{"title":"Unbound Selected","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"流俗地-9787530221280","title":"Worldly Land","description":"\"Asia Weekly\" 2020 Top Ten Novels Chinese Literature Surprise Harvest Wang Dewei x Wang Anyi Strongly Recommended \"Li Zishu Injects Some Rare Tenderness into Contemporary Malaysian Chinese Literature\"\u003cbr\u003e \"Vulgar Place\" begins with the small society in Malaysia's Tin City, which is called \"Lou Shang Lou\" by the residents. It tells the mundane affairs of the ordinary people in the city, and the twists and turns of the plot seem to summon the important little things in life.\u003cbr\u003e In \"Upstairs and Downstairs\", they are like candles in the wind, seemingly fragile but actually strong. Once they leave, they drift in the sea of people; as if the day they leave also means that the difficulties have been overcome, and life has reached a spacious place, and no longer needs others to support each other. The author integrates the customs and political situation of tropical countries. People recall the past, and every time they turn a page, it seems that they are pushed out of the game by time and watch themselves back then.\u003cbr\u003e It rains frequently here, and many important things in life seem to happen in the rain. Those memories are still wet when they are opened now. Even if they are dry, they are like a book soaked in water, with ripples on the paper, which are difficult to calm down.\u003cbr\u003e The ordinary life in the secular town of Malaysia's tin capital and the humble lives deep in decades of history.\u003cbr\u003e The trauma of personal destiny and the displacement of families, the identity and emotional integration of different ethnic groups. In every sad and bleak background of life, there is the stubbornness of human nature. The ups and downs of each individual are permeated with the author's caring retrospection of history, the distant observation of real politics, and the complex complex of the ethnic identity of overseas Chinese.","brand":"北京十月文艺出版社","offers":[{"title":"Simplified Chinese \/ Hardcover","offer_id":46085136974063,"sku":"9787530221280","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/4849\/4319\/files\/1fJWHprhLoZ-UnifApvM6Znl3k-ApCA8D_f6d5dc3a-419c-4d22-b5da-b4537275b161.jpg?v=1738963667"},{"product_id":"野菩萨-9787530223239","title":"Wild Bodhisattva","description":"✨The selected collection of Li Zishu's short stories has been reprinted. The world is a new world, and this world is the other side of the secular world.\u003cbr\u003e ✨Specially included is the new short story \"The Sea\" \u003cbr\u003e——This was the first time in their lives that they sat together and watched the sea.\u003cbr\u003e ※Editor's Recommendation※\u003cbr\u003e \"Wild Bodhisattva\" is a collection of short stories by Malaysian Chinese writer Li Zishu.\u003cbr\u003e Twelve short stories, twelve densely-woven, gorgeous, whimsical and lively short songs of joy and sorrow.\u003cbr\u003e \"Life is so moist, infested with all sorts of inexplicable mushrooms, ferns, tumors, fungi, scars, mosses, mildews, and diseases.\"\u003cbr\u003e Bizarre imaginary fables and mottled and sticky love all flow under Li Zishu's pen, painting a fantastic and magnificent picture of the Nanyang world.\u003cbr\u003e In addition to classic works such as \"Northern Frontier,\" \"Wild Bodhisattva,\" and \"Let's Watch Ai Iijima Together,\" this edition also includes Li Zishu's new short story, \"The Sea.\" With just a few strokes, it explores the unspeakable jealousy and love between people.\u003cbr\u003e \"They lay there, holding hands, like they were backstroke on a calm sea.\"\u003cbr\u003e ※Recommended by famous experts※ \u003cbr\u003eWandering between realism and absurdity, between the boredom of daily life and bizarre imaginary adventures, between anger and pain, Li Zishu seems to be still searching for a style that allows her to express herself freely. She is not afraid of approaching the abyss of trauma and is willing to repeatedly take the risk of exploring the bottom of the abyss.\u003cbr\u003e ——Wang Dewei ※Author’s own words※\u003cbr\u003e My biggest dream is to let Chinese readers rediscover the joy of reading short stories, experience the literary power brought by short stories, and further understand Malaysian Chinese literature.\u003cbr\u003e ——Li Zishu","brand":"北京十月文艺出版社","offers":[{"title":"Simplified Chinese \/ Hardcover","offer_id":46085137006831,"sku":"9787530223239","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/4849\/4319\/files\/1gxebHWPdlVAq0DaASyJKTTnhjOwNsZIO.jpg?v=1734602758"},{"product_id":"告别的年代-9787530222317","title":"The Age of Farewell","description":"\u003ch3\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/book.douban.com\/subject\/35947060\/\"\u003eDouban\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/neodb.social\/book\/30VLCqw9kvakWC6dZ54qHV\"\u003eNeoDB\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e ✨ Li Zishu's first novel\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e ✨\"Asia Weekly\" \"Top Ten Chinese Novels in the World in 2010\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e ✨ The 11th Huazong Literary Award\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e ✨ 2011 China Times Kaijuan Good Book Award\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e ✨ The 4th \"Dream of Red Mansions Award\" Expert Recommendation Award\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e ※Editor's Recommendation※\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e ✨Reprinted ten years later\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e ✨ A narrative within a narrative within a book\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e ✨ Say goodbye to everything that has disappeared and will disappear!