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Sword

Sword

General Fiction

Alai

167K0

This book selects Alai's most representative novels over the years, including "Mushroom", "Mushroom Circle", "The Treasured Sword", "Youth Poems" and other famous works. Alai's works are full of poetry and poetry, possessing romantic feelings and unique narratives, highlighting the tension of the author's thoughts and diversified artistic perspectives. They are lyrical, philosophical, and rich in meaning. They are rare novels.

Fragments (novel Series by Lu Xun Literature Prize Winners)

Fan Xiaoqing

161K0

"Fragments" is Fan Xiaoqing's new novella collection, including "A Brief History of Urban and Rural Affairs", "Which Summer Is at the Seaside", "Changping Station", "We Are All in the Service Area", "SMS Flying", "Fragments", "Dream Express" and other masterpieces. A pair of peasant father and son who accidentally received book donations came to the city to seek a new life because of a diary; a married man and woman met by chance at the beach but did not know what year it was; in the absurd period, Changping's absurd experience of picking up people at the station three times; in the information age, one by one flies The text messages sublimated the ordinary office into a series of spiritual dramas of mental torture; in the era of online shopping, the sequined clothes that female college students disliked, went around and around, and finally turned into returned online shopping products... Based on real life, it presents the reality of life in a return to nature.

Naive Human Being

Naive Human Being

General Fiction

Han Jinliang

99K0

"Innocent Humans" is a collection of stories with a unique style that cannot be categorized at all. The first three stories are about love. They are about several infatuated people and their perseverance and concession in love. The next four stories are about family love, childhood lacking love, irresponsible parents, and dependent friendship, all of which touch the heart's pain and attachment. The next three stories are about the collision between young people and the big city, their loss and hope, pain and joy. The last three stories are about people's pursuit and exile of self, and the struggle between good intentions and evil intentions. The whole book is written in a ironic tone with affectionate stories and infatuated people, which will make you laugh to tears and cry with relief. The alternative stories bring you alternative healing.

Collected Works of Lin Haiyin: Trip to Taipei

Lin Haiyin

120K04

This book is a collection of short stories by Lin Haiyin, which includes representative short stories such as "The Golden Carp's Pleated Skirt", "Love's Walk", "Green Algae and Salted Eggs".

I Was Once the Enemy of the Whole World

Green Song

90K8.6152

We children, living in this era, there is no war, hunger or thirst, no separation between life and death. Some are just mixed little emotions in the youthful years. Inferiority, loneliness, stubbornness, sensitivity, hesitation and uneasiness... These trivial words are like warm and sweet sugar coating, wrapping our most beautiful and true youth into an exquisite core. We are all one core. Lu Yige, a beautiful and talented writer, tells the story of her ten-year writing career. Use warm and clean language to describe the complicated emotions in our youth. Adapted from 26 true stories, the author uses 26 letters to represent 26 themes and writes to himself in the form of 26 letters ten years from now. 26 Replies from the future, telling every wandering soul to do what you want to do and live the life you want to live. If you have been confused and hesitant in the fog; if you have been displaced in life; then, please join us and live in the years of love, making enemies and friends all over the world.

Howling

Howling

General Fiction

Hongke

323K0

This book is a collection of Hong Ke's unique short and medium-sized novels in recent years, including 25 novels such as "Howl of the Wolf" and "Golden Altai" based on his magical imagination of the west. It reflects Hong Ke's characteristics as a "Han Chinese" who uses his "heart" to describe the "myths" and scenery of the border areas, and expresses the spirit of the world and poetic life: the atmosphere is strange, powerful and affectionate, and shocking. The appendix of the book includes interpretations and comments by Li Jingze, Cao Wenxuan, Chen Sihe, etc., Which provide an in-depth exploration of the fantasy situations of Hong Ke's "psychic" novels.

