{"title":"Women","description":"\u003cp class=\"\" data-end=\"243\" data-start=\"191\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eWomen write about more than just “women.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-end=\"243\" data-start=\"191\"\u003e \u003cem\u003eThese books carry pain, but also a sense of direction. They are reading paths to a more honest world.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"鳄鱼手记-9787547739525","title":"Crocodile Notes","description":"【Content Introduction】\u003cbr\u003e \"No matter how much pain and suffering I have to endure, I will still say that love is immortal.\" \u003cbr\u003e\"Crocodile Notes\" is Taiwanese author Qiu Miaojin's debut novel, her most significant, and a classic of feminist literature in the Chinese-speaking world. Set against the backdrop of the protagonist \"I\"'s university life, the novel follows the story of the budding, deepening, and ultimately divorcing relationships, confronting the depths of intense love and the unfathomable sorrow of others, offering a glimpse into the sensitive, self-destructive world of youth. It offers a true portrayal of the lost and troubled mental journey of a generation of Taiwanese youth in the late 20th century, and a personal account of the arduous journey of gender identity and self-identification. With a penetrating, shimmering touch, the author delves into the hidden layers of the soul. Through these candid self-analyses and the dialectical reversals of erotic imaginations, moments of profound intertwining humanity, and powerful and sublime experiences of life, the novel profoundly explores the eternal theme of humanity: how, through the purest of emotions, we can gain a deeper understanding of ourselves and the world, reaching from the individual to the depths of the universal human heart—a brilliant intellectual passion. \u003cbr\u003eInterspersed throughout these stories is the monologue of an anthropomorphic crocodile, forming a poetic allegory independent of the main plot. The crocodile, dressed in human form, ultimately floats down to the ocean in a flaming bathtub, alluding to the loneliness and exclusion faced by the \"crocodile\/marginalized person\" in human society, creating a bizarre artistic effect of polyphonic double voice.\u003cbr\u003e 【Editor's Recommendation】 \u003cbr\u003e★ This debut novel by Qiu Miaojin, a brilliant and legendary female writer in the Chinese-speaking world at the end of the 20th century, is a love story that astonished the Chinese-speaking world and ushered in a literary classic of an era. Highly recommended by Jiang Xun, Luo Yijun, Chen Xue, and Guo Yujie. Qiu Miaojin was a legend who shook Taiwan. A genius who dedicated her life to creation, she emerged with a fierce and intense talent, and then tragically and resolutely departed from the world. Her works have been widely praised, quoted, discussed, and studied. Her life, deeds, and even the novels, writers, and filmmakers she read and admired have become models for a generation of young artists. \"Notes of a Crocodile\" bravely transforms hidden female emotions into brilliant writing. It depicts a difficult journey of gender identity and a story of extremely passionate and tragic love, marking the scale and shadow of an era. Many of the words and images in the book have become symbols of self-identification for generations. \u003cbr\u003e\"No matter how much pain and suffering I endure, I will still speak of the immortality of love.\" A classic of feminist literature in the Chinese-speaking world, this book offers a profound exploration of the intimate emotions of women, moments of profound intersection between humanity, and a powerful and solemn experience of life. Written in allegory and code, this lengthy love letter reveals a woman's love experience, both magnificent and heartbreaking, fierce yet tender. Its rich and vibrant emotions, and the serious and sincere qualities of life, showcase the nobility and purity of love, its permanence and absence. The novel is imbued with a sharp philosophical insight, reaching from the individual to the depths of the universal human heart, revealing the complex, ever-changing, and ravaged inner landscape of the human soul. A rich and abundant beauty, a noble and captivating vitality, emanates a breathtaking and captivating power. Love falters, life is ruined. Only by facing oneself and life with utmost authenticity and courage can one defy the tyranny of fate and the vulgarity of society. \u003cbr\u003eA crocodile's heartfelt confession, a lament from the margins of life, dedicated to every human who pretends to be normal. \"Crocodile Notes\" depicts the plight of those on the fringes of society with the uncanny touch of a fairy tale or fable, demonstrating a keen grasp of the undercurrents of thought in a transitional generation and conveying an irrepressible excitement about the new possibilities of gender and sexuality. Inside everyone lives a crocodile, and sometimes it's necessary to hide, to disguise oneself in human form, to rediscover oneself in the darkness, and to explore the world. Since 1994, this book has continued to send a message of concern to those who are different, or who believe they are different: \"Hi, dear crocodile, how are you?\" \u003cbr\u003eThis hardcover commemorative collector's edition, which received the Times Literary Award and was recommended by \"Eight Minutes of Reading,\" has been translated into numerous languages ​​and received widespread acclaim. \"Notes of a Crocodile\" has been translated into English, French, German, Turkish, Spanish, and Italian, among other languages. In 2017, \"Notes of a Crocodile\" was included in the \"New York Review of Books\" \"Revisited Classics\" list. Qiu Miaojin is the second Chinese-language author to be featured in this series, following Eileen Chang. Authors Luo Yijun and Lai Xiangyin have dedicated their novels \"Sending Away Sadness\" and \"Afterwards,\" respectively, to Qiu Miaojin's memory and tribute.","brand":"北京日报出版社","offers":[{"title":"Simplified Chinese \/ Hardcover","offer_id":46085138743535,"sku":"9787547739525","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/4849\/4319\/files\/1T6rKUbRzPoFDSkFlqd029a_uVgdRrhO6.jpg?v=1734602790"},{"product_id":"蒙马特遗书-9787547739570","title":"Montmartre suicide note","description":"\u003ch3\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/book.douban.com\/subject\/35512888\/\"\u003eDouban\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/neodb.social\/book\/53Yqo9NKyBhRAKrtPbZdJn\"\u003eNeoDB\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 【Content Introduction】\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \"Is there really no salvation in life? I don't believe it.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn the summer of 1995, Taiwanese writer Qiu Miaojin committed suicide in Paris at the age of twenty-six. The twenty-one letters in \"Last Letters from Montmartre\" are her lifelong confession to the world. The intensity of her passion, the pain of betrayal, her reckless pursuit of possession, and her poignant self-analysis—Qiu Miaojin's writings chronicle her courage and determination, as well as her confusion, setbacks, and despair. Drawing on her own poignant and emotional experiences, she contemplates and reconstructs the principles of love, pondering the relationship between love and death, life, and art. The numerous references to Western art films and classic literature in \"Last Letters from Montmartre\" form a series of hidden paths, charting the growth of Qiu Miaojin's spiritual world. They reflect the spirit of a generation of young Taiwanese and, through them, witness the profound landscape of our times.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Last Letters from Montmartre\" has become a classic of women's literature in the Chinese-speaking world. For generations of young people, Qiu Miaojin's writing has provided not only a classic reading material but also a pilgrimage site and a soulful confession in the face of honest love. Only the most sincere artistic spirit can comfort the human soul.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \"With such a soul existing, the world is so beautiful that I am even more reluctant to die.\" I hope this will be everyone's admiration after reading \"Montmartre Testament\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 【Editor's Recommendation】\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQiu Miaojin, a legendary female writer in the Chinese-speaking world at the end of the 20th century, wrote this final epistolary novel: 21 confessional letters farewell to the world. Highly recommended by Jiang Xun, Luo Yijun, Chen Xue, and Lai Xiangyin, \"A book that made me cry.\" Qiu Miaojin was a legend who shook Taiwan. A genius who dedicated her life to creation, she emerged with a fierce and intense talent, yet also departed the world with a resolute and tragic farewell. Her works have been widely praised, quoted, discussed, and studied. Her life, deeds, and even the novels, writers, and filmmakers she read and admired have become models for a generation of young artists. \"Montmartre Letters\" is an analysis of her farewell journey, a confessional letter forged from youth and intense emotional pain. Like a Baroque fugue, it presents a young artist's dazzling, starry depiction of love and death, life and art. The flower-like radiance of her will is deeply moving yet unbearable.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Is there really no salvation in life? I don't believe it.\" A young artist's ultimate exploration of love and life, a heart-shaking bible of love, a classic in the hearts of young people. Deeply plunging into life's darkest pain, struggling with the meaning of love and death, she reconstructs the laws of love with unwavering courage, and with the resoluteness and purity of death, bears witness to the immortality of love. \"Love is more than emotion, sentiment, or passion; it is truly a 'will.'\" A young artist's pure and ardent desire for love, a young person's self-construction and self-destruction. She vows to spend her life proving her love and beauty, ultimately returning to the eternal identity of artist and lover.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"With such a soul, the world is truly beautiful, and I'm even more reluctant to die.\" A carbon copy of the soul, a fiery, compelling passion. \"Perhaps no other writer since Yukio Mishima has so mercilessly stripped away the mask of the true self.\" — A young man's profound, intense exploration of life, a pure work about love, loyalty, betrayal, art, the soul, and fate. Only the most sincere artistic spirit can comfort the human soul. \"Life is so beautiful, but it cannot be obtained, and it will never be obtained. Such desolation requires even greater strength.\" The pursuit of eternal love is no longer attainable. Now she pursues only eternity and self-expression.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis hardcover commemorative collector's edition has been recognized as a Golden Tripod Award-winning book of the year, recommended by the United Daily News' Reader's Best Book of the Year in Literature, and recommended by \"Eight Minutes of Reading.\" It has been translated into numerous languages ​​and has received widespread acclaim. \"Montmartre Last Letters\" has been translated into English, French, German, Turkish, Spanish, and Italian, among other languages. In 2014, \"Montmartre Last Letters\" was included in the \"New York Review of Books\" \"Rediscovered Classics\" list. Qiu Miaojin is the second Chinese-language author to be featured in this series, following Eileen Chang. Authors Luo Yijun and Lai Xiangyin have dedicated their novels, \"Sending Away Sadness,\" and \"Afterwards,\" respectively, to Qiu Miaojin's memory and tribute.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"北京日报出版社","offers":[{"title":"Simplified Chinese \/ Hardcover","offer_id":46085138776303,"sku":"9787547739570","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/4849\/4319\/files\/1U1HD5cw5WuPFQ5GEykAXOC7nRr53rQfM.jpg?v=1734602793"},{"product_id":"房思琪的初恋乐园-9787559614636","title":"Fang Siqi's First Love Paradise","description":"\u003ch3\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/book.douban.com\/subject\/27614904\/\"\u003eDouban\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/neodb.social\/book\/5CGshKXr2IRnVoQQ62fdOz\"\u003eNeoDB\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e A heartbreaking yet helpless true story.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e This is the Chinese novel of the year that touched millions of readers with its literary masterpiece of living in the face of death.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e It is highly recommended by many scholars, writers and social celebrities including Li Yinhe, Dai Jinhua, Luo Yijun, Zhang Yueran, Feng Tang, Zhan Hongzhi, Jiang Fangzhuo and Shi Hang.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Painful experiences are so difficult to share, fortunately there is literature in this world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e I went downstairs to get my composition for Teacher Li to review. He took it out, and I was forced to scribble it on the wall. The teacher said nine words: \"If you can't do it, maybe your mouth can.