' chapter tells the story of the protagonist being laid off. The parrot chapter is about a parrot that is used to being kept at home and refuses to fly away no matter what. The two chapters, Fighting with Arms and A Village, are very miserable. They are the two heaviest chapters in the entire collection. They were born in an era when wars are raging and safety is worth ten thousand dollars. You have no control over your own destiny. Life and death are random. Sometimes it's a village, sometimes a village is missing. The wheel of life continues. The complete collection is arranged in a progressive manner. Life has its bitterness and sweetness, and more often than not, the bitterness is overwhelming.

"Collection of Yu Dafu's Classic Novels" collects classic short stories by Yu Dafu, an important writer of modern Chinese literature. Yu Dafu is a pioneer of the May Fourth New Literature Movement and one of the founders of modern Chinese romantic literature and autobiographical novels. His novels are famous for their sentimental lyricism, self-exposure, and delicate psychological descriptions, which profoundly reflect the spiritual dilemma and depression of the times among Chinese intellectuals in the early 20th century.

This book is a unique work by Serbian writer Milorad Pavic. It is a collection of novels and stories, including 38 stories, each of which is preceded by biographical information about the fictional author. These fictional authors were created by Pavich himself, and all the stories were written by him. The work is a formal innovation that explores the boundaries between fiction and reality, and each story is a tribute to the literature of a different country, as Pavich meticulously researched their literature. This work is not only a play on literature, but also a challenge to readers, inviting them to enter a complex world of fictional characters and stories. In this way, Pavich creates a literary universe that is both fascinating and multi-layered. The 38 stories are accompanied by imaginative paintings by Canadian-based illustrator Feng Xue.

This book is a collection of short stories published by Beauvoir in 1967. Among Beauvoir's published essays, novels, autobiographies and letters, it belongs to her later creation. The three short stories collected all have women as the protagonists, which can be said to be the three types of women's experiences in modern society. Among them, "The Age of Sensible" tells the story of middle-aged professional women's dissatisfaction and anxiety about themselves, their husbands, and their son's marriage and career prospects; "Monologue" is the whole story of a single mother, and underneath the neurotic words is the pain of her little daughter's suicide; "Exhausted Woman" uses the form of a diary to show the psychological journey of a housewife coping with her husband's extramarital affair. Beauvoir depicts three women in crisis: one considers herself a good mother and tries to control everything; one is full of resentment and worry about her family and children; one is abandoned by her husband and is at a loss as to what to do.

This book is a collection of short stories by Brazilian literary giant Joao Guimaraes Rosa, including 21 stories. This was created after he suffered a serious illness, which gave him a new perception and mentality, giving the work deeper philosophical depth and literary expression. The stories in the book go beyond superficial narratives. Rosa uses perceptual thinking and philosophical writing to vividly present the glory and shadow of the human heart. Each story focuses on daily details and small moments, containing huge turning points in life. Rosa's works are like a door leading into the fog, leading readers through the wilderness and suffering in the hinterland of Brazil, revealing the complex emotions and philosophical propositions of human beings between the extreme and the ordinary.

This book collects thirty-two short stories about myths and legends that the author has published in newspapers and periodicals across the country, including "Condor Porcelain", "Bleeding Teapot Lid", "Savage Racing Camel", etc. The work is written fluently, and through myths and legends, it educates the world and inspires positive energy.

I'm not a criminal at all, and my cat knows it. But who would believe it? Ai-chan couldn't speak. I could only explain it over and over again, but they didn't listen at all. Well, let me tell you again. My name is Li Weijun, and my cat's name is Ai Jiang. On the day of the incident, this was like this--

This book is a collection of short stories, consisting of 27 short dialogues between mythological characters. It is a strange book with a special form and a representative work in the collection of Pavese's short stories. Through dialogues between characters from ancient Greek mythology, the writer talks about universal experiences of the world: childhood, family, sexuality, poetry, love, struggle, failure and resistance. The selected mythological characters are closely related to the author's personal troubles, interests, and concepts, and are his Jungian prototypes and poetic endorsements. One reference for this book is Leopardi's "Moral Pieces" (19th-century Italian poet and philosopher), but "Dialogues" focuses more on mythology than philosophy. In his interpretation and rewriting of traditional mythology, Pavese presents fundamental themes such as fate, tragedy, childhood, and failure. These mythological characters are closely related to the author's personal troubles, interests, and concepts, and are his Jungian prototypes and poetic endorsements.