Coffin Shop

Coffin Shop

General Fiction

Yang Zhengguang

196K0

This book is a collection of Yang Zhengguang's self-selected works, including seven short stories and five novellas. For example, "Donkey Team Comes to Fengxian", "Lao Dan is a Tree", "Coffin Shop", "Blue Fish", etc., Calmly and objectively express the consequences of people's forced life or unintentional choices. While deeply helpless, they can't help but reflect on people and others, people and society. For readers, it is a meaningful collection of novels.

Suet Balls (classic Translation)

H

216K03

This book selects 39 short stories and short stories by the famous French writer Maupassant, including "Ball of Suet", "My Uncle Jules", "The Necklace" and other immortal masterpieces. The content is rich and colorful, and the structure is ingenious and moving.

The Last Lesson (Classic Translation Lin)

(france) A·daode

181K01

"The Last Lesson" contains a large proportion of works with the theme of the Franco-Prussian War. Most of these works are included in "Monday Stories", which are widely circulated and popular. They have long become treasures in the world's short story library. Among them, the most representative "The Last Lesson" can be called a short story model that perfectly combines ideological and artistic qualities in the history of world literature. The work describes the last French class in a rural primary school in Alsace, which was ceded to Prussia after the Franco-Prussian War, where students bid farewell to the language of their motherland. Through the self-narration of a childish and ignorant primary school student, it vividly expresses the pain of the French people under foreign rule, their love for their motherland, and their firm will to strive for the liberation and reunification of the motherland. It embodies the lofty patriotism spirit of the French people. Although the subject matter of the work is small, it is carefully cut and the description is detailed and appropriate, and has a profoundly touching power.

I'm Not a Monster

I'm Not a Monster

General Fiction

Zhu Xiaoying

72K013

"I'm Not a Monster" is the first collection of short stories by "ONE·One" powerful writer and cutting-edge film screenwriter Zhu Xiaoying. This is a collection of creative short stories with the theme of loneliness. When the author was young, he lived alone in the city. He had no close friends, no relatives to rely on, and no one wanted to date him on weekends. So he had doubts about himself, I am not a monster, why no one wants to get close to me. This book uses different perspectives to experience the state of loneliness - a leather jacket crying alone, a garbage bag with lipstick marks, an abandoned black carpet... These objects are the real protagonists of this book. They also seem to represent the "monsters" in the city who are far away from the crowd. The whole book also shows the common state of the "monsters" in the city - lonely but longing for love.

Fly Around Like a Bird

Fly Around Like a Bird

General Fiction

Fan Xiaoqing

158K0

This book is a representative work of Fan Xiaoqing's short stories. Before this, Fan Xiaoqing was always "sweating on the soil" and always walking. Now she stopped and let herself look back at the footprints left behind her. It turns out that she has been publishing short stories uninterruptedly for 26 years and has accumulated a lot of wealth. This collection of novels is the most viable seeds among the wheat grains carefully selected by Fan Xiaoqing. The book includes short stories such as This Bird Speaks Like a Human, A Brief History of Urban and Rural Areas, Our Friend Hu Sanqiao, Our Fighting Life Is Like a Psalm, Mr. Li Shuchang's Yazheng, Walking on the Street, and Penglai Ancient Well.

Frog Satisfies the Soul's Imagination

Zhao Zhiming

123K0

"Frog Satisfies the Soul's Imagination" is a collection of classic short stories by the very popular novelist Zhao Zhiming. "Frog Satisfies the Soul's Imagination" contains 23 works by Zhao Zhiming. Every line of Zhao Zhiming's novels is full of black humor. Real life takes on a completely different look in his writing, making people think and settle. Each of these works, which are very different from mainstream domestic novel writing, is impactful, just as the Chinese Media Award citation describes him - his writing is like the wind, his soul is naked, he writes reality with nothingness, and he is pious in the midst of looseness...

The Scenery on the Suspended Overpass

Cao Duoyong

227K020

The works selected in this book are all Cao Duoyong's novellas, such as "Landscape on the Suspended Overpass", "Dream of Huaihe River", etc., Which are the essence of his "Dahewan" series of novels. The language of the works is unique and vivid, and the narrative is very charming, describing the vicissitudes and changes that this region has experienced.

