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"A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" is a semi-autobiographical novel written by American writer Betty Smith, first published in 1943. There are no weird and exciting plots in the book, but it touches people's hearts with plain and delicate experiences. It tells the story of the little girl Francie Nolan's growing up experience in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York in the early 20th century. She suffered from family misfortune, discrimination from classmates and social injustice while growing up. However, under the care and influence of her relatives, she loved reading, was strong and unyielding, and was full of enthusiasm for life. She was admitted to university by self-study after work, and finally walked out of the slums. It shows the courage of ordinary people to pursue their dreams and face the hardships of life calmly.

"Steppenwolf" is Hesse's novel published in 1927, with a strong autobiographical flavor. It is a literary expression in which Hermann Hesse investigates the protagonist Harry Haller and strives to reveal and resolve his conflicts with popular culture, industrial society and the power class, as well as his deep psychological crisis. The novel switches between creative multiple perspectives, including the anonymous publisher, a manual called "On Steppenwolf", and Harry himself, showing readers a vivid picture of civil society and the marginalized Steppenwolf during the period of dissociation.

The set includes: "A Girl's Fear", "Before I Leave", "Beartown", "Beartown 2", "A Man Called Ove", "A Man Called Ove Decided to Die" and "The Long Way Home".

The Artist as Critic is a collection of critical dialogues and essays by Oscar Wilde. It consists of four parts of the conversation, including The Decline of Lies, the Critic as Artist, and the Truth of the Mask; The Decline of Lies: A Critical Conversation between Two Highly Aestheticians; Pen, Pencil, and Poison: An Essay on Thomas Griffiths Wainwright (1794–1847), the English Artist and Serial Poisoner; The Critic as Artist: An Essay on Art Written in the Form of a Philosophical Conversation. It contains Wilde's major aesthetic statement; The Truth of the Mask: An Essay Focusing on Dramatic Theory. As an important collection of Oscar Wilde's literary and artistic criticism, it is also an important collection of Oscar Wilde's aesthetic criticism. This small collection embodies the issues of concern to the British literary and artistic circles in the 19th century. It also focuses on fierce debates about the value of literature and art, and whether art and life are superior or inferior. The author also makes his own assessment of the value of some classic literary and artistic works. It can be said to be a concentrated thinking and exploration of literature, art and aesthetics in the 19th century. From today's perspective, it is still critical and sharp. From drama reviews, biographies, to writing dialogues imitating Plato, Wilde discussed the nature of art and beauty in different ways, proposing that "life imitates art far better than art imitates life." The witty and profound words in the book can also let us appreciate the charm of Wilde as an aesthetic thinker.

The lost pearl of the stream of consciousness profoundly influenced the creation of Joyce's "Ulysses", the famous work of "Italian Proust" Italo Svevo! Recommended by James Joyce, J. M. Coetzee, James Wood, and Alain Robbe-Grillet. A wealthy trader from Trieste writes about the most basic experiences of his past life for a psychoanalyst. The uncertain studies at the university, the death of his father, the self-conscious passion for a young girl, the marriage to the girl's sister, the happy and comfortable family life, the mistresses, the more or less lucky and often unprofitable trading business, there was nothing on the surface that could lead to a serious consequence for him: a wife who lovingly maintained the family life, and an agent who wisely managed most of his wealth. Moreover, the aging Zeno did not take an undue interest in these rather ordinary events; he recalled them and interpreted them with only one purpose: to describe his illness and prove that he was ill. The exact nature and vital importance of this belief is what his novel attempts to illustrate in its large format of three hundred and fifty pages. The universe he immerses us in is both grotesque, magical, and completely everyday. It suddenly reaches an exceptional level and remains so until the end.

Between truth and lies, there is a Rashomon gate. Is it because the truth of the world is too monotonous and boring, so it is dyed with mottled colors by human nature? "Rashomon" is the representative work of the Japanese genius writer Ryunosuke Akutagawa. He uses concise writing, concise language and highly charged details to present the various aspects of Japanese society in the early 20th century, and vividly depicts the selfish desires that swing between life and death, and the absurdity and sublimity of human nature. The book contains 8 representative works of Akutagawa Ryunosuke's writing career, including "Rashomon", "Nose" and "Yam Porridge", allowing readers to experience the swing between good and evil at the critical moment of life and death, and to discover the hope blooming in the subtle humanity in the darkness.

