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"Who Killed Aha" is the prequel to Lu Tao's novel "Black and White" series. This is a story about commitment, loyalty, trustworthiness, and responsibility. The Snow Country and the Fire Country are two great clans in ancient legends. In a war, the Princess of the Fire Country was captured and became the attendant of the Snow King's prince Aha. Aha could have inherited the throne, but fell in love with the princess of the Fire Nation and wanted to help her escape, so he fell into the conspiracy of the two groups to check and balance each other... Different beginnings, different narratives, no matter who you are, no matter when, keep your promises and dare to take responsibility, you can compose a song of righteousness that will never be forgotten in the world.

When a disaster suddenly strikes, a city breaks away from the land overnight and floats like an island in the stormy waves. From then on, the "floating city" is like a giant ship, carrying confused people towards an unknown destiny. In the floating city on the dangerous sea, the battle between humans and gulls is thrilling, and it can be described as too horrific to be seen and too tragic to be complained about. People are facing crises again and again, conflicts of interest erupt, and the shortcomings of Chinese people's humanity are vividly displayed in "Floating City": game-like cruelty, vicious jealousy, the ugliness of mutual hatred among compatriots, and the psychological virus of anarchy... "Floating City" makes us seem to see the various aspects of life at all levels of society when people living at the end of the century fall into embarrassing and terrible living situations. This fills every reader's heart with indescribable melancholy and desolation.

"The Shackles of Humanity" is the famous work of the British novelist Somerset Maugham, and it is also his masterpiece. At the same time, it is also considered to be Maugham's autobiographical novel. The Modern Library of America lists this novel as one of the "100 Best Novels in the English-speaking World of the 20th Century", ranking 66th. The novel "The Chains of Humanity" later became Maugham's most famous and enduring work. Few people who have read this book can forget the tragic love experience that the protagonist Philip experienced when he was a student at London Medical College. That is the most vivid and exciting part of the book. The author uses dramatic techniques to write about the entanglements of human nature.

This is the masterpiece of English novelist George Orwell. As early as the 1940s, the author predicted that the future direction of the world would see two major groups confronting each other. Many words in this novel were often used by people and became people's daily language. In 2005, "Time" magazine named this novel one of the "100 Best Novels Since 1923", ranking 13th in Editors' Choice and 6th in Readers' Choice. The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) listed it as a "big read" book, ranking 8th. This version is the most popular version in the West.

"Animal Farm" is one of the most famous political allegorical novels written by George Orwell, the most famous 20th century British novelist. The story describes the brewing, rise and final transformation of an "animalist" revolution. The animals in a farm (Manor Farm) could not bear the oppression of their human owners. Under the leadership of the pigs, they rebelled and drove away Mr. Jones. The animals realized their wish, and the farm was renamed "Animal Farm", adhering to the principle that "all animals are equal." Afterwards, the two leading pigs competed with each other for power, and the victor declared the other a traitor and traitor. Since then, the pigs who have gained leadership have gained more and more power and become a new privileged class; if the animals are slightly dissatisfied, they will lead to bloody purges: the ideal of the farm is revised to "some animals are more equal than other animals", and the animals return to their previous miserable condition.

Sons and Lovers is a novel published by D. H. Lawrence in 1913. The Modern Library of America lists this novel as one of the 100 greatest novels of the 20th century, ranking ninth. This shows the importance. And over time, today many prominent critics recognize it as a masterpiece and is regarded as one of Lawrence's greatest works.

The girl named Carrie in "Sister Carrie" is a handsome rural girl. She envied the material life in the metropolis, so she went to Chicago, the largest city in the United States at that time, to make a living. However, the harsh reality shattered her dream, and what greeted her was unemployment and illness. When she was desperate, she became the salesman's mistress. Later, due to greater desire, she became the mistress of the hotel manager Hurstwood. After eloping with Hurstwood, she became a popular actress in New York by chance. It is through the experience of sister Jiali that the author shows the ruthlessness and inhumanity of capitalist society, where money is paramount and human desires are rampant.

"The Great Gatsby" is indeed a story set in the 1920s. The background of the story is New York City and Long Island, New York, the most prosperous cities of capitalism at that time. What the novel describes is the luxurious and decadent life of the white people in the middle and upper classes of modern American society. It should be said that it was through the publication of the novel "The Great Gatsby" that Fitzgerald established his outstanding position in the history of modern American literature, and also made him the most representative writer of the "lost generation" of that era. "The Great Gatsby" has ranked second in the list of "The 100 Best Novels of English Literature in a Century". This shows that it has become a classic work in the English-speaking world. Strictly speaking, this novel should be considered a novella. But now people often include it in novels. This edition is the most popular and authoritative edition in the United States.