Spring Desire

Spring Desire

General Fiction

Cao Duoyong

231K0

"Spring Desire" is a collection of short stories by Cao Duoyong. With its unique and vivid language and charming narrative, the work describes the vicissitudes and bitterness of this region over the years, and also depicts the tenacity and wisdom of survival. It pursues the beauty and romance that have passed away and is about to pass away. It profoundly and powerfully reveals the inner emotions and soul world of people in the land of Dahewan, and unearths and illuminates the most secret, dark, soft and noble parts of human nature. Cao Duoyong's "Dahewan" series of novels has become a unique landscape of novel creation in today's literary world. This book contains many of his representative short stories such as "Happiness Flowers Bloom" and "Spring Desire".

Blue Hyacinth Spring

Blue Hyacinth Spring

General Fiction

Nalan Zeyun

139K0

"Spring with Blue Hyacinth" is a collection of tender and heart-warming novels. The book includes 23 novels such as "Spring with Blue Hyacinth", "Always in Front of You", "Dear Aphid, Grow Up Quickly", "I've Been Here, I'm Beautiful". The characters in the book include a father who only had a daughter in middle age, who loves his daughter in every possible way but is afraid that her daughter will grow up and stay away from him, but is later moved by his future son-in-law and is finally relieved; there is an elderly couple whose health is deteriorating, but because they love each other, they encourage and take care of each other, and even sacrifice themselves in the face of danger; there are old couples who suffer because of love. Frustration, the Phoenix man who was decadent at first, and then bravely took on the responsibility because of love; the young girl who faced poverty and disease but still had a love for beauty, a strong and brave heart... The characters in the novel are three-dimensional and detailed, the dialogues are precise and powerful, and the words reveal a strong, optimistic, kind, benevolent spirit that teaches people to be good.

Dream of the Sea

Dream of the Sea

General Fiction

Ba Jin

48K03

"Dream of the Sea" was written in the second year after the September 18th Incident, when Japan continued to accelerate its invasion of China, at a time of national crisis. Ba Jin constructed a strange fairy tale-like story in the novel, which seemed true and false, dreamlike and illusory, but truly reflected reality. The structure of the novel is unique. The first half, through the oral narration of the heroine Rina, reproduces the heroic feats of "Yang" and the child who led the island slaves to resist the invaders; the second half, through Rina's diary, shows her rich inner world.

Cross-strait Online Original Literature Competition Shortlisted Works (1): Short Stories

Selected By The Editorial Board Of This Book

45K0

This series of books selects the shortlisted works of the "Cross-Strait Online Original Literature Competition" and collects them into books by category. This book is the first volume and contains 6 short stories from the first competition, including the unforgettable love between father and son "Dan Qiu", expressing warm emotions "My Daughter's Rhyme", documenting social life "Scavengers", tracking youth campus "Girl Waiting for Kapok to Bloom", express urban emotions "Time Taxi", and children's literature "City of Soldiers".

Please Leave a Message after the Beep

Xu Liang

71K8.937

"Leave a Message After the Beep" is a collection of short stories that can move anyone with a blank face. It also makes people who have read it suddenly feel that there are some things that they can hold on to and wait a little longer when they read some fragments. Just like Xu Liang said: Let it lie beside your pillow, snore shamelessly, and peek at your sleeping face. When you are sad, it will bring you a little warmth and drive away loneliness, no matter sunrise or evening, whether you meet or get separated. The joys, sorrows and joys are half of each of us.