This book is a collection of Niu Bocheng's works, including short stories and short stories such as "Flu", "Water Glass on the Bed", "White Wall", "Dry Desire", "White Circle", "Flies", "Roman's Equation", and "Wandering Soul".

This book contains four of Kawabata Yasunari's late masterpieces: "The Lake", "Waltz of Flowers", "Sleeping Beauty" and "Arm". In the late period of Kawabata Yasunari's creation, the themes of his works became more bold and the thoughts he expressed became more profound. "The Lake" reveals the loneliness that cannot be cured throughout a person's life, and all pursuits and longings are nothing but sorrow and illusion; "Waltz of Flowers" expresses the author's belief in art through a lingering and pathos first love; "Sleeping Beauty" and "Arm" embody Kawabata's unique thinking on the philosophy of life based on the Eastern cultural tradition. Although the content is absurd, it is full of Zen principles. The inclusion of Kawabata's late masterpieces in one book reflects the literary professionalism of People's Literature Publishing House in selecting the collection of Kawabata Yasunari's works. The translator of this book, Chen Dewen, has been immersed in the translation of Japanese classic literature for many years. He not only has a special liking for Kawabata Yasunari's writings, but also has many years of painstaking research, making him the best choice to translate Kawabata's works. In this publication, the text has been revised again to make it more concise and elegant.

This book contains four of Kawabata Yasunari's most famous masterpieces, "Snow Country", "Ancient Capital", "Thousand-Feathered Crane" and "Hachidori". Kawabata Yasunari is the first Japanese writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. As a national professional publishing house for domestic literary publishing, People's Literature Publishing House publishes Kawabata Yasunari's anthology, which also reflects the professionalism of literature. Kawabata Yasunari has many works, so the selection and collection of texts are very important. The "Snow Country", "Ancient Capital" and "Thousand-Feathered Crane" selected in this book are not only Kawabata's representative works, but also spanned the author's prime period of creation in terms of creation time. From them, we can see the essence and peak of the author's creation. "Hachidori" is in the same vein as "Thousand-Feathered Crane" in terms of content, allowing readers to have a more comprehensive understanding of Kawabata Yasunari's works. This kind of arrangement is not found in other anthologies. The translator of this book, Chen Dewen, is a senior Japanese literature translator who graduated from Peking University's Japanese major in the 1960s. He began translating Japanese classic literature as early as the early 1980s. His years of experience in Japanese literature translation have given him not only in-depth research on Kawabata Yasunari's literature, but also unique insights. He is the best candidate to translate Kawabata's works.

"The Dancing Girl of Izu" is an autobiographical novel written by Kawabata Yasunari based on his trip to Izu when he was nineteen years old (1918). The author lost his parents when he was young, and when he was sixteen, all his relatives left him. His tragic life experience gave him a withdrawn and melancholy character. In order to relieve this depressed mood, the author started a journey to Izu alone when he was nineteen years old. On the way, he met a group of artists who made a living from touring performances. The author was moved by the innocence and kindness of one of the fourteen-year-old dancers, and followed them all the way. Unfortunately, the huge identity difference between the two made this hazy love affair end in vain. Through the delicate description of the scenery, the author allows readers to immerse themselves in the beautiful scenery of Izu and at the same time sigh at the beautiful and hazy emotions between ignorant boys and girls, achieving a harmonious blend of love and scenery. The novel is the author's early masterpiece and most famous work. It was widely praised as soon as it was published and has been adapted to the screen many times. It is a famous article in the history of Japanese literature describing the innocent love between young men and women. This book also includes several famous short stories by Kawabata Yasunari.