"The Adventures of Huck" is a novel written by the famous American novelist Mark Twain. It was first published in the United Kingdom in 1884 and in the United States in 1885. The novel is generally considered one of the "greatest American novels" and remains at the forefront of "American literature". The novel mainly describes the situation on both sides of the Mississippi River in the United States and the lives of the people living there. The most distinctive thing is that the characters in the book all have their own language, especially the description of the language of African Americans, which leaves a deep impression on the readers. In other words, only by reading the original English novel can you appreciate the scenes depicted by the author. This version is the version used in many student textbooks in the United States.

This is the epitome of youth for a generation. Jiang Minghao is classmates and friends with Qin Dake, Xia Xiaojun and Hu Li. Jiang Minghao and Hu Li had a secret love and admiration for each other while studying and running blackboard newspapers. However, around the time they graduated from middle school, as Jiang Minghao moved with his family to the countryside, the four of them went their separate ways...

In the form of notes, "We" depicts the life scenes of a totalitarian country in the 26th century, "One Country of Many": everyone has only a number, no name, lives in a completely transparent glass house, wears the same uniform, eats chemical food, enjoys a rationed sex life, and is ruled by a never-changing all-powerful "benefactor". "Us" is a masterpiece handed down by Zamyatin, which created a new literary genre of dystopian novels. Together with Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World" and George Orwell's "1984," it is also known as the most famous dystopian trilogy in the world's literary world.

Works are the shadow of the times, and every writer must bear the mark of the times. The novel describes the ups and downs of the little orphan girl's life, but she is lucky in death. It tells the story of the little orphan girl who was taken in by the Zhao family from a wandering street orphan and became a maid of the Zhao family. After the founding of New China, the Zhao family fled, and the little orphan girl resolutely took on the important task of raising Zhao Jiabao (only 3 years old), a descendant of the Zhao family, even though it was difficult for her to survive. The little orphan girl encountered countless difficulties in the process of raising Zhao Jiabao. However, with the enthusiastic help of everyone and tenacious perseverance, Zhao Jiabao was brought up; the middle-aged orphan girl was not able to live a comfortable life as she wished. After the death of her husband Zhao Jiabao, the little orphan girl shouldered the heavy responsibility of raising two children and trained them to become pillars of the country; in her later years, the little orphan girl returned to her hometown and used her painting skills to give back to her fellow villagers, set up schools, and educate people.

Shortlisted for the 10th Mao Dun Literary Award, it is the first full-length biography of Dunhuang written in novel style. The ups and downs of the three major families spanning half a century tell the story of the origin and return of the Hexi Corridor, the past and present life. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the current situation was turbulent and the building was about to collapse. In the ancient border areas of the four counties of Hexi, few people care about it. The Suo clan is revered as the "Righteous People of Dunhuang". Several generations of ancestors have prayed for the people in the Hexi area, sacrificing their lives for righteousness and donating seven heads, until the "bloody clothes" spread to the head of the family, Suo Chang. Suo Chang is cautious and reclusive, fearing that the bloody fate of his family will befall him. However, he does not know that a trap that has been plotted for a long time is approaching him in the deep house. Shen Ponu, a famous doctor from Shixingtang, fled to Dunhuang in his early years. With his talent and diligence, he established himself. Although he was not rich, he was well off. His life experience hides the biggest secrets of the three counties outside Guanhai. Hu Enke, a small businessman from Shazhou City in Dunhuang, made an accidental trip to the Central Plains and felt deeply that the roads were blocked and trade was weak. He was quite skillful and began to "pave the way" for his sons secretly. First, he promised to open a cave for the Suo family on the cliff of Mogao Grottoes to show the loyalty and bravery of his ancestors. Then, he used coercion and inducement to form a family with Shen Ponu. Unexpectedly, this action was suddenly interrupted. Hu Enke suffered from a stroke. He lingered on the sickbed and saw all the warmth and sorrow in the world. From then on, the great times of the sons' generation began... The three major families, three generations of ancestors and grandchildren, and the legend of life and death that has lasted for half a century, hide the origin and return of the Hexi Corridor, the past life and the present life. The work uses Shazhou City in Dunhuang as the fulcrum of the secular world and Mogao Grottoes as the highland of faith. It depicts the real-life experiences and mental journeys of the people in the west as they find, open and expand paths in the ups and downs, reviving the spirit of the west through words.