\" I said five words: \"No, I can't.\" He then stuffed it in. It felt like drowning. After I could speak again, I said to the teacher, \"I'm sorry.\" I felt like I had failed at my homework.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Little Fang Siqi lived in a life of luxury, her face as beautiful as she could imagine her future to be. Li Guohua, a renowned cram school Chinese teacher, was her neighbor in the same upscale residential building. Little Fang Siqi, a literary admirer, also admired the well-read Teacher Li.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOne day, Teacher Li said, \"You're so good at this. Why don't you just hand me an essay every week? I won't charge you a weekly fee.\" Siqi obediently went downstairs. The teacher was waiting for her at home, but there was no paper or pen on the table.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Siqi's first love was Teacher Li. Because Teacher Li turned her over and stuffed his thing inside. That Teacher's Day, Siqi was only thirteen years old, and the world was different from what she knew. If this was love, why did it feel violent? Why did it feel broken? Why did the teacher keep replacing one female student after another? If this wasn't love, how could the learned Teacher Li do this and still be so confident, unquestioning, and guilt-free?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e The story must be told anew. Liu Yiting, Fang Siqi's twin sister, receives a call from the police to bring Fang Siqi back home, having lost her mind and been declared insane. Through Siqi's diary, Yiting learns what Siqi has seen and thought over the past five years...\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eXu Yiwen, who married into the Qian family, is a close friend of the two girls, a woman in her twenties who is both their literary mentor and a silent victim of her husband's domestic violence... After entering university, Guo Xiaoqi still loves his former high school tutor, Li Guohua. This gentle and refined tutor is more than just the respected teacher he is often portrayed as...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e This is a striking and unique novel, written by a highly sensitive and close-up eyewitness, who preserves the entire incident like a \"surviving specimen.\" The book repeatedly uses the perspective of the victim to closely examine the pain of having something precious taken away from you—and the plunderer takes pleasure in doing so.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"北京联合出版公司","offers":[{"title":"Simplified Chinese \/ Paperback","offer_id":46085138809071,"sku":"9787559614636","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/4849\/4319\/files\/1-Vkxb7pmb0QVBaf1_i3DqhIgx8Xp2hni.jpg?v=1734602795"},{"product_id":"哀悼乳房-9787563393527","title":"Mourning Breasts","description":"\u003ch3\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/book.douban.com\/subject\/4218689\/\"\u003eDouban\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/neodb.social\/book\/7WuyDCzGqIE6t12bQ6Byjl\"\u003eNeoDB\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e A woman who is no braver than anyone else, rebuilds her confidence and survives breast cancer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e This is a remarkable book meticulously crafted with literary techniques about breast cancer and its medical and self-help approaches. The narrator, embodying a patient's own experience, breaks taboos and analyzes the reality of her own breast cancer diagnosis, describing her treatment journey, her post-cancer reflections, and the care and support of her friends. Living under the spell of cancer, the book experiences a life that feels both real and surreal. Facing it, overcoming it, and feeling reluctant to leave this world, the book laments the remarkable progress of humanity over the years, yet our vitality is noticeably declining. The concept of \"mourning\" implies a hope for rebirth, a sense that the past cannot be remonstrated with, but the future can be pursued.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Taipei China Times Top Ten Books 1992\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Taipei United Daily News Readers' Best Book Award 1992\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Adapted into the film \"The Perfect Match\" starring Richie Jen and Miriam Yeung in 2006\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e The mainland has published the works of Xixi, the winner of the World Chinese Literature Award, on a large scale for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRecommended readings by Wang Anyi, Yu Hua, Chen Cun, Chen Zishan, Ai Xiaoming, Gong Pengcheng, Xu Zidong, Liang Wendao, Zheng Shusen, and Wang Dewei\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"广西师范大学出版社","offers":[{"title":"Simplified Chinese \/ Paperback","offer_id":46085138940143,"sku":"9787563393527","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/4849\/4319\/files\/1NYYVxbz0lJP1F_1CMlLFyIghb8UZUtbF.jpg?v=1734602806"},{"product_id":"如雪如山-9787020166930","title":"Like snow and mountains","description":"○ No woman is insignificant ○ Their secret joys and sorrows, loves and hates, are so different, yet they are all connected ○ Li Jingze, Liang Yongan, Zhang Li, Di An and many other famous writers sincerely recommend ○ Young and powerful writer Zhang Tianyi's new collection of female-themed novels\u003cbr\u003e ------------------------------\u003cbr\u003e In life, \"snow\" and \"mountains\" are both incredibly common and yet impossible to ignore. The daily grind of snow and the heartbreaking past of mountains permeate almost every woman's life. \"Like Snow, Like Mountains\" is a metaphor for women's survival stories, told from a female perspective. \u003cbr\u003eWith his sensitive and observant mind and delicate and sharp brushstrokes, author Zhang Tianyi sorts out the growth history of a woman named \"Lili\" through the life sections of seven female protagonists: she may be Lili, the quiet female student sitting opposite you on the Spring Festival train, or Lili, who is suffering from postpartum depression and passing by you in the hospital with a baby in her arms, or Lili, the elderly mother who has lost her only child and lives next door to you... Their burdens and struggles reach the reality of existence in a thorough and strong way.\u003cbr\u003e All women hold within them a piece of the same puzzle; their hidden joys and sorrows, loves and hates, are so different yet so interconnected. In this book, we may find the answers to how to live, how to love, how to face ourselves when we toss and turn at night, and how not to lose courage when the future arrives.\u003cbr\u003e -------------------------\u003cbr\u003e ☆ Famous experts recommend Tianyi because it has this ability, which is to make those dark and embarrassing things have a halo, even a charming halo. \u003cbr\u003eRenowned literary critic Li Jingze's novel, \"Like Snow, Like Mountain,\" captures the burdens and struggles of modern women with exquisite detail, setting, and atmosphere. The novel's penetrating and weighty prose unyieldingly reaches the realities of existence, while conveying a deeply felt spiritual dilemma shared by women, resonating deeply with readers.\u003cbr\u003e — Renowned scholar Liang Yongan: In the literary world, Zhang Tianyi is like a fish: free, unfettered, and unrestrained. There's nothing he can't challenge, nothing he can't write about. This is truly surprising; for an author with a natural sense of boundaries, one can't help but harbor anticipation.\u003cbr\u003e — Renowned literary critic Zhang Li How should one live, how should one love, how should one face the sleepless nights, how should one not lose courage when the future arrives? This is Zhang Tianyi's answer.\u003cbr\u003e ——Famous writer Dian","brand":"人民文学出版社","offers":[{"title":"Simplified Chinese \/ Hardcover","offer_id":46085140218095,"sku":"9787020166930","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/4849\/4319\/files\/1tbFbSQfPlWUFgWHFUagr3UX3VLN2e5ES.jpg?v=1738966580"},{"product_id":"秋园-9787559640666","title":"Autumn Garden","description":"Listen to the 80-year-old grandmother tell her and her mother's story. \u003cbr\u003eIn 1914, the person named \"Qiuyuan\" came into the world. In 1918, the Chinese character for \"she\" (she) was coined. Qiuyuan came, struggled, experienced despair, and found happiness. Today, her 80-year-old daughter tells the world about her ordinary life.\u003cbr\u003e \"I wrote the life story of an ordinary Chinese woman, how my family struggled to survive like driftwood in the water, and the life and death of rural characters in the heart of central and southern China. I knew that the story I wrote would be like a drop of water, eventually merging into the long river of human history.\"","brand":"北京联合出版公司","offers":[{"title":"Simplified Chinese \/ Paperback","offer_id":46085140250863,"sku":"9787559640666","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/4849\/4319\/files\/1W1fvpBA_2kuTpvwGVBG7c4EVxWfKlw3I.jpg?v=1734602857"},{"product_id":"豆子芝麻茶-9787218169507","title":"Bean Sesame Tea","description":"\"Bean Sesame Tea\" is the fourth book in Yang Benfen's \"Seeing Women\" series and a precious historical epic of the common people.\u003cbr\u003e The book is divided into two parts: \"Past Marriage\" and \"The Limit of Heartbreak\".\u003cbr\u003e After telling stories about mother (Autumn Garden), fellow villagers (Floating Wood), and marriage (I Am Fragrance), the author turns his attention to the marriage life of three elderly women: Old Lady Qin, Xiangjun, and Donglian. He meticulously tells the confusion and pain, choices and responsibilities, courage and persistence of a generation of women in intimate relationships, and how they never give up on self-salvation even when fate is unfair. \u003cbr\u003eIn addition, in the second part, the author recalls the past experiences with his mother and brother, and the heart-wrenching pain when the two closest relatives passed away. Those little things in the old people's hearts, as small as sesame seeds and beans, are as small, fragile, and fleeting as dewdrops, but at that moment they measure the limit of a person's sadness.","brand":"广东人民出版社","offers":[{"title":"Simplified Chinese \/ Paperback","offer_id":46085141004527,"sku":"9787218169507","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/4849\/4319\/files\/1G0fkN83BBRve4WWW95sfOn4T6325hUxW.jpg?v=1734602864"},{"product_id":"浮木-9787559652614","title":"Driftwood","description":"\u003ch3\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/book.douban.com\/subject\/35479662\/\"\u003eDouban\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/neodb.social\/book\/6cxqJrxGQwhAeJbPcTvSjl\"\u003eNeoDB\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Floating Wood\" is the sequel to \"Autumn Garden.\" An octogenarian tells the story of herself, her mother, and their families, relatives, and fellow villagers in the heartland of central and southern China. In those days, people, like drifting wood, experienced the ups and downs of life, drifting with the current, struggling for survival. Their fates drifted aimlessly in the great times, some shattered, while others held out for a glimmer of hope. Most of the characters in this story have lost their lives, like bubbles bursting on the water or lightning vanishing in the sky. Through recollection, the author depicts the enduring resilience and beauty of the Chinese people. This life, like the memory of a dewdrop, is tiny and fleeting. But before it shattered, it too shone with a brilliant light, a complete universe.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"北京联合出版公司","offers":[{"title":"Simplified Chinese \/ Paperback","offer_id":46085141037295,"sku":"9787559652614","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/4849\/4319\/files\/1rVuf5Saac7cPx63_O0ZdJeXhjXHjXIOz.jpg?v=1734602866"},{"product_id":"大地中心的人-9787532189526","title":"Man at the Center of the Earth","description":"Tong Mo's latest novel: The Man at the Center of the Earth\u003cbr\u003e ◎ \"Unlucky and ominous\" women overturn the ancient rules of the mountains. Zina, a female leader who was exiled from her family, meets the nameless \"Daughter of Zimo\" and unites many mountain women in distress. She opens the channel to awaken the ancient gods and embarks on a journey of awakening and remembrance. \u003cbr\u003e◎The elegy of life flowing from Daliang Mountain describes the life conditions of human beings. It takes the image of the \"Ghost Mother\" in the legend of Daliang Mountain as the starting point, integrates the social changes in the 1930s, and makes an imaginative description of the life conditions in Daliang Mountain a hundred years ago.\u003cbr\u003e ◎He is Tieha, and also Feng Shihai; he is a Han Chinese from the border area, and also a slave who escaped after being trapped in the Yi area for fifteen years.