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E

General Fiction

G

69K7.815

"Tokyo Tales" contains five short stories, namely "The Accidental Traveler", "Hanalei Bay", "Wherever You May Be Found", "The Kidney Stones Move Every Day" and "Shinagawa Monkey". The most bizarre of the five stories is the last one, "Shinagawa Monkey". A young woman named Ando Mizuki suffered from a kind of "amnesia syndrome" and could not remember her own name once or twice a week. After many twists and turns, it was found that the "amnesia syndrome" was caused by a monkey... Although it is a "fantasy", Haruki Murakami still discusses metaphysical life issues in the novel. Tan Tongtan, Qitan means strange talk and strange news. As we all know, most of the titles of Murakami's novels are frivolous and avoid reality, but this collection of short stories is exactly the same as what it appears to be. It is indeed a strange story that took place in Tokyo.

Days of Climbing Trees All Day Long

M

82K0

"A Day in the Trees" is a collection of short stories by Margaret Duras. It consists of four stories: "A Day in the Trees", "The Python", "Mrs. Dowdan" and "The Construction Site". "The Day of the Tree" tells the story of an elderly mother visiting her son living in Paris, describing the special and eternal love of "maternal love", focusing on narrative and full of tension; in "The Boa Constrictor", the protagonist recalls that when she was a little girl, she had to watch two scenes in succession every Sunday, the giant python devouring a live chicken, and the regret devouring a seventy-year-old Miss Barbet. These two scenes unfold in parallel, complement each other, and trigger thinking...

F

F

General Fiction

G

65K05

This book is a collection of short stories published by the author Haruki Murakami in 1990. There are 6 short stories in total, all of which are interesting and highly readable. Among them, "TV People" tells the story of several villains called "TV People" who are like miniature copies of normal people, breaking into private homes and companies. "Folklore of Our Times" tells about a girl who is strangely "sane" in matters of love. She falls in love with her male classmate but refuses to marry him because according to "the general trend of the world", women should "marry someone who is several years older." At the same time, she made an appointment with him for a post-marriage tryst on the grounds that "if you marry as a virgin, you will no longer need to be a virgin after marriage." As a result, when that day came, he could no longer get warm.

The Collected Works of Harper Lee (two Volumes)

J

342K0

The story of "To Kill a Mockingbird" takes place in a quiet town in the south of the United States during the Great Depression. Several bizarre mysteries completely broke the peaceful lives of several children... The sequel to "To Kill a Mockingbird", "Watching Hearts" tells the story of 26-year-old Joan Louise Finch who returned to her hometown of Maycomb from New York to visit her seriously ill father Atticus, but found that she was out of tune with her hometown, and her father's behavior with her childhood sweetheart gave her an extremely heavy blow...

The Selected Works of Hemingway (all Four Volumes)

I

429K0

The book "The Old Man and the Sea" tells the story of Santiago, an old Cuban fisherman, fighting a big fish. It creates the most typical tough guy image in the history of literature and is one of Hemingway's most representative works. "The Sun Also Rises" selects Hemingway's most classic works, represents Hemingway's highest artistic achievement, and is an authoritative translation that is perfectly presented. "A Farewell to Arms" selects Hemingway's most classic works, represents Hemingway's highest artistic achievement, and is an authoritative translation that is perfectly presented. "The Snows of Kilimanjaro" selects Hemingway's most classic works, represents Hemingway's highest artistic achievement, and is an authoritative translation that is perfectly presented.

The Big Split (original Work of the Golden Horse Award-winning Film "the Elephant Sitting on the Floor")

Hu Qian

128K8.233

Hu Qian's film "The Elephant Sitting on the Floor" won the Feature Film Award, Adapted Screenplay Award, and Audience Choice Film of the Year at the 55th Golden Horse Awards in 2018. Hou Hsiao-hsien and Ang Lee praised and recommended it, and the original novel was included in "The Big Split". Luo Yijun, Huang Liqun, Chen Xue, and Xiaoye jointly recommend! Hu Qian, a young director and the first prize winner of the 6th Chinese World Film and Novel Award, has a collection of charming, bizarre, surprising, explosive and amazing short stories. "The Big Break", as its name suggests, is a book of hurt. It consists of 15 short and medium-sized novels. Each story embraces the same question that no one can avoid: "How long will we continue to live (get hurt)?" As a generation that is out of place at this stage, There is always an inexplicable sense of tearing between our society and our current lives. Hu Qian writes with explosive words and uses layers of images to pave the way out of "here". We may be here, but we always need to know where the farthest road away from here is. Hu Qian passed away on October 13, 2017.