This book is a collection of short stories and short stories by the well-known author of "Vanity Fair" Thackeray, which is translated and published for the first time in China. In a unique way and angle, the work provides an in-depth and detailed description and revelation of human nature and the common snobbish behavior in society. "The Little Banquet at the Timmins House" allows us to see how things like treating guests to dinner in society are deeply affected by "snobbery", which is also true today. The plot of the novel is vivid and humorous. "Deadly Boots" tells the story of the snobbish protagonist who, under the influence of pursuing money and society, encounters setbacks and misfortunes because of a pair of boots, which ultimately puts his life in trouble. The novel fully reflects the author's writing characteristics and personality in his representative works such as "Vanity Fair" and is quite enlightening. "The Hogerty Diamond" is a rare novella. The story surrounding a diamond allows readers to see all kinds of characters with different snobbish faces. The characters in the story can be seen even today, which is what makes a classic masterpiece extraordinary. Thackeray is indeed worthy of being a master of describing snobbery, a human weakness. His exposure of this common and typical phenomenon is profound, showing the enduring charm of his work.

This book includes Kawabata Yasunari's three representative works "Celebrity", "Dancing Girl" and "Sound of the Mountain". Kawabata Yasunari, Japan's first Nobel Prize winner for literature, wrote many works throughout his life. Publishing his anthology first involves the selection and collection of texts. As a national-level professional publishing house for domestic literary publishing, the People's Literature Publishing House publishes Kawabata Yasunari's anthology, which also reflects the professionalism of literature. The three works selected in this book, "Celebrity", "Dancer" and "Sound of the Mountain", are masterpieces from Kawabata's creative prime. The contents of these three works are different. "Celebrity" tells the story of a Go player; "Dancer" reflects the uneasiness of post-war Japanese society through the love story of a dancer mother and daughter; and "Sound of the Mountain" is a representative of family novels in Japan's aging society after the war. The three novels not only have different story themes, but also different artistic ideas expressed, from which we can see the author's superb creative level. The translator of this book, Chen Dewen, started translating Japanese classic literature as early as the early 1980s. He has been immersed in Japanese literary translation experience for many years. He not only has in-depth research on Kawabata Yasunari's literature, but also has unique insights. He is the best choice to translate Kawabata's works. In this publication, the text has been specially revised to make it more concise and elegant.

The collection of novels includes ten novels with realistic themes created in recent years that reflect the current society, including "You Are Not Just Yourself", "The Invisible Man", "The Fourth Person", "Happiness Plan" and "Snail", which have been published in domestic literary publications. The novels are mostly set in modern cities and small towns, depicting ordinary people. They not only pay attention to their living difficulties, but also try to penetrate into human nature and understand their desires, anxiety, loneliness, pain, and even some dark corners of human nature. Yu Yan's novels always focus on the contradictory and confusing side of human nature. They do not shy away from the humble little consciousness that emerges from time to time in small characters, but also strive to show their side that is attracted by a flicker of light. They not only have a strong emotional impact, but also convey the power to awaken the world.

This book is a collection of award-winning short stories and short stories in the 2024 Harvest Literature List, including ten short stories (in order of ranking: Ban Yu, Zhu Jing, Li Xiuwen, Chi Shang, Deng Yiguang, Dai Bing, Du Qiao, Shuang Xuetao, Niu Jianzhe, Bao Zhuo), ten novellas (in order of ranking: Zhegui, Liu Ting, Zhang Chu, Du Li, Sun Pin, Yang Fang, Yuan Deyin, Ma Jiahui, Wang Xiangfu, Qijingnian). With these twenty key works, we strive to present to the public the original short and medium-length works that are most worthy of reading and worthy of attention of the year, reflecting the achievements and explorations of current literary creation.