\u003cbr\u003e How does he face his rootlessness in troubled times? Is it possible for a person, after being tossed aside by fate, to regain the meaning of life through the imagination of \"hope\"?\u003cbr\u003e ◎A story is not only a narration, but also the story of the narrator. If one day we lose literature, those unknown people in history, and their feelings and stories, will most likely return to permanent silence.\u003cbr\u003e The mute things from the past will not disappear. They begin mutely, then grow louder, merging into different voices until they shatter, but as time passes, those fragments will remain, entering the future. If the mute things of the past are polished by the power of humanity in desperate situations, they will not disappear.\u003cbr\u003e …\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: \u003cbr\u003eFor centuries, in the mountains of Simigahuo, in the high pastures and vast forests, in eagle-nest houses and beside fire pits, there have lived these black people who call themselves Nuosu. They call themselves \"people from the center of the earth.\"\u003cbr\u003e In the 1930s, in the Daliang Mountains, a slave named Tieha decided to escape. From Simigahuo to Shanlinggang, he witnessed the continuous decline of the mountains and the world. \"Guardian\" Enza gradually lost himself in the cycle of lucidity and delusion. The greedy Oche continued to plunder. \"Zimo's Daughter\" was forced to enter Deblomo with \"hope\" to awaken the mountains' rebirth...\u003cbr\u003e Ziziniza's story is not history, but it will become the mother of history.\u003cbr\u003e …\u003cbr\u003e \"The 'Liangshan' in the book is my fiction, a place of experimentation where human existence and predicament unfold their destiny, and where language unfolds its own destiny. All the characters I created are close to myself - their souls are not different from mine, just as complex, hesitant, and full of contradictions; like me, limitations are engraved on almost every character, their despair and hope are the same.\" - Tong Mo","brand":"上海文艺出版社","offers":[{"title":"Simplified Chinese \/ Paperback","offer_id":46085141135599,"sku":"9787532189526","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/4849\/4319\/files\/1mdR0ES3WTFQqZYiRlSlCvK7rzVwaFs8N.jpg?v=1734602868"},{"product_id":"你的夏天还好吗-9787020171774","title":"How's your summer?","description":"\"Catching Tropical Fish at the End of the Cliff\" by Kim Ae-ran, a \"Genius Female Writer Born in the 1980s in South Korea\" and winner of the 18th Han Wushu Literature Award, with a preface by Wen Zhen, winner of the Lao She Literature Award\u003cbr\u003e \"Read these eight stories, as cruel and luminous as tropical fish. Experience Kim Ae-ran's beautiful yet dangerous summer for yourself. — Read it as many times as you can.\"\u003cbr\u003e \"How's Your Summer?\" is Kim Aeran's third collection of short stories, comprising eight stories. The diverse characters in this collection often face desperate situations, exposed to reality while searching for a glimmer of hope. Five of the stories, in particular, focus on young women in their thirties, delicately depicting their psychological states of love, friendship, marriage, and work, which may resonate with Chinese female readers. As one of the most representative female writers in Korean literature, Kim Aeran has won widespread acclaim, largely due to the strength of her protagonists.","brand":"人民文学出版社","offers":[{"title":"Simplified Chinese \/ Paperback","offer_id":46085141332207,"sku":"9787020171774","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/4849\/4319\/files\/1UkNjYAVVCSgypIlK0fn6Jkzv-7LuqmA4.jpg?v=1738964365"},{"product_id":"外面是夏天-9787020171910","title":"It's summer outside","description":"\"Afternoon Solitude Under the Scorching Sun\" by Kim Aeran, a \"Genius Female Writer Born in the 1980s in South Korea\" and winner of the 48th Dongren Literary Award, and Di An, winner of the People's Literature Award for Novel.\u003cbr\u003e \"Not many writers are capable of 'literarily' embodying 'present' life, but Kim Ae-ran's works demonstrate not only her ability but also her mature style and aesthetic. I hope you will find these seven stories of loneliness relatable.\"\u003cbr\u003e \"It's Summer Outside\" is Kim Aeran's fourth collection of short stories, comprising seven stories. The protagonists in these stories often experience loss: the loss of a child, a father, or someone they could communicate with in their native language. Kim Aeran seems to intentionally fragment these painful experiences, evenly distributing them throughout the pages, allowing the pain to strike the reader's heart. Throughout this book, the author maintains her role as an observer and recorder of urban life, presenting a plain narrative that is close to life.","brand":"人民文学出版社","offers":[{"title":"Simplified Chinese \/ Paperback","offer_id":46085141364975,"sku":"9787020171910","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/4849\/4319\/files\/1FzLWc4BKsLKjQy13NmlhSos369wSLtln.jpg?v=1738964362"},{"product_id":"关于女儿-9787559851987","title":"About my daughter","description":"“I love her, but I don’t understand her.\u003cbr\u003eWhy does my daughter choose such a difficult life?\u003cbr\u003eWhy does she willingly place herself in a position of being hated and ostracized?”\u003cbr\u003e★About the daughter, and about my mother – about the endless battle for understanding between mothers and daughters, and between people, and also about “all kinds of” us\u003cbr\u003eThe mother’s expectations concern “normalcy,” while the daughter’s expectations concern “freedom”; mothers often view their daughters as extensions of their own lives, but daughters no longer want to live like their mothers…\u003cbr\u003e—“How did the child born of my own flesh and blood become the furthest person from me, someone I cannot understand?”\u003cbr\u003e—“Can’t Mom just accept me for who I am? Didn’t you say there are all kinds of people in the world? Didn’t you say being different isn’t necessarily a bad thing? Didn’t you say all of that, Mom? Why do those words become an exception when it comes to me!”\u003cbr\u003eThe monologue of an ordinary mother awakens the shared fear and lingering hope for understanding that we, as daughters, have experienced; the rebellious daughter’s questions challenge all labels and prejudices, and also question society’s pervasive narrative of misogyny.\u003cbr\u003eDedicated to all \"bad daughters\" and the good mothers who struggle to understand them.\u003cbr\u003e★The most anticipated East Asian women’s writing since \"Kim Ji-young, Born 1982,\" winner of the Shin Dong-yup Literary Award, highly recommended by Korea's four major mainstream media outlets!\u003cbr\u003eFollowing \"Kim Ji-young,\" it once again sparked a new wave of reading and discussion in Korean women's literature.\u003cbr\u003eYES24, one of Korea's top three online bookstores, selected it as \"Literary Writer's Choice for Book of the Year\" and \"Annual Bestseller in Literature\"; Kyobo Bookstore, Korea's largest bookstore chain, named the author \"Recommended Author of the Year.\"\u003cbr\u003e★\"Even setting aside stories about women, such works attract readers because of their powerful narrative on marginalized groups in society, such as sexual minorities and lonely elderly people.\"\u003cbr\u003e—Park Hye-jin, Editor of the Korean editions of \"Kim Ji-young, Born 1982\" and \"About My Daughter\"\u003cbr\u003eFrom gender issues to workplace issues, from abandoned elderly people to exploited low-wage workers, it exposes an East Asian society dominated by capital and prejudice from the perspective of ordinary individuals, and the reality we all inhabit.\u003cbr\u003eMen who went to a distant oil-producing country to earn money 30 years ago; women who, after retirement, can only earn a living by cleaning up human waste in nursing homes; real estate investments where the wind and rain can enter, but loan repayments cannot stop; dispatched lecturers who are fired just before their permanent employment date…\u003cbr\u003eWith men absent, three generations of women face aging, illness, and loneliness in their own ways, tearing apart the false warmth of traditional East Asian families and realizing female mutual aid that transcends blood ties. Family cannot save loneliness; only love and understanding can.\u003cbr\u003e★A burning self-portrait of a mother, an elegy for a patriarchal family, a history of cross-generational female mutual love and acceptance.\u003cbr\u003eA brave daughter who fought for the rights of an unfairly treated colleague received no affirmation; an independent woman who dedicated her youth to the cause of international refugee children became a discarded item of society in her old age.\u003cbr\u003eNo matter which generation they belong to, women still suffer from prejudice, old customs, and the hardships brought by \"normalcy\" and \"completeness.\" But the women in this book all possess the courage to face danger and the resilience to bear the consequences of their choices.\u003cbr\u003e★Perhaps for the first time in East Asian literature, the story of a \"sexual minority\" daughter is written from the perspective of a lonely mother;\u003cbr\u003eBreaking through the labels of \"queer\" and \"feminist,\" a masterpiece that challenges tradition and boundaries!\u003cbr\u003e★The mother’s palm is also the daughter’s body, from inside out, all breathing female flesh and blood.\u003cbr\u003e—Rising illustrator × renowned designer, meticulously crafted, presented with passion.\u003cbr\u003eThe overall visual design of \"About My Daughter\" was handled by renowned designer Xi He, using the works of rising illustrator Mu Chui. With textured brushstrokes and a quiet yet powerful color palette, the mother's palm is also the daughter's body, from inside out, all breathing female flesh and blood.\u003cbr\u003e【Synopsis】\u003cbr\u003e“I love her, but I don’t understand her.\u003cbr\u003eWhy does my daughter choose such a difficult life?\u003cbr\u003eWhy does she willingly place herself in a position of being hated and ostracized?”\u003cbr\u003eAs a mother, \"I\" have lived my whole life for my daughter, harboring many expectations for her. Yet, my daughter believes her mother never truly listens to her, and even brings home a female partner, forcing her mother to accept their future, which deviates from \"normalcy.\"\u003cbr\u003eAt the same time, the mother witnesses Ms. Jin, a patient she cares for at the nursing home, become a burden discarded by the institution and society due to dementia. In Ms. Jin, the mother seems to see herself, moving from loneliness to death in old age, and also sees her daughter's future, which could similarly face such a tragedy…\u003cbr\u003eAmid misunderstandings and ruptures, and repeated attempts at dialogue and reconciliation, mother and daughter are simultaneously propelled by internal and external forces, moving forward and gradually drawing closer to each other…\u003cbr\u003e【Media Recommendations】\u003cbr\u003eFrom the perspective of sexual minority women, one can more clearly see a society dominated by prejudice.\u003cbr\u003e—\"The Dong-A Ilbo\"\u003cbr\u003eThis book describes women exposed to hatred, rejection, and violence, while also focusing on understanding and growth. The mother in the book persistently strives to understand, not hoping for someone to understand her, but hoping to be able to understand others.\u003cbr\u003e—\"Maeil Business Newspaper\"\u003cbr\u003eThis book sharply exposes the violent mechanisms established by Korean society against already vulnerable minority groups. By documenting and portraying the process by which a \"queer\" mother achieves \"optimal understanding,\" we can see more possibilities for achieving understanding between people.\u003cbr\u003e—\"The Korea Daily\"\u003cbr\u003eEveryone can be each other's past, present, or future mother, because \"unrelated outsiders\" don't actually exist. Perhaps with this power, we can eventually take that step towards \"a miraculous understanding.\"\u003cbr\u003e—Kim Shin-hyun Kyung (Postdoctoral Researcher, East Asian Institute, Freie Universität Berlin)\u003cbr\u003eWhile people are busy debating \"queer\" and feminism, this book has transcended \"concepts\" and \"boundaries\" to become a masterpiece.\u003cbr\u003e—Kang Young-sook (Korean writer)\u003cbr\u003eThe protagonists in the novel are not \"mainstream\" mothers depicted with unconditional love and sacrifice, nor does the daughter express overflowing understanding and comfort towards her mother. Beneath their identities as mother and daughter, they are simply ordinary people, with their own worries and lives.\u003cbr\u003e—Moon Yoon-gang (Korean writer)\u003cbr\u003eAn ordinary life may inherently be difficult, yet the difficulty lies not in life itself, but in examining the standard of \"who defines normalcy.\" This book not only showcases the prejudices suffered by vulnerable groups but also the reality we all inhabit at this very moment.