Must-read Classics of Contemporary Chinese Literature·2014 Short Stories Volume

Editor-in-chief Wu Yiqin

267K0

The works included in this book include: "Contagion", "A Morning with a Woman and a Fox", "Our Tahiti", "Father's Rearview Mirror", "Red Goat", "The Master", etc.

Must-read Classics of Contemporary Chinese Literature·2014 Novella Volume

Editor-in-chief Wu Yiqin

299K0

"Chinese Contemporary Literature Classics Must-Read: 2014 Novella Volume" selects 9 outstanding novellas published in 2014, including new works by famous writers such as Fang Fang, Ye Guangqin, Lu Min, Shao Li, etc., Which represents the overall appearance of the annual creation of contemporary Chinese novellas. The editor-in-chief is Wu Yiqin, the director of the Museum of Modern Literature of China, the most authoritative literary research institution in China, and a famous literary critic. He strictly selects with professional vision and provides professional comments.

Gun God and Fox Tears (animal Legend·hope Volume)

Micro Fiction Magazine

81K01

Their existence makes nature full of vitality and vitality, and also makes human life richer and more fulfilling. The "Animal Legends" series uses short lengths and concise language to depict that nature is kind but also cruel. Only by complying with nature, rather than defeating it, can humans harmoniously integrate with nature. This is a set of books about spiritual health between man and nature. The Hope Volume is one of them. Through the experience of getting along with animals, people and animals gradually explore a hopeful way of getting along, which is to understand animals and give them enough living space.

The Dancing Flower Snake (animal Legend·aesthetic Volume)

Micro Fiction Magazine

81K0

Animals, like humans, experience birth, old age, illness, death, and weddings and funerals. Animals also have different personalities. Their existence makes nature full of vitality and vitality, and also makes human life richer and more fulfilling. The "Animal Legends" series uses short lengths and concise language to depict that nature is kind but also cruel. Only by complying with nature, rather than defeating it, can humans harmoniously integrate with nature. This is a set of books about spiritual health between man and nature. The Aesthetic Volume is one of them, telling the story of animals and humans helping each other.

Horror Circus (animal Legend·legend Volume)

Micro Fiction Magazine

82K01

Animals, like humans, experience birth, old age, illness, death, and weddings and funerals. Animals also have different personalities. Their existence makes nature full of vitality and vitality, and also makes human life richer and more fulfilling. The "Animal Legends" series uses short lengths and concise language to depict that nature is kind but also cruel. Only by complying with nature, rather than defeating it, can humans harmoniously integrate with nature. This is a set of books about spiritual health between man and nature. The Legend Volume is one of them, which tells the ups and downs of legendary stories between animals, and between humans and animals.

Please Acquit a Wolf (animal Legend·care Volume)

Micro Fiction Magazine

83K0

Animals, like humans, experience birth, old age, illness, death, and weddings and funerals. Animals also have different personalities. Their existence makes nature full of vitality and vitality, and also makes human life richer and more fulfilling. The "Animal Legends" series uses short lengths and concise language to depict that nature is kind but also cruel. Only by complying with nature, rather than defeating it, can humans harmoniously integrate with nature. This is a set of books about spiritual health between man and nature. The Care Volume is one of them, telling the story of humans and animals helping each other to "keep themselves warm".

The Life and Death Love of the Prairie Lion King (animal Legend·dangerous Love Volume)

Micro Fiction Magazine

80K0

Animals, like humans, experience birth, old age, illness, death, and weddings and funerals. Animals also have different personalities. Their existence makes nature full of vitality and vitality, and also makes human life richer and more fulfilling. The "Animal Legends" series uses short lengths and concise language to depict that nature is kind but also cruel. Only by complying with nature, rather than defeating it, can humans harmoniously integrate with nature. This is a set of books about spiritual health between man and nature. "Dangerous Situation" is one of them, which tells the story of tense relationships between animals and between humans and animals.