In 1930, "In Search of Joy" was first published in the form of a serial in Harper's Bazaar. In 1958, Maugham said in an interview that "In Search of Joy" was his most proud and favorite novel. Through the description of these characters in "Happiness", Maugham revealed all kinds of bizarre, ridiculous and despicable phenomena in the British literary world at that time. In this novel, Maugham achieved the artistic perfection of writing. Margaret Drabble, a contemporary British writer and literary critic, regarded "In Search of Joy" as Maugham's most brilliant work. Maugham changed the prejudice against women in his previous works and recalled the life of a beautiful woman as an admirer, embellished with many anecdotes from the literary and artistic circles. He draws materials from reality, blends fiction with fact, and uses the narrator Ashenden to narrate his early interactions with the famous writer Driffield and his ex-wife Rosie. This past event is the biographical subject that another popular novelist Keir wants to explore, and the story begins. Deep in Ashenden's memory, we find that the charming Rosie, although romantic and merciless by nature, is still kind, frank and lovely...

In the most difficult moment of your life, who is the light in your life? British writer Andrew Miller wrote a scar fairy tale for adults, with a preface by Yan Lianke and a recommended reading by Wang An. He came from loneliness and moved towards loneliness. This book describes the short thirty-two-year life of a boy who was born without pain. A boy born with no sense of pain - James. He didn't speak until he was eleven. Due to raging infectious diseases and family changes, he began to live a wandering life and encountered various strange things: some people used his painless body to sell elixirs, and some collected him as a display...

A doctor's magical experiences in a mental hospital will always make you think. Most talented people behave in incomprehensible ways. They are either crazy or mad, obsessed with illusions, or imprisoned in mental hospitals. What caused them to embark on a path that was "inappropriate for the world"? In their eyes, they are heroes and saviors, and they hold the truth. But in your eyes, they may be a joke. But you have to believe that every lunatic around you is gifted! A psychiatrist told us with eight years of experience: Most mentally ill people are extremely intelligent and have detached thinking! "I'm a Doctor in a Mental Hospital" shares the imaginative stories of mental patients, which will make you laugh and cry, but also lament the injustice of the world: They are so powerful, why don't they go to heaven?

"Brave New World", published in 1932, is Aldous Huxley's most outstanding masterpiece and one of the most famous anti-utopian literary classics of the 20th century. Together with Orwell's "1984" and Zamyatin's "Us", it is known as the "dystopian" trilogy and has a profound influence on domestic and foreign literary and ideological circles. This is an allegorical work that shows the future picture of human society in Huxley's eyes: through the most effective scientific and psychological engineering, human beings have been genetically and genetically designed to be members of various levels of society, completely reduced to docile machines, individuality and freedom have been stifled, and literature and art are on the verge of destruction. Following the masterpiece of allegorical novel "Brave New World", Huxley published the treatise "Return to Brave New World" in 1958. In this eloquent work, the author used his rich sociological and anthropological knowledge to compare modern society with all aspects of the allegorical picture he conceived in "Brave New World", such as overpopulation, propaganda and brainwashing, and chemical persuasion, and believed that his early pessimistic predictions were becoming a reality. This book contains all two of Huxley's most classic works.

"The Black Sailor of the Narcissus" is one of the masterpieces of Conrad's famous "sea novels". Whit, the new black sailor, fell ill in bed as soon as he boarded the ship. He made no contribution to the entire voyage, but showed "irritability and cowardice" everywhere. In the end, Whit died on the ship. The sailors held a water burial for him. As soon as Whit's body fell into the sea, a strange wind blew on the sea. After that, everything was normal. The "Narcissus" arrived in England, and the sailors scattered after landing. This unique image of Whit has aroused great interest among critics. Commenting on "Narcissus" became an explanation of Whit's meaning. As a result, there were as many Whits as Conrad critics. In fact, Whitt is just the focus of the shadows cast by thousands of concrete social phenomena on land to the sea. Conrad "objectified" universal human suffering into Whit, thereby creating a unique character.

F. S. Fitzgerald, the author of "Tender Is the Night", is a famous American screenwriter and the most important representative of the "Jazz Age". Each of his successful works is the crystallization of the poet's sensitivity and the dramatist's imagination, and is the product of the perfection of his artistic talent. "Tender Is the Night" is Fitzgerald's most painstaking autobiographical novel. It is one of the 100 greatest English works of the 20th century selected by Modern Library.

"Florence Nights" picks up three of Heine's novellas and a little-known prose play "Doctor Faustus" that is comparable to Goethe's immortal poetic drama "Faust". Readers can get a glimpse of this from several works in this small book.

