A good book worth reading.
● 1. Bookstore on the island
Author: [America] gabriela Zewen
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Everyone's life has the most difficult year, which makes life beautiful and broad. A.J. Fickley, a middle-aged man, runs a bookstore on an isolated island. Fate never cared for him, his beloved wife died, the bookstore was in crisis, and even the only valuable treasure was stolen. His life came to a deadlock and his heart became a desert island. At this moment, a mysterious burden appeared in the bookstore, which unexpectedly saved A.J., who was trapped in a lonely and desperate situation, and became the bond between him and his wife and sister Ismay, the police chief Lan Buys and the salesgirl Amelia of the publishing house, bringing a turn for the better in his life. No one is an island, every book is the world. Several lives on the island are closely related to each other, and they have stepped out of the predicament of life. All their love for books and life has gone on wave after wave, becoming more and more turbulent.
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In this sweet, beneficial and inspiring novel, Wen Ze perfectly captures the happiness of pairing readers with books. The intriguing characters in the book, in-depth understanding of book sales, incisive comments on classic works, and humorous descriptions of book clubs and marketing activities will make book lovers irresistible.
2. The Lost Blood Gift in the Sea Breeze
Author: [Canadian] Alistair mcleod
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There are seven stories in The Lost Blood Gift in the Sea Wind. Some teenagers are eager to get rid of the fate of family generations digging coal on the island and travel far from home when they are adults. Some middle-aged university teachers recall their father, who was ambitious, but was trapped on the island as a teenager to make a living by fishing. Some extended families scattered all over the world gathered in the corner of the old grandmother's widow on her 96th birthday. These stories draw a close bond and an insurmountable gap between men and women, parents and children, which are both gentle and cruel.
These stories all take place in the harsh scenery of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, and they are all about complex and mysterious people's hearts. They were infiltrated by memories and legends, washed away by sea water and blood, which flowed out in the long struggle with land and sea; What mcleod praised was the deep integration with the natural world, and the things that came down in one continuous line in the face of change, love and loss.
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Like Faulkner or Chekhov, Alistair? Mcleod's short stories are both regional and universal, and I think they are immortal. Michael. Ondaje
●3. Attacking the bakery
Author: Haruki Murakami
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Attacking the bakery contains two stories: attacking the bakery and attacking the bakery again. The young man who attacked the bakery with his partner found a decent job, got married and got married ten years later. However, they were harassed by mysterious hunger from the beginning and embarked on the road of attacking the bakery again with their wives. Carter, a famous German painter? After a sleep, Manschke painted 20 surreal illustrations for Haruki Murakami again, which were printed in dark green and rose gold spot colors respectively, adding a strange atmosphere.
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The attack on the bakery shows people's struggle and reflection on hunger. From sleeping to attacking the bakery, it undoubtedly shows the epoch-making vision and imagination of Haruki Murakami's novels.
4. The Nightingale and the Rose
Author: [UK] Oscar Wilde
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The first fairy tale written for adults, he was the first to put forward the concept of adult fairy tales. Wilde said: Fairy tales are not written for children, but abbreviations for children aged eighteen to eighty? . Oscar? Oscar Wilde is the greatest English master after Shakespeare. The Happy Prince, The Nightingale and the Rose and The Selfish Giant are not only English literary classics, but also world literary classics.
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Oscar? Wilde
He is the greatest English master after Shakespeare, and also the spokesman of aestheticism walking in the world. He wrote nine fairy tales in his life, among which The Happy Prince, The Nightingale and the Rose and The Selfish Giant became world literary classics. For Wilde, the artist is the embodiment of Jesus in modern society. His works are the crystallization of his pain and life, just like the nightingale dyed the roses red with her own efforts. He wrote Dorian? The Portrait of Gray also wrote the tragedy Salome and many other works of genius.
●5. Moonlight in the Left Hand
Author: Yu Xiuhua
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Yu Xiuhua said? For me, I am complete, quiet and happy only when I am writing a poem. In fact, I have never been a quiet person. I am not reconciled to this fate, nor can I bear it. But all my struggles have failed, and I will curse the street and scold my mother. Of course, I am a peasant woman myself, and there is no reason to get rid of her inferiority completely. But I never thought that poetry would become a weapon. Even if it is, I won't use it, because I love it too much, because I can't bear it. This book selects more than 100 poems from 2000 poems written by Yu Xiuhua in recent years. The theme involves love, affection, difficulties and feelings in life, and the instantaneous meaning of life.