\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e✨ Before \"Vulgar Land\", Li Zishu had poured all his experience and talent into \"The Age of Farewell\" without reservation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e A fleeing man, a frantic woman. Lost words, a damp town. Intertwined time and space, suspended in song, and fate flowing on its own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e After the birth of \"Vulgar Land\", looking back at these familiar elements, \"The Age of Farewell\" has undoubtedly taken on new life. Before retreating to the true nature of life, it retains the talent and ambition that are rare in young writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e ※Introduction※\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e You are reading this book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e This is a novel, a long one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e It looks ancient.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e But there is almost no sign of it being turned over.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Its page number actually starts from 513,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e It seems that page 1 of this book\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Actually, it’s page 513 of the novel…\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e You are a teenager living in an old hotel called the Mayflower. After your mother passes away from illness, you follow her last words and go to a quiet corner of the library, where you find a \"big book\" called \"The Age of Farewell.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDulian is the daughter of a street vendor who, by chance, marries Gangbo, a small-time gang leader who is more than 20 years her senior. Unbeknownst to her, she is actually the protagonist of the novel \"The Age of Farewell.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e After you finish reading this book, Durian's story gradually becomes clearer, and your own dark life story also slowly comes to light...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e ※Recommended by famous experts※\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Whether writing family stories with a touch of historical significance or sketching the fleeting glimpses of contemporary life, Li Zishu excels at both. Creating a rich and eerie atmosphere to illuminate the dark corners of life is particularly her forte.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e —Literary critic Wang Dewei\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e The first Malaysian Chinese female writer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e —Literary critic Zheng Shusen\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e In the Malaysian Chinese literary world where literary conditions are extremely poor, Li Zishu is a miracle no matter from which angle you look at it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e ——Famous writer Huang Jinshu\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI think this novel can be seen as a vivid re-creation of some lost novelistic technique, a magnificent stage being created from an impossible void. As a reader, I feel extremely happy; as a contemporary Chinese novelist, I think she is a rare, top-notch, and formidable rival.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e ——Famous writer Luo Yijun\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"北京十月文艺出版社","offers":[{"title":"Simplified Chinese \/ Hardcover","offer_id":46085137039599,"sku":"9787530222317","price":31.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/4849\/4319\/files\/1QmLcAbVGiQYLPAMZRaLIqkFHNSnLckA6_c7379d3a-455c-4618-b1ac-30f05194d757.jpg?v=1734602761"},{"product_id":"冬将军来的夏天-9787221150646","title":"The Summer When General Winter Comes","description":"\u003ch3\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/book.douban.com\/subject\/33721000\/\"\u003eDouban\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/neodb.social\/book\/0ll1iwt2kFowV7UzmsdjwW\"\u003eNeoDB\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e The most anticipated Chinese literary masterpiece of 2019!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e —— A healing book about love and life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e .\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Editor's Recommendation\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Four reasons why you must read it!\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e★ A masterpiece of Chinese literature! A heartwarming and healing story that will leave you lingering on the experience!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e If you have ever been alone in the face of hardships in life, or even felt lonely and desperate, then you must not miss this book - \"The Summer When General Winter Comes\", a healing work about love and life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e You are not alone!