"Gertrude" is one of the "artist novels" written by the German writer and Nobel Prize winner Hermann Hesse. It creates two characters with completely different personalities: the opera singer Mott and the composer Kuhn with a disabled leg. The individualist Mott must satisfy the blind and manic passion of the audience in exchange for fame and money, but he hates it all, so he is lonely and empty in his heart, and finally commits suicide in despair. Kuhn was young and energetic, and broke his leg while skiing. From then on, he lost the joy of youth. He devoted all his vitality to the perfect pursuit of art and achieved career success, but his emotional cowardice led to lifelong regrets.

"Under the Wheel" is a masterpiece of the novel by German writer Hesse. The protagonist is the young Hans Gibbenrath. He was born in a small bourgeois family. He was talented, studied hard, and was admitted to the seminary. The life in the seminary is rigid and rigid, and the ideological atmosphere is stagnant. The lively and healthy nature of young people is severely suppressed. Gibbenrath's only friend, Helnie, who has free thoughts and bravely challenges the authority of the school, is expelled. Gibbenrath suffered so much under the twisted and perverted education system that he suffered from neurasthenia and depression. He was forced to drop out of school and work as an apprentice. The apprenticeship burdened his young shoulders, and he eventually drowned. The novel criticizes the destruction of young people by the unreasonable education system.

"Siddhartha" is Hesse's masterpiece. Siddhartha, a young aristocratic young man from ancient India, was handsome and intelligent. In order to pursue peace of mind, he embarked on a journey of pursuing truth alone. He listened to the sermons of the masters, met the famous prostitute Kamala in the city, and became a wealthy businessman. The enjoyment of his soul and body reached its peak, but it made him tired of and despised himself to the extreme. He abandoned everything in the world and wanted to end his life. In that moment of despair, he heard the eternal voice of the river of life... After almost a lifetime of pursuit, Siddhartha experienced the harmony and unity of all things and the indestructible nature of all life, and finally integrated himself into the eternity of the moment.

"Narcissus and Goldmund" is a novel by German writer and Nobel Prize winner Hermann Hesse. The young monk Narcissus was pious and docile, while his friend Goldmund was rebellious and uninhibited. He secretly had trysts with girls, escaped from the monastery and wandered around. Many years later, he was sentenced to death for falling in love with the governor's mistress. Narcissus, who became the abbot of the monastery, rescued him from prison and asked him to specialize in sculpture art. He integrated his life experience into his creations and achieved great success. Unable to settle for the status quo, he traveled again and became seriously ill. Narcissus expressed his friendship to him before his death, making him die happily. The novel shows the conflict between two different human natures.

Robert Morgan, a down-and-out Frenchman, saw an advertisement for Thomson Travel Company looking for a tour guide and translator. He is proficient in multiple languages ​​and successfully applied for the job. Robert took a tour group aboard the Seagull cruise ship. There were 63 members of this tour group, coming from different countries and with different temperaments. After several days of sailing, the Seagull finally arrived at the Azores Islands, and the tourists began to visit. In the second half of the journey, the ship was in danger, and the passengers drifted to the coast of West Africa in a small boat. After experiencing various risks, they finally returned safely. The plot of this book is similar to "Around the World in Eighty Days". The journey is full of dangers and full of fun. It belongs to Verne's fantasy adventure novel series. It is highly readable and suitable for readers of all ages, especially those who love adventure and travel. This publication is the first translation.

"Steppenwolf" is a masterpiece novel by Hermann Hesse, the famous German writer and winner of the 1946 Nobel Prize for Literature. It was published in 1927. The protagonist of the novel, Harry Haller, is a loner living in the city. He has a good education and lives a reclusive citizen's life, but there is a wild Steppenwolf hidden deep in his soul. This deep division in his soul plunged his life into deep pain. The work uses a surrealist approach to demonstrate the loss of faith in the European and American world after the First World War, the desolation of the spiritual world, and the anxiety and split personality of modern people. It is also an "autobiography" of the author who is deeply troubled by depression. This book was once again welcomed by the younger generation in Europe, America and other countries in the 1960s and 1970s.