\u003cbr\u003e—\"Geumgang Ilbo\"","brand":"广西师范大学出版社","offers":[{"title":"Simplified Chinese \/ Paperback","offer_id":46085141397743,"sku":"9787559851987","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/4849\/4319\/files\/1NrIW0tT4ggOsRyVFHbuZy79pYfklcwoM_177b04e1-cc21-4af2-bc60-c42cd732f306.jpg?v=1734602884"},{"product_id":"素食者-9787541160868","title":"Vegetarian","description":"While writing, I often pondered the following questions: the extent of human violence; the boundaries between sanity and madness; and the extent to which we can understand others. I hoped that The Vegetarian would answer these questions. Through The Vegetarian, I wanted to portray a woman who steadfastly refuses to join the human race.\u003cbr\u003e —Han Jiang's speech at the National Booker Prize ceremony Editor's recommendation:\u003cbr\u003e The only Asian work to win the Man Booker International Prize defeated two Nobel Prize winners in literature, Orhan Pamuk and Kenzaburo Ōe, including their masterpieces \"Strange Things in My Head\" and \"Water Death\" and \"The Lost Child,\" the finale of the \"Neapolitan Quartet,\" to win the title. This is also the first time in the history of the Man Booker International Prize that a single book has been awarded (previously, it was awarded to the author's lifetime achievement). \u003cbr\u003e2 This world-renowned phenomenal masterpiece, as sharp as a knife, puts the entire human society on the shooting range.\u003cbr\u003e The novel has won the Yi Sang Prize, South Korea's highest literary award, and has sold copyrights in 43 countries and regions worldwide, with cumulative sales exceeding 6 million copies. It has been named Book of the Year by 60 media outlets, including Time Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, The Economist, and Publishers Weekly.\u003cbr\u003e 3 Representative works by South Korea's most internationally acclaimed writers! A hot candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature. As a key figure in South Korean literature, Han Kang is a strong candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature.\u003cbr\u003e - Nobel Prize winner in Literature and leading figure of French literature Jean-Claude Le Clézio deserves great success for a masterpiece like \"The Vegetarian\" that brilliantly depicts sex and madness.\u003cbr\u003e -- Ian McEwan, winner of the Booker Prize and the most influential writer in contemporary British literature\u003cbr\u003e 4 was selected as one of the top ten novels of the decade along with The Three-Body Problem \u003cbr\u003eIn 2019, the authoritative American magazine \"Wired\" selected \"The Vegetarian\" as one of the 10 best genre novels in the past 10 years. Also selected were \"The Buried Giant\" by Nobel Prize winner Kazuo Ishiguro and \"The Three-Body Problem\" by Liu Cixin.\u003cbr\u003e 5 The pinnacle of women's writing was selected by The New York Times as one of the 15 masterpieces of women's writing in the 21st century that reshaped our thinking and writing\u003cbr\u003e 6. The number of borrowers exceeds that of \"Kim Ji-young, Born 1982\"\u003cbr\u003e The National Library of Korea analyzed borrowing data from 845 libraries nationwide from January 2017 to April 2021.\u003cbr\u003e The results show that \"The Convenience Store of Sorrow\" has become the favorite book of people aged 20-29.\u003cbr\u003e Following \"The Little Match Girl\", \"The Vegetarian\" surpassed the popular book \"Kim Ji-young, Born 1982\" to win the first place in Korean original literature borrowing and the second place in total literature borrowing rate.\u003cbr\u003e 7 South Korean President Moon Jae-in, BTS leader Kim Nam-joon, Red Velvet's Kim Ye-bin, GOT7's Park Jin-young, and popular actress Lim Soo-jung sincerely recommend it \u003cbr\u003e8. The film adaptation was shortlisted for the Sundance Film Festival's Grand Jury Prize - World Cinema - Best Feature Film. To escape the violence from her husband, family, society, and the public, she decided to transform into a tree. In the eyes of her husband, Mr. Zheng, before her illness, Yeong-hye was a perfectly ordinary woman: neither tall nor short, with neither long nor short hair, plain features, and ordinary clothing. She was docile, plain, and quiet. Just as he had hoped, Yeong-hye perfectly fulfilled the role of an ordinary wife—taking care of the house and serving her husband, just like countless other traditional women. \u003cbr\u003eHowever, after a nightmare, the wife suddenly begins to refuse to eat meat, refuses to prepare non-vegetarian dishes for the family, and ultimately begins to reject her own \"human\" identity, thinking of herself as a plant, one that only needs sunlight and water and refuses all food and communication. As her passive rebellion manifests itself in increasingly extreme and terrifying forms, scandal, abuse, and alienation begin to spiral her into her fantasy world. In a complete transformation of mind and body, her now dangerous efforts will lead Yeong-hye—impossibly, ecstatically, and tragically—far away from the self she once knew.\u003cbr\u003e Written in a lyrical yet piercing style, The Vegetarian delicately blends tenderness and horror, revealing the impact of a fierce rebellion on its heroine and all those around her. This concise, beautifully written, and unsettling book will linger in readers' minds and even in their dreams.\u003cbr\u003e --Boyd Tonkin, Chairman of the International Booker Prize, said that as a key figure in the Korean literary world, Han Kang is very likely to become a key candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature among contemporary Korean writers. \u003cbr\u003e- Nobel Prize winner in Literature and leading figure of French literature Jean-Claude Le Clézio deserves great success for a masterpiece like \"The Vegetarian\" that brilliantly depicts sex and madness.\u003cbr\u003e The almost perverse allure of this novel by Ian McEwan, Booker Prize winner and the most influential contemporary British author, stems precisely from the poetic imagery within its pages. They are violent, erotic, and nightmarish. 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The inner and outer covers are hardcover with laser hot stamping. \u003cbr\u003eThis collection consists of eight novellas and short stories. Han Jiang captures fleeting feelings and impressions in these clashes, depicting the complexities of fate with beautiful and vivid language. His explorations of the darker sides of human relationships shimmer with dazzling light. This collection of short stories focuses on those \"underprivileged,\" with each protagonist wandering like an orphan in a hopeless world. They emerge from hotel rooms in remote towns, rooms at the end of examination hall corridors, dark basements, and the dead ends of multi-family homes and high-rise apartment buildings, traversing dark stairways and unlit alleyways to the teeming, weary streets of the city. Yet, even if they leave behind the weary and miserable lives of countless cities to live in secluded seaside towns or remote port cities, they ultimately return to the city; this is their destiny. 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A writer exclusively for I-people, a master of unsparing literary slaying. This novel is dedicated to anyone lost in emotional sensibilities, secretly wounded, or with a knife between them and the world. The media loves it. Han Jiang is a keen chronicler of the lives of unusual and defiant women. \"The Aphasic\" is for readers who see language itself as a source of self-revelation, celebrating the unspoken trust they discover in sharing a language.\u003cbr\u003e —The New York Times\u003cbr\u003e Like a gem, quiet, sharp, angular, and destructive.\u003cbr\u003e —Kirkus Reviews \u003cbr\u003eHan Jiang is one of the most unusual, incisive, and innovative writers publishing today.\u003cbr\u003e —San Francisco Chronicle\u003cbr\u003e Rational and seductive! The reading process was so thrilling that I had to pause every few chapters and then continue as if pulled by a magnet. I was in awe of this book.\u003cbr\u003e —The Boston Globe\u003cbr\u003e Han Jiang's vivid, violent narrative style is enough to awaken readers who are tired of literature.\u003cbr\u003e —The Independent\u003cbr\u003e ◆Admired by her peers as a key force in the Korean literary world, Han Kang is very likely to become a key candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature among contemporary Korean writers.\u003cbr\u003e — Nobel Prize winner and leading figure in French literature, Jean-Claude Le Clézio. This is a sinuous and sublime meditation on language, violence, loss, and intimacy. Han Jiang is so unique that in just a few lines he feels like a journey through the human experience. \u003cbr\u003e—Japanese-American critic and novelist Katie Kitamura Hanjiang is what most writers strive to be throughout their lives: a fearless, unemotional narrator of human truths. She is a genius. —American novelist Lisa McInerney. Exquisite binding, a dream collaboration. 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Despite constant replacement of parts during its voyage, until all parts were eventually replaced, the ship remained the Argo. Love, like the Argo, remains love, enduring even through a complete transformation of body and identity.\u003cbr\u003e This book is Maggie Nelson's National Book Critics Circle Award-winning masterpiece. Her writing radically breaks genre boundaries, blending memoir capturing individual experience with bold, incisive philosophical speculation and cultural critique deconstructing gender identity and social norms. This novel is a singular experiment in self-theory. Through the lens of psychoanalysis, gender theory, and postmodern philosophy, Nelson revisits her emotional journey with her partner. With a lifelong commitment to self-creation and embracing the unknown and the unexpected, Nelson transcends conventional notions of love and language, intimacy, and family life.\u003cbr\u003e ————\u003cbr\u003e 【Editor's Recommendation】 \u003cbr\u003e1. Maggie Nelson is a renowned American essayist, critic, and poet, hailed as \"one of the most exciting contemporary American writers.\" She has received numerous awards, including a MacArthur Genius Grant, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and the National Book Critics Circle Award. Her distinctive works have been acclaimed by many renowned contemporary writers, artists, and critics, including Karl Ove Knausgaard, Nguyen Thanh Viet, Olivia Lane, and Wayne Kerstenbaum.\u003cbr\u003e 2. Maggie Nelson is considered one of the most outstanding contemporary essayists. Her writing defies established genre categories, integrating theory, criticism, poetry, essays, and autobiography. Following \"Blue,\" she took her transgressive writing across genres to its extremes, producing her signature work, \"Argo.\" Winning the 2015 National Book Critics Circle Award (one of the nation's most prestigious book awards), it has received widespread critical acclaim and is considered a representative work of contemporary \"self-theory\" writing. Furthermore, as a New York Times bestseller, it has resonated with countless ordinary readers. \u003cbr\u003e3. In Argo, Maggie Nelson's writing oscillates between intense and rich emotional power and profound philosophical reflection. Integrating contemporary literature and art, and drawing on multiple perspectives, including gender theory, psychoanalysis, and postmodern philosophy, she chronicles the emotional journey of herself and her artist partner as they overcame physical pain and cultural prejudice to form a family, nurture a child, and ultimately achieve self-transformation. Amidst the unknown and the wonder, pain and suffering, joy and love, the book explores the possibilities of intimacy and family life, individual identity, and language, showcasing the life of a woman and a mother, constantly pursuing self-creation.\u003cbr\u003e ————\u003cbr\u003e 【Expert Recommendation】\u003cbr\u003e Maggie Nelson is one of the most exciting contemporary American writers and one of the sharpest and most flexible thinkers of her generation.\u003cbr\u003e —The Guardian\u003cbr\u003e With lyrical style, intellectual fortitude, and soul-stirring honesty, the author shakes up deeply held notions about gender and marriage.\u003cbr\u003e —Vanity Fair \u003cbr\u003eIt shines with wisdom, fully demonstrating the joy and difficulty of love, while also illuminating the identity of motherhood.\u003cbr\u003e —The Times Literary Supplement\u003cbr\u003e It might take some effort to read, but Argo offers a broad perspective on identity, care, and freedom. 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Through a relaxed dialogue format, it popularizes the meaning and history of feminism, as well as how to approach daily issues like work, marriage, and childcare from a feminist perspective.\n※ The content of this book touches upon core issues that concern modern women, revealing the many injustices and dilemmas women still face in today's society. Drawing from her own experiences, Ueno Chizuko places feminism within the context of personal life, telling us that feminism is not just about women, but about everyone's daily life.\n※ This book is accompanied by comics by popular Japanese cartoonist Eiko Tabusa, allowing readers to experience a baptism of feminism in a relaxed and pleasant atmosphere.