The Secret of Jerry the Hound Dog (animal Legend·memory Volume)

Micro Fiction Magazine

82K0

The contents of this book include: The secret of Jerry the hunting dog; Falling in love with a wolf; The rescue of the lame wolf; Gray spirituality; Tigers and pedestrians; Missing a crow; The escaped wolf; The revengeful raccoon dog; Crane grave; Missing the eagle; The gift of the snow wolf; The love of the meritorious cow, etc.

A Fish That Endures to Die (animal Legend·mystery Volume)

Micro Fiction Magazine

83K08

Animals, like humans, experience birth, old age, sickness, death, and weddings and funerals. Animals also have different personalities: eagles are cold, snakes are venomous, and lions are domineering... Their existence makes nature full of vitality and vitality, and also makes human life richer and more fulfilling. This set of 10 "Animal Legends" series uses short lengths and concise language to depict nature as a kind mother and a cold butcher. Only by complying with nature, rather than defeating it, can humans harmoniously integrate with nature.

Weeping Snow Leopard (animal Legend·adventure Volume)

Micro Fiction Magazine

84K0

Animals, like humans, experience birth, old age, sickness, death, and weddings and funerals. Animals also have different personalities: eagles are cold, snakes are venomous, and lions are domineering... Their existence makes nature full of vitality and vitality, and also makes human life richer and more fulfilling. This set of 10 "Animal Legends" (10 books) uses short lengths and concise language to depict nature as a kind and loving mother, but also a cold butcher. Only by complying with nature, rather than defeating it, can humans harmoniously integrate with nature.

The Dignity of an Owl Falcon (animal Legend·enlightenment Volume)

Micro Fiction Magazine

80K0

"The Dignity of an Owl Falcon: Enlightenment Volume" introduces the reason why animal novels are more attractive than other types of novels because this subject matter can easily pierce the shell of human culture and the hypocritical appearances of civilized society, and can directly express the original life of ugliness and beauty without any concealment. Human culture and social civilization will continue to update with the changes of the times, but the spiritual core of cruel competition, tenacious survival and pursuit of glory in life will never change. Therefore, animal novels have more reasons to win readers and pursue immortality. Each article in the book depicts a series of animal images that shock the soul and touch the heart. The storyline is thrilling and shows the mysterious emotional world of animals in the jungle.

Let the Wolf Lick Your Hand (animal Legend·warm Volume)

Micro Fiction Magazine

83K0

Animals, like humans, experience birth, old age, sickness, death, and weddings and funerals. Animals also have different personalities: eagles are cold, snakes are venomous, and lions are domineering... Their existence makes nature full of vitality and vitality, and also makes human life richer and more fulfilling. This set of 10 "Animal Legends" series uses short lengths and concise language to depict nature as a kind mother and a cold butcher. Only by complying with nature, rather than defeating it, can humans harmoniously integrate with nature.

Sadness is the Lover of Growth

(france) Maupassant Musset Et Al.

132K0

This is a collection of French short stories, which brings together the most outstanding short stories in French literature since the 19th century. It includes 10 heart-warming stories by Maupassant, Daudet and other masters who established the order of world literature, which have touched the world for more than 200 years. "If Life Is Silence": Dear Camille, she is an angel, but angels are always in silence. "We are all talking, but you are not talking," everyone in the audience seemed to be saying to her, "We listen, we laugh, we sing, and we enjoy everything; but you enjoy nothing, you hear nothing, and you are just like a statue here, similar to a person who is just watching life." "A Drop of Dew": The one who is with the princess is destined to be only a prince, and what about the musicians who play the piano for the princess?