Add other film and television materials to a movie, and then choose the characters to perform a new interpretation. In the end, the result of the interpretation will change the real world. This is Qin Fen's job. He is like a main god, but he is not really a main god. He is just an ordinary person who was involved in unknown events, but in the end he took on the responsibility of resetting the world! Because every time the performance is successful, you will get points. When you save one million, you can reset the real world to the specified moment. It's a pity that the real world is about to collapse due to the game, but the points in his hand are less than 100,000. What should he do? ("Resident Evil 1" is integrated into "Alien") ("Resident Evil 2" blends into "SpongeBob SquarePants") ("Resident Evil III" merges into "Mad Max Fury Road") ("Resident Evil IV" merges into "The Thing") ("Resident Evil V" is integrated into "Maze Runner") ("Resident Evil VI" is integrated into "Star Wars: Attack of the Clones")

There is no book more sad or lonely than this! "The Outsider" is one of Camus' famous and representative novels. It can be called one of the most famous novels with epoch-making significance in the entire Western literary world in the 20th century. "The Outsider" has thus become one of the most classic characters and one of the most important keywords in Western literature and philosophy. It has become an image representation of the predicament of modern people's lives: each of us is an "outsider."

Qingshan Qie's collection of fantasy short stories exposes the dark side of urban life and pokes fun at the tired social life. A modern woman has a long day full of sweat and tears, encountering all kinds of weird things: difficult customers, weird bosses, a mysterious organization that steals my personality even when I drink coffee, and even being entrusted with important tasks by aliens... In this world like a mud ship, if you want to live a serious life, your mood will turn bad.

A masterpiece by "Master of Storytelling" Somerset Maugham, a classic translation by famous translator Fu Weici, and highly recommended as "a good book". The British painter in the novel is based on the French post-Impressionist master Paul Gauguin. The protagonist was originally a successful securities broker, but became obsessed with painting after reaching middle age. He suddenly abandoned his home and went to Paris to pursue the ideal of painting. He finally chose to abandon the civilized world and fled to the isolated island of Tahiti in the South Pacific. There he finally found the tranquility of his soul and the atmosphere suitable for his artistic temperament, and created one artistic masterpiece after another that shocked later generations. Through the life experiences of such a geek who devoted himself to the pursuit of art and was ignorant of the world, Maugham deeply explored the origin and essence of art, the relationship between personality and genius, as well as the contradictions and interactions between artists and society, art and life, and other thought-provoking issues.

Elegy of the Jazz Age, Fitzgerald's novel, translated by Mr. Wu Ningkun, a famous literary translator from Southwest Associated University. It profoundly reproduces the dream and decadence, arrogance and temptation of America in the 20th century. In the United States in the 1920s, the air was filled with singing and drinking. By chance, the poor clerk Nick breaks into the secret world of the spendthrift tycoon Gatsby. He is surprised to find that the only bond in his heart is the little green light on the other side of the river. In the flickering light, lives his beloved Daisy. However, reality cannot tolerate misty dreams. In the end, the goddess in Gatsby's heart is just a material girl in the earthly world. When all the truth is revealed, Gatsby's tragic life is like fireworks. The brilliance is only for a moment, and the disillusionment is eternal.

Loss is the only way to the end of life, and it is also the only way to return to the true nature. "Sleeping Beauty" is the culmination of Kawabata Yasushi's 60th birthday. Through the five experiences of the old man Eguchi to Sleeping Beauty's house, six sleeping beauties, and three dreams, the novel tells the story of people's helplessness towards aging and death in old age, their inferiority complex towards old men and their nostalgia for youth. The whole work has a transcendent and mysterious beauty that transcends time and space. It integrates Kawabata's lifelong philosophical meditation and guides people to look at the passing time with a heart of repentance, return to the beauty of innocence with a heart of redemption, and have infinite yearning for the beauty of freedom. The old man's ravings are a person's lonely recollections of youth. Life is fleeting, only infinite silence and immortality remain forever.

