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The town described in the work is called Tangfangqiao, located in Tangshan City, Hebei Province. The town was formed in the late 19th century. Before the town was formed, there was the Coal River (a manually dug river for transporting coal). After the completion of the Coal River, there were stevedores and a small population because there was a dock here. Later, after the Tangxu Railway was built, there was a train station - Tangfang Station, and the town gradually prospered. The author has lived in this small town since he was a child. Mr. Yang Liyuan's novel collection "Small Town Legends" contains fifty novels he wrote around small towns. In his works, the author looks back at the history of the town, recalls the old events of the town, looks back on old friends and family in the town, and reproduces the past human affairs, events and living conditions of the town. It can be said to be a genre painting, a record of customs, and a collection of characters of the town.

Experience 72 high-powered crimes encountered by "American Sherlock Holmes". The masterpiece "The Impossible Crime" by Ellery Queen, a close disciple and winner of the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Lifetime Achievement! Young Dr. Sam Hawthorne came to the town of Northmont and became a practicing doctor here. What is unexpected is that various bizarre and unsolved cases have appeared one after another here before the patients. Don't believe it, in such a small town, there are many seemingly impossible crimes hidden.

"Duwai" is a collection of short stories by writer Huang Guojun. In this collection of novels, Huang Guojun uses experimental words to explore new possibilities in the art of fiction. He breaks and splices time with his unusually delicate soul, and embodies rich meanings in the language of "Duwai", giving readers a completely different reading experience from the past. Among countless attempts at writing in Chinese, Huang Guojun's novels "have a solemn style that is out of sync with the contemporary people" (Zhang Dachun said). Even now, there are still few similar works.

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Carefully collected his essence works, telling the story of youth as sad and bright as flowers. Senin, a famous youth writer born in the 1980s, is specially invited to write a preface. Includes the popular works "Girl, Spring Heels" and "Summer Afternoon, Forgot to Walk" published in "STORY 100"; popular recommendations: "Wood House University Series Story", "Secret Flower", "Secret Word, Secret Word" and "Roof of Love".

The book includes Bao Zhuo's representative short stories and short stories "Silence", "Mammoth" and "Tale of Two Snakes". Bao Zhuo's novels are very unique. The characters in his novels have complex experiences and ups and downs, which are very real. The author pays attention to the fate of the people at the bottom, the people in the mountain villages, and the unwillingness and hard struggle of the little people, showing clear humanistic care.

"Grass People" is Cai Chongda's new collection of short and medium stories after "Skins" and "Destiny", and is the final masterpiece of the East Stone Town trilogy. Different from the unforgettable collection of essays "Skin" and the tear-jerking novel "Destiny"; "Grass People" uses a style close to the earth, looking back at Dongshi Town in southern Fujian, a hometown full of warmth and history, and focusing on people as tough as weeds - "Why do we live forever? Why do we live forever." The book tells seven mysterious stories about the intertwining of divinity and humanity. Using the method of group portraits, the touching stories of three generations of villagers, old, middle and young, are unfolded and jointly weaved into an endless song of life in Dongshi Town. Everyone can see the shadow of themselves or the people around them in "Grass People" - frustrated middle-aged men, confused young people, mothers struggling to support their offspring... Their tenacity and vitality are exactly the high-spirited energy we need in this confused and uncertain moment. Every struggle is great, and every person who struggles deserves to be seen. Even if you are just like a piece of grass, you should have a name and a surname. Everyone is a commoner, and everyone is also his own hero. After reading "Grass People", some readers said: This book seems to tell me - I know where you come from, I am familiar with your background, and I understand your feelings. If you often miss your hometown but are drifting away from home, I recommend you to read "Grass People" - every separated and rootless person can find his or her own shadow in this book. A book welcomes you home.

[Little naughty dog ​​Chenhang, Boss Yuran, young Zhuo Ding] [Modern romance + fine novels + short stories + collection + childhood sweethearts + sourness + pure love + overbearing president + two-way redemption] A collection of three short stories composed of sweet and sour little desserts. Classmates, childhood sweethearts, meet by fate; there is always one that suits you best. Includes the high-reputation pure love campus article "The Correct Way to Approach the Goddess", the parallel time and space two-way redemption article "The Man in the Mirror", and the AB love story "My Hero" that bravely breaks through stereotypes.

