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Profit First

Profit First

General Fiction

Second Night

98K0

In the financial world where interests are paramount, Qin Lang, as a financial regulator, conducted an in-depth investigation into a tens of billions of corruption cases and exposed the corruption of Sun Zeshen, a senior executive of Minfu Bank. During the process, he encountered many difficulties and dangers, and even nearly died many times. With the help of Su Ya, He Xi and others, Qin Lang gradually approached the truth, but Sun Zeshen was always able to escape cleverly and pressed forward step by step. A battle between justice and evil unfolds fiercely in the whirlpool of money and power.

The Legend of Dragon and Phoenix Heroes

Ge Guilin

301K0

The story takes place in Youfang District, Jianping during the Republic of China. The mothers-in-law of Li Jingquan and Zhang Dachang each gave birth to a boy and girl. They were born on the same day in the same month of the same year. The boy was a few minutes older than the girl. The boy's name is Li Guiwu and the girl's name is Zhang Qiushuang. When Li Guiwu was six years old, because his father and brother went to foreign mines and could not come back, he buried his dead grandfather and began to study in a private school again, becoming a disciple of Li Xiucai. Mr. Li saw that he was a good young man. After studying for two years, he gave him a horse and a sword. Through his connections, he sent him to Qilin Mountain to learn martial arts from a Shaolin master. At the age of ten, he was recommended by his sister and brother-in-law to attend Baoding Yude Middle School. At the age of twelve, when the Japanese invaded the September 18th Incident, he and several classmates broke out of the encirclement and put down the Erlongshan coup. They went to Erlongshan and joined many mountain villages to join the Northeast Anti-Japanese Volunteer Army. Zhang Dachang's life gradually declined due to his son being arrested as a laborer and the drought in Nuruerhu Mountain District for nine years in ten years. There were also Japanese invaders who burned, killed, looted and trampled everywhere. I moved to the mountains, opened up wasteland, and entered the Lawanwan Guijianchou Mountains. The forests, animals, medicines, plants, and local products in the mountains are all treasures. Zhang Qiushuang and Li Guiwu went to Li Xiucai's private school together, and are now in their teens. There is nothing wrong with riding a horse and shooting arrows. Later, he met the fairy girl who was working in Qingyue Temple and recruited her as her disciple. The secret was revealed: she and Li Guiwu, who were born on the same day and the same month in the same year, were a child prodigy and fairy - a couple.

Harlem

Harlem

General Fiction

(us) Colson Whitehead

196K0

Put everyone's indignation, hope, and anger into a bottle and make it into a bomb. This is Harlem: a chaotic paradise, a wonderful hell. Carney, a used furniture dealer in Harlem, lost his mother when he was nine and his father disappeared. The family can only squeeze into a small and dilapidated apartment, and money is often tight, but Carney knows that he will not always be a mouse crawling out of the gutter and squeezing through the door. When he is rich one day, he will live in Binhe Road, a six-story red brick building with beautiful white cornices. Carney was involved in the robbery of the Theresa Hotel by his cousin Freddy, and he lived a double life from then on, secretly associating with prostitutes, pimps, thieves, killers, and stolen goods dealers. He climbed up step by step, and fell deeper and deeper into the vortex of gangs and political struggles...

Wittgenstein's Nephew: a Friendship

(austria) Thomas Bernhard

76K0

In 1967, my friend Paul Wittgenstein (nephew of the famous philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein) and I were living in a hospital in Vienna at the same time, me being treated for a lung disease and he being treated for psychiatry. I don't think it was a coincidence that we were suddenly hospitalized at the same time and once again nearing the end of our lives. But I also don't let this fact carry too much fate. I was in the Hermann ward, and the thought of my friend Paul in the Ludwig ward made me feel less lonely. I am not going to deceive myself anymore, I am not going to beautify anything, there is nothing that can be beautified, what is going on non-stop in this society and this world is to beautify everything, and in the most disgusting way.

A French Life

A French Life

General Fiction

(france) Jean-paul Dubois

197K0

A masterpiece by Jean-Paul Dubois, winner of the Prix Goncourt, and winner of the Femina Prize. Give me a moment to surrender to life gracefully. Accurately depicts the loss and sobriety, loneliness and lust of contemporary people. "At that time, I was eight years old and my brother was less than ten years old. He always patiently told me about the changes in the adult world while protecting me from its vicissitudes." "I was twenty-four years old, with a weird diploma in my pocket and a distorted view of this charcoal-black world. This year, Picasso died, and my young life was chaotic and disorderly, like the most Cubist style of his paintings." "I. I had just turned thirty-eight, stuck in a respectable marriage, and my children didn't trust me. I always thought I could resist the temptation and pressure of social discipline, but now I realize that, like everyone else, I have been trapped in it. "My name is Paul Blico, and I am fifty-four years old. I take my medicine on time, live alone, eat dinner alone, grow old alone, and try to stay in touch with my children..."