City ​​without Streets

Mr. Su

121K0

There are so many people in the world, but they can't meet you, whether they are deep or shallow. But in this book, there are nineteen stories, nineteen full-fledged people, in the countryside and in the city, kind, confused, hesitant, and struggling. It is they who have constructed this riddled world. The unbreakable principles of life in the stories will immerse themselves in your life, allowing you to feel the hardships of life and the beauty of secular life.

Letters from an Unknown Woman (selected Novels by Zweig)

I

216K012

Two famous 80-year-old translators, Gao Fu and Han Yaocheng, have re-examined and completed the previous translation, presenting the essence of the original work; Xu Jinglei directed and starred in the movie of the same name; Meng Jinghui adapted and directed the play of the same name; a novel that made the Russian writer Gorky cry; this book contains some of Zweig's most representative short and medium stories The novel builds a complete text world belonging to Zweig for readers. It is not only full of passion and drama, but also full of detailed reflections on women's inner and spiritual realms. Among them, the world-renowned classic "Letter from a Strange Woman" uses a woman's most painful experience to describe the depth and dedication of love. A man received a letter without a signature or address on his 41st birthday. This letter was from a dying woman and told an unforgettable love story. The hero of this story, the man who received the letter, knew nothing about it.

The Fall of Edward Barnard (written by Somerset Maugham)

H

321K0

This is a collection of Maugham's many short stories, including "Rain", "Honolulu", and "The Fall of Edward Barnard", a total of thirty pieces. The background of the novel ranges from the United Kingdom to France, Spain, and to the coast of the South Pacific. It interprets one wonderful and unforgettable story after another. It not only reflects Maugham's superb short story skills, but also provides a calm and objective analysis of human nature.

First Person Singular (works by Maugham)

H

158K01

This book is a collection of short stories, including six novels created by the author based on characters in his own life. "Chastity" is an unexpected love story in which the author is indirectly involved, involving infidelity and death. "The Whole Dozen" tells the story of a man who regards marrying a dozen wives as his life pursuit. "Human Nature Is Unpredictable" describes the unrequited love of an infatuated man. "Jane" depicts Jane, a woman who suddenly becomes attractive in middle age. "A Foreign Land" tells the life of a Jewish family who immigrated to Britain and the tragedy of a young man's life. "Eureka" is the story of a female writer regaining inspiration after experiencing the shock of her husband's departure.

Collection of Malay Stories (written by Somerset Maugham)

H

160K0

This book is a collection of short stories, including six novels, set in Malay Island. It is an exotic novel collection and represents Maugham's mature novel achievements. A secret murder case, a couple hiding on the reef, an unexpected love, a sad incest story, a way of dealing with an affair marriage, and an unscrupulousness. The last six wonderful stories happened in the Malay Peninsula. They were written during Maugham's travels in Southeast Asia, showing the strange style of the collision of Western civilization and Eastern sentiment.

Beard Has Face

Beard Has Face

General Fiction

Xixi

115K0

A classic of Hong Kong literature, a collection of Xixi's short stories. This book contains a total of twelve short stories by Xixi. A beard has a face, what is it? Beard and face are a person's nickname. When Hustler had a face as a child, he liked to ask questions all day long, and he always had too many questions to ask. Asking questions is certainly not a bad thing, in fact it is a good thing. However, questions with a beard and a face often make it difficult for the person asking the question to answer correctly. For example, he asked: Why does the drawer have a table? "I'm very happy that you chose me." If you really want to express that you like the book, just stroke your right ear; otherwise, stroke your left ear. As for whether it's good or bad, just touch your nose.

Street of Crocodiles: the Complete Novels of Bruno Schulz

(poland) Bruno Schulz

222K06

European literary geniuses comparable to Kafka and Proust, great works praised by Sontag, Milosz, Coetzee and others, directly translated from the original Polish text, presented in full in Simplified Chinese for the first time! This book collects all the surviving fictional works of Runo Schulz: 32 independent but interconnected stories. In these works, Schulz describes unusual childhood memories with a high degree of originality, blending reality and fantasy with beautiful language and full of whimsy. Like Kafka, he used a lot of grotesque surrealist techniques to create one of the most frightening father figures in the history of literature, which is still shocking to read today.