Is there a possibility? The world doesn't just start once or twice. As long as you find a switch, it can restart infinitely. In every dimension, I may be a mushroom growing in the air, or I may suddenly appear on the bed of a stranger who is dying, or I may become an African lion... What are all things? Does it exist before me, as small as a waterfall that I cannot grasp, or is it a cage that changes because of me but always closes me in it? When one day I discovered that time and space can reopen temporarily, I found the secret key to this world; when I understood that "infinite possibilities" is just an empty talk, that's when I truly grew up.

Sitting in the room is divided into three chapters: you, me, and him. In three different chapters, characters are described and portrayed from different narrative perspectives, and different lives are created, experienced and perceived in different personal contexts. All descriptions in the novel are derived from public life, seeking life force from the people, reflecting the impact of life from various situations, and bursting out in countless emotions one by one. The novel also attaches great importance to people's spiritual world. Many descriptions focus on the state of mind, the reflection of body skills, and the influence of spiritual energy on the body.

This book is a collection of short stories and short stories describing naval military life. The book selects the most representative works of writers such as Aaron Kwok, Lu Yingmo, Zhou Ming, Gao Mi, etc., Most of which were published in publications such as "People's Liberation Army Literature and Art". The author uses natural, delicate and emotional writing style to tell touching stories about the navy, such as the growth trajectory of the sonar soldiers, the mental journey of the officers and soldiers guarding the island, the deep friendship between comrades, vivid stories on the voyage, etc., Showing the lofty ideals and firm beliefs of the soldiers, and promoting the feelings of the soldiers' family and country.

This book contains Dag Solstad's two representative works "Shyness and Dignity" and "The Night of Professor Anderson". "Shyness and Dignity" (Genanse og verdighet) Elias Jukla is a high school teacher in his fifties who teaches literature courses to his graduating class. On this day, he went to school to teach as usual, explaining Ibsen's "The Wild Duck"; the students were drowsy in class as usual, and were indifferent to his new insights into Ibsen's works that came to him during the lecture. After class, he walked out of the classroom to go home, but he became very angry because of an umbrella that could not be opened. He lost control and smashed the umbrella. At the same time, he realized that he could no longer face the students and colleagues who witnessed his loss of control. He walked out of school and stood at a loss in the drizzle of Oslo, not knowing where he should go. On this seemingly ordinary day but destined to be a turning point in his life, he stood at a crossroads and recalled his youth, his former best friend John Corneliussen and his stunningly beautiful wife Eva, their high-spirited college life, and all the sudden changes that followed. He felt like he was drifting away from this era, and there was nothing he could do about it. "Professor Andersens natt" (Professor Andersens natt) is an existential murder story. The black humor of the Norwegian literary master. Fifty-five-year-old Professor Poul Anderson witnessed a murder in the apartment opposite on Christmas Eve. He told himself that he should call the police, but he couldn't make up his mind to pick up the phone; he went to a friend's Christmas party and wanted to talk to his friend about the incident, but he could never find the right time to do so. At the same time, he could not control his curiosity about the murderer, and eagerly wanted to know his name, what he looked like, and what kind of person he was. Throughout the Christmas and New Year holidays, he paid close attention to the movements in the window opposite, and gradually learned the name, appearance and even the pattern of the murderer's movements, and also passed by him. Professor Anderson thought about it and constructed many possibilities in his mind. One evening a few days later, he met the murderer in a Japanese restaurant near his home. They sat next to each other, had an opportunity to talk, and even walked home together...

Recommended by Haruki Murakami and Susan Sontag, this collection of feminist short stories makes people cry and laugh at the same time. All the important works of Grace Perret are presented in Chinese for the first time. "I live a woman's life, and I write these stories." Grace Paley, a unique and outstanding writer in the 20th century, tells the dilemmas that every woman faces. Paley is a famous American Jewish writer whose works have been unanimously praised by many internationally renowned writers such as Haruki Murakami, Susan Sontag, and Angela Carter. In this book, Perret uses unique insights and rare compassion for the characters to describe the love and conflicts between parents and children, and between husband and wife, as well as the difficulties and confusions that women face in daily life, etc.