Under the Wheel

Under the Wheel

General Fiction

(germany) Hermann Hesse

93K02

"Under the Wheel" is a semi-autobiographical novel written early in Hesse's creative career. It tells the story of the genius boy Hans Gibbenrath who gradually became tragic under the harsh educational system and social pressure. Hans was born in a small town in Germany and was extremely talented. He studied hard under the expectations of his family and teachers, and passed the state examination to enter the famous Maulbronn Academy. He sacrificed all the entertainment of his childhood just to meet the expectations of his father and teachers and become a "model student." Hans met the rebellious Hermann Heilner, who advocated freedom and despised the rigid education system. Heilner was expelled for defying school rules, while Hans gradually became physically and mentally exhausted due to mental depression and academic pressure, and his grades declined. Hans was forced to drop out of school due to neurasthenia. After returning to his hometown, he became a factory apprentice. He was ignored by society and eventually led to tragedy.

A Speck of Dust

A Speck of Dust

General Fiction

Yanjie

75K0

In middle school, Han Ruyun met Chu Tian, ​​a teacher who influenced her life. Chu Tian's guidance and support inspired her love and pursuit of science. Faced with family difficulties and personal challenges, Han Ruyun chose to drop out of school and co-operate a bookstore with Chu Tian while insisting on self-study. With Chutian's help, she not only completed high school courses, but also taught herself college courses, and was eventually admitted to Beijing Normal University. However, just when she was about to start a new stage of life, Chu Tian unfortunately died in a car accident. Han Ruyun continued to move forward in grief, and finally won the Nobel Prize in Physics for his outstanding scientific research achievements, realizing his dream and completing the best memorial to Chu Tian.

Mother

Mother

General Fiction

Lu Li

204K0

Zhugen met Xiao Ling, a young female employee by chance, and they had a close bond. He made up his mind to legally divorce his wife, but was jointly sued by Xiao Ling's parents and ex-wife. He was unjustly punished and returned to the mountains to work as a farmer. Xiao Ling jumped out of the bustling urban area and went to the mountains to spend time with Zhugen through hardships. They were framed by their enemies one after another. Their magnanimity and innocence defeated the evil forces, gained understanding from fellow villagers, and friendly help from all parties, which enabled Zhugen to avenge her injustice and develop bamboo weaving handicrafts with her fiancée. Under the guidance of the masked knights, the bamboo handicrafts they produced were hailed as "Oriental treasures" by more than 80 countries and regions and entered the international market. After they created earth-shattering achievements, they used the 30,000 yuan bonus to build high-voltage lines, build roads, and carry out water conservancy construction for the villagers in the mountains. They stayed in poverty, filial piety and nurturing the young.

Moss

Moss

General Fiction

Han Shisan

187K0

Guan Xiaotong stars in the latest work of the original author of "Born at the Right Time" - a realist masterpiece comparable to "The Unknown". Focusing on the survival and emotional entanglements of the marginalized people at the bottom of the city, it touches people's hearts more than "The Metamorphosis"! You say, we are all rootless moss, living in the darkest corner; you say, we are all marginal people walking on a tightrope, guarding against the abyss in the reinforced jungle; you always sing the same song, the asphalt road in the city is too hard, and the moss living there cannot bloom or bear fruit. When a cowardly father meets a vain and vain son; when a useless migrant worker is soaked in desire by the bustling city; when all the joys, sorrows, sorrows, love, hatred, and false obsessions intertwine and explode, can they finally understand each other and usher in the dawn of life?

Aiming for the Title 1939

Remaining Farmland

194K0

The latest masterpiece by Yu Geng, the original author of "I Am Yu Huanshui", is more real than "Tomb Raiders" and more thrilling than "Ghost Blowing the Lamp"! An extremely brutal battle for a national treasure, a glorious and dark game about faith, loyalty and betrayal of human nature! In 1939, Yu Baoju, the eldest brother of the Yu brothers who started out as an antique restorer in Anyang City, devised a clever plan to seize the unearthed artifact, the Stepmother Wufang Ding. After receiving the news, the Japanese army forced the Yu brothers to hand over the bronze tripod. The second brother Yu Liangju, who was good at repairing antiques, collected scrap copperware and cast a fake tripod with the help of a shopkeeper. Yu Baoju personally escorted the fake tripod to the Japanese military police headquarters, but was discovered on the spot. It turns out that the stepmother Wufang Ding was missing one of the tripod ears when it was unearthed. When Yu Liangju made the fake tripod, he copied a complete bronze tripod in order to avoid unnecessary complications. Unexpectedly, the lost tripod ear was unearthed several years before the bronze tripod. It spread to Japan and fell into the hands of the Jingdoshan brother and sister, an oracle bone inscription expert. Jingdaoshan revealed on the spot that what Yu Baoju sent was a fake tripod...

Letter Guest

Letter Guest

General Fiction

Tianya

222K0

Two generations of letter carriers conveyed old stories of Ningbo and Shanghai in the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China, as well as the conditions of the family and the country during a difficult period. A messenger is a person who delivers a message, also called a courier or courier. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, as Ningbo, Shanghai and other places were opened as "five trade ports", the "Ningbo Gang" rose rapidly. At that time, more and more people from Qiyi in Siming Dynasty traveled to Shanghai to make a living and do business, and goods, letters, and money came and went more and more frequently. Letter customers who specialized in delivering goods between Ningbo and Shanghai gradually appeared in the society. Chang Zai is such a believer. After his wife passed away after a long illness, Chang Zhong was deeply aware of the uncertainty of fate, and was determined to make his son Chang Xing independent as soon as possible. After much thought, he decided to let Chang Xing also become a letter guest. One winter morning in the 19th year of Guangxu's reign (1893), Chang Zou carried two baskets of goods and took his son Chang Xing, who was traveling far away for the first time, on the road to Shanghai...