\n——————\n【Content Introduction】\nWhat is feminism? Why do we need feminism? How do we think with feminism?\nAround these various questions, renowned Japanese scholar Chizuko Ueno and well-known cartoonist Eiko Tabusa embark on a feminism class from scratch. 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The prejudice, oppression and violence suffered by women are all restored. \u003cbr\u003e-Writing about women caught in the cracks of history, vividly presenting their rebellious, strong, ordinary and simple characters.\u003cbr\u003e -From far to near, from struggle to resistance, feel the connection in women's similar life experiences.\u003cbr\u003e 【Media Recommendation】\u003cbr\u003e With his perfect command of history, ancient and modern, he was able to construct an almost unassailable argument from a mass of often contradictory facts, like a good stonemason forming a solid and beautiful wall from the glacial debris of New England.\u003cbr\u003e —The Irish Echo\u003cbr\u003e Holland offers a meticulously researched and concise account of history, and his sharp comments and apt quotations are always enjoyable, as is his refusal to simplify.\u003cbr\u003e —The Sunday Times","brand":"北京联合出版公司","offers":[{"title":"Simplified Chinese \/ Paperback","offer_id":46085145100527,"sku":"9787559676016","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/4849\/4319\/files\/1Eb_eHBJZx17qevo8fEumWsee9hro9heQ_59d47fb1-0021-4d61-be62-8b5aa9350e17.jpg?v=1738963665"},{"product_id":"让我们相信这寒冷季节的黎明-9787559669667","title":"Let us believe in the dawn of this cold season","description":"\u003ch3\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/book.douban.com\/subject\/36443627\/\"\u003eDouban\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/neodb.social\/book\/68T5nDwOIFsOLIvUsCRuFf\"\u003eNeoDB\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e ▸ “My entire existence is a dark poem.”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e▸A forerunner of feminism in 20th-century Iranian literature and one of the sharpest and most rebellious voices in modern Persian poetry\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e ▸A great poet admired by Abbas and Adonis\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e ▸Frog Farohzadeh's Selected Poems Published in Chinese for the First Time\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e ◂ Let words spark and ignite the silence of blank pages; name the night with poetry and wait for the dawn of the cold season\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e ————\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Frog Farrokhzadeh is one of the most outstanding poets in the history of modern Iranian poetry. With her bold and rebellious lifestyle and frank and straightforward poetic language, she emerged from the male-dominated Iranian poetry scene. Her poetry is imbued with a powerful vitality, and she captures the life experiences of women with a unique perspective and sensitivity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Let Us Believe in the Dawn of This Cold Season\" is the first Chinese translation of Farrokhzad's poetry. It features over fifty of his most representative poems, spanning all his published poetry collections. Despite his untimely death, Farrokhzad's brief but brilliant life was a pioneering work in both social and artistic fields, reaching unparalleled heights in poetry. His works have brought a new dimension not only to Iranian literature but also to world literature, earning widespread acclaim worldwide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e ————\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 【Editor's Recommendation】\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 1. A forerunner of feminism in 20th-century Iranian literature and the most incisive and rebellious voice in modern Persian poetry. Farrokhzadeh is one of the most prominent modern Persian poets of the 20th century. She emerged as a rebellious figure in the male-dominated Iranian poetry scene. Her poetry, with its frank, direct language and rich, emotional portrayal of women's life experiences, paved the way for feminist writing in Iran.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. This first Chinese translation features a selection of the most representative poems from Farrokhzad's career, presenting a comprehensive account of the poet's brief yet brilliant life. Farrokhzad died young, leaving behind only five collections of poetry, yet he exerted a profound influence on 20th-century Iranian literature. Let Us Believe in the Dawn of This Cold Season is the first Chinese translation of Farrokhzad's work. This book features over 50 of his most representative poems, spanning all his published poetry collections, presenting a comprehensive account of his brief yet brilliant life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 3. This small-format hardcover poetry collection is exquisite and compact, suitable for carrying around. This small-format hardcover poetry collection is exquisitely bound and suitable for carrying around.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e ————\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 【Expert Recommendation】\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFarrokhzad writes for a civilized society in which the freedom of man is incomplete without the freedom of woman; she also writes for a life in which the freedom of the soul and the freedom of the body—individually, socially, and culturally—are inseparable. Her poetry bursts with longing and joy, shimmers with energy, desire, and beauty. —Adonis\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"北京联合出版公司","offers":[{"title":"Simplified Chinese \/ Hardcover","offer_id":46085145198831,"sku":"9787559669667","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/4849\/4319\/files\/1_An2dzz__Q0RH-7nsxYgzyneKI0Nbv2e.jpg?v=1734603675"},{"product_id":"大法官金斯伯格-9787521754810","title":"Justice Ginsburg","description":"Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the second female Supreme Court Justice in U.S. history, passed away on September 18, 2020, garnering widespread global attention and coverage. This was due not only to her remarkable contributions throughout her life, but also to the profound impact her judicial stances had on the American political landscape and social movements. Ginsburg was a distinguished jurist, judge, lawyer, and pioneering American feminist. Facing historical inertia, social prejudice, and the constraints of precedent, she forged ahead, overcoming obstacles and, through her own actions, gradually rewriting American judicial history, transforming the status of American women, and making extraordinary contributions to the equal rights of other marginalized groups. Ginsburg was a symbol of judicial justice, and her tenacious and legendary life made her a national icon and cultural symbol, widely respected and admired. At the same time, her unequivocal stance and dissident views drew criticism from dissidents, placing her at the forefront of the current moment. \u003cbr\u003eDrawing on 15 years of research and interviews, this book chronicles Ginsburg's life in detail. With a historian's insight and accessible prose, it reveals the transformation of American society and the judiciary, and how her life experiences shaped her personality and lifelong convictions. As a Jewish woman, Ginsburg became an unprecedented icon of her time, a young woman eager to embrace her. Her commitment to judicial justice ultimately became a lasting legacy.","brand":"中信出版社","offers":[{"title":"Simplified Chinese \/ Paperback","offer_id":46127479029999,"sku":"9787521754810","price":30.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/4849\/4319\/files\/171kXG97TH3xTKiftU1F5ELnZsyzETG6p_863a180b-2935-4b20-87db-30bb9fd17231.jpg?v=1734596058"},{"product_id":"金陵十三钗-9787506390521","title":"The Flowers of War","description":"This book is the latest revised edition of the novel that inspired Zhang Yimou's film The Flowers of War, a classic example of Yan Geling's work. In December 1937, in Nanjing, the Chinese army defending the city collapsed. Wilson Chapel in the United States became a temporary refuge. An American priest, thirteen Qinhuai River singing girls, a group of female students seeking refuge, several displaced Chinese soldiers and wounded, and a group of Japanese officers and soldiers, in this cramped space, unfolded a turbulent story of national hatred... Those beautiful names, those beautiful women, those most harsh and vulgar words, those purest and kind souls, ultimately etched their mark on that scarred and bloodstained history. Yan Geling is a renowned American-based writer and professional Hollywood screenwriter. Her representative works include \"The Convict,\" \"The Ninth Widow,\" \"Little Aunt Duohe,\" \"A Woman's Epic,\" \"Fusang,\" \"The Scent of Heaven,\" \"Young Fisherman,\" \"Human World,\" \"Female Grassland,\" and \"The Flowers of War.\" Her works have been praised by critics as \"the most artistically sophisticated works in recent years... Her novels possess a kind of expansive power, imbued with smell, hearing, vision, and heightened sensitivity.\"","brand":"作家出版社","offers":[{"title":"Simplified Chinese \/ Paperback","offer_id":46127508029679,"sku":"9787506390521","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/4849\/4319\/files\/1_eG-CHrhHU7fVvtKGsrnF75L9tUSrAuF_574d9772-cfb7-4724-832f-1a4a4247723a.jpg?v=1734596005"},{"product_id":"在小山和小山之间-9787532186624","title":"Between the hills","description":"An unhappy mother born in the 1960s travels alone to a foreign land, renewing her long-lost cohabitation with her expectant daughter. The mother, betrayed by time and human nature, and the daughter, desperate to escape her mother's unwavering love but drawn deeper into its maelstrom, stand between them: the mountain of mother and daughter, the mountain of time, the mountain of culture. The hidden, tender yet resilient hearts of these two generations of women are revealed layer by layer. Amidst the confrontations of life, they find a silent reconciliation, like ice melting in the light, the subtle emotions flowing beneath the ice, fostering a profoundly moving experience.\u003cbr\u003e —————————————————————\u003cbr\u003e This book cleverly uses dual perspectives to depict the birth journeys and physical and psychological transformations of two generations, mother and daughter. The daughter's perspective is particularly moving, capturing the cultural mediations that unfold from sunrise to sunset, the battles between the sexes, and even the ordinary moments of life, from the silence to the thunderclaps and the sight of the mountains.\u003cbr\u003e —Mao Jian (writer and film critic) \u003cbr\u003eAs a man, the mother-daughter bond has always been the most difficult emotion for me to comprehend. However, this novel convinced me that I do. Li Ting, with his composed narrative and ingenious plot, moves two mountains toward each other. The most moving embrace doesn't require an open embrace.\u003cbr\u003e ——Zheng Zhi (writer and screenwriter)\u003cbr\u003e —————————————————————\u003cbr\u003e One body, two heartbeats.\u003cbr\u003e From the moment a life is conceived, a bond grows between mother and daughter that cannot be severed for a lifetime.\u003cbr\u003e What never changes between them is the concern for each other but the fight that they would rather use harsh words, and the love for each other but the silence that cannot be expressed.\u003cbr\u003e Amidst the inevitable confrontations, quarrels, complaints, and mutual harm, how long will it take for mother and daughter to truly understand each other?\u003cbr\u003e The daughter completed the small task of growing up by saying goodbye to her mother again and again.\u003cbr\u003e After gracefully withdrawing time and time again, the mother fulfilled her mission of raising her daughter.\u003cbr\u003e Only when we become mothers can we truly understand mothers.\u003cbr\u003e All the mothers in this world are inconspicuous but strong hills. \u003cbr\u003eI hope that all those who have shortcomings can gain some understanding and be touched after reading this book.","brand":"上海文艺出版社","offers":[{"title":"Simplified Chinese \/ Paperback","offer_id":46127509078255,"sku":"9787532186624","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/4849\/4319\/files\/1PEFBzHaT2MaNTCVDMPSEvwnM0PnYDcd6_0ac0fa60-232e-46e3-8b8b-2b9697da68b3.jpg?v=1734596034"},{"product_id":"你好下北泽-9787532791583","title":"Hello Shimokitazawa","description":"A Gift from Banana Yoshimoto\u003cbr\u003eA love story that is ubiquitous yet exclusive to one person, one city.\u003cbr\u003eShimokitazawa warmly embraces an unburiable sense of loss and loneliness...\u003cbr\u003e■ Illustrated with 42 pages of drawings by renowned Japanese illustrator Mai Ohno\u003cbr\u003e■ Comes with a tracing paper bookmark\u003cbr\u003e...\u003cbr\u003eI had always lived with my father, when suddenly my family life took a dramatic turn. My father and a stranger committed a love-suicide. Left alone in the world, I reshuffled my life and started over. I rented a house in Shimokitazawa and began working at a small bar nearby. But just as I was finally getting my life back on track, my mother suddenly moved into my house, and we began a strange cohabitation.