The "Mr. Female" series attempts to use 12 real female stories to explain how one "second life" evolves into a complete "woman" physically and emotionally, and explores what this species and society will eventually experience in such an era. This is a collection of women's stories that are completely loyal to reality. The author narrates the things around her that she has personally experienced or witnessed, telling the story of a woman's youth. In fact, this is something that all women have experienced in their youth. The material involves family, friendship, love and other elements, with a delicate emotional line running through it. Different from the current inspirational books for women, it uses spicy writing to describe all aspects of life and restores human nature from a unique perspective. Girls who stand strong in the world, you have a tiger in your heart, but you smell the rose carefully. He looks weak and indifferent, but he has a lot of energy in his heart. Believe it or not, one day you will be able to move your own planet.

[Short Stories + Story Collection + Imagination + Healing + Fantasy] A collection of thirteen-stringed imaginative stories with lots of imaginative ideas and good storytelling. The stories here are cute and cute, and the stories here are weird and 20 bedtime stories. Love, family, humanity, just open a chapter and you may find the story you want to read.

This is a collection of short stories and a collection of historical fables. The author Absalom blends history, myths, and legends into his works and creates seven imaginative stories. Some of these stories are fantastic, such as the opening story begins in ancient times, when a wandering heavenly being discovers a child and teaches him the secrets of establishing civilization; some are sad, such as the escape of a human being, and the choice between protecting his lover and surviving on his own; some are absurd, such as the officer who breaks into the Peach Blossom Land and discovers that the aboriginal people there are just his own painful memories... These stories point to the relationship between man and power, and the reaction of complex human weaknesses in this relationship. Such as greed, weakness, indifference, selfishness, violence, etc.

The book "Love from a Shipwreck" is a work commemorating the 25th anniversary of Yiyi's career as a writer. Narrated by his real name Adachi Kantaka, he wrote under the pen names Otoichi, Nakata Eiichi, and Yamashiro Asako respectively. Presenting 11 fantastic novels. After Yiyi's "Love from a Sinking Ship" hit the iceberg of marriage, the ship "home" gradually sank. What is the measure of "love"? Where should the families who once loved each other on the ship go now? "The Man Nailed to the Earth" by Eiichi Nakata. I had accomplished nothing and accidentally obtained a time jumping device, but I could no longer return to the original time and space. I keep jumping to other timelines, looking for the happiest version of myself──then, I want to kill him and replace him! Yamashiro Asako's "People in the Background" I came to the mountains for filming, but strange things happened one after another. The camera captured strange figures, the radio recorded strange sounds... And I never mentioned that there were other more terrifying things...

Writer Liang Xiaosheng, who has been deeply engaged in realist writing for decades, this time he is exploring imagination and turning to absurd literary creations. This book contains 10 new short and medium-sized novels. Those unfinished stories in the "human world" are continued here: the old policeman who repeatedly solves strange cases encounters the "Waterloo" of his career; the Internet celebrity professor who ushered in the "second spring" of his career was pushed to the forefront overnight; A woman with a desire for revenge turns into a mosquito when she wakes up early in the morning; two people who exchange hearts have a drastic change in temperament;... They are caught up in the tide of the times - when most people are living in the secular world, the sober ones choose to fight. They do not accept the judgment of fate, so they are doomed to be alone. When turbidity becomes the norm, sobriety becomes a sin?

"Even Without Trying" is the latest collection of novels by Choi Eun-young, one of the most popular contemporary Korean writers. It contains a total of fourteen works. In this book, Cui Enrong focuses on young and sensitive hearts: classmates and friends who cannot be honest with each other, confused and numb young people in the workplace, and teenagers who are incompatible with a foreign country... There are no ups and downs in the book, and there are no bizarre twists and turns. The plot, however, reveals the author's keen insight into inner dilemmas and emotional wounds in an understatement. She touches the embarrassment and embarrassment, shame and anger, loneliness and uneasiness experienced by young people one by one with clear and clear brushstrokes, full of kindness and understanding. Cui Enrong is unique in his fresh and gentle narrative style. His writing is simple and natural, and contains a kind of plain charm. She observes social reality with gentle eyes, explores the neglected emotions in daily life, and uses sincere and kind words to describe the connections and gaps between people. In her writing, every life, no matter how small, seems to sparkle.

