Lived a "shock-stunning" Life

A broker from the British Stock Exchange already had a stable career, social status, and a happy family, but he became obsessed with painting. He felt like he was "possessed by the devil." He suddenly abandoned his home and went to Paris to pursue his ideal of painting. No one could understand his behavior. After some bizarre encounters, the protagonist finally leaves the civilized world and escapes to the isolated island of Tahiti. His soul finally found peace. Some people think that the prototype of this novel is the French Impressionist painter Gauguin, which adds to its legendary color.

"Land is too big a ship for me." An immortal masterpiece that spans the history of film and literature. This book contains the complete original work of the movie "The Pianist" and "Silk", which was praised as a "literary treasure" by The Times. Newly translated by the famous translator Chen Ying. "The Pianist at Sea" is the original film of the same name directed by Giuseppe Tornatore. It tells the legendary life of the "1900" pianist at sea who never set foot on land. In 1900, on the luxury cruise ship "Virginia", an orphan was abandoned in the first class cabin. He was seen by the sailors on the ship, raised him and named him 1900. As 1900 grew up, he showed his talent for playing the piano without a teacher. He played music that no one had ever heard in the band on the ship. Everyone who heard him play was deeply moved. "Silk" tells the story of a natural disaster that almost destroyed France's silk industry in the mid-19th century. Retired soldier Hervé Jungour left his beloved wife and went to Japan to buy silkworm seeds under the entrustment of French silk merchant Bardabiu. Barico narrates the subtle eroticism of this journey in a restrained, mythical, elegant and moving way.

"The last knight of German Romanticism" and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, Hesse's new 10-volume anthology, translated by famous writers, includes novels, short and medium-length works, poetry, prose, fairy tales and paintings, comprehensively displaying Hesse's creative career. "Siddhartha" contains three of Hesse's famous novellas, namely "Siddhartha", "Gertrude" and "Knolp". "Gertrude" tells the story of a love triangle between two extremely talented musicians and a beautiful young woman, hinting at the theme of the novel: the male protagonist is frustrated in love, but it promotes his artistic creation. "Knulp" was called by Hesse\

The little character Luo Ling grew up in the battle and became a person like the patron saint of mankind. The war made him famous, but he hated war because war was inhumane killing. But in the dark, the weak will eat the strong. If you don't fight, who will. In the interstellar world, kindness can only be said by the strong, and the only outcome for the weak is death.

The novel "Don Quixote", whose full name is "The Fantastic Gentleman Don Quixote de La Mancha", is a classic handed down by the Spanish literary giant Miguel de Cervantes. It is not only the most important literary heritage in the history of Spanish literature, but also one of the most dazzling cultural treasures in the world's literary world. Its printing volume is second only to the Bible. The novel is divided into two volumes, published in 1605 and 1615 respectively. The protagonist Don Quixote is a country gentleman who is addicted to chivalry novels. His brain is burned out by studying day and night. In order to serve his motherland and become famous all over the world, he rides on the skinny horse Rocinante, puts on the rusty armor left by his great-grandfather, and takes Sancho Panza, a short and fat neighbor with a brain that is also not very good. He embarks on an adventure of doing chivalry and fighting violence, causing a lot of hilarious jokes. This is the first truly anti-chivalrous traditional novel in the history of world literature. It adopts the artistic technique of satire and exaggeration, combines reality and fantasy, and expresses the author Cervantes' unique insights into the era in which he lives through a page full of absurdities. In 2002, the Nobel Institute and the Norwegian Reading Club jointly planned and implemented the "Top 100" book list survey. The judges were 100 well-known writers from 54 countries. In this survey, "Don Quixote" received more than half of the votes and was selected as "the best literary work in the world".

"The Gadfly" is the representative work of the British female writer Voynich. After being introduced to China in the 1950s, it became very popular and became one of the favorites of young people at that time. Arthur, an Italian young man, was born into a wealthy businessman family, but he resolutely joined the revolution as an adult. Due to negligence, he leaked the secret, which led to the arrest of his comrades in arms, misunderstood his childhood sweetheart girlfriend Gemma, and painfully discovered that he was the illegitimate son of Father Montanelli, whom he had admired for a long time. Under the harsh reality education, he used fake suicide as a cover and ran away angrily. After 13 years of wandering abroad, he became a determined revolutionary under the pseudonym "Gadfly". He returned to his country to organize armed forces, smuggled arms and actively prepared for the uprising. In the end, he was unfortunately arrested. Faced with threats from the military and his biological father's persuasion to surrender, he remained unmoved and died calmly. "Gadfly" also tells the story of the snow-like pure and innocent love between Gadfly and the girl Qinma, as well as the intertwined love and hate for his father. It is very sad to read.