The Fall of Edward Barnard (complete Collection of Somerset Maugham's Short Stories 1)

H

333K03

Even if everything dies, there will still be a world narrated by the writer that will remain, and it will belong completely and forever to Maugham. The first complete collection of Maugham's short stories in the Chinese world, the first volume of the new translation is on the market! Short stories play an important role in Maugham's creation. Anthony Burgess once commented that he wrote "the best short stories in English literature." His novels such as "The Shackles of Humanity" and "The Knife's Edge" made Maugham famous all over the world, while his short stories won him more readers and became a global phenomenon with his exquisite skills in weaving stories and his keen insight into human nature and social life. There are many Chinese translations of Maugham's works, and most of his short stories are published in selected collections. The "Complete Collection of Somerset Maugham's Short Stories" (four volumes) planned to be launched this time will reproduce the complete picture of Maugham's short stories in wonderful translations for the first time. This book is the first volume.

Selected Short Stories of O. Henry (classic Translation)

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208K8.26

The book collects 42 of O. Henry's most famous short stories, most of which are set in New York at the beginning of the 20th century, focusing on the style of the times at the turn of the century. The author keenly separates hot social issues and artistically reproduces them in elegant and concise language. The protagonists in the novel are mostly small people such as clerks, policemen, homeless people, and poor artists, but they are also loving couples, trustworthy friends, and civilian heroes who sacrifice themselves for others. The novel's conception is exquisite and clever, the plot is relaxed and relaxed, the ending is often unexpected, the overall style is optimistic and humorous, and the writing is full of wit.

Young Autumn

Young Autumn

General Fiction

Song Zhijun

72K7.851

The 7th Golden Sparrow Novel Award-winning work. There are a total of forty-eight short stories by Song Zhijun. Most of the content is about ordinary people's daily lives and some subtle emotional insights. Although most of them are trivial things, they are often stories that can make people resonate and empathize. People can find the familiar themselves from these people and emotions. It shows the author's deep understanding of the complexity of social life and the multi-faceted nature of human nature.

Collection of Ancient Greek Tragedies and Comedies (complete Collection) (classic Translation)

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Ancient Greek literature and art are an important source of Western civilization and culture. They share the same spirit with ancient Chinese civilization and complement each other brilliantly. Ancient Greek drama not only occupied an important position in people's cultural life at that time, but even today, its important historical value and high artistic achievements are still amazing. As the beginning of the development history of European drama art, ancient Greek drama had a significant impact on later European literature and drama. This book contains more than ten comedies and tragedies by ancient Greek writers such as Aeschylus and Sophocles. The selected plays include "The Persians", "Agamemnon", "Antigone", "Medea", "Knights", etc.

A Rose for Emily: a Collection of Short Stories

(us) Written By William Faulkner Edited By Tao Jie

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William Faulkner is one of the most influential writers in the history of American literature and winner of the 1949 Nobel Prize for Literature. Faulkner not only worked on novels, but his short stories have also been praised by academic circles and readers. "A Rose for Emily: A Collection of Short Stories" is based on the most classic collection of Faulkner's short stories published abroad, and was supplemented and selected by teacher Tao Jie. It captures the essence of Faulkner's short story creation in 18 short stories throughout his life. With the help of Li Wenjun, Tao Jie and others, this is the most classic translation of Faulkner's short stories in China. "A Rose for Emily: A Collection of Short Stories" collects the outstanding works of Faulkner's short stories, such as "A Rose for Emily", "Dry September", etc. The themes involve the decline of the old American South, the opposition between the old and new South, social welfare, race relations, war, growth, love, honor and moral choices, etc., Representing the style and main achievements of Faulkner's short story creation.

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