Beautiful Friends (foreign Literature Masterpiece Series)

(french) Maupassant

214K0

"Beautiful Friend" exposes the shady story of the press of the Third French Republic through the description of the rise to prominence of a shameless villain, Duroy. It profoundly reveals the complex political and economic phenomena and colonialist war policies of the Third French Republic, and can be called a historical picture of French society at the end of the 19th century. "Beautiful Friend" is a highly critical satirical novel. By describing the process of Duroyal's fortune, it criticizes the despicability and filthiness of the souls of people like "Duroy". It was considered by critics as: "Of all Maupassant's creations, its social picture is the broadest, the most exposed, and the most powerful in its criticism." The translator is Zhang Guanyao, a professor of French at Peking University. He has long been committed to the translation of French literature. His translation is smooth and elegant, which is highly consistent with the style of Maupassant's works.

I'm a Massage Technician

Li Mingcheng

159K0

Analyze the inside story of alternative professions and gain insight into various emotions in the world. You've seen a blind masseuse, but have you seen a deaf masseuse? The bitterness of it is hard to describe in words. Original life, not to be missed!

Those Household Chores in the Grass Class

Yang Xincheng

48K0

After Zhang Sanlai from Sanliwan Village in Hohai City retired, he set up a tea stall at the Bajiao Pavilion on the embankment of Longyang River to discuss topics of life and death after retirement with his old friends. He successively talked with more than a dozen old friends, including Li Laishun, Cui Dazilushi, and Li Pinghe. These people come from different industries and have different life experiences and retirement lives. Their discussions covered aspects such as lifestyle after retirement, mentality adjustment, views on death, etc., Showing a variety of life attitudes and thoughts on life, and also reflected social changes and changes in people's concepts.

There is No "line" in Life

(us) Nikki Erlick

180K0

On a cold spring day in March, people all over the world woke up from their sleep and found without warning a wooden box at the door, with their names engraved on it, and inside there was only one line and one sentence: The line of your destiny lies in it. No one knew the origin and intention of the box, and all the surveillance cameras that night were disabled. It was originally thought to be some kind of large-scale prank, but as thousands of authentication photos were posted online, the world suddenly fell into panic, and governments around the world rushed to investigate. A few months later, governments of various countries, in conjunction with the United Nations, unanimously confirmed that the line in the box represents the length of your life. As long as the actual length of the line is known, the exact age at death can be calculated. The story of "Life Without "Lines" unfolds from the perspectives of multiple characters, each of which frames a different shape of life: an emergency room doctor who saves countless lives but cannot save his own, a friend who thinks we can grow old together, a military school classmate who is forced to exchange dreams, a strange pen pal who unexpectedly becomes romantically involved, and an ambitious politician favored by the god of fate. Destiny has long been determined, but how to interpret it and how to deal with it depends on human will and choice. With the arrival of the wooden box, the world has changed a lot, but it can be said that it has hardly changed, because people are still confused and hesitant, still busy and afraid of losing, still feeling uneasy in happiness, and still moving steadily towards the light in the unknown.

Shen Nian

Shen Nian

General Fiction

Li Li

264K0

The story revolves around characters such as Xie Changgen, Mao Zai, and Deng Zhan. Xie Changgen retired from the system and tried to find the "roots" of his life, but fell into an identity crisis amid urbanization and rural changes; after the disappearance of his wife and the death of his son, Mao Zai took his adopted daughter Xiao Nizi to wander around, and gradually reconciled with himself in the process of search and redemption; Deng Zhan returned to his hometown from the city and formed a spiritual echo with Xie Changgen, and the two watched each other in aging and loneliness. With "searching" as the main line, the work connects issues such as intergenerational conflict, aging, and the disappearance of rural culture. Through the fate of three generations, it reveals the insignificance and tenacity of individuals in the torrent of history, as well as the eternal pursuit of "belonging."

Plum Calyx

Plum Calyx

General Fiction

Amu

126K0

Awen, who traveled to Hainan, was invited by Xuemei's son Wansheng to return to Heishan City. The past is gone, time has passed, everything in Heishan City is very different from what he remembered. The original Meiyuan Hotel has been transformed into Meiyuan International Hotel. Yuegui, the waiter at that time, has now become a leader in her own right. All the old friends in the literary world are now drifting away. Facing the reunion of his old lover, the recognition of his illegitimate daughter, and the fall and departure of his son, Awen returns to all the joys and sorrows of the past year, reflecting the collision of the city's modern transformation and traditional culture. Through Awen's perspective, the novel connects the grievances and resentments of two generations, explores the themes of family, love and destiny, and finally shows the vicissitudes of a city and a group of people in regret and reconciliation.