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e ★ A new breakthrough work by Gan Yaoming, a representative writer of the Mesozoic era in Taiwan, China.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e This is a new novel by Gan Yaoming, winner of the United Daily News Literary Award, the Wu Zhuoliu Literary Award, the Taipei Book Fair Grand Prize, and the Dream of the Red Chamber Award Jury Prize! It was selected for the Taiwan Pavilion at the 2017 Frankfurt Book Fair.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e ★ Highly recommended by four talented writers from different generations!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Nobel Prize winner Mo Yan, famous writer Liang Hong, young writer Zhou Jianing, and Blancpain Prize winner Wang Zhanhei, four generations of writers praised it!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e ★ After years of creation, the author broke through himself and wrote this novel for the first time from a perspective close to ordinary people.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe empathy, innocence and warmth between the lines of Gan Yaoming's writing are like a pot of fire, and the various social realities cleverly incorporated into the novel, such as elderly people living together, mutual aid societies for the deceased, death and a good death, constantly stir our hearts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e .\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e ◎ Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e This is a healing story that brings together a lot of pain and cruelty, but still allows people to feel \"love and being loved\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \"Three days before I was raped, my dead grandmother came back to find me.\" The beginning of the novel is shocking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e I was like a broken person, having lost my job, been raped by a wicked person, framed by a colleague, betrayed by my biological mother, and hunted by criminals...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e At this moment, my grandmother, along with four \"old women\" and a dog, suddenly broke into my chaotic world, like a ray of light, shining into the cracks of my life...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Gan Yaoming's transformational masterpiece incorporates the seeds of magical realism between the lines, showing the most realistic social reality, paying attention to marginalized groups, and deeply exploring the meaning of \"life and death\" - until we are picked up from the garbage can of life, we don't know that we are deeply loved by people far away.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAt the moment when \"The Summer When General Winter Comes\" draws to an end, we see a pair of hands slowly rising up, using emotions and words filled with comfort to pick us up as we continue to fall in the frozen world of the wilderness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e .\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e ◎ Celebrity recommendation\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e The forgotten and damaged embark on a doomsday carnival journey together, and the resonance of female emotions changes the trajectory of reality like magic. This is the most resolute resistance to evil, so funny, so innocent, so wonderful, and so sad.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e — Zhou Jianing (writer and English literature translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e This story takes place in summer, yet possesses the resilience to stand firm in winter. It is a dark allegory for kindergarten, a version of Thelma \u0026amp; Louise for the elderly. The lighthearted yet powerful \"Little Devil\" is not just about technique, but also about the courage one must have in life to fight back against all those moments of weakness when they bow to \"others.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e —— Wang Zhanhei (young writer, winner of the inaugural Blancpain Ideal Country Literary Award)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStories aren't necessarily somewhere far away; they might lie within our lives, within our spirits. Within our lives and spirits, countless forgotten and distant places remain undiscovered. Gan Yaoming is one such tireless explorer. Gan Yaoming's work is primarily concerned with imagination and symbolism, and his focus is on questions of human existence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e In a sense, the mixture of magic and reality in his works constitutes a unique symbolic world that is both aesthetic and realistic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e —— Liang Hong (author, professor at Renmin University of China)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"贵州人民出版社","offers":[{"title":"Simplified Chinese \/ Paperback","offer_id":46085137203439,"sku":"9787221150646","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/4849\/4319\/files\/1OoljIMJRdD6LjeXv_3VlO6kRfti6VQQT.jpg?v=1734602769"},{"product_id":"杀鬼-9787208164703","title":"Killing Ghosts","description":"★A representative novel by Gan Yaoming.\u003cbr\u003e ★Won the \"Top Ten Books Award\" from the China Times, the Taipei International Book Fair Foundation Book Fair Award, and the Books.com.tw 2009 Chinese Writing Award.