André Gide (1869-1951) was one of the most important French writers of the 20th century and one of the most important figures in the history of French and even modern Western literature and thought. He won the 1947 Nobel Prize in Literature for his "extensive and artistically profound works that express human problems and situations with a fearless love for truth and keen psychological insights." "The Counterfeiter" occupies a very special position in Gide's oeuvre: it is Gide's last and only novel, and is the product of his most mature period of thought and art. Gide admitted in his diary that he spent his entire life accumulating his efforts to write this work. It was the most important mission of his life. After writing it, he would die without regrets. Therefore, it can be said that it represents the highest and most comprehensive achievement of Gide as a thinker and artist. The works are profound and delicate in thought, clear and exquisite in writing, broad in vision and rich in content. It is not only a coming-of-age novel, an ethical novel, but also a psychological novel, and even a "meta-novel" that shows how to refine life and create art. It has a milestone significance in the history of literature.

"The Age of Innocence" is the representative work of the famous American writer Edith Wharton, which won the 1921 Pulitzer Prize. The main plot of the book takes place in the upper class society of New York in the late 1870s and early 1880s. That was where Wharton spent her childhood and youth, where she grew up, entered society, became engaged and disengaged, and finally married Edward Wharton of Boston, where she spent her first years of marriage. Forty years later, as a novelist, she looks back at the society that raised her and restrained her. Her feelings are complex, with both cordial attachment and sober criticism. The writer compared the upper class society in New York at that time to a small pyramid. It was sharp and slippery, making it difficult to gain a foothold on it. At the top of the tower, there are only two or three families with real aristocratic blood: the Dagonet family in Washington Square is an authentic county family; Mr. Van der Luyden is the direct grandson of the first Dutch governor, and his family has married several nobles in France and England; and the Laning family, who has married the Count de Grasse. They are the highest class of the upper class, but they are obviously in a declining stage.

Literature is the narrative of the soul and the murmur of the human heart. "Buhuhu Novella Series" selects classic works by some famous contemporary Chinese writers. These novels are rich in content, exciting stories, touching plots, thought-provoking and endless aftertaste. This book is one of a series that collects seven novellas by Wen Yajun, a member of the Chinese Writers Association and a contracted writer with the Beijing Writers Association.

"Twelve Years a Slave" comes from Solomon's personal experience. He was a free black man living in New York State, but was kidnapped and began his life as a slave. The publication of this book influenced the subsequent abolition movement in the United States and influenced modern American history. It was included in American history textbooks and required reading lists for students. Together with another famous book "Uncle Tom's Cabin", it is called an immortal classic that promoted the abolition process. The place where Solomon Northup was sent was exactly where Uncle Tom was imprisoned in the novel; Northup's description of the life and events there are also strikingly similar to the stories in my novel. --Mrs. Stowe (author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin")

"Tokyo Tales" consists of five short stories: "The Accidental Traveler", "Hanalei Bay", "Wherever You May Be Found", "The Kidney-Shaped Stone Moving Every Day" and "Shinagawa Monkey". The famous Japanese director Daiji Matsunaga's new film "Hanalei Bay" is based on the original novel. Haruki Murakami personally serves as the screenwriter, as well as the producer of "Norwegian Wood", the photographer of "Shoplifters", and the soundtrack of "Mountains and Rivers", creating a beautiful and moving image poem. The full text was published in The New Yorker and won the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award. As always, Haruki Murakami is still quietly tearing down the fences between reality and unreality, or the world here and the world beyond. He is still hovering over the realm of the subconscious like an eagle, looking for a deeper and darker bottom. He is still trying to strip soul information and human subtleties from the ordinary worldly life.

"The True Story of Ah Q (Comments and Illustrated Edition)" is the masterpiece of Lu Xun's novels and a pearl in the treasure house of world literature, enjoying a high reputation around the world. In the book, Lu Xun successfully shaped Ah Q's morbid mental image with exquisite writing, unearthed the backward and ignorant factors in Chinese farmers, and depicted (the soul of Chinese people) and (Chinese life). With its profound ideological significance and superb artistic skills, the novel represents the highest achievement of Chinese novellas in the past century.

Eita and Ryuhei Matsuda star in the original movie of the same name. The finale of the Mahoro Ekimae trilogy! The convenience house encounters the greatest crisis in history, and Tada and Xingtian will face the emotional truth and the black hole in their hearts. In "The Rapture in front of Mahoro Station", Tada and Gyoten are disgusted with each other and support each other. As they usher in the new year, Tada's convenience house once again faces various strange tasks: climbing on the roof to remove the quilt blown away by the strong wind, acting as a private detective to monitor the vegetable garden suspected of spraying pesticides all night; pretending to be a cram school teacher to take out the elementary school students who are forced to farm; quelling the bus hijacking farce and disrupting the turf war at the south entrance of the station. At the same time, they will also encounter the biggest crisis in history: living with Xingtian's four-year-old daughter, whom they have never met. However, it was this agonizing month and a half that made Tada and Xingtian face the black hole in their hearts and the scars in their souls, re-examine themselves and their memories, and bravely overcome the pain and move toward rebirth. What is revived is the ability to love, what is awakened is the impulse to laugh. What kind of tomorrow will Tada Convenience House's white pickup truck head towards?