Xujia Garden

Xujia Garden

General Fiction

Ye Zhaoyan

282K0

"The Garden of the Family" is the latest novel by the writer Ye Zhaoyan. It takes an old house in the south of Nanjing, two families, and the intertwined life stories of three generations as the main line to write an epic of civilians in the Republic of China for more than 70 years. Going to the countryside, resuming the college entrance examination, opening up to the outside world, going abroad, doing business, reforming state-owned enterprises, developing the economy, rebuilding shantytowns... "Zhangjia Garden" has witnessed the ups and downs of the protagonist Tianjing and a group of relatives, friends and neighbors, and has also witnessed the turn of major contemporary historical moments.

Demons (selected Collections of Dostoevsky)

G

471K0

In 1869, Nechayev, a college student who believed in anarchism, conspired to establish the "People's Punishment Society" in Moscow. On the pretext that former member Ivanov might inform the authorities, he instigated his associates to assassinate him, and Nechayev himself fled abroad. Inspired by this horrific case, Dostoevsky spent two years writing the novel "The Demons." The novel creates a group of characters with complex personalities: Stavrogin, a transhumanist who denies everything, Kirillov, a madman who attempts to commit suicide and become a god, Peter, a conspirator who uses revolution as a means to satisfy his selfish desires, and those bewitched, devout and fanatical idealists. Behind their ridiculous or heinous behavior, there is a deep tragedy hidden. The nihilism caused by extreme rationality and individualism is a by-product of modern industrial civilization. When people break away from the land and people, abandon all morals and traditions, have no faith, no love, no fear, and no refuge, while winning freedom, they also suffer hellish pain. "Demons" is not only a portrayal of the social reality of Russia in the mid-to-late 19th century, but also a prediction of the spiritual dilemma that contemporary people still cannot escape.

Snow Trainee

Snow Trainee

General Fiction

L

121K0

I am a polar bear. I was once the "Circus Flower" in Moscow. I wrote my memoirs after I was injured and retired. I submitted my work to a magazine and actually embarked on a journey of exile. The manuscript paper in West Berlin was as white as the ice field of my hometown. I wrote down the names of my unborn daughter and grandson, and the story automatically developed into the future... "Stories that no one wants to hear are like open holes. I was sucked in and disappeared." - An insider transformed into an outsider "bear", feeling Berlin with and without walls through thick fur; the drastic changes of the times are like a heavy snow, so light and yet so heavy.

A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

(russia) Alexander Solzhenitsyn

85K0

Ivan Denisovich Shukhov was originally a member of a collective farm. He fought on the front line during the German-Soviet War and was unfortunately captured by the German army. However, he took the opportunity to escape back to the army, but was arrested and interrogated. Under the torture of the Soviet counterintelligence agency, he was forced to admit that he was a German spy in order to survive. He was sentenced to ten years in prison for treason and sent to a special labor camp. The author uses simple and unpretentious line drawings to focus on the long and arduous day spent by Shukhov in the labor camp. Through a large number of details, he paints a shocking and gloomy picture in the ordinary narrative and memories, showing the rough life of the protagonist. This novel is Solzhenitsyn's first published work and one of his masterpieces. It was the first novel in the history of Soviet literature to describe life in a labor camp. It undoubtedly became a sensational event in the Soviet literary world at that time, and also attracted great attention in the West, and the author became famous.

Seeing Women Duology: Driftwood + My Fragrance

Yang Benfen

149K0

"Driftwood" is a work adapted from real events and is the sequel to "Autumn Garden". An eighty-year-old grandmother told the story of her and her mother, as well as her family, relatives, and fellow villagers in the hinterland of Central and South China. In those days, people were ups and downs like driftwood in the water, drifting with the current, struggling to survive. Their fates were ups and downs in the great era, drifting without direction. Some were broken, and some still had a glimmer of hope. Most of the lives of the characters involved in the text no longer exist, just like bubbles bursting on the water and lightning disappearing in the sky. This article tells the story of the resilience and beauty of the Chinese people throughout their lives through memories. This life is like the memory of a dewdrop, small and short-lived. But before the dewdrop burst, it was also shining brightly, and it was a complete universe. "My Fragrance" tells the marriage story of an ordinary woman in the 1967s. Huicai, a young girl with excellent academic performance, moved to Jiangxi to study because the technical secondary school she attended was closed. On the eve of graduation, she was about to be sent to the countryside due to her background. Huicai, who was desperate, was persuaded by her friends to marry Dr. Lu, whom she had just met. After her marriage, she was thrifty and worked hard at home. However, differences in personality preferences and behavior caused constant friction between Huicai and her husband, and having children completely interrupted her education. The passionate and sensitive Huicai can't move an indifferent heart no matter what. She is repeatedly frustrated and refuses to indulge in pain. She is still studying, working, and raising children with great vigor - even if no one appreciates it, she will try her best to bloom her fragrance.

Scam

Scam

General Fiction

Hanzhi Knows

180K0

In 2008, at the Longmen Hotel in Xilan City, Nanfeng unexpectedly met his ex-girlfriend Qiao Yuhong, who had cheated on him in the past. Deep pain and deep-seated hatred surged into my heart, and so a ridiculous and ridiculous "scam" began. "I lied to you, are you willing?" "I do." Betrayed by friends, deceived by lovers, Nanfeng, who "thinks he is not a good person", blatantly designs on his ex-girlfriend, but walks into other people's traps step by step and becomes a pawn and shield in their fame and fortune and emotional road. Who is Mantis among these active or helpless deceptions? Who is Oriole? Who is the cicada again? In pain and confusion, how will they open the door to escape from the false world?