Love should be reserved for those who deserve it. "Snow Country" is a crystal clear artistic world carved by Kawabata Yasunari's pen. This place, far away from the hustle and bustle, is full of the emptiness and silence of the original state of life. Through the portrayal of the three main characters Shimamura, Komako and Ye Zi, the novel shows the unremitting pursuit of beautiful love, the ultimate yearning for the beauty of reality, and the infinite sorrow for nihilism. Perhaps, love is like the blurry scene on the car window in the snowy country, hazy and as light as the mist before the rising sun, adding a touch of smudged color to the white and cold world...

Happiness is short-lived, but loneliness is permanent. "Ancient Capital" is a literary postcard of the city of Kyoto carefully drawn by Yasunari Kawabata. The novel uses light and delicate writing to narrate the joys and sorrows of the twin sisters Chieko and Naeko, and writes about their bitter life experiences, pure love, and their yearning for a better life. Cleverly, the author places the beautiful relationship between the sisters in the four seasons of Kyoto to describe it. The scenes blend together, allowing readers to appreciate the beauty of Kyoto's ancient culture. Loneliness is like a shadow, coexisting with life. And only lonely people can understand life more deeply. Don't be demanding, don't be envious, explore the true nature of life in the flowers and leaves in front of you.

"Flounder" is a novel by Glass. The work is quite fairy tale-like, using Grimm's fairy tale "The Fisherman and His Wife" as the framework, and doing the opposite, using a unique artistic form to outline nine important stages of human development, revealing the process of dominant men creating violence, pursuing power and reaching the end of the road, and exploring the role of women in promoting real progress, that is, the elimination of hunger. Nine cooks from different eras come to life, and a large number of historical figures and events are integrated into the story. Reality and fantasy are synchronized, and narrative and discussion are intertwined. It reproduces the changes in European history and in a sense depicts a microcosm of the history of Western civilization.

My name is Zhang Mo. Really, the biggest dream of an ordinary person is to have his own grocery store, where he can eat and wait until death. The most important thing is to be safe. The most annoying thing is the way you work hard. Actually, if there is no grocery store, a tavern will do.

The Kyle family, who run a fruit farm in Mallorca, finally ushered in autumn... The third season of the year, also called "winter and spring" in Mallorca. By this time, Peter had already learned the Spanish's relaxed habits, but his wife Ellie could no longer stand it and began to discipline him strictly, causing Peter to struggle. At the same time, the family got acquainted with the island's champagne-drinking wealthy class, and their completely different lifestyle opened their eyes. However, they remain down to earth. Vinegar baths to get rid of mosquitoes, delicious dishes on the island, support from old and new friends, dogs, donkeys, parrots and canaries, all this made them see an autumn they had never experienced before: Viva Mallorca!

In the charming Tramuntana mountains on the island of Mallorca, the Kyle family, who run a farm, ushered in the orange harvest season. To adapt to their new life on Spain's sunny island, the family is trying to learn to relax and take things slowly. However, now is the critical moment: one year has passed, can they make a decent living by growing orange trees? Will Peter's talent for "tomorrow after tomorrow" delay the new home renovation plan indefinitely? Can Ellie, who has had enough of it, get the new swimming pool of her dreams? Will nineteen-year-old Sendy return to Scotland, and will little Charlie be deceived by the luxurious life of the island's rich? Despite dealing with shady customs officials and dodgy businessmen, the Kyle family's sense of humor remains vibrant. As the fragrant and peaceful spring time passed slowly, amidst the falling snow-like almond blossoms, they were helped by a large group of eccentric friends and neighbors. But the highlight was Jock Burns's "Island Heights Carnival Night," the island's biggest social event!

"Let's talk tomorrow" is the rule of life in the Mallorcan countryside, and the Kyle family tried to fight it, but ultimately lost. In the summer, they were supposed to slowly start living a simple life, concentrating on planting orange trees in a valley farm called the "Mayor's Mansion". However, despite a series of trials, setbacks and triumphs, Spain has not let them go. Embarrassing hidden meanings in Spanish, run-ins with the local police, the repercussions of a drinking fight... These scares are everywhere, constantly testing the determination, endurance and, most importantly, sense of humor of this adventurous (some would say "reckless") immigrant family.