"Land is too big a ship for me." An immortal masterpiece that spans the history of film and literature. This book contains the complete original work of the movie "The Pianist" and "Silk", which was praised as a "literary treasure" by The Times. Newly translated by the famous translator Chen Ying. "The Pianist at Sea" is the original film of the same name directed by Giuseppe Tornatore. It tells the legendary life of the "1900" pianist at sea who never set foot on land. In 1900, on the luxury cruise ship "Virginia", an orphan was abandoned in the first class cabin. He was seen by the sailors on the ship, raised him and named him 1900. As 1900 grew up, he showed his talent for playing the piano without a teacher. He played music that no one had ever heard in the band on the ship. Everyone who heard him play was deeply moved. "Silk" tells the story of a natural disaster that almost destroyed France's silk industry in the mid-19th century. Retired soldier Hervé Jungour left his beloved wife and went to Japan to buy silkworm seeds under the entrustment of French silk merchant Bardabiu. Barico narrates the subtle eroticism of this journey in a restrained, mythical, elegant and moving way.

He was prophesied to be a woman long before he was born. In order for the prophecy to come true, he became his twin sister; he was asked to reconstruct the dream of a deceased man who had lost his voice, and he knew the key to performing this task was to first let himself become this man; after being forgotten by the game Before, he was the only player... "Game from Darkness", the first work of Li Yiqiao born in the 1980s, is divided into front and back with the volume title "Outside and Inside", and presents seven stories with various styles. With amazing imagination, it combines sensibility and reason, literature and programming. This batch of short stories is a unique masterpiece of a supernova breaking through reality, and it is also a brilliant harvest for Taiwan's literary world in 2017.

This book includes 10 excellent works, including "The Non-Existent Daughter", "Lin Chunhong", "Zhang Jinlian", "Frog Song", "Pigeon", "Four Seasons", "My Grandpa is the God of Thunder", "Roof Beam", "Jianzhijuan" and "Yaksha". This book will lead readers into the imaginary maze of the Barrel Rider's short stories and embark on a modern fantasy journey. The book is full of bizarre plots and settings, and its fantasy and absurd elements bring readers a unique reading experience.

The story tells the story of lovers and friends living in five different world lines, set in the same city. They overlap and influence each other, creating unexpected outcomes. A few stories describe all the sadness and happiness in the world! And the only one who can understand all this is the reader. After reading the five stories in order, I was so shocked that I doubted everything I knew and saw. Reasoning: "Detective Qingying's Cash Ledger" - the ultimate reasoning that the young detective cannot surpass; Youth: "The laughing fruit is outstanding!" "--The explosive youth of a high school comic combination; science fiction: "Future Bass" - the high-speed and exciting explosive life of a high school girl; fantasy: "Lakua Breznor and the Memories of the Dead" - the adventure on earth where a magician is willing to die; love: "Love and Disease" - the ultimate love of a five-minute memory patient.

The manuscript contains five urban women-themed novellas written by Coubaini in recent years. The five novels are set in Lijing Garden Community, and tell the living conditions of 30-year-old women living here in the form of a unit drama. The five seemingly independent stories are intertwined with each other's characters and stories, forming an organic whole. They are "lactobacilli girls", small and huge, weak and beneficial. They may be flower shop clerks, aquarium mermaids, piano teachers, book editors... They carry different scars deep in their hearts, doing small things that are beneficial to society, but no one cares about them when they fall into the difficulties and confusion of life. With the mutual help of female groups, the Lactobacillus girls embarked on the road of self-understanding and self-reconciliation. From a female piano teacher trapped in a third-party emotional whirlpool, to a mother suffering from the pain of losing a child, to a roommate girl living in her sister's nightmare, through journeys of spiritual healing, they found the way for Lactobacillus girls to survive and live in the city: being small is good, being weak is also good, everyone must find their own light. Coubaini pays attention to the 30+ women who are working hard to live in the fast-paced and stressful city. The storyline is touching, the writing is healing and delicate, and it has the power of spiritual healing.