This book collects thirteen famous novels by Fu Xiuying, focusing on the fate of women and exploring the dilemmas and gains of female characters with different identities, classes and personalities in urban life. The "them" in the story include ordinary and inconspicuous waiters in high-rise buildings, and urban white-collar workers in important positions; there are girls trapped in the mountains and fields; there are mothers who have lived in the fields all their lives, but voluntarily go to the city to share the family pressure with their daughters; there are "fighters" who pursue true love and are unwilling to give in, and there are housewives who can't help being dissatisfied with everything they have. Some of them are poor, some are comfortable, some are ambitious, and some are burdened by mundane things all day long... But is there a standard answer to the so-called "happy life"? These women, who seem to have different lives, but in the end seem to reach the same destination by different paths, may be able to give the answer.

"The Triumph of the Egg and Other Stories" is a collection of short stories by Sherwood Anderson, the "father of modern American literature", and includes 15 works: A small egg can completely defeat a person and an "American dream"; At this moment, Mary wants to see the outside world. She has stayed in this small town for too long. The night before, her father told her that he had a heart disease and might die at any time; A man in a brown coat People keep writing, but no words in his pen can bring him into life; Rosalind abandons the town and her parents and runs forward, and every step she takes makes her experience a fresh sense of escape... Anderson is an explorer of the human soul. He sneaks into the daily life of people in the town at a glance, and concisely and accurately depicts their inner fragility and loneliness, fantasies and desires, touching the universal state of human existence.

This book is a collection of novellas by the master of Russian literature Andrei Platonov, which includes four works: "Primordial Sea", "Potutan River", "The Elusive Man" and "Epifan Sluice". Among them, the novel of the same name "Primitive Sea" was a work that Platonov never published during his lifetime. The novel tells the story of the protagonist, Nikolai Vermo, a strong electricity engineer who goes deep into the grasslands of southeastern Russia and shows off his skills in the state-owned livestock farms. He hopes to use arc technology to drill into the underground primitive sea and use groundwater to turn the dry grasslands into rich land suitable for animal husbandry. The protagonist and his companions intend to use technology to change the laws of nature and transform the universe, thereby realizing the happiness of all mankind. Platonov's weird and bizarre language created a completely unique, difficult-to-imitate, and unattainable world of Platonov's art, constituting a unique landscape of Russian literature.

In 1877, after writing "Anna Karenina", Tolstoy began to focus on exploring religious issues. He visited many churches and monasteries, talked with bishops, priests, monks and ascetics of all kinds, took part in the Moscow census, and read extensively on religion. After a period of thinking, he finally found a clear answer to the question he had been exploring for many years, which was his "religion of love" - ​​Tolstoyism. Tolstoy believed that the meaning of life, the meaning of human life, lies in believing in and abiding by the original teachings of Christianity, that is, treating others with love, not only loving one's relatives and friends, but also loving everyone, including forgiving and loving one's enemies. After Tolstoy formed his "Tolstoyism", he created and adapted many novels and stories with obvious religious advice. These religious novels and stories are easy to understand, but the philosophy contained in them is profound and leaves people with unforgettable memories. Tolstoy used these stories with obvious morals to directly express one of his important ideas - the kingdom of heaven is not abstract, it exists in human friendship.

It contains 11 short stories and short stories written by Zhang Xuan in recent years, including "Intruder" and "Ghost Festival Personnel". Among them, "How Long Will It Take to Untie My Hands" won the 2016-2018 "Zhao Shuli Literary Award" short story award. One of the characteristics of Zhang Xuan's novels is to reflect social life from a small perspective and express the confusion in subtle places and the warmth in soft places from the human spiritual level. In "Zhang Xuan's Short Stories Collection", the novelist is like an intruder, breaking into people's familiar daily life. The difference is that the novel uses the mutual logic and joint advancement of the psychological portrayal of the characters and the scenes and objects. The lines are simple but have the power to penetrate into the secrets. At the same time, he has enough restraint to show a "yam egg style" temperament inherited from Zhao Shuli.