"The Metamorphosis: The Complete Works of Kafka's Short and Novels" includes Kafka's classic masterpieces "The Metamorphosis", "The Judgment", "The Cave", "In the Penal Colony", "The Hungry Artist" and other nearly 80 short stories and short stories. It is divided into three volumes. The novelist Wenzel, who lives in Germany, spent three years to finalize the translation. The chapters are all literal translations from the original German versions. To help readers better understand the novel text, the translator's notes and footnotes are attached. The appendix of this publication is "Letter to My Father", a long letter written by Kafka to his father.

"We vaguely know the best places we should go, the beautiful places we want to go, and the heights we should strive to reach. We all want to live a good life, and that is the right hope and ambition. We long for an unshakable belief that we can rely on. However, if all of these are to be realized in the girl's life, what will happen? What a lot of effort it takes." This book is a hardcover illustrated commemorative edition of the "Japanese Translation Series" series. It is based on Osamu Dazai's representative "Female Monologue" short story "The Girl's Disciple". It uses exquisite and beautiful pictures to carefully outline the yearning and hesitation of a young girl facing the future, which is extremely delicate and vivid. Do you still remember what you looked like when you were 14? If for a moment you feel that you have been numbed and confused by life, please open this book and regain your vitality.

This is a fable full of irony, with humorous language and a brisk narrative rhythm. Through these three simple characters, "Japan's best loser", a vulgar and greedy old woman, and a little sparrow whose tongue was pulled out, a kaleidoscope-like fairy tale world is firmly constructed, and the traditional values ​​​​of "good and evil will be rewarded in the end" and "greedy and greedy" are presented in a unique and vivid way. If you have seen enough of the so-called great truths, you might as well read the fables told by Osamu Dazai, uncover layers of fairy tales, and explore the rules of the world.

It was horrifying when I first read it, but I couldn't help myself when I read it again. This is the charm of Ryunosuke Akutagawa's writing, which is profound and cold, and his writing is sharp. This is a story about ideals and reality. The protagonist Yoshihide's entanglement and obsession on the road of creation also alludes to Akutagawa's own thinking on the pursuit of art. Some people spend their whole lives searching for the balance between ideals and real life, and the balance with human morality; some people do not live a life without being crazy, and just to achieve the ultimate in their own eyes, they will go through fire and water without hesitation. Should one insist on the supremacy of ideals throughout his life? What choice would you make?

Three high school friends and former girl band members reunited after they were over 30 years old and found that their respective lives were mired in confusion and powerlessness: one could not feel the slightest jealousy and anger over her husband's cheating; one tried her best to be a "chicken baby" and arranged her daughter's life but was repeatedly frustrated; the other was torn between "living an extraordinary life like her mother" and "never listen to any advice from her mother again." What makes them strive to move forward every day, but they still cannot get a sense of fulfillment and happiness?

One weekend night in 2022, in an apartment in the East Side of Manhattan, New York, the Super Bowl was playing on the TV. Retired physics professor Diana, her husband Max and student Martin are waiting for Jim and his wife to visit. The flight made an emergency landing, the apocalypse was about to break out, and there was silence all around. Conversations in the apartment ranged from astronomical telescopes in north-central Chile to bourbon brands to Einstein's 1912 manuscript on the theory of relativity. In the scenes of Beckett-like monologues, the deepest fears of human civilization are closely followed. Under the silence, the fate of mankind has long been irreversible. Could this be the beginning of World War III? I don't know what weapons World War III will be fought with, but World War IV will definitely be fought with sticks and stones. --Albert Einstein.

Gold is an ordinary professor in the English department. His family makes him tired. After getting the opportunity to hold a senior position in the White House, he gradually distances himself from his family and tries to divorce his wife. But the success he has been pursuing has not brought him happiness... This is a tragicomedy about children growing up, parents getting older, and friends and lovers parting ways.

Malloy Sandor's youth began in Germany. In 1919, he left Kausau and studied at the Leipzig School of Journalism. In Germany, he realized his literary dream and became a columnist for the Frankfurter Zeitung along with famous writers such as Thomas Mann and Theodor Adorno. Thereafter, he traveled throughout Europe, to East Asia, and finally returned to Budapest. For ten years, he was a traveler, writer and journalist. He gazed at the European continent between the two world wars with a calm and rational eye. He glimpsed the twilight moment of civilization through the prosperous surface, and revealed the decadent dark side hidden by beauty: the decline of humanistic traditions, the disintegration of moral ethics, and the disappearance of spiritual homeland. He also recalled the lost world of yesterday with his fiery and sensual pen and fiery sincerity, making his words a lasting reminder of time and history, leaving a testimony for the era behind him. From leaving a foreign land to returning home, it begins with exploration and ends with enlightenment. Malloy experienced the loneliness and confusion of wandering, the uninhibitedness and romance of youth, the friendship and love across classes, and finally confirmed and shouldered his "mission as a Hungarian writer." What he tells is not only his personal destiny, but also the destiny of a generation of European intellectuals.