The Seventh Zone (nordic Literature Translation Series)

(denmark) Sven O. Meissen

139K0

This book is a widely read classic of contemporary Danish fiction. The novel sets up a social situation, that is, in this society everyone has an object to observe, and may also be observed by others. So what amazing stories will happen in it? As explained in the topological theory, everyone is connected in this way, so they need to behave appropriately and comply with the requirements of morality and law. Can this be a perfect state of life and avoid all crimes? The end of the novel is an open ending for readers to explore together.

The Priest's Daughter (nordic Literature Translation Series)

(finland) Juhani Aho

72K0

"The Pastor's Daughter" (Papintyt? R) is the first full-length novel by the famous Finnish realist writer Juhani Aho, which plays an important role in his realist creative career. "The Preacher's Daughter" tells the story of Ellie, a young and sensitive woman, her childhood and youth, and her longing for love. The book describes how Ellie's father opposed his daughter's participation in boys' games, ignored his daughter's thirst for knowledge, and finally forcibly interrupted her studies and asked her to marry a man she did not love, thereby repeating her mother's life trajectory, which was to be content with a loveless marriage. The author criticizes the Finnish society at that time for neglecting girls' mental training and female education, as well as women's weak status in marriage.

Protect the Flowers from Blooming

Li Ju

209K0

The author makes full use of his very familiar life accumulation and spent three years in the familiar environment of the remote county-level No. 1 Middle School to describe for us a group of teachers who are like the Bodhi Mother: Qin Fang, the grade director who is willing to stand in the way of a student, and Jiang Lichun, a young teacher who postponed his marriage to save a student who fell in love early. The heroine Chen Qing is even more like the Virgin Mary. She uses a heart of gold to warm the hearts of every student she teaches. She takes Wang Tao, a poor student, to live with her son at home. She visits the home of Chen Jinfeng, a student suffering from mental depression, again and again to solve the difficulties within her power and relieve her heart knot. To encourage Youpen Fang Haichao, a student of Jing Production Craftsmanship, has developed in many aspects. She spent her own money to buy semi-finished products... In addition, there are Teacher Huang, Teacher Zhu, and Teacher Hua... Although they have different personalities, for a common goal, with great kindness to education and great love for students, they adhere to the professional ethics of being a teacher and a moral role model.

Fortune (season 1)

Fortune (season 1)

General Fiction

Liu Chunlai

199K0

The two eras are so different that it may take Westerners two hundred years to realize them, but it only takes the Chinese thirty years to realize them. Dragon Scale City is the small town where the author lives. He has never sworn an oath to her, but he does love her. He saw the fifteen-mile mashi street quietly disappearing, and a modern new city slowly and unconsciously formed. How did they go through this process? How much confusion have they had, and how much have they been touched? What did they lose and what did they gain in the process?

White Feast

White Feast

General Fiction

H

86K0

Originally titled "Heart Transplant", the work was adapted from the heart transplant procedure performed at the Sapporo Medical University Affiliated Hospital in 1968. It is a novel by Jun Watanabe. Driven by the motivation to become a heart transplant performer, the protagonist Yusuke Shigeto transplants the heart of a young man who was brain-dead due to drowning into a young patient with congenital heart disease. The process is accompanied by opposition within the hospital and doubts from the patient's family. Newspaper reporter Kentaro Tomatsuka keenly sensed the huge news value behind this incident, and worked hard to dig out internal information in order to write sensational headlines. The novel is driven by a two-line narrative, which not only has a sense of semi-documentary reality, but also develops a rich imagination of the protagonist's inner world. The tense atmosphere between characters with different positions is vividly expressed on the page through the author's vivid description. Through this work, we can find the origin of the narrative charm of Watanabe Junichi's novels.

Sky Garden

Sky Garden

General Fiction

I

118K0

This is a satirical novel about whether family members should have no reservations about each other. Under the cover of the so-called open and honest family rules, family members each have their own secrets. The grandmother has a little-known story, the mother has been acting out of character recently, the son is on the verge of collapse, the daughter plans to stalk the mother, and there is an unspoken relationship between the father and the tutor. The appearance of a peaceful life is just the tip of the iceberg. How many dark secrets are there under the water? Many people believe that marriage is a crucial part of life, but once you get married, is everything going to be fine? The fictitious beauty is like a garden in the sky, high above but out of reach.

Lamb Cooked in Goat's Milk

L

208K0

It all stems from an extremely boring bet... In this era when everyone can become the opposite of a hero, as a writer, I believe that writing is meaningless, while at the same time I am eager to write my "primary" work. When I was hesitating, a friend sent me the miraculous "Bude Soup", and I made a bet while drunk that I could turn a loser into a great writer. The semi-literate Vitek accidentally fell into a gambling game. After some packing, we entered the Moscow literary circle. All the big and small people got involved and regarded this person as a genius. With trepidation, I found myself embarking on the rugged road of fighting against absurdity. You have to get the scalp of this unfair life before you give up! Soon, the news spread that the genius had written a mysterious novel, and everyone was eager to see it. Comments, interviews, and live TV broadcasts came one after another. Everything seemed so smooth. Who could have expected that a big mess would happen on live TV, and the disaster was almost inevitable... At this time, the Baker Award jury across the ocean extended an olive branch... Between fear and trembling, intoxication and sobriety, how will this farce end?