Two angels drove through the streets in a car. They came to the world at the command of God. Their piercing whistles frightened the surrounding residents - in fact, they only came for a woman named Anna. Anna's husband is a writer and is writing a book about the Czech literary master Hrabal. He was stuck in a bottleneck and had no time to care about anything else. He didn't even know that his wife was pregnant and wanted to give up the child. Anna is a beautiful woman who loves blues music. She fell in love with Hrabal-on a spiritual level. She confided her thoughts, anguish, fantasies and tenderness to Hrabal in her heart. Her outpourings are quiet, deep, and powerful. God was impressed. In order to appease Anna, God decided to learn to play the saxophone from Charlie Parker. Can God succeed?

Literary worker Dali was secretly sent to a temporary shelter in a closed sewer. Here there is sufficient food and clothing, but only time and sunshine have been lost; here, all kinds of people have "moved in": the ruffian "fly", the stupid "tall fat", the body worker Ms. Riharu who slowly turned from shriveled to plump, the housekeeper who took care of everything in an orderly manner, two magicians who kept competing... The difference between these people and Dali, who was looking for an exit and thinking about a breakthrough, was that they were all content with the status quo of losing time and unwilling to leave. What kind of fear is it that makes them prefer to be raised and imprisoned in this underground illusory shelter rather than move toward a free life under the sun? This is an unsettling novel, with its strange and confusing absurd writing style, which points directly to the collapse of love and vitality of modern people.

There was no girl more lovable than Savannah of the Weston family. She loves nature, is kind to animals, and is kind to people. However, since Savannah's parents died due to floods, and her younger brother stole all the inheritance and disappeared, the lives of Savannah and her brother Gray have been cast into a shadow. In such a life of hardship and poverty, planting roses is Savannah's only solace. Today, she secretly went to the ghost town that her brother was forbidden to visit, all in order to find rare varieties of roses. On her way home, she meets Laret, a cowboy who doesn't know what to do after his truck breaks down. The kind-hearted Savannah gave Laret a lift. After discovering that he also had research on roses, Savannah, who was usually quiet and well-behaved, became abnormally talkative.

The master of black humor expresses tragic content in the form of comedy, and laughs in the face of disaster, absurdity, and despair. Joseph Hero, the author of "Catch-22", praised this book as: Vonnegut's best work. Jay McClenny said in the New York Times that "Spell" is the most hotly discussed novel with the most practical value. "Spell" is one of the masterpieces of the famous American postmodern writer Kurt Vonnegut. The novel unfolds in the inner loneliness of the protagonist Hartke, a Vietnam War veteran. Hartke recalled his own life and told readers about the absurdity of the Vietnam War and the tragic plight of Vietnam War veterans. This is an intellectual's criticism of the real world. In this book our lives are a fraud. The last master in the United States who dared to tell the truth was absurd on the one hand and true on the other. This is history. The spiritual idols of several generations in the world's literary world: Mo Yan, Haruki Murakami, Doris Lessing, Norman Mailer, Graham Greene... The most respected public representatives of the world's media: Time Magazine, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Guardian, BBC... Highly praised.

"The English Patient" is a masterpiece by the famous Canadian writer Michael Ondaatje. It won the British Booker Prize and the Canadian Governor General's Literary Award in 1992. The film of the same name adapted from it won the 26th Oscar for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Cinematography. Michael Ondaatje uses lyrical and accurate writing to describe the fateful meeting of four sad people in an abandoned villa in Italy at the end of World War II. They stood in the shadow of the war, licking their painful memories, and walked towards each other cautiously, but they ended up separated.

"No matter how mediocre and boring this world is, it is my world after all." "Sheep Hunting Adventures" is the third novel in the "Rat and Me" series of trilogy after Haruki Murakami's debut novels "Hear the Wind Sing" and "1973 Pinball Game". A super-powered sheep that controls all of Japan has disappeared, and its host, the underworld leader, is dying. "I" accidentally received a photo of this sheep from my friend "Rat", and was coerced by the underworld, so I had to take my girlfriend on an adventure to find the sheep with strange star-shaped markings. Away from the boring life that I once had, in the process of searching for sheep, "I" continue to search and redeem myself, and determine the meaning of my existence. In the snow-capped mountains of Hokkaido, when "I" finally reunited with "Rat", at this moment, my friend had already become a ghost that had perished with the source of evil.