"The Case of Di Gong of the Tang Dynasty" is a masterpiece written by the Dutch diplomat, sinologist and novelist Gloucester over a period of eighteen years. The book takes Di Renjie, a famous minister of the Tang Dynasty in China, as the protagonist, and tells his legendary experience of solving cases as an official and eliminating harm to the people. The plot of the investigation in the book is treacherous, the mystery and judgment are thought-provoking, and the details are well verified. It not only depicts the image of Di Renjie who is upright, but also outlines the style of the prosperous Tang Dynasty. This masterpiece has been translated into many languages ​​and has been well received by readers from all over the world. It has remained popular for decades. The complete set includes 14 medium-length novels, 2 medium-length novels, and 8 short stories. They are divided into 6 volumes according to the geographical location where the cases occurred, namely "Penglai Chapter", "Hanyuan Chapter", "Puyang Chapter 1", "Puyang Chapter 2", "Lanfang Chapter" and "Sifang Chapter".

Throughout the ages, female characters in narratives have been either beautiful and kind, or ugly and vicious. The silent queen in "Hamlet" and the extremely ugly and vicious sister in "Cinderella". When gender stereotypes become shackles, all Atwood has to do is untie, disrupt and reshape them. This time, Atwood is taking offense on behalf of offended women. I don't even have a name. All this time, I was just "that ugly sister", with the emphasis on the word "ugly". --Page 18 of this book

"The King of Hard Science Fiction" Greg Egan's classic short story masterpiece is so hard-core that it explodes and thrills to the point of trembling! "Flash Hack": If 1+1=2 and 1+1=3 are true at the same time... "Reason for Happiness": If you lose the ability to be "happy", you can only steal joy, anger, sorrow and joy from 800 dead people... "Transformation Dream": If death is faked Pretended to be a beautiful illusion, hidden in a dream that you are destined to forget... "Planck Diving": If you can only embrace the ultimate truth of the physical world at the end of your life... It is indeed the king of hard science fiction, making the sexiness of science come to you!

This set includes "Color of Steel: Trilogy of Court Sword Fighting", "Strength of the Bow: Trilogy of Court Sword Fighting", and "Armor of Death: Trilogy of Court Sword Fighting".

"Memories of Autumn Lanterns" is a prose by Jiang Tan, a native of Qiantang, Zhejiang Province in the Qing Dynasty, recalling trivial matters in his life with his beloved wife Guan Ying (Qiu Fu). The diction of the work is extremely beautiful, and the narration is so tragic that it can make people cry. This book is worth reading for readers interested in such topics. "Autumn Lantern Suo Yi" is a "memory style", which means memoir. Among them, Qiu Fu was described by Lin Yutang as one of the two most lovely women in ancient China. What is written in the book is a couple who are deeply in love, talented and indifferent. They have elegant tastes and compatible temperaments. Although they live in poverty, they spend all day playing chess, calligraphy and painting, and they forget their worries. They are both a couple and two rhyme friends. It is said that Qiu Fu was born weak, but she was gifted with wisdom and extremely high understanding. All elegant arts such as guqin, painting, poetry, and calligraphy are at your fingertips, which is surprising and difficult to understand. The text in the book is beautiful, and readers can enjoy the beauty from it. Although the talented couple Jiang Tan and Guan Ying did not experience any spectacular events, they used their talent and elegance to live their lives as an enviable example of love. The text of the work is natural and smooth, full of poetry and elegance. The author's appreciation, love and longing for his wife are revealed between the lines, which is sincere and touching.