Female Red

Female Red

General Fiction

Cheng Xiaoying

167K0

The pure Shanghai narrative continues the flavor of Shanghai's "Flowers"; the past life in the world of mortals is vivid and fragrant, telling the choices and love of the parents' generation; looking back at the memory of Shanghai in a special era, reshaping the obscured urban scenes; awakening the simple and sighing past life. In the 1990s, the city's first pillar industry was quietly changing. Shanghai's textile industry reached a point of collapse. Workers in a textile factory in Yangshupu also came to a fork in their own destiny. The stories of Shanghai textile workers of that era, whether they were re-employed or no longer employed, and their various living conditions were colorful and vibrant, presented the rebirth process of idealists one by one. Looking back, it still makes people sigh with emotion.

Shed

Shed

General Fiction

L

128K0

"Asia Weekly" Top Ten Best Books, the first novel by Malaysian Chinese female writer He Shufang! Between the star chain of equatorial islands and towns, the fifty years that women have walked through are dark and dim, and their memories are dim. On May 13, 1969, a sudden disaster changed the lives of Guiying's family, as well as her friends and neighbors who rented in Sardine House. He Shufang, a Malaysian Chinese female writer who was born in 1970, intervened in the historical events that occurred a year before her birth in the form of a novel. Write about the lives of the heroines on the day when the incident occurred and in the delayed years that followed. From the late 1960s to the 2010s, they experienced dark memories, traveled south and north, accepted the fate of being together and separated, and survived tenaciously. As if forced into a never-ending wandering, he gradually ages, is born, and changes in the rubber forests, mines, lakes, and urban landscapes. Slow healing across isolation and broken lives.

Sleepwalker (all Three Volumes)

(austria) Hermann Bloch

479K0

"The Sleepwalker" is the first novel by the Austrian writer Hermann Bloch, and is known as "the immortal masterpiece after "Ulysses"." The novel focuses on the turbulent thirty years in Europe from the late 19th century to the early 20th century, and creates the image of three generations of "sleepwalkers" in the form of a trilogy. The sleepwalker walks between waking and deep sleep, reality and dreams, which is a condensation of people's mental state in an era when social values ​​continue to collapse. Because of writing "The Sleepwalker", Bloch became a well-deserved literary giant in modern Europe.

Sleepwalker 3: 1918: Hu Guinao or Realism

J

209K0

The third part "1918: Hu Guinao or Realism": Hu Guinao, a selfish deserter, a "sleepwalker" who is complicit in the chaotic and disordered era. The deserter Hu Guinao hid in Tibet and came to the small town of Trier. Relying on his lies, he transformed into an agent of the arms group. He dealt with dignitaries and celebrities led by Major Passeno, purchased the newspaper edited by Ash, and legitimately lived in the small town as the publisher of the newspaper. Unlike Hu Guinao, under the shadow of war, everyone else in the town was in pain and hesitation: the depressed lawyer's wife died of the influenza, the wartime reserve soldier who escaped death suffered a mental breakdown, the second lieutenant who lost his arm lost hope in life... As the war continued, a riot and fire completely overturned the already precarious tranquility of the town.

The True Story of Ah Q (illustrated by Feng Zikai)

Written By Lu Xun And Illustrated By Feng Zikai

21K0

"The True Story of Ah Q" is the masterpiece of Lu Xun's novels and a famous work in the history of Chinese literature. The novel is set in the Chinese countryside before and after the Revolution of 1911. It tells the story of Ah Q, a wandering farmhand in Weichuang, who, although he is "really capable" of work, has nothing, and even his name has been forgotten. The novel profoundly expresses the inferiority, conservativeness, xenophobia, resignation, and arrogance of the Chinese people formed under the suffocation of feudal culture. Through Ah Q's "Spiritual Victory Method", it vividly portrays the numbness, ignorance, and self-deception of backward peasants. The illustrations in the novel were drawn by Feng Zikai. Lu Xun's words and Feng Zikai's illustrations complement each other and more vividly present the rich characters and storylines written by Lu Xun, providing a special version for current readers to better understand Lu Xun.

Medicine (illustration by Feng Zikai)

Written By Lu Xun And Illustrated By Feng Zikai

5K0

"Medicine" is a short story written by Lu Xun. Through the story of the teahouse owner Hua Laoshuan and his wife buying human blood steamed buns for their son Xiaoshuan to treat his illness, it reveals the numbness and ignorance caused by long-term feudal rule on the people, secretly praises the heroic and unyielding spirit of the revolutionary Xia Yu, and points out the limitations of the Revolution of 1911 that failed to close to the masses. The illustrations in the novel were drawn by Feng Zikai. Lu Xun's words and Feng Zikai's illustrations complement each other and more vividly present the rich characters and storylines written by Lu Xun, providing a special version for current readers to better understand Lu Xun.