This book carefully selects eighteen short stories written by Wang Zengqi, including classics such as "Chicken and Duck Master" and "Butter Pancakes". Pictures of folk customs in their original state exude the beauty of remote and tranquil customs. The scenery of the hometown is vividly displayed on the paper, and the local people are infiltrated into it. Following Wang Zengqi's works, you can enter the rural world with a sense of historical stories.

"Going to the Roast Duck Restaurant" is a collection of short stories and short stories written by Bai Chuan. "To the Roast Duck Restaurant" unfolds from the inner world of women in marriage and family. Although it is written independently, it focuses on women's emotional experience, spiritual demands and self-awakening hidden in marriage. The work no longer places the path of salvation on others, but is the beginning of a life philosophy that re-establishes the relationship between women and women, women and men, women and life, and women and society.

The novels collected in "Fleeting Time" all take towns as the writing objects. "Fleeting Time", "Has Saddam Been Caught", "Crossing the Road Is a Dangerous Thing", "Single Bed", "How Deep is the Water", "Ye San Slope", "Opening Day" and "Sun Everywhere" have created a variety of characters who live in the city, but also experience the loneliness and bitterness left behind in the city. There is always a hint of "everyone" in their glances, which is about you and me in this world, and the immeasurable meaning of the tunnel of life.

The struggles and spiritual histories of 10 young people from other provinces are divided into three parts: "Hotel Stories", "Public Relations Unknown History" and "Past Events in Your Circle". Through the stories of celebrity ghostwriters, pick-up experts, underwear girls, as well as insurance personnel, newspaper reporters, self-media experts and entrepreneurs, actors, and rich second generations, the secrets of their soft hearts under their hard exteriors are revealed. In fact, everyone has a fire in their heart. The difference is that some are extinguished and some are burning brightly.

The stories in "The Story of the Ink Pond" all take place in Qingdao. By writing the stories of small characters, it explores the impact of the ocean on the economy, geography, culture, and changes in the world and people's hearts. The language of Azhan's novels is clear and clear, and the writing is like his paintings. It exudes a unique cultural atmosphere and aesthetic orientation, and is rich in philosophical meaning. The book not only contains prose-like and detailed records of things, but also contains profound insights and inquiries into society and human nature. It is a collection of novels with both literary and aesthetic attributes. "The Story of Man Zai" is based on the fishermen of Shazikou in Qingdao and Langya on the west coast. It tells the story of fishermen "Man Zai"'s hope and attachment to the sea, as well as their respect for nature and the maintenance of ethics. "The Story of the Ink Pond" expands and expands from the calligraphy stories of the old city of Qingdao and even the family, and continues Azhan's consistent artistic techniques and legendary writing. It uses three apprentices to leave biographies for the seriously ill master as a lead, telling the fantasy experience of the master's life, and using the story shell to express the understanding of calligraphy, the understanding of Chinese culture, and the understanding of human nature. "Houhai" integrates the changes in Houhai with the changes of the times, and integrates the ups and downs of individual destiny with the planning and expansion of the coast. Through the writing of the fate of the Feng family's parents, five sons, especially the third "Gu Zi", it points to the past of the industrial town, the customs of Houhai, and the protection of industrial heritage. On the practical level, it established a concept of "city sorrow", sang a song of departure from youth, and deeply explored human themes such as love and kindness, tolerance and perseverance, departure and return, so that the light in the little people was like the light of a lighthouse in the dark night of Houhai, appearing and disappearing, but never sinking.

The first African-American female writer to win the Pulitzer Prize for Literature - Alice Walker's first short story collection, published in 1973. This book collects 13 short stories, telling the various experiences of black women in real life, such as marriage and family, race and faith, and how many shackles still cannot restrain their desire to pursue themselves. Through the stories of black women with different personalities and life experiences, Walker presents the survival dilemmas faced by black women in the 20th century and the tenacity to overcome them. He portrays the inner turmoil of women of "our mother's generation" and breaks through stereotypes. It is in sharp contrast to the blind and submissive image of black women prevalent in black national literature at that time. It accumulates spiritual strength for the next generation of black women to change their destiny, marking a major change in black literature. In addition, the short story "Daily Necessities" and other chapters included in the book have been included in African American anthologies many times and are also classics in the history of contemporary literature.