\u003cbr\u003e \"Killing Ghosts\" is both a war narrative and a rural legend. With a touch of magical realism, a dazzling narrative technique, and a highly recognizable brushstroke, it blends history, reality, and rural legend to depict the tragic story of great times and the lives of ordinary people. \u003cbr\u003e★Nobel Prize winner in Literature Mo Yan highly recommended his work and commented: Such writing is astonishing!\u003cbr\u003e -------\u003cbr\u003e In a Taiwanese village called \"Guan Niu Wo\" lived a primary school student named \"Pa\". He was six feet tall and extremely strong. He was adopted by his grandfather Liu Jinfu and was adopted as a son by a Japanese officer, Lieutenant Colonel Oni, in 1940.\u003cbr\u003e With a childlike innocence, Pa witnesses through his psychic eyes the conflicts among humans, ghosts and gods in troubled times, as well as the extraordinary experiences of tiny lives in the war.\u003cbr\u003e A train that can run without rails enters the village.\u003cbr\u003e Whether they were training, fighting, or resting, the young soldiers never forgot to carry their family tombstones wherever they went;\u003cbr\u003e The old man imprisoned himself, and hard leaf buds sprouted between his toes, spreading into a forest;\u003cbr\u003e In a haunted house in Taipei after the war, Pa was sound asleep amidst the screams of ghosts, and was awakened by tranquility.\u003cbr\u003e \"Compared to the wounded and wailing soldiers on the battlefield, the screams of ghosts are nothing\"...","brand":"上海人民出版社","offers":[{"title":"Simplified Chinese \/ Paperback","offer_id":46085137236207,"sku":"9787208164703","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/4849\/4319\/files\/1nINXOPdnrOyb6w9PYXJjS7YPA7un8M04.jpg?v=1734602772"},{"product_id":"夜行货车-9787510884238","title":"Night truck","description":"\u003ch3\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/book.douban.com\/subject\/34937627\/\"\u003eDouban\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/neodb.social\/book\/3KwVOpUUQMApB64QWXDflp\"\u003eNeoDB\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 【Editor's Recommendation】\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe complete works of 20th-century literary giant Chen Yingzhen are published in mainland China for the first time. These stories offer a heartwarming and profound account of human love, a lament for the idealist's soul. \"Night Freight Train\" is a classic in Chen Yingzhen's \"Washington Building\" series. The Washington Building in Taipei in the 1980s hides the truth about our workplaces today, a microcosm of the fate of the modern city. Going to work is a huge deception.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Young people unable to return home are a prophecy of the times we live in. Which city truly represents our present-day existence? Well-fed, luxurious, vibrant, and happy, or one characterized by environmental collapse, human scars, and a lost culture? Every working person struggling in the city can find their own story in this book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Highly recommended by Pai Hsien-yung, Leo Ou-fan Lee, Zhu Tianxin, Dai Jinhua, Zhao Gang, and Xu Zhiyuan. \"Chen Yingzhen is my idol. He represents the intellectual's relentless critical spirit, refusing to compromise with the trends of the times; he is also imbued with a sense of the common man, caring deeply about the inner lives and destinies of ordinary people.\" (Xu Zhiyuan)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 【Content Introduction】\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \"Going to work is a big scam.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Night Truck\" compiles six short and medium-length novels by Chen Yingzhen, written between 1967 and 1982, including \"Night Truck,\" \"A Day in the Life of an Office Worker,\" \"Cloud,\" and \"Emperor of All Merchants,\" as well as two novels on the Vietnam War. Focusing on the well-fed, corrupt, extravagant, dazzling, and happy \"backstreets\" of post-war Taiwan, the book reflects on environmental collapse, human scars, and the loss of cultural ground. Through the lens of Taipei's \"Washington Building\" in the 1980s, it depicts the alienated lives, suppressed dreams, humiliated dignity, and silently wounded hearts of people in an era of rapid economic development. Huang Jingxiong, who quit his job to pursue his film dream but was forced to work, Zhang Weijie, whose faith in capitalist civilization turned to disillusionment, Wen Xiuying, a female worker whose strike was suppressed, and Lin Dewang, a small-time employee at a multinational corporation who came from a poor background and was driven to mental illness by career setbacks... The stories of these \"determined to succeed\" office workers and these young people unable to return home speak to the prophecies of the times we live in.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Night Truck\" leaves behind a capillary-like, vivid portrayal of Taiwan's rapidly changing times. Reading it today is as intimate as looking in the mirror, seeing the reflection of today's era and ourselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 【Celebrity Recommendation】\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Leo Ou-fan Lee (Professor of the Department of Chinese at the Chinese University of Hong Kong) - Chen Yingzhen is one of the few \"master-level\" novelists in the history of Taiwanese literature. His works have long become classics. When I was teaching in the United States, I would always use his short stories when talking about Taiwanese literature: \"The General's Family\", \"My Brother Kangxiong\", \"Night Truck\", \"Washington Building\" series... These works have English translations, and American students are also moved by them.