\u003cbr\u003e...\u003cbr\u003eBanana Yoshimoto is a storytelling master. Her writing is simple, sincere, and full of healing magic. It grabs the reader's heart and refuses to let go.\u003cbr\u003e— The New York Times","brand":"上海译文出版社","offers":[{"title":"Simplified Chinese \/ Hardcover","offer_id":46127509176559,"sku":"9787532791583","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/4849\/4319\/files\/14SjdueiNeU3VgOVADWUnPuQvSCr4LTn_6f973fbc-25b2-4da9-8667-f18697dc58e7.jpg?v=1734596036"},{"product_id":"结婚由我-9787572612886","title":"Marriage is up to me","description":"\u003ch3\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/book.douban.com\/subject\/36471335\/\"\u003eDouban\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/neodb.social\/book\/3S8QMhYT0PQ647fZIhMlQC\"\u003eNeoDB\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003eYou can get married or not. You can have children or not.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e A woman's worth in life does not depend on this.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Whether in China or Japan, the number of \"single people\" is increasing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e So what if you don’t get married?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e ——Chizuko Ueno sent to Chinese readers\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e As a woman, the final piece of the puzzle is a child. Without this piece, Japan will never recognize you as a complete woman. This is also the discrimination I, as a \"loser,\" have always faced.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e ——Chizuko Ueno\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e If I exist in a hundred parallel universes, in eighty of them I would not choose to get married, and in ninety-nine of them I would not have children.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e ——Water without fields and airflow\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Chizuko Ueno, after years of witnessing her parents' discord, her mother's silent endurance for the sake of her child, and the long-standing discrimination against women in society, had a thought: \"If I end up living this kind of life myself, it would be too much of a shame.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMizunota, having become a mother by mistake, struggled mightily with the battle of parenting. She worked longer hours than her husband, yet single-handedly shouldered the entire household management. To keep the family running smoothly, Mizunota had to gradually persuade her husband, seeking his help and understanding. She often felt uneasy, \"Will all this make it harder for all women to work?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Two sociologists, almost mother and daughter in age, discuss the plight and rights of women. From slumber to awakening, how can we escape the suffering of being a woman?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e ★Specially customized postcards from Chizuko Ueno sent to Chinese readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e ★Following \"Misogyny\" and \"Beginning with the Limit\", Chizuko Ueno has another blockbuster new work!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e ★Moving towards a society where people can freely choose not to marry, get married, or have children!\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"There are certainly reasons for not getting married. Conversely, I'd like to hear from those who choose to marry and have children: what are their reasons? Because everyone does it? Because it's natural? Or because it's something everyone must experience? If we strip away the factors of custom and norm, how many people would choose to marry and have children?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Whether it is marriage or having children, it is a personal choice for every independent man and woman. People do not marry and have children for anyone other than themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e ★Well-known feminist scholar × sociologist who \"mistakenly\" became a mother: We are fighting a desperate battle with \"how to escape the suffering of being a woman\", paying the price while building feminism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \"This society is not so much about 'discriminating against women' as it is about 'favoring men'.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Mothers will not choose to let their daughters become part of the organization because they themselves have experience as female white-collar workers and have seen too much of how women are treated in organizations, so much so that they want to vomit.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e★Uncover the \"invisible gender exploitation\" behind the workplace, housework, and childcare.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e ★My parents, my husband, and my children don’t understand my life at all, so how could they understand everything I will experience in marriage?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"湖南文艺出版社","offers":[{"title":"Simplified Chinese \/ Paperback","offer_id":46127509831919,"sku":"9787572612886","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/4849\/4319\/files\/1VMFqrUV22U2tmGGVj2kDS0JBeX8ta89o_88210609-e56f-495b-b0c2-4c22076ea88b.jpg?v=1734596052"},{"product_id":"小姨多鹤-9787506390507","title":"Aunt Duohe","description":"\"Little Aunt Duohe\" tells the story of Duohe, a sixteen-year-old Japanese orphan who was sold to a family in Northeast China at the end of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression as a \"tool\" for carrying on the family line. The author, with a profound and insightful grasp of contemporary Chinese history and the broad perspective of a transnational writer, depicts the emotional and emotional journey of ordinary people amidst the grandeur of our times. This rare work, rich in meaning and captivating in spirit, and open and generous in spirit, has earned Yan Geling numerous awards for it.","brand":"作家出版社","offers":[{"title":"Simplified Chinese \/ Paperback","offer_id":46127510388975,"sku":"9787506390507","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/4849\/4319\/files\/1E2k3exRK2nkiiGXvH4MkH7qfWPRHnGpL_a3f3ca4c-6d17-41d0-9d5f-657295c94a9a.jpg?v=1734596065"},{"product_id":"内衣觉醒记-9787570329083","title":"Underwear Awakening","description":"This is a story of resistance against the times using underwear, and also a secret and sensitive story of a girl;\u003cbr\u003e She was the woman who changed Japanese underwear in the 1950s, and she is also the romantic and free-spirited ordinary woman of today.\u003cbr\u003e Along with the awakening of underwear forms, the desire for freedom and the exploration of women’s self-awareness are also awakening;\u003cbr\u003e -----------------------\u003cbr\u003e This is Yangzi's true story, but it is also a poem of courage dedicated to all women, surging with resistance, romance and unrestrainedness. \u003cbr\u003eKamoei Yoko (1925-1991), a native of Osaka, quit her job as a journalist at the age of 29 to begin designing lingerie independently. At a time when Japanese women were still limited to white cotton underwear that avoided accentuating their curves, she overturned the shackles of boredom, conservatism, and tradition. Through her colorful, sexy, and bold designs and her book \"On Underwear Culture,\" she continuously advocated for women's \"body freedom.\"\u003cbr\u003e This book is Yangzi's autobiography, recording her exploration and awakening of self-awareness as she explored the possibilities of underwear from the age of 24 to 48. This experience was first published in 1973, and half a century later, it is still giving countless women strength and courage.\u003cbr\u003e After reading this, you'll experience a thrilling, heartwarming experience, filled with laughter and tears, and discover that every girl's body is a secret history written only by her. 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Poverty, unemployment, isolation...a series of failures made her decide to embark on an extraordinary adventure to find the direction of her life: heading north, from the lagoons in Mexico to the glaciers in the Arctic, she and her son followed a gray whale mother who was feeding her calf and avoiding attacks by killer whales, completing the longest migration of mammals.\u003cbr\u003e Along the way, Doreen finds the courage and resilience to face life's changes, overcomes self-blame, embraces her own timidity and hesitation, and regains her life. Accompanied by the indomitable whales, she regains her faith in freedom, love, and connection.\u003cbr\u003e At the end of the journey, Doreen reunites with her long-lost self, and the love and memories of six years ago come flooding back...\u003cbr\u003e Editor's Choice★A woman's adventure in embracing life again as a mother and as a human being. \u003cbr\u003eFrom the cramped confines of a women's shelter to the vast expanse of the Arctic Ocean; from the lowest point in life to the summit of the Far North, traveling halfway around the world on a journey of spiritual discovery |\u003cbr\u003e “I told myself I would learn how to live again from the whales.”\u003cbr\u003e \"But what does failure really mean? That's just my wishful thinking. The whales are out at sea, trudging through the storm. Following them is a lesson: we learn that there are second, third, fourth, and fifth chances in life. You have as many opportunities as you believe in.\"\u003cbr\u003e ★A journey of a human mother and her child to find whales, and also an adventure of accompanying a gray whale mother and her calf as they migrate thousands of miles in search of survival and hope.\u003cbr\u003e Along the way, we rushed to meet each other with different desires in our hearts; after separation, we returned to the land and the sea, each taking up our own place in the vast universe.\u003cbr\u003e \"I understand whales and appreciate them for who they are. It's enough that they exist. I'm glad I can't see them, so they can be somewhere else, away from human interference, just being whales, living their lives freely.\" \u003cbr\u003e★A call to the deep sea, a story about courage and resilience, and also a journey of self-discovery.\u003cbr\u003e Transform the storms and tribulations of life into ordinary breaths while diving underwater; follow the gray whales and gain the strength to \"be yourself\" in difficult times.\u003cbr\u003e \"Whales don't deal with hope or despair; they deal with survival, breathing in when it's time to breathe, and keeping going, traveling to the ends of the earth for themselves and their children.\"\u003cbr\u003e \"I no longer recognize the young woman who walked alone in the Niger Delta, fearless. She stood in the way of powerful men and challenged their authority, thinking she could make a difference, that she was fighting for justice. But she must still be there somewhere, and I will find her. If the gray whale can ultimately learn and recover after what it has endured, surely I can too.\"\u003cbr\u003e ★A visit to the whaling culture of the Far North, to perceive the existence and meaning of human beings in the world view of reincarnation. \u003cbr\u003eThe Inupiat whales light up the Arctic night. They are a gift from nature, with vibrant souls just like humans. In the cruel test of survival, the lives of humans and whales are closely connected.\u003cbr\u003e \"In the Inuit language, there is no distinction between humans and animals, and there are no words for it. This may indicate the equality of all life in the Inuit worldview.\"\u003cbr\u003e “This place seems to be alive in a way, full of dreams, thoughts, and history. The image of the animal is always present in clothing, in the whale bones and baleen that can be found in people’s homes and outside, and it is prevalent in people’s consciousness and conversations. Everything here revolves around whales. 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They all concern the way and meaning of human existence – how to fight against emptiness and meaninglessness in a future of rapid change, firmly perceive our own existence, and maintain our connection with the land, language, fellow human beings, and the surrounding community.\u003cbr\u003e Crossing the ice between the individual and the universal, life and death, human and non-human, eternity and change, on a whale-hunting journey across the ocean, the author soothes the sorrows and sufferings of life and sings the power of survival and recovery.","brand":"南海出版公司","offers":[{"title":"Simplified Chinese \/ Paperback","offer_id":46127511896303,"sku":"9787573506115","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/4849\/4319\/files\/1V1imdJvKJGrJjQh7BkOgHtY9YnCx-07k_6d5b565a-dcae-4ec1-82de-23803592dd4d.jpg?v=1734596087"},{"product_id":"倾城之恋-9787530218624","title":"Love in a Fallen City","description":"◑ A collection of short and medium-length stories by Eileen Chang. 