"Can You Hold It Now" contains seven short stories and short stories written by Ye Zhou, winner of the Lu Xun Literature Prize, in recent years. Among them, "The River Surnamed Huang" has been translated into more than a dozen languages ​​and has caused great repercussions at home and abroad. There are also two articles, "Can You Hold It Now" and "In Warm Applause", both of which are new works in 2017 and have been reprinted by major publications. The novel "Can You Hold It Now" is a two-line narrative model that goes hand in hand. While describing the father's efforts to ease the relationship between father and daughter, another clue, Chen Yanzi's emotional entanglement, is also slowly unfolding. Chen Yanzi's unfortunate marriage stemmed from an unintentional remark made by her father, Chen Bingjun. This unintentional remark made Chen Yanzi often beaten by her husband for no reason. After Chen Yanzi got married, his childhood sweetheart Zuo Jun's selfless help to him aggravated her husband's suspicion. Between her husband's unreasonableness and Zuo Jun's selfless consideration, how did Chen Yanzi choose in the end?

"Archimedes' Principles" is a collection of novels, including the new works "Archimedes' Principles", "Troubled in August", "Love Past", "Smooth Wind", "Wild Smoke on Sunflower Head", "Father's Marriage", etc. His writing always permeates the perspective of the little characters in "A Dream of Red Mansions". In the original scenes, he quietly and slowly unfolds his characters, writing about the mutual warmth and awakening of the frustrated.

"Penicillin" is a collection of novellas written by Yin Xueyun, the winner of the Lu Xun Literature Prize. It is one of the "Youdu Mei Chapter" series of our publisher. It includes five works: "Penicillin", "Dongshan Seal", "Limonium", "Gray Pigeon" and "April is Just Right". Through the description of the marketplace that happened in Xuncheng and Hancun Life and family trivial matters pay attention to the current real life, from the countryside to the city, from intellectuals to officialdom, outline a rich picture of rural characters, narrate the darkness of human nature, narrate the changes in human relationships in the countryside from the changes in the world, and express the joys and sorrows of ordinary people. It can be said that the lives and destiny of these characters are the epitome of contemporary social reality, from which readers can see the social phenomena, life styles, characters' destiny and the changes of the times in China today.

"Out of Control" is a collection of novels, including recent novellas "Out of Control", "Cao Dewan Goes Out to Find Love", "Garcia's Stone", "Adjust Breathing", "Brine to Order Tofu", "Listen to a Widow" and other short and medium-length novels published in major publications, including Lu Xun Literature Award winner Qiu Shanshan's novella "Water and Sky One Color". These works have broad themes, diverse styles, focus on reality, and demonstrate a writer's skillful creative ability.

"Dragon Gate" is the latest novel collection by Hu Wenxue, winner of the Lu Xun Literature Award. It has a total of 220,000 words, is hardcover, and contains 11 short and medium-sized novels. "Dragon Gate", as the opening chapter of the novel collection, links together some independent ordinary people through an unsolved case more than 20 years ago. More than 20 years ago, Haiyan Electronics Factory was stolen and employee Pang Youliang was missing and has been listed as the prime suspect. More than twenty years later, Mao Tou's father, a terminal cancer patient, finally surrendered to the police in order to reduce Mao Tou's guilt. The theft case of Haiyan Electronics Factory was finally solved. Where did Pang Youliang go, who was the accomplice, He Hongmei's love life, and the criminal police captain... Were all revealed. The ordinary people in the city are running on their own life track, and it goes without saying that they have ups and downs, joys and sorrows. Although the emotional entanglements of ordinary people in the market are not romantic, their simplicity and pyrotechnic atmosphere make people feel more real. The case is interspersed with the narrative of daily life. The intermittent narrative makes people unable to let go of their curiosity, and the main line of the story is looming.

A crab-like old man, a lady as strong as an ox, a wild cat resurrected from the dead, a wall stained with water to express wishes, a glowing and bouncing watermelon, a singing and dancing leaf, a flickering but undying candle, a monster who stole a knife and returned it specially... The abandoned house in the forest seems peaceful, but those who come here to pursue dreams know the secrets. This book is a collection of Izumi Kyoka's short and medium stories, including four representative works. The work is rooted in Japanese folk customs, inherits the lineage of Edo monsters, and draws on the nested structure of Noh ballads to tell ethereal and bizarre stories, depicting the ugliness, joys and sorrows of the world.