Storm (illustration by Feng Zikai)

Written By Lu Xun And Illustrated By Feng Zikai

4K0

"The Storm" is a short story written by Lu Xun. By describing a turmoil caused by braids in a water town in the south of the Yangtze River, the novel reflects the incompleteness of the Revolution of 1911 and reveals that the feudal monarchy was still ruling the countryside at that time, and the peasants were ignorant and backward, lacking democracy and free thought. The illustrations in the novel were drawn by Feng Zikai. Lu Xun's words and Feng Zikai's illustrations complement each other and more vividly present the rich characters and storylines written by Lu Xun, providing a special version for current readers to better understand Lu Xun.

Kong Yiji (illustrated by Feng Zikai)

Written By Lu Xun And Illustrated By Feng Zikai

3K0

"Kong Yiji" is a short story written by Lu Xun. The novel describes the tragic image of Kong Yiji, who was poisoned by the decadent feudal ideology and the imperial examination system. He was mentally pedantic and insensitive, inactive and impoverished in life. He spent his days in people's ridicule and banter, and was finally swallowed up by the feudal landlord class. The illustrations in the novel were drawn by Feng Zikai. Lu Xun's words and Feng Zikai's illustrations complement each other and more vividly present the rich characters and storylines written by Lu Xun, providing a special version for current readers to better understand Lu Xun.

White Light (illustration by Feng Zikai)

Written By Lu Xun And Illustrated By Feng Zikai

3K0

"White Light" is a short story written by Lu Xun. It tells the story of Chen Shicheng, a scholar who repeatedly failed in the imperial examination. He listened to the rumors from his ancestors, was inspired by the white light to dig for silver in the yard but failed, became mentally psychedelic, and went to the mountains to hunt for treasures but fell into a lake and died. The illustrations in the novel were drawn by Feng Zikai. Lu Xun's words and Feng Zikai's illustrations complement each other and more vividly present the rich characters and storylines written by Lu Xun, providing a special version for current readers to better understand Lu Xun.

Tomorrow (Illustration by Feng Zikai)

Written By Lu Xun And Illustrated By Feng Zikai

4K0

"Tomorrow" is a short story written by Lu Xun. The novel unfolds over two days and three nights. It takes the widow Shan Si's sister-in-law in Lu Town and loses her only son as the main line, revealing the dark social reality of old China and people's indifference and numbness. The illustrations in the novel were drawn by Feng Zikai. Lu Xun's words and Feng Zikai's illustrations complement each other and more vividly present the rich characters and storylines written by Lu Xun, providing a special version for current readers to better understand Lu Xun.

Blessings (illustration by Feng Zikai)

Written By Lu Xun And Illustrated By Feng Zikai

9K0

"Blessing" is a short story written by Lu Xun. It tells the story of "I", an intellectual who left his hometown. After returning to his hometown at the end of the lunar calendar, he stayed at the house of his fourth uncle (Master Lu Si) to prepare a "blessing". He witnessed the tragedy of the death of the fourth uncle's former maid, Xiang Lin, who died of illness. By describing Xianglin's tragic life, the novel shows the author's sympathy for oppressed women and his ruthless exposure of feudal thoughts and ethics. The illustrations in the novel were drawn by Feng Zikai. Lu Xun's words and Feng Zikai's illustrations complement each other and more vividly present the rich characters and storylines written by Lu Xun, providing a special version for current readers to better understand Lu Xun.

Hometown (illustration by Feng Zikai)

Written By Lu Xun And Illustrated By Feng Zikai

5K0

"Hometown" is a short story written by Lu Xun. The novel is based on what "I" saw, heard, remembered and felt when he returned to his hometown. It focuses on the characters of Runtu and Yang Ersao, thus reflecting the reality of rural bankruptcy and the painful life of farmers before and after the Revolution of 1911. It also expresses the author's strong dissatisfaction with reality and his strong desire to transform the old society and create a new life. The illustrations in the novel were drawn by Feng Zikai. Lu Xun's words and Feng Zikai's illustrations complement each other and more vividly present the rich characters and storylines written by Lu Xun, providing a special version for current readers to better understand Lu Xun.

Social Opera (illustrated by Feng Zikai)

Written By Lu Xun And Illustrated By Feng Zikai

6K0

"She Opera" is a short story written by Lu Xun. The novel is based on the author's life experience as a boy, using the first person to write about "I"'s three experiences of watching operas in the past 20 years: twice watching Peking opera in Beijing after the Revolution of 1911, and once watching a social opera in rural Shaoxing, Zhejiang when he was a boy. The author uses affectionate pen and ink to depict the image of a group of young farm friends, showing the working people's good moral character of simplicity, kindness, friendship and selflessness, and expressing the author's nostalgia for his boyhood life, especially his sincere friendship with his farm friends. The illustrations in the novel were drawn by Feng Zikai. Lu Xun's words and Feng Zikai's illustrations complement each other and more vividly present the rich characters and storylines written by Lu Xun, providing a special version for current readers to better understand Lu Xun.