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That was the new world that education had opened to me, the limitless possibilities of my life.","brand":"南海出版公司","offers":[{"title":"Simplified Chinese \/ Hardcover","offer_id":46127515238639,"sku":"9787544276986","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/4849\/4319\/files\/1l2SDx46L7GW92qak3PmI2u2rKg_mSTJa_f5088a28-0b50-41ec-b0e1-c7d76ebc8e30.jpg?v=1734596113"},{"product_id":"诗-9787513943840","title":"诗","description":"Dai Jinhua, Fan Xiaoqing, Renke, and Zhang Lu all recommended Hirokazu Koreeda, and Roger Ebert highly praised South Korea's first Cannes Film Festival Best Screenplay Award winner, with a high score of 8.7 on Douban. This director who is super good at writing scripts and novelist who is super good at making movies has created many humanistic masterpieces such as \"Burning\", \"Secret Sunshine\", and \"Oasis\". The original script of Lee Chang-dong, the visual poet of our time, is published for the first time!\u003cbr\u003e The novel collections \"Burning Paper\" and \"Luchuan Has a Lot of Dung\" have won the Douban 2020 Foreign Literature Award and the One Way Street Bookstore Literature Award 2020 Good Book. Officially authorized, the 101-act full-length final draft script + plot synopsis + story outline exclusively includes unreleased stills, the author's inspiration notes and hand-drawn storyboards, and an in-depth interview with the director...\u003cbr\u003e A 1:1 replica of the original, with high-quality binding and meticulously polished interior layout, this precious behind-the-scenes book is worth collecting and studying. It is dedicated to all those who seek beauty and meaning in life. \"Life is full of suffering, so what is poetry?\" \u003cbr\u003e📖 Editor's Pick: Lee Chang-dong, one of the most celebrated contemporary Korean creatives. He began his career as a writer, using poignant and realistic language to depict the pain of ordinary lives and their faith in human love. He then entered the film industry, writing and directing six feature films, consistently focusing on the underprivileged and marginalized. His poetic style, blending pain and beauty with a rich humanistic approach, has earned him acclaim as a \"master of realism\" and a \"godsend to Korean cinema.\" He has won numerous international awards and quickly established himself as a world-class director.\u003cbr\u003e Poetry (2010), Lee Chang-dong's fifth original feature film since his debut in the film industry, has been hailed as \"Lee Chang-dong's quietest yet most thematically complete film\" and \"a work of exceptional narrative sophistication.\" It also won the Best Screenplay Award at the 63rd Cannes International Film Festival. The film has also garnered numerous awards at prestigious film festivals both in South Korea and abroad, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best Actress, earning it recognition as one of the finest Korean films of the 2010s. \u003cbr\u003ePublished to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the release of \"Poetry,\" this book includes director Lee Chang-dong's original script, unseen stills, the director's inspiration notes and storyboards, in-depth interviews with the director, and commentary from influential cultural figures. Readers can savor the film's aftertaste alongside the director; it also serves as a masterclass in creative experience, worthy of careful reading and reflection.\u003cbr\u003e * * *\u003cbr\u003e “The questions explored in ‘Poetry’ are arguably the fundamental questions I never stop asking myself as a writer and film director: What is the relationship between art and the pain of reality? Can art change reality?” — Lee Chang-dong\u003cbr\u003e * * * \u003cbr\u003eOfficially authorized and premiered, this premiere features the original script of internationally acclaimed director Lee Chang-dong's masterpiece. The 101-act final draft of South Korea's first Cannes Film Festival Best Screenplay winner is presented in its original form. This showcases Lee Chang-dong's status as both a world-renowned director and a remarkable screenwriter. As the director says, \"Reading the script is arguably the best way to understand some films (perhaps most). Reading the script after the film is finished, in fact, allows one to better understand how the film forged its own destiny after the script was completed.\"\u003cbr\u003e ◎ Exclusively includes the director's unpublished inspiration notes, hand-drawn storyboards, on-site photos, and a preface \"To Chinese Readers\". You can get a glimpse of director Lee Chang-dong's early concept notes and sketches, the director's own shooting storyboards of the heart-wrenching scenes, stills of the scenes where the famous actress Yoon Jeong-hee displays her amazing acting skills, and the director's preface \"To Chinese Readers\" written specifically for the simplified Chinese version... For fans of director Lee Chang-dong's works, this is an incomparable and precious gift. \u003cbr\u003e◎ A number of articles and interviews with senior literary and artistic figures, including a multi-angle understanding of the background and connotation of \"Poetry\", the beautiful and penetrating articles by poet Park Joon and literary critic Shin Hyung-cheol, a 5-hour in-depth interview with film critic Lee Dong-jin and director Lee Chang-dong, and an interview between the director and French poet Claude Moussard in Cannes, etc., all fully help readers understand all aspects of the film \"Poetry\" and its significance for the present day that has not faded to this day.\u003cbr\u003e ◎ Specially includes plot summaries and story outlines, exploring the creative growth process before the script is formed. Through the continuous information of \"Author's Notes → Plot Summary → Story Outline → Original Script Final Draft\" in the book, readers who dream of becoming film directors or screenwriters can learn more in depth how an original idea is developed into a movie. \u003cbr\u003e◎ 1:1 reproduction of the original high-quality binding and inner page layout design, four-color printing, worth collecting. The cover is made of beige vintage earth paper with a unique touch; the inner cover is made of matte pink paper with a matte film, which is exquisite and wear-resistant; the inner pages are made of 98g off-white offset paper with a fine and thick texture. The whole book is printed in four colors, providing a friendly reading experience.\u003cbr\u003e 📖Media recommendations: \"Poetry\" is a bold film that must be watched with both eyes. One eye sees the extreme evil of people, the other sees the extreme goodness of the opposite person. Director Lee Chang-dong even suggests that we use a third eye to watch the ending of the film.\u003cbr\u003e —Le Monde, France\u003cbr\u003e A quietly memorable film that showcases the understated excellence of director Lee Chang-dong. Poetry reaffirms Lee Chang-dong as one of South Korea's finest screenwriters and directors.\u003cbr\u003e —Variety, an American magazine\u003cbr\u003e Director Lee Chang-dong’s quietest, yet most thematically complete film.\u003cbr\u003e —Screen International\u003cbr\u003e 📖Celebrity recommendation: Every time I watch a movie directed by Lee Chang-dong, I am deeply moved by his sincere feelings for humanity and his unwavering attitude towards both the good and the bad in human nature. \u003cbr\u003e—Hirokazu Kore-eda (Japanese director)\u003cbr\u003e In Korea, I am the third most important person, Kang Je-kyu is second, and Lee Chang-dong is first.\u003cbr\u003e ——Kim Ki-duk (South Korean director)\u003cbr\u003e The film \"Poetry\" ostensibly asks \"What is poetry?\", but in reality it asks \"Who are we and what era are we in?\" The value of this question has not diminished in the past decade.\u003cbr\u003e —Shin Hyung-chul (Korean literary critic)\u003cbr\u003e Lee Chang-dong is one of the few directors working today who connects his life with his work, weaving his imagination and reality together in every scene.\u003cbr\u003e —Le Clézio (French writer)\u003cbr\u003e 📖Awards and honors the film has received★ Best Screenplay at the 63rd Cannes International Film Festival★ Best Film, Best Screenplay, Best Actress (Yoon Jeong-hee), Best Supporting Actor (Kim Hee-ra) at the 47th Daejong Awards \u003cbr\u003e★ Best Director at the 47th Baeksang Arts Awards★ Best Film and Best Screenplay at the 30th Korean Society of Film Critics★ Best Film and Best Screenplay at the 19th Busil Film Festival★ Best Film, Best Director and Best Screenplay at the 8th Korean Film Awards★ Best Director and Best Screenplay at the 5th Asian Film Awards★ Best Director and Best Actress at the 4th Asia Pacific Film Awards★ Best Actress at the 31st Blue Dragon Film Festival★ Best Film at the 2nd Korea Film of the Year Awards★ Best Actress at the 37th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards★ Chicago Tribune Best Film of 2011★ Selected as one of CNN's Top 10 Films of 2011★ Belgian Women Filmmakers Association's Film of the Year Award★ Selected as a Notable Korean Film by the 1st Korea Film Archive (KOFA)...\u003cbr\u003e 📖 Content Introduction \u003cbr\u003e66-year-old Miko lives with her grandson, supplementing her income with home care. Her life seems peaceful, but she notices her memory is slowly failing. Out of interest, Miko attends a local poetry lecture and learns that her grandson is involved in the suicide of a girl from her school. \"Poetry\" follows Miko's life journey as she learns to write poetry while navigating various painful challenges. Its timeless poetic style and attentiveness to reality have earned it widespread acclaim, including the Best Screenplay Award at the 63rd Cannes International Film Festival.\u003cbr\u003e This book contains the complete final draft of the film \"Poetry,\" along with a wealth of behind-the-scenes material, including unseen on-set stills, the author's storyboards, exclusive interviews with the director, expert recommendations, plot synopses, and story outlines. Readers can review the creation of \"Poetry,\" a masterpiece of humanity, and fully understand the film's connotations and beauty, as well as its enduring significance for today.","brand":"民主与建设出版社","offers":[{"title":"Simplified Chinese \/ Paperback","offer_id":46127516287215,"sku":"9787513943840","price":38.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/4849\/4319\/files\/14yXHHRSitSAawDHH2vmjB12sqjM669Yz_3f50ba16-3fe0-4ea8-adda-1111a1ab5c5f.jpg?v=1734596122"},{"product_id":"东京八平米-9787542678652","title":"Tokyo 8 square meters","description":"Living in an 8-square-meter apartment, you can see the whole world. \"8 Square Meters in Tokyo\" is a new collection of essays by Japanese-Chinese author Shinobu Yoshii. In Japan, 8 square meters is called \"shizuo\" (four and a half tatami mats), meaning it's a room that's only four and a half tatami mats long and offers low rent.\u003cbr\u003e Because her eight-square-meter room lacked a kitchen, refrigerator, bathroom, or washing machine, she enthusiastically wrote about the daily life of ordinary Japanese people, including their food, clothing, and shelter. Living in a cramped space, she extended her life to the city's streets and public spaces, writing about Tokyo's laundromats, sento baths, coffee shops, 24-hour manga cafes, independent cinemas, and small restaurants. She also wrote about the stories of ordinary Tokyoites she met. These characters are \"invisible, real Tokyoites,\" and their stories reveal the diverse lives of Japanese society and reflect our own. \u003cbr\u003eIn the lonely city, how can one find a place to call home and a sense of purpose? Yoshii Shinobu's \"eight-square-meter economy\" offers a glimpse into the possibilities of a fresh and vibrant life: saving on expensive rent, simplifying material needs, and enjoying a rich spiritual and cultural life in the city. The city can be a mobile home, where a single person can be happy and self-sufficient.\u003cbr\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e 【Specially recommended】\u003cbr\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e In the lonely city, how can one find a place of their own and a purpose for existence? Yoshii Shinobu's \"eight-square-meter economy\" offers a glimpse into the possibilities of a fresh and vibrant life: saving on expensive rent, simplifying material needs, enjoying a rich cultural life in the city, and finding comfort and a sense of belonging in one's own way. The city can be a mobile home, and a person can be happy and self-sufficient. \u003cbr\u003eTokyo used to frequently rank near the top of the \"world's most expensive cities\" list, but this was merely the prejudice of foreign journalists who had only a superficial understanding of the city. I've long harbored this dissatisfaction, believing Tokyo is actually a great place to live, and it's been the driving force behind my numerous articles and books on Tokyo.\u003cbr\u003e Tokyo, Kyoto, Shanghai, Beijing... No matter the city, Yoshii is adept at finding reasonably priced housing. Sometimes her abode is barely big enough for sleeping, but just outside, convenient city amenities are always within reach. Your favorite restaurant becomes your dining room, a coffee shop your living room, a bookstore or library your study, a gym your bathroom with a sauna.