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? Even if there is no clean place polluted by this society, I am clean again when I return to poetry. Poetry has been washing me and pitying me. ?
yu xiuhua
6. Beautiful antique clothing store
Author: [America] Stefani Lyman
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An antique dress interweaves the fate of two women who lived 100 years ago. In 2007, Amanda, the owner of antique clothing store, visited Jane, who was old. Kelly, Amanda didn't expect Jane's sale to reveal a lost history and reveal a deep secret. The secret belongs to Oliver, who lived in new york 100 years ago.
Although olive and Amanda are separated by a hundred years, they walk in the same street and stand in the same room. They also pursue independence and are rich in business genius. As women, they are facing the challenges of the times, and their life paths are connected in an incredible way.
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20 13 best female novels in library journal, USA. Weekly evaluation by publishers: fascinating. Husseini, the author of The Kite Runner, praised it as profound, charming and interesting!
●7. Silent confession
Author: [America] Wu Qishi
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Our whole life is to get rid of other people's expectations and find our true self. Lydia is dead, but they don't know yet. Lydia is the second child in the family and the apple of Mr. and Mrs. Li's eye. She inherited her mother's blue eyes and her father's black hair. Parents are convinced that Lydia will realize her dream that they can't. After Lydia's body was found, her father felt guilty and her mother was determined to take revenge. Lydia's brother thinks that the bad boy next door must be involved, and only Lydia's sister can see clearly, and she is probably the only one who knows the truth?
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The plot is extremely witty and stirs your emotions everywhere. Wu Qishi told a serious theme about gender and race with a gripping and wonderful story, which made people applaud. Such a serious theme can be analyzed thoroughly, and the rhythm of the story can be faster and faster, more and more thrilling, until the truth comes out, as if the room is full of sunshine.
8. A man without a woman
Author: [Japan] Haruki Murakami
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Murakami mentioned in the preface that there are some personal writing opportunities for writing this article. One night in the middle of the night, I suddenly received a phone call from the husband of the woman I fell in love with when I was 14 years old, telling her that she had committed suicide. . .
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Haruki Murakami's works are deeply influenced by European and American writers, with a light tone and few gloomy and heavy words after the war. It's called the first purity? Writers in the post-world war ii period? , known as the standard-bearer of Japanese literature in the 1980s.
9. Small pot for eight people
Author: [Japan] village Yi Tian Daizi
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In summer, a letter from Hawaii disturbed the quiet life of grandma in the country: her long-lost brother was seriously ill and wanted to see her for the last time. But the 80-year-old grandmother can't remember this relative. The children were ecstatic and set out for her, so four grandchildren who were left unattended came to grandma's house for the summer vacation. Four children stayed in the country, listening to grandma's story on a summer night, and the broken memories gradually pieced together, and everything around them gradually became unreal.
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"Hu Ba" selected eight masterpieces from Murata's classic novels. Among them, Pot won the Akutagawa Prize (rhapsody in august was adapted by Akira Kurosawa), White Mountain won the Women's Literature Award, Midnight Bike won the Prince Hirayama Literature Award, Crab Girl won the Murasaki Annapolis Literature Award, and Wang Chao won the Kawabata Yasunari Literature Award. Eight novels are like eight random songs rooted in the earth, full of touching stories, beautiful imagination and rich vitality.
● 10. Stoner
Author: [America] john williams
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Stoner talked about the most important parts of life: love, identity, pity, ambition, pride, trust and death. A brave man's failed life: even if he can't have a perfect life, he is glad that he has pursued a complete self. Missouri, USA. The child of a farmer on a remote farm, William, 19 years old? Stoner entered Missouri State University to study agronomy. Since taking a literature course, his life has changed quietly. The future Stoner will become a university teacher, get married, have children, teach, retire, get old and die. At the end of his life, maybe he can face this question calmly: Do you expect anything else in your life?
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A novel with sincerity, passion and compact strength explores the conflict, defeat and survival between human nature neglected by the historical torrent, and reawakens the significance of thinking about the unique existence of each individual. Author John? Williams showed the world how brave people live. Williams' writing is clear, restrained and accurate. It's like the reflection of polished oak. ...
11.guava flavor
Author: [Colombia] Garcia Marquez
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Guava Xiang is another Colombian writer, P.A. Mendoza and Garcia. Marquez's conversation record covers all aspects of Marquez's life, interspersed with Mendoza's beautiful prose introducing the background of the conversation, which is well received by readers. The key to the Marquez world? . Guava Fragrance can be said to be the most famous and widely circulated interview with Marquez, and many sentences in the book later became the symbolic remarks of Marquez in readers' minds.
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Almost all first-line writers, such as Mo Yan and Yu Hua, will mention this book when they talk about their literary creation. It should be emphasized that Guava Fragrance is not a dignified book, just like Dear Ma Lao is not a dignified writer. In some chapters of this book, Ma Lao's self-disclosure is simply jaw-dropping.