"The Great Gatsby" is a novella written by American writer F. S. Fitzgerald in 1925, set in New York City and Long Island in the 1920s. In America during that period, the air was filled with singing and drinking. By chance, the poor clerk Nick breaks into the secret world of the spendthrift tycoon Gatsby. He is surprised to find that the only connection in Gatsby's heart is the little green light on the other side of the river - where his beloved Daisy lives. However, the cold reality cannot tolerate vague dreams. In the end, the goddess in Gatsby's heart is just a material girl in the mortal world. When all the truth is revealed, Gatsby's tragic life also comes to an end. This book is hailed as one of the most outstanding contemporary American novels. Gatsby's tragedy is a typical representative of the disillusionment of the "American Dream". Haruki Murakami once loudly exclaimed that "The Great Gatsby" is "What an indescribable masterpiece! I really want to tell others the beauty of it."

This book includes the Nobel Prize-winning novel "Snow Country" and seven classic works including "Oil", "Fantasy of May", "Bonfire", "Her Dress", "Thousand Generations", "Orphan's Feelings" and "Human Heart" from the collection of first love short stories "First Love Novels". "Snow Country" is Kawabata Yasunari's representative work of aestheticism. The author uses a graceful and sad style to describe a snow world where the beauty of nothingness, cleanliness and sadness are intertwined for readers. The story mainly tells the story of a Tokyo dance art researcher named Shimamura, who went to a hot spring hotel in the snow country three times, and had a love entanglement with the local geisha Komako and the girl Ye Zi who met by chance. The article is full of delicate emotions of love and futility.

A popular car show host and columnist, a grumpy old man who has repeatedly appeared on the blacklist of the British media, a man who can't tell the difference between barley and wheat, a plant killer, suddenly wants to run a farm. The sowing period coincides with the rainy season that will occur once in decades, the growing season coincides with the driest spring on record, and the harvest period coincides with the epidemic that occurs once in a century. After working hard for a whole year, I made a net profit of 144 pounds. But he never imagined that he could get such pure joy from his Lamborghini tractor, the deer and hares in the fields, the sandwiches made from his own wheat, and the juice squeezed from his own apples. This book is the most authentic and vivid record of the "rural life" that was full of fun and trivial matters throughout the year.

One late night, the girl rushed into the forest with a double-barreled shotgun, put the muzzle of the gun against a man's forehead, and pulled the trigger. People often say that Bear Town is too inconspicuous. This small town located deep in the forest has no unique natural scenery and has not produced any great people. It seems to be expected that even if Bear Town completely disappears one day, no one will notice it. If there is anything different, it is that their junior ice hockey team is about to participate in the national competition, and they really have the opportunity and ability to win the championship. All the hopes and dreams of the town rest on the shoulders of these teenage boys. The hope that carries the entire town soon turns into a heavy burden, when an act of violence before the semifinals intensifies, and the trauma of a young girl turns the entire town into turmoil. All residents will face the most important choice in their lives.

"Yidong Village" is a feature-length film depicting contemporary rural life. The novel was written since the early days of reform and opening up, with a history spanning more than 40 years. It depicts the rural youth represented by Niu Shugui from multiple perspectives, who are proactive and strive to be the best in the same industry. To become bigger and stronger, he was obstructed, framed, and persecuted by the evil forces in the same industry. This created a glorious image of a farmer entrepreneur who was brave enough to forge ahead, persevered, and battled wits and courage with the evil and dark forces. The Dry Heart Willow stands like a stone tablet carved by the years at the entrance of Niujiazhuang Village; it has come from history, and the increasingly changing new situation has always affected and changed the ideas of Niujiazhuang people. In the work, starting from the measurement and mapping of the land in Niujiazhuang, the spring breeze of reform ripples, and the pace of progress of the times surges forward like a wave. People each appear on this golden land and play their different roles. At this point, the story will reach its climax step by step with your attention. The most interesting and exciting scenes, even tear-jerking scenes, will gradually be revealed by the author. The author Li Guoming will tell you the story meticulously, allowing you to touch the pulse of the times and feel how the wise and strong farmer lives. He is by your side, and like you, he has beautiful dreams and the pursuit and desire for a better life in the future.