In 1942, Lisbon, Portugal, gathered many exiles waiting to go to the United States. Late one night, two strangers met at the pier. One person is wandering around because he has no boat tickets, and the other person is willing to give away his two tickets on the condition that the other person will listen to him until dawn, and the story unfolds. The person who sent the ticket was the German Joseph Schwarz. Because he opposed the Nazi regime, he was denounced by his brother-in-law, who was a Gestapo, and was imprisoned in a concentration camp. He later escaped from Germany, but took the risk to return home to visit his wife Helen. Helen decided to leave Germany with Joseph. They traveled to Switzerland, France, and Spain, separated and reunited several times, escaped various pursuits and imprisonment, and finally arrived in Lisbon, but at the last moment they were unable to board the ship to the "Promised Land"... Joseph and Helen's escape is an "epic composed of horror, comedy, escape, bureaucracy, despair and love."

In fact, this apartment building is a small vertical city. There is a skyscraper that is isolated from the world. The poor live in the dark and cramped lower floors, the middle class live in the middle floors, and the rich live in the luxurious upper floors. They spend a brief and harmonious time with each other peacefully. However, this self-willed community structure, regarded by Darwinists as a reasonable community structure, was quickly destroyed due to various small conflicts and contradictions. As a result, production stagnated and supplies disappeared. The ending was tragic. People took off all the robes of civilization and turned into barbaric animals that "eat dogs and sometimes human flesh." The novel does not provide any way out for this community structure that divides people into low, middle and upper classes, but it depicts the fragility and instability of this structure. "Ryan looked at the skyscraper four hundred yards away. Just now, there was a temporary power outage, and all the lights on the 7th floor were darkened. In the darkness, there were already flashlight beams moving around. For the first time, the residents were confused and wanted to find out where they were. Ryan looked at them with satisfaction, ready to welcome them to their new world."

During World War I, 19-year-old Paul Boymer was inspired by "patriotism" and volunteered to join the army with his classmates. However, the cruelty of war and military life was completely beyond imagination. In boot camp, they are forced to abandon their former faith in knowledge and freedom and undergo a radical transformation. After a short training, the recruits were sent to the front line to fight, and what they saw and heard was cruel: the trenches were full of rats and lice; severe infectious diseases threatened the life of every soldier; comrades were killed one by one, or were injured and sent to field hospitals; the field hospitals were poorly equipped and lacked medicines, and the mortality rate of injured patients was extremely high. When Paul returned home on vacation, he found that Germany was still immersed in heroic fantasies about war. Ordinary people could not imagine the disasters suffered by soldiers on the front line. He was completely out of touch with his previous life, and no one could understand his feelings. Paul returns to the front line. At this time, the war is becoming more and more fierce, and the future is confused...

Remarque is a top novelist of the 20th century, a master highly respected by Zweig, Günter Grass, Lin Yutang, Ba Jin, Wang Shuo, Mu Xin, Wang Xiaobo, Zhou Guoping and others. His life spanned from a small German town to the battlefield on the Western Front, from the Swiss countryside to the streets of Paris, from Hollywood to Manhattan; his works describe youth during war, love in troubled times, and wandering in the city... Witnessing half a century of cruelty and romance, his stories are the shadow of his life. The collection of Remarque's works series includes three works with different styles created by Remarque at different stages. "All Quiet on the Western Front" was created based on Remarque's personal experience. Its simple and powerful words shocked millions of readers, sold well all over the world, and became a classic that has influenced generations of people. He was also nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for this book. "Lisbon Nights" is the last work published by Remarque during his lifetime. It is written with skillful writing and uses crazy love to fight against the crazy times. "The Promised Land" is Remarque's posthumous work. It is written like prose and depicts the life of a group of displaced people in New York. As Zweig said: "You will be conquered by his works without persuasion; without exaggeration, he will shock your heart."