The famous writer Fan Xiaoqing's new novella collection includes five novels, including "Traces Everywhere", "Gui Wu's Journey", "Side A and B", "City Trap" and "Don't Ask Me Where I Am". Fan Xiaoqing is good at structuring the plot in an ups and downs, ups and downs, and the novel is full of interest and waves. The broken time and broken scenes, like a montage, create an urgent atmosphere with a strong sense of picture. The novel is cloaked in suspense and aims to "come from the world and go into the soul", revealing the absurdity of reality in seemingly ordinary daily life, and salvaging the hidden human fluctuations in ordinary people and little people, thus pointing directly at the issue of human subjectivity.

"The Fragrance of Pine Wood" is a collection of Wanma Tseden's posthumous novels. It collects and organizes the representative works of Wanma Tseden that are of great significance in different stages of literary creation as a novelist, such as the unpublished posthumous novel "The Fragrance of Pine Wood", his debut novel "Man and Dog", and the famous Chinese novel "Wandering Song" "The Dream of the Hand", the original novel of the movie "Searching for Wisdom and Beauty", etc... The titles of the chapters were compiled and selected by the young director Kumi Seiretsu, the son of Wanma Tseden, with the preface and postscript of the commemorative articles written by Kumi Seiretsu and Chen Danqing, trying to restore a truly sincere, talented, innocent and compassionate writer and his literary legacy. The exotic sheep that came by plane and were highly anticipated, the street singer who has been looking for the girl of his dreams, the transparent snow mountain elf, the love story of a boy who turns to the sun and the moon, the road movie of pursuit... From the creatures in the snow mountains to the wind and frost in Tibet, from words and sounds to pictures and images, we go upstream and pick up only half of the story. Through words, we once again reach the inner artistic world of Wanma Caidan, and once again see the "lotus with tenacious vitality" in the pure land.

In this absurd world, you can only survive by turning yourself into a madman. "Kappa" is the masterpiece of the Japanese genius writer Akutagawa Ryunosuke, and it is also the suicide note he wrote to the world with all his efforts. The story uses the country of kappa to reflect the real human society, showing the author's worries and unspeakable confusion about human social life. The book includes six representative works of Akutagawa Ryunosuke's gloomy old age, including "Kappa", "A Fool's Life" and "Genkaku Sanbo", leading readers to face the fierce conflict between human nature and realistic choices, and to find the destination of their souls in the gap of despair.

If you are feeling lonely, or you have ever felt that you are invisible; if being alone makes you more courageous, or you are secretly longing for solitude: you are welcome to read this "Collection of Lonely Stories". While talking about loneliness is often taboo and even shameful, there's no denying that we all experience it from time to time. This book invites twenty-one well-known contemporary American writers to write around "loneliness" and share their personal experiences, providing readers with a series of entry points, touching on issues such as loneliness and gender, sexuality, addiction, immigration, insecurity, disease, etc. Particularly worth mentioning are the many articles discussing "female loneliness" in the book. Our society expects women to bring everything together socially and emotionally, and treats women who enjoy solitude as witches or freaks. Therefore, providing more space for women to examine and accept their loneliness is an urgent task. The writing of this book began before the pandemic, but much of it was written during the long period of isolation. During that tense period of isolation, the original intention of writing this book resonated even more strongly, and the healing it provided became more necessary. Twenty-one writers took turns trying to immerse themselves in loneliness, trying not to be addicted to loneliness, and enriching themselves through "self-discovery". Reading their articles can help alleviate some of our loneliness and remind us to be gentle with loneliness.