This book contains three novellas with different themes and styles, all of which are Fei Ying's new works in the past eight months: "Xing Zehuan", "Reverse Scenery" and "The Legend of Dzi Beads". The main line of "Xing Zehuan" is the experience of a "little antique dealer" returning home. With prose style and flowing rhythm, he connects his subtle feelings about material, history, time and space, and memory, and captures various traces of people and things. "Reverse Scenery" is a "fantasy" novel in the modern literary style, and it is also a written theater constructed with traditional Chinese literary images: a person has no dreams because he has no words, but even without words, he can speak and poetry. Once you realize that "poetry" has occurred, the dream begins. This explains the connection and contingency of text-consciousness-dream-event. "The Legend of Dzi Beads" is divided into three parts, which can also be regarded as an extremely condensed novel: "Chinatown" details the daily life of various immigrant groups in the 13th arrondissement of Paris (and "me" who has expired residence); "Research Career" tells about "me" as an antique dealer and my colleagues' working methods and the current situation of the industry, and "me" as a history student "The research and exploration of Idar beads; the main plot of "The Legend of Dzi Beads" took place in Taiwan. During several interactions with the bead hunter Riga, "I" came to the "Institute of Bead Scientists" and witnessed the imitation process of the "fourth generation" Dzi beads. I accidentally entered a party and watched the small missionary site of Ms. K, who considered herself a contemporary successor of theosophy. The closest "I" remember to Idar was at a gem exchange meeting on the German-French border. Thomas, an antique dealer who was traveling with him, told me about his great-grandfather who had too many orders for European agate and his eyes were half-blind due to constant punching.

If I was really given some more time, I would live my life differently. So that you don't die like an animal that gets hit in the head with a hammer, be prepared to not be afraid next time. Let the hottest, truest, and clearest thing in my heart be released. Towards the terrifying and ruthless world, towards a life that could inadvertently abandon me at any time. First, light the fire, and then watch it with all your strength until it burns out.

This book contains many short and medium-length stories by Li Li, such as "A Courtyard Full of Sophora Blossoms", "Special Tasks", and "Bloodline", and uses a cold writing style to outline the various aspects of living beings in urban and rural changes. The work focuses on the ups and downs of ordinary people inside and outside the system: there is Dawei, a young man who is trapped in a single dormitory in his work unit, struggling between worldliness and ideals; there is the "First Secretary" who goes to work in the countryside and tries to rebuild hope on the land; there are also three generations of ancestors and grandchildren who straddle the revolutionary era and modern society, and are soaked in the feelings of family and country in their blood... The work is full of compassionate gazes on the bottom, and also has profound interrogations about the ills of the times. Between the lines, there is a deep tribute to idealism and a cold reflection on social transformation.

The Jingchu Literary Circle Writers Library selects a collection of novellas by writer Amu. Folk folk songs connect seven novellas, telling the various aspects of life that happened in the Jianghan generation from the late Qing Dynasty to modern times. There are lovers who are in love but have no chance to get married, and in the end they are separated; there is a daughter who got married when she was young, and experienced the death of many people around her in the torrent of the times. After many years, she returned to her hometown and the world has changed; the stage built by one hand collapsed in the smoke of the war, and the cultural webmaster experienced Still protecting the context after many twists and turns... The seven novels may seem unrelated at first glance, but in fact the protagonists and supporting characters in each story will appear in different chapters, with changes in priority and identity. The plots of the novels therefore loop back and forth, with a sophisticated structure, vivid and interesting.