To escape his brother, Bardas Loredon took a job in the Empire. In order to reunite with his brother again, Gorgos Loreden invaded his hometown and asked the empire for a chance to be close to his brother in exchange for offering his country. The empire swallows everything, and the torrent of destiny will correct itself. The dead dean of the city-state academy, the leader of the prairie people who had no way to seek revenge, the islander brother and sister who accidentally reversed history, the Loredan elder sister who could foresee the future, and Bardas Loredan who should have died... Under this powerful and ruthless force, everyone returned to their place. Is there still a chance for Gorgos, who longs to be reunited, to find his brother?

The Sherlock Holmes series was introduced to China as early as 1896. In 1916, Zhonghua Book Company took the lead in launching "The Complete Works of Sherlock Holmes" - the first Chinese version of the complete works of Sherlock Holmes. In 2012, Zhonghua Book Company created a new version of "New Illustrations and New Translations" (seven volumes), with accurate translations and reliable annotations! In 2022, Zhonghua Book Company will launch the "Illustrated Collection Edition" based on the 2012 edition, which will be fully upgraded - all translations will be revised and nearly 300 additional annotations will be added.

The film of the same name "The Ferryman" has been fully launched, and Legendary Pictures has obtained the film adaptation rights for the "The Ferryman" trilogy. British actor Louis Partridge will play the male protagonist Tristan in the film version of "The Ferryman". After experiencing an extremely thrilling choice, the girl Dylan and the soul ferryman Tristan finally broke the boundary between life and death and came to the real world without any danger. At the same time, a ferryman named Susanna also yearned for them and longed to live in the real world because she spied on them escaping the wasteland. For this reason, she deceived a soul who was extradited by her, and triggered a great change... Just when everyone thought they were safe, the judge of fate suddenly arrived. It was silent, powerful and mysterious, and coldly handed down the verdict: Ferryman, you left the wasteland and gave up your sacred duty. You are going to lose the life you stole on earth. You will return to the wasteland and become one of those evil spirits...

The original title of "Dulan Funny Stories" is "Hundred Funny Stories", which is a collection of short stories in the style of "The Decameron". The author pretends that this is a manuscript preserved in the monastery of Touraine and compiled and published specifically for the entertainment of the Pantagruelists. In fact, these stories are all written by Balzac, but they only use the background and themes from the fourteenth to sixteenth centuries, imitating the language of the sixteenth century and Rabelais's bold, straightforward, lively and vivid writing style. The content mostly involves human affairs and personal relationships between men and women. However, under the cover of all kinds of frivolous jokes and vulgar words, there is no lack of penetrating satire and praise of beautiful human emotions. The translator, Shi Kangqiang, is a famous French translator and writer in China. In this book, Balzac uses Old French. At the request of Xia Wen, senior French editor of the Humanities Society, he translated this strange book in a style that imitates the Song and Yuan dialects. It is both faithful to the original text and consistent in form and tone. It is a rare translation masterpiece.

Cao Ying is the first person in China to translate Sholokhov's works. "Cao Ying's Translation of New Reclamation" was selected into the Chinese Translators' Translation Collection, which meets the requirements of a famous writer, a famous translator, and a famous book. "New Land" (also translated as "Virgin Land Reclaimed") is a two-part novel that took about thirty years to write and won the Lenin Prize immediately after its publication. This novel mainly describes the conflict between the old and new ideas of farmers in the Don River area during the Soviet agricultural collectivization process, as well as the life-and-death struggle between the two camps of revolution and counter-revolution. The hour objectively and truly reflects that magnificent historical struggle, leaving behind a number of classic characters with profound thoughts and sincere emotions, continuing Sholokhov's consistent style.

Keats (1795-1821), a British poet and an outstanding representative of the Romantic school of poetry, is known as the "poet among poets". "Among the great poets in England, almost no one had a humbler origin than Keats." He died young. In his short seven-year poetry writing career (Keats did not write poetry before he was 18 years old), he created so many imaginative, majestic, and direct-to-people works, enough to make him "among the greatest people" in the world. Keats is a giant of British Romantic poetry. He covered various poetry genres, experienced several changes in poetry style, and completed a series of stunning masterpieces. Tu An is a famous Chinese poet and translator of British and American literature. In 2001, he won the Translation Rainbow Award of the second Lu Xun Literature Award in 2001 for his translation of "Selected Poems of John Keats". In 2010, he won the highest honor award in the national translation industry - China Translation Culture Lifetime Achievement Award.