Colm Tóibín's first collection of short stories focuses on the eternal human topic of the "mother-son" relationship, telling various stories arising from this complex relationship from different perspectives. Each of the nine short stories centers on the relationship between mother and son, capturing a transformative moment. At that moment, the delicate balance between mother and son is broken, or their understanding of each other changes. A man buried his mother and washed away the sorrow in his heart with a night of indulgence; a famous singer conquered the audience, but could not please the son present who had not seen him for many years. And in "The Long Winter," the last and best story in the book, a young man searches for his runaway mother in the snow-covered mountains. Tóibín meticulously, elegantly and fluently depicts men and women of all stripes who are trapped by convention, subject to unspeakable emotions and unable to escape the shadows of the past. Many people are helplessly stuck in the quagmire of life with no other choice. Through these stories, Tobin accurately demonstrates human fragility and longing, which is shocking and unforgettable. Everyone can gain spiritual comfort, inspiration, and courage to face life from reading these short stories.

A complete collection of Nabokov's short stories, the "magician of words" - "these short stories are miracles of English literature". 68 Short stories in different styles, edited by Nabokov's son Dmitry in chronological order. The man at the desk at night is disturbed by an uninvited guest, who turns out to be a wood elf from his hometown; the long-lost son reunites with his mother, but appears at an extremely embarrassing moment; the exiled barber named "Razor" shaves the man who once persecuted him; the groom has to report the bride's death to his father-in-law after the honeymoon; A shy dreamer makes a soul-deal with the devil... In these dark and magical stories, Nabokov perfectly demonstrates dazzling novel techniques, wild imagination and intellectual games, and fascinating insights into the unavoidable ambiguity and loss in life. They are called "the miracle of English literature".

"That Green: A Collection of Gao Bo's Literary Works" is a collection of novels. The author's military career lasted 19 years. In the army, he worked as a news and publicity officer and received a profound education about the Anti-Japanese War and the ten-year civil war. He was deeply moved by the deeds of those brave commanders and fighters back then. I believe that this heroic spirit of sacrifice for the country should be passed down. Through short stories, the author truly restores the scenes of the year, allowing people living in the 21st century to experience the shocking scenes of the year without forgetting history and national humiliation.

"Yi Zi Qing Jing" is a collection of short stories by best-selling author Wu Maoyang. This book consists of 6 short stories. The portrayal of women in this book, whether they are beautiful or not, has a dream-like attraction, like women walking through the mist, pale, sad, absolutely lonely, with a hint of ghostly charm, telling their own touching stories.

Voltaire was a leading figure in the French bourgeois Enlightenment in the eighteenth century and was known as the "King of French Thought." Voltaire was mainly engaged in drama creation throughout his life and wrote more than 50 plays, most of which were tragedies. The most valuable of his literary works are philosophical novels. This is a new genre he created, using a joking tone to tell absurd stories, alluding to and satirizing reality, and elucidating profound philosophies. "Selected Novels of Voltaire: A Collection of Short Philosophical Stories" includes classic novels such as "The World Like This", "Little Big Man", "Menon", "White and Black", "Yeno and Gauland", "Two Comforted People", "The Story of a Kind Brahmin". This book is a public edition, compiled by China Edition Group Digital Media Co., Ltd., And is not an imported edition.

"Selected Short Stories of Hemingway" collects many of Hemingway's most representative short stories, including "The Snows of Kilimanjaro", "Mountains Like White Elephants", "Indian Camp", "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber", "Cat in the Rain", "The Boxer", "The Doctor and his Couple", etc. Among all Hemingway's works, it was not his novels that made him famous the earliest, but these extraordinary short stories. These short stories are mainly declarative sentences, with precise descriptions, short dialogues, limited revelations, a combination of fiction and reality, and endless meanings. They convey infinite connotations in a limited space and perfectly present Hemingway at his peak: precision, restraint, mystery, and sadness. This book is a public edition, compiled by China Edition Group Digital Media Co., Ltd., And is not an imported edition.

"Rou Shi Short Story Collection" collects Rou Shi's short stories "A Spring Afternoon", "The Executioner's Story", etc. Mr. Rou Shi was actively engaged in the New Culture Movement throughout his life, awakening people's revolutionary awareness of concern for the country and the people. His representative works include the short story collection "Madman", "Hope", "Mother of a Slave", the novella "February", "Three Sisters", etc. Sponsored progressive periodicals such as Chaohua and Yusi. In the 20th year of the Republic of China (1931), he was betrayed by a traitor and was arrested by the Kuomintang military police. After that, he and 23 comrades including Yin Fu and Ouyang Li'an were secretly killed.