Lingyin

Lingyin

General Fiction

Ge Liang

127K0

A new novel by Lu Xun Literature Prize winner Ge Liang. It has illuminated the century-old situation of Guangdong and Hong Kong, and built a garden for the lost people to live in. An ethical murder, father and daughter embarked on completely different lives... Professor Lian Yue of the University of South China, who is about to retire, is behind bars. As a man, as a husband, as a father, if you have read everything in the world, how can you walk on the road of loneliness? Life is vast, and a historical picture of ups and downs slowly unfolds. Years after the incident, her daughter Lian Sirui was deeply affected by public opinion and disappeared in the dust. In the Buddhist hall where Grandma was alive, she met Duan He, a young statue maker. The latter's legendary family background in Macau is like a mirror in the water and the moon, making her seem to see another self... Obsession and letting go, reconciliation and farewell, saving others and saving herself, and the lingering sound is long. A person needs to go through countless collapses and reconstructions in his life. Let go of a thought. There is still a garden in our hearts, where we can stay and retreat. This book is Ge Liang's new "Southern Picture Chronicles" novel series following his popular works such as "Northern Yuan" and "Yan Shi Ji".

Young Men (collection of Anne Ernault)

(french) Anne Ernault

14K0

She was in her fifties and began dating a man thirty years her junior. He left his girlfriend who was his own age and fell in love with her with an unprecedented passion. But this intimate romantic episode was also political, and they were constantly met with malicious looks on the streets, in restaurants and at the beach. She became the "Scandal Girl" of her youth again, but now she felt no shame at all, but a sense of relief. At some point, he can no longer stand the beauty she once was, and she's just repeating her past. Although "he was her angel, evoking the past and making it everlasting," what does this mean for the future? "Young Man" is not a simple love story, but a powerful and powerful philosophical work that has overcome classism, ageism, and sexism over the years. It is the writer's questioning of time and the meaning of writing, so naked, like a sharp knife.

Shame (collection of Works by Anne Ernault)

(french) Anne Ernault

39K0

"One Sunday in June, just after noon, my father wanted to kill my mother..." The book begins with this horrifying scene that happened when the author was twelve years old. The horrific event was never mentioned within the family thereafter, and Elno was forced to deal with her fear and shame alone for the rest of her life. In this book, Anne Ernault offers a powerful reflection on life experience and the power of violent memories with the emotional richness and sharp vision of a literary writer, showing how insights into life can become the driving force for writing.

As They Say, or Nothing (anne Ernault Collection)

I

64K0

This book is Anne Ernault's second published novel. The protagonist is Anna, an adolescent girl who has graduated from junior high school and is about to enter high school. She longs to understand the world and contact others, but she cannot escape loneliness after all. As she grows up, Anna's feelings about her parents, education, and sex change, and she becomes more mature, but also more conflicted and unhappy. She found that she had surpassed her parents in education and worldview, and was getting further and further away from them. Anna's story is splendidly narrated in a colloquial language style and stream-of-consciousness writing. The value of this work is not only that it allows us to see the beginning and development of Erno's writing style, but also allows us to witness the literary turning point of a master, which is fascinating.

The Legend of the Anti-japanese Alliance Part 6: Where Are the Remains of the Anti-japanese Alliance?

Li Zunxiu

234K0

That is an unknown, thrilling and unforgettable legendary story that the Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Forces experienced in the Xiaoxinganling area... They were indomitable and unyielding. They once again embarked on a difficult journey to find the remains of the Anti-Japanese Alliance. This book contains stories such as "Tiger Roaring on Guokui Mountain" and "Where Are the Bones of the Anti-Japanese Alliance", written by the author Li Zunxiu.

Viewing the Two Seas in the Middle of the Mountain in the Fog

Liu Wenjiang

98K0

Cheng Gong is a typical post-90s generation. After entering the society and working, the edges were gradually smoothed by reality. Faced with the pressure and challenges of life, when he stopped and looked back, he thought of his elementary school teacher Yue Yanfei... The two met in the sixth grade of Cheng Gong Elementary School. When village schools were gradually merged into town schools, Yue Yanfei was facing a major challenge in her career - workplace bullying. She was forced to take over Cheng Gong's class, which was formed from the merger of the two worst village classes. She is determined to become the best students in the school within one year. Under Yue Yanfei's careful training, this group of underappreciated children achieved a typical counterattack in the history of local education. Cheng Gong made rapid academic progress during this year and gradually established his goals and dreams in life. The joy and struggle of childhood also affected Cheng Gong's life. No matter what setbacks and helplessness he encountered, the teacher's teachings and warmth were like the towering mountains longed for in his heart, always guiding the way forward.

Return of Yan (collection of Zhang Henshui's Classic Works)

Zhang Henshui

398K0

"The Return of Swallows" is a novel. The novel describes Yang Yanqiu, a girl from the northwest who sells herself to Nanjing to save her parents who are about to starve to death. She is adopted by a wealthy man as an adopted daughter and makes a name for herself in the sports world. Later, she resolutely returns to the northwest, determined to change the poverty and backwardness of the northwest and strives for 10 years. The novel accuses the corruption of the society at that time, reflects the suffering of people's livelihood, and shows deep sympathy for the working people.

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