In the summer of 1989 in East Germany, 24-year-old college student Ed was hit hard by the unexpected death of his girlfriend. He chose to temporarily escape from his original life and came to Hiddensee Island alone. One part land, nine parts sky: Hiddensee is a resort, a land of freedom within borders, for those who enjoy bliss, for those who daydream and dance in their dreams, for the losers and the marginalized. Ed joined the Klausner Hotel on the island as a part-time dishwasher during the peak season. He met a group of colleagues with different personalities and backgrounds, including Crusoe, the spiritual leader of Hiddensee Island. He is a strange mixture, including almost ascetic strictness and self-denial, almost fanatical determination, a preference for fantasy and taboos, and his divine seriousness, quietly vibrating aura, or - Crusoe energy. On the island, a web of relationships and activities forms around Crusoe. Next to Crusoe, Ed tortured himself and his heart of giving up... However, as the current situation changes and the Berlin Wall collapses, the people on the island need to make new choices about where they will go...

Emily, an Olympic gymnast, accidentally fell off the balance beam at the peak of her career and was paralyzed; Aretha, a policewoman who relied on herself as strong, suffered a mental collapse when her daughter died in an accident; Daniel, a lonely advertising child star, had no friends, and his parents only cared about money; Napoleon, an inspirational master who was responsible for saving others, had a successful career, a wife who loved him deeply, and a son who was about to be born. All four are convinced that their fate has reached rock bottom and want to end their painful lives. At the moment the suicide is completed, a mysterious figure appears and gives them seven days to show them what the world would be like without them. After seven days, they are free to choose. Who will choose to live? And for some, the last day of life may become the first day of a new life.

This book tells the story of Stan, a young boy who was abandoned by his mother, who joined a traveling troupe to perform magic, and then defrauded money by co-starring in a psychic show with his female companion, and finally fell into the dark night. The poor eccentric in the traveling troupe abhorred and horrified young Stan Carlisle, who could not understand how a man could descend to such a state. He swore to himself that such a thing would never happen to him. Stan has brains, ambition, and a little cold-bloodedness, and he quickly stands out. Later, he fell in love with the most beautiful girl in the troupe and performed psychic shows together, and began to specialize in gullible rich people, providing private services in their mansions. Stan's world seems bright, with his house and money in his pocket, but the fate of the weirdo is waiting for him not far ahead.

"The Part of My Heart That Has Not yet Broken" is a representative novel by the popular Japanese writer Kazufumi Shiraishi. This book is narrated from the perspective of the male protagonist. It is a heterosexual novel that keenly explores issues such as love and desire, life and death, and is both erotic and philosophical. Matsubara Naoto, who lacked parental care since childhood and came from a poor family, was almost abandoned by his mother when he was young and learned to rely only on himself. He is strong but cold. As an adult, he lived a luxurious and drunken urban life, while dealing with three women: one was Mrs. Onishi, who came from a wealthy family but couldn't satisfy her desires, the other was Tomomi, a single mother who ran a bar, and the other was a beautiful and gentle young woman Ediriko. There are all kinds of tenderness in this kind of dealing, but it is also lonely to the core, making Naoto unable to stop asking, "What is life? What is death? Why do people live? Is it for the people they like or to pursue an ordinary happy life? How can people continue to exist in this cold and alien world?..." This is a never-ending painful questioning, and it is also a gentle redemption that is soothing...

Young Ginny was the wife of Domnik Edge, the leader of the opposition parliamentarians, and was content with her life as a housewife. Once she heard about her husband's cheating scandal, it was like a thunderbolt in the sky, waking her up from a dream. The humiliated Ginny used her keen insight and indomitable will to ruthlessly exploit the men's stupidity to her advantage. Ministers, newspaper editors, clergy, and even kings were all under her control and fell victim to her superb political skills.

In New York in the 1940s, there was a group of people who fled Europe due to persecution by the German Nazis. They luckily escaped capture and passed through the "Way of the Cross" as refugees. After experiencing various hardships and narrow escapes from death, they came to the "Promised Land" America to start a new life. But the shadow of fear lingers, and the longing for the future seems to be a futile hope. The protagonist Ludwig Zomer is a German. His father died due to political persecution by the Nazis, and he was forced to live in exile in Europe for many years. Zomer worked as an apprentice with a Jewish antique dealer in Paris. After the antique dealer died, he abandoned his original identity, inherited the antique dealer's passport, and then arrived in New York by ship. Like many exiles, Zomer struggled to start over. He was introduced to a hotel where exiles from all over the world gathered. He found a job in an antique shop based on the knowledge he learned while hiding in a museum, and fell in love with the fashion model Maria Fiora... But the memory of his father's murder was too deep, and the fear on the way to escape became an instinctive reaction. It was not easy to integrate into the new life. Zuo Mo, who has lost his roots, does not know where to go in this bustling city...

This book is a very unique work both in Lao She's novel creation and in the development history of modern Chinese literature. Some people regard "Cat City" as a satirical novel, while others regard it as a science fiction novel. Since the new era, more people have read it as a dystopian novel. Lao She's Cat City imagination has become a classic symbol for reflection on national character in the history of modern literature.