"Rou Shi's Novella Collection" collects Rou Shi's novellas "Three Sisters", "February", etc. Mr. Rou Shi was actively engaged in the New Culture Movement throughout his life, awakening people's revolutionary awareness of concern for the country and the people. His representative works include the short story collection "Madman", "Hope", "Mother of a Slave", the novella "February", "Three Sisters", etc. Sponsored progressive periodicals such as Chaohua and Yusi. In the 20th year of the Republic of China (1931), he was betrayed by a traitor and was arrested by the Kuomintang military police. After that, he and 23 comrades including Yin Fu and Ouyang Li'an were secretly killed.

Macho chauvinism is actually hurting men, and thereby hurting all intimate relationships. The New York Times Book of the Year. 10 Stories, as fathers, lovers or former lovers, the protagonists tell what it means to be a man, and try to answer the shackles and fetters that gender identity brings to men and women. "Becoming a Man": In his country, to become a man, you must first become a soldier, but no one cares how far a boy has to go to become a man. "Juscia on the Roof": After "death" once, he was ignored by his family because of the birth of his grandson. He wanted to become a newborn without the constraints of traditional concepts. "I Sleep But My Heart Is Awake": The daughter inherited her late father's apartment and accidentally "inherited a strange man in her father's apartment." She looked at this strange apartment and found that she had never really known her father.

"Zhaoqiao Village" describes the romance of seasons and nature, and "In Russia" records the millennium of studying abroad life. This time, writer Gu Xiang brings a new novel collection "Honest and Good People", which includes eleven short and medium-length works that she has written in recent years. The swallow seller, the former lover in Peace Park, the old man in the suburbs of Shanghai, friends at the music festival, urban white-collar workers whose rented house caught fire, students in love in a foreign country... These people suddenly appeared and disappeared, like a bunch of mushrooms, a tree, a gust of wind, a planet, just like everything in the universe. They live clumsily and honestly, seeking a little love and comfort in the storms of the world. There are always one or two sad things hidden in their seemingly peaceful daily lives. Gu Xiang's brushwork seems light and comfortable, but it expresses the weight and unwillingness of life.

"I hope that my novel is like a wild fruit, like a wild vegetable. I found it growing there, so I picked it." "Bold Use of Green" is a new and expanded edition of novelist Tan Bo's first work. It contains 53 short stories, 10 of which are new. Each of the original stories has been carefully polished and revised with careful consideration of words and sentences. In these novels, the author writes about the strange people and various aspects of life in the northern towns and cities with passionate, controlled and heartfelt emotions. He captures the subtle moments that make people's hearts tremble, and describes the ups and downs of the lives of people in this world. Under the simple and concise words, there are stories that are still unspeakable, showing the embarrassment and absurdity of life, sadness and humor, plainness and profoundness, down-to-earthness, and seeing all living beings. The author gives full play to the potential of the short story format, manipulates the knife of fiction with his extraordinary imagination, and explores and practices the form of short stories to the extreme. He treats words patiently and humbly. Each piece is exquisitely conceived but light, showing precise control and soul-stirring energy, conveying the profound confusion and truth of life amidst worldly fireworks and market legends.

One of the "Selected Works of Kawabata Yasunari" series, it is a collection of short stories and short stories, translated by the famous literary translator Lin Shaohua, and includes such popular works as "Qiong Yin", "Titmouse", "The Remarriage", "Country Story", "Fuji First Snow", etc. The content involves exploring the nature of marriage and love, a journey triggered by the search for tits, an ode to the simple and innocent beauty of country girls, and the beautiful scenery of Fuji's first snow. Through delicate brushwork, the author expresses his praise for the beauty of love and women's purity, and his artistic pursuit of the quiet and quiet natural scenery, which reflects the aesthetic interest of "love and beauty" in Kawabata's works.

"Rashomon" collects many short stories by Japanese writer Ryunosuke Akutagawa, represented by "Rashomon" and "In the Bamboo Forest". It uses a weather-proof layout to push people to the limit of life and death choices, showing the inescapability of "evil" and conveying Akutagawa's feelings. Ryunosuke's helplessness and despair towards human nature also shows that in a one-dimensional society, people living in it have become one-dimensional people. Such people have lost their freedom and creativity and no longer imagine or pursue another life different from real life.