\u003cbr\u003e Yoshii understood the secret of this \"urban survival technique\" perfectly: treating the city as an extension of one's own home and using it to their advantage. It's like an animal instinctively finding the most comfortable place to nest, and then, when the time comes, simply leaving the nest and flying away.\u003cbr\u003e —Kyouichi Tsuzuki (independent editor and photographer)\u003cbr\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e 【Editor's Recommendation】\u003cbr\u003e * \u003cbr\u003e★ Living in eight square meters, you own the whole world. Shinobu Yoshii's \"Eight Square Meters\" economics shows another possibility for urban life. This new collection of essays by Japanese-Chinese writer Shinobu Yoshii is dedicated to those who are about to create a new life. -- Twenty years after leaving Japan, Shinobu Yoshii returned to Tokyo, rented an eight-square-meter room in the heart of Tokyo, and rebuilt her life there. Eight square meters is the origin of life, and the entire city of Tokyo is an extension of life. The detachment of material and spiritual things brings economic space and physical and mental freedom. Shinobu Yoshii's \"Eight Square Meters\" economics provides another possibility for life for every modern person who is exhausted physically and mentally: cherish the present moment, find the comfort and sense of belonging you need in your own way, and give yourself the energy to continue living tomorrow. \u003cbr\u003e★ How can you live comfortably in an eight-square-meter apartment without a kitchen, refrigerator, bathroom, or washing machine? A guide to exploring the new urban \"snail dwelling\" lifestyle in Tokyo. The city can be a mobile home, and a single person can be happy and self-sufficient. Because eight square meters is so cramped, daily life extends to Tokyo's streets and public spaces: laundromats, sento (hot springs), manga cafes, small restaurants, and coffee shops. There are also weekly trips to independent cinemas, rakugo (rakugo) theater, shamisen lessons, and exhibitions. Convenient and comfortable public spaces, a vibrant multicultural environment, and the energy of urban life—your \"small\" living space isn't a problem, because the world outside is vast. \u003cbr\u003e★ Everyone has their own \"eight square meters.\" Delve into the details of the city and visit the \"neighborhood,\" telling the stories of Tokyo's ordinary people and seeing the real ordinary people. In a lonely city, how do people find their own place and the meaning of existence? — In the bustling city, occasional encounters bring back gem-like memories: Mr. Osawa, the owner of Jinxingtang Café, known as the \"walking dictionary\"; the sharp and humorous hostess of Mako Café, who is almost ninety years old; the warm, kind and hardworking female owner of a soba noodle shop... The simple and sincere people of Tokyo and the flowing and timeless Tokyo scenery reveal the true face of life. \"I believe that everyone has their own eight square meters and their own definition of it. It refers not to the actual area, but to a place in the heart. While eight square meters may seem out of place to others, it allows you to live in your own world. It may be a place or a person where you don't have to pretend, you can face yourself and enjoy the present moment as much as possible.\" \u003cbr\u003eDesigned by renowned book cover designer Lu Zhichang, the book boasts a fresh, elegant design with a comfortable feel, cleverly echoing the \"four and a half tatami mats\" layout. Photography by renowned photographer Kyoichi Tsuzuki and writer Shinobu Yoshii. Over a hundred color images capture the dynamic landscape of \"eight square meters\" and the city of Tokyo. Printed on elegant, soft-touch, lightweight paper, the book is perfect for everyday reading and travel.","brand":"上海三联书店","offers":[{"title":"Simplified Chinese \/ Paperback","offer_id":46127519072495,"sku":"9787542678652","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/4849\/4319\/files\/1CDcs3smEQ2foBcb0FU1TiwuDuiMJgljU_454d3279-f696-4e7d-a80a-9e9b9c899e36.jpg?v=1734596143"},{"product_id":"马利纳-9787559865137","title":"Malina","description":"🌊Synopsis:\u003cbr\u003eHello, I am an unknown woman, and I live in Vienna.\u003cbr\u003eI live with Malina and am in love with Ivan.\u003cbr\u003eMalina is just on the other side of a wall, Ivan is on the other end of a phone line.\u003cbr\u003eI die with Malina, and live with Ivan.\u003cbr\u003eI often have nightmares about my father.\u003cbr\u003eI occasionally imagine the legendary past of this land.\u003cbr\u003eI scare away the journalists who come to interview me, who come to kiss my hand.\u003cbr\u003eI am a sad clowness like Pierrot.\u003cbr\u003eToday, I am still here, in my Hungarian Lane, my wide, arcing territory.\u003cbr\u003eBut one day, I will disappear, walking into the oldest, strongest wall.\u003cbr\u003e“This is murder.”\u003cbr\u003e——————————\u003cbr\u003e【Editor's Recommendations】\u003cbr\u003e※ The gem of 20th-century German literature, Bachmann's only full-length autobiographical novel, making its Chinese debut.\u003cbr\u003eIngeborg Bachmann—\u003cbr\u003eA star poet of Group 47, winner of the Georg Büchner Prize and the Austrian State Prize, nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature;\u003cbr\u003ePioneered the tradition of women's writing in Austria, hailed as \"the first popular icon of Austrian literature\";\u003cbr\u003ePeter Handke, Thomas Bernhard, and Elfriede Jelinek are considered her successors.\u003cbr\u003eHer planned four-volume series \"Ways of Dying\" only saw the completion of the first volume, \"Malina\";\u003cbr\u003eIn 1991, Nobel laureate Jelinek adapted it into a screenplay, and the film of the same name starred Isabelle Huppert.\u003cbr\u003e※ \"A hurricane of words began to howl in my mind\": A dizzying reading experience, a poetic journey of shimmering imagery.\u003cbr\u003eThe novel does not focus on plot, but unfolds through stream of consciousness, a first-person account of an Austrian woman writer's life.\u003cbr\u003eFairytales, dreams, reality, and memories intertwine; dialogues, monologues, interviews, and opera alternate.\u003cbr\u003eA stabbed princess, a demonic father, intellectuals at a hypocritical banquet, a disgraced postman on trial…\u003cbr\u003eBachmann uses a hurricane of words and absurd, distorted expressionism to sweep the reader's senses away.\u003cbr\u003e※ \"We exchanged words of light and darkness\": Bachmann's elegy for Celan.\u003cbr\u003eIn 1948, Bachmann and Paul Celan secretly fell in love in Vienna.\u003cbr\u003eShe was the daughter of a Nazi; he was Jewish, a survivor of forced labor, his parents having died in concentration camps.\u003cbr\u003eFor the next twenty-two years, this enduring affair brought them joy, poetry, and immense suffering.\u003cbr\u003eAfter Celan's death, Bachmann published \"Malina\" and then also died prematurely. 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It would be a shame if I missed it. \u003cbr\u003e—Amazon Reader📝This is a rare book that pays tribute to single women, written by a single, childless woman. Books about singleness and non-motherhood are often written by married women with two or three children, in a (reassuringly) slightly provocative style. This book, on the other hand, is confident, joyful, and optimistic, drawing heavily on historical evidence to support its arguments. It prompts the question: Is it really worth the experience of legal marriage or cohabitation, or becoming a mother, putting yourself in chains, and raising children who may forget to repay you in your old age? However, the book's one weakness is the second section, which turns to personal accounts. The author recounts a loss, a case of professional burnout, and some tentative psychological explanations, which slightly weaken her argument. Nevertheless, this minor flaw does not detract from the book's overall value. 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Today, we have works that rehabilitate \"taboo\" emotions for women, highlight women's unpaid domestic labor, and expose the invisibility of women in science and medicine. But few explore single women, especially middle-aged single women. \"Old Girl\" breaks this silence. This short book reveals that a woman's singleness isn't necessarily due to trauma, frigidity, or lesbianism; it can also be a matter of her own choice. To paraphrase Mary Cock, \"I just don't have a partner or marriage, that's all.\" Let's remove the shackles that force girls into relationships. The world is already so violent, we can't stop being self-critical and becoming our own tyrants. Singleness is simply about \"reclaiming oneself,\" about \"taking back one's body, mind, and time.\"\u003cbr\u003e ——Hua Zhao, planning editor of \"So Angry\" This is a shocking essay that mixes autobiography and investigation.\u003cbr\u003e ——Le Figaro, a French women's bimonthly magazine \u003cbr\u003eThe old girl is no longer what she once was. No longer the doomed woman who couldn't find love, she is now liberated, eager, and captivating, taking charge of her own life outside the constraints of marriage and motherhood. Drawing on her own experiences as a single, childless woman in her forties, Mary Cock offers a rich, original, and often humorous reflection, drawing on examples from history, literature, and film—from medieval nuns to the wily Isabelle Huppert in François Ozon's \"The Eight Beauties\" to Balzac's Cousin Bette. It's not a manifesto, but a proposal for how to live a fulfilling single life.\u003cbr\u003e —Julie Dufour, Libération, France \u003cbr\u003eShe demonstrates, in a sensitive and convincing way, that what women lack most is time and the freedom that comes with it. To become an old girl requires at least the courage to not confine oneself to idealized and servile frameworks (such as couples and families), and to say no to the obvious and traditional customs. This is a new way of life.\u003cbr\u003e —Cécile Daumas, Libération\u003cbr\u003e As a new generation re-examines traditional family structures, this deeply personal essay demonstrates that it's possible to live a normal and fulfilling life without being in a relationship.\u003cbr\u003e —Jean-Laurent Cassely, French news weekly L'Express \u003cbr\u003eWeaving together fragments of autobiography (which can be painful), readings of the humanities, and scenes plucked from literature or film, Mary Coker writes like an offensive: slowly building up her ammunition, then suddenly swooping down on a stereotype, bombarding it with gathered evidence and witty wit. Whether you agree with it or not, it's a delight!\u003cbr\u003e —Eric Aeschimann, French news weekly L'Obscurité\u003cbr\u003e \"Old girls\" have a bad rap. In a bold essay, Mary Coke brilliantly redresses them.\u003cbr\u003e —Marie Fouquet, French magazine LH Le Mag \u003cbr\u003eThe old girl failed to fulfill her role as a woman—not to bear children, not to be anyone's wife—and yet possessed an inheritance that would never be passed down. This was unacceptable to the liberal society that had been burgeoning since the 19th century, and the inheritance game had been shaping the coming capitalist society ever since. Equally unacceptable was the idea that a woman without a man was a woman without value. Yet, beneath each anecdote in the book lies the author's astonishingly rich inner world. Her free time forced her to contemplate the meaning of existence, allowing her to accumulate diverse experiences, learn to understand and listen to herself, and achieve a rare tranquility, the kind that comes with being alone. As the author puts it, stopping the search for a man was not only \"a revelation,\" but also the beginning of a search for herself, a reflection on what she loves and the path she wants to take.\u003cbr\u003e —Emma Poesy, French independent cultural media Maze","brand":"广东人民出版社","offers":[{"title":"Simplified Chinese \/ Hardcover","offer_id":46233059033327,"sku":"9787218180250","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/4849\/4319\/files\/1aLKjx1suluGdroDaaEp6gMlird3wVlwm_bf92649b-def1-4190-b378-806fc32f7f27.jpg?v=1738964344"},{"product_id":"夜奔-9787218170220","title":"Night Run","description":"The novel \"Night Run\" is an epic of contemporary Chinese Peking Opera art. It is the spiritual history and life book of four generations of female Peking Opera artists in the tide of the times. 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This is the most comprehensive, complete, and profound biography of Sontag to date. [Brief Introduction] \u003cbr\u003eAs an icon of 20th-century American culture, Sontag is hailed as \"the conscience of the American public,\" her life inextricably linked to the cultural development of the United States and the world. She was both defiant and restless, deified and misunderstood, praised and criticized. She rebelled against the sterility of imagination, rejected mediocrity, embraced critical thinking and aesthetics, and left behind a rich legacy of work. 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