There is such a touching story during World War II. After the war, Paris was in ruins and the whole city was devastated. An American worriedly asked his companion: "Do you think it is possible to rebuild your home?" "Yes, they can do it." "What makes you so sure?" "Look at the bouquet of flowers on their table. Any nation, when they are in a miserable situation, can still think of placing some flowers on the table, they will be able to rebuild their home on the ruins." Flowers can indeed bring such comfort to people. Even a simple room with a bouquet of flowers will be full of aura. The well-known florist Liang Ping teaches us how to use flowers to decorate every corner of our lives and every gathering. In the fleeting and moving beauty of flowers, we can see the hope and joy of life.

Xiangzi, a bankrupt young farmer who came to the city from the countryside, is eager to buy a foreign car of his own with his honest labor. With hard work and perseverance, he spent three years frugally and finally realized this ideal and became a self-reliant first-class coachman. But at that time, the social environment of Chinese warlords did not allow him to have the slightest personal illusion. Within half a year, Che was abducted by deserters in the chaos of war. Xiangzi was not discouraged, he still stubbornly started from the beginning. But before he could buy another car, all his savings were extorted by detectives, and his dream of buying a car came to nothing again. He pulled up his car again at the expense of a deformed marriage with Huniu. But the good times did not last long, Huniu died in childbirth, and Xiangzi was left empty-handed. At this point, his life ideals were completely shattered, and the suicide of his beloved woman, Xiao Fuzi, blew out the last spark of hope in his heart. He began to play games with life, eating, drinking, whoring and gambling, and turned into a walking zombie without a soul. "Camel Xiangzi" is a peak in all Lao She's creations. It is Lao She's representative work describing the tragic fate of the urban poor. It is also one of the best novels in the history of modern literature. It truly reflects the suffering life of the people at the bottom of old Chinese cities, and reveals the process of how a bankrupt farmer becomes a citizen and is thrown into the ranks of the lumpen proletariat by society, as well as the tragedy of spiritual destruction experienced in this process.

"The Story of Hulan River" is Xiao Hong's last work. When she was lonely and lonely, she thought of her hometown and the ink-stained golden age by the Hulan River - her childhood. She talks in the most naive and simple language, with a slow rhythm, but deep connotation, simple and mellow, making it soul-stirring and full of vicissitudes of life. Have a unique and distinctive personal style.

Wang Zhenzhen, a young moonlighter, suddenly found that her credit index dropped sharply, which would make her unable to survive in society. Wang Zhenzhen accidentally met Zhou Youxin, whom he had met in the company before. Zhou Youxin was heavily in debt and was a card slave, but he had a very clear plan for the repayment of his debts. Under the introduction of Zhou Youxin, she joined the "Consumers Association" (Disappeared Persons Association), which was also facing financial difficulties and might disappear from society, and met many friends who had the same predicament as hers. Gradually, Wang Zhenzhen realized that debt would lead to poverty, and poverty would make people gradually withdraw from social life, and they would gradually be ignored and forgotten by their friends. In the end, those who cannot reverse their financial situation will completely lose their foothold in society. This shocking reality frightened Wang Zhenzhen. After reflection, she began to work hard to reverse the situation, and everyone worked together to find ways to fight against fate.

This set contains 4 volumes in total. Fang Siqi's First Love Paradise: A heartbreaking but powerless true story. Painful encounters are so difficult to share. Fortunately, there is still literature in this world. The Summer When General Winter Came: This is a story that gently brings together a lot of pain. It is related to the cruel reality, but it is particularly warm and healing. When you fall, is there a pair of hands that can catch you? It was she who picked me up from the trash can of life. Before that, I didn't know that I was loved by someone far away. God Was a Rabbit Then: An unusual growth story, and the touching friendship between brother and sister who protect and cling to each other. From the age of 4 to 33, a brother and sister protect and bond like the stars and the moon, and the changes of a family in the past forty years. ...

This book is a collection of narrative novels written by Li Yu following the first and second episodes of "Silent Play". It was written around the end of Shunzhi. There are twelve novels in total, and each story uses a building as the central focus. It can be seen that they are created by the author in a planned way, which also reflects the author's creative thinking of always pursuing novel and ingenious stories. Individual chapters of these novels, such as "Ten Buildings" and "Sheng Wo Building", inevitably have description distortions due to their excessive pursuit of plot ingenuity. However, overall, they still very vividly reflect the various aspects of social life in this specific historical period of the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties. They are worthy of being the best among the Qing Dynasty's imitative novels.