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDai Jinhua (Professor of Chinese Language and Literature at Peking University) - Castro, John Berger, and Chen Yingzhen all held special places in the 20th century and in my own life. But their deaths don't directly impact me, but rather reminiscence, an echo of our mourning for that era. Their passing wasn't the end of a great era; that era had already ended before they left. They died after their own era had ended, and the future they called for is still far away.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Zhu Tianxin (author) — Fortunately, our time has Chen Yingzhen. Twenty years ago and now, reading Wen Xiuying's diary in \"Cloud,\" I still can't help but sigh: How unreal, yet so moving!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Xu Zhiyuan (writer and founder of One Way Space)—Chen Yingzhen is my idol. He represents the intellectual's unceasing critical spirit, refusing to compromise with the trends of the times; he is also full of a sense of the common people, concerned with the hearts and destinies of ordinary people.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"九州出版社","offers":[{"title":"Simplified Chinese \/ Hardcover","offer_id":46085137268975,"sku":"9787510884238","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/4849\/4319\/files\/1sOXF9PieJrTn3zbM8RyJDjclk8ah9lrX.jpg?v=1734602774"},{"product_id":"将军族-9787510887390","title":"Generals","description":"【Editor's Recommendation】 \u003cbr\u003eA must-read classic, ranked alongside \"Call to Arms\" and \"To Live\" among the top 100 Chinese novels of the 20th century, this is the first complete collection of Chen Yingzhen's novels published in mainland China. A pioneering writer and an idol for intellectuals on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, he has been called the \"Lu Xun of Taiwan.\" His novels touch upon the human heart, \"constantly observing people, life, and labor from the perspective of the weak and the small.\" A classic Chinese novel that has been a hit in Taiwan for half a century, \"The General's Family\" includes beloved works such as \"The Noodle Stall,\" \"My Brother Kangxiong,\" \"Tang Qian's Comedy,\" and \"The First Job,\" many of which have been included in university Chinese language textbooks.\u003cbr\u003e The untold suffering and tears of ordinary people, their incredible love and courage. The missing, those struggling to survive, those imprisoned by their faith, the insulted and hurt. Literature helps the insulted regain their dignity. A couple operating a noodle stall on the streets of Taipei, drifting office workers, ordinary people bearing the scars of war and history, young people imprisoned by their faith... These tender and poignant ukiyo-e paintings, a collective portrait of the fates of ordinary people in the 20th century, tell the stories of each of us in the backstreets of our time. \u003cbr\u003eHighly recommended by Pai Hsien-yung, Chiang Hsun, Wang Anyi, Lü Zheng-hui, Wang Dewei, and Liang Wen-dao. \"The General's Family is a Taiwanese allegory. Chen Ying-zhen's writing speaks directly to the pain of the human heart.\" (Pai Hsien-yung) \"I've read My Brother Kang-xiong over a hundred times, and I cry every time.\" (Sanmao)\u003cbr\u003e ★ Includes a bonus volume titled \"Reading Chen Yingzhen,\" featuring essays by six renowned literary figures from both sides of the Taiwan Strait. These essays, by Pai Hsien-yung, Chiang Hsun, Wang Anyi, Lü Zhenghui, Lan Bozhou, and Liang Wendao, offer a glimpse into Chen Yingzhen's worldly landscape from the perspectives of literature, thought, and the individual and his era.\u003cbr\u003e 【Content Introduction】\u003cbr\u003e \"In the next life. Then we'll all be as pure as babies.\" \u003cbr\u003e\"The General's Family\" compiles 24 short and medium-length stories by Chen Yingzhen, written between 1959 and 1967. These include such beloved masterpieces as \"The Noodle Stall,\" \"My Brother Kangxiong,\" \"Tang Qian's Comedy,\" and \"The First Job.\" These stories depict the fates of ordinary people in the 20th century: Taipei night market vendors and sick children; the thin, pale anarchist Kangxiong; the rural teacher Wu Jinxiang, returning from the distant battlefield; the romantic and imaginative young man Lin Wuzhi under the apple tree; the tragic love story of the triangular-faced and skinny girl stranded in a foreign land; the intellectual \"trendsetter\" Tang Qian; and the nihilistic and world-weary \"seafarer\" Hu Xinbao. These twenty-four stories, brimming with tearful love and tender, painful sympathy, moving soul-searching confessions, and melancholic poetic lyricism, \"The General's Family\" is a series of elegy for the mundane world, leaving behind a lasting testimony to the lives of ordinary people and generating a profoundly moving power. This book has been selected as one of the top 100 Chinese novels of the 20th century.\u003cbr\u003e 【Expert Recommendation】 \u003cbr\u003ePai Hsien-yung (author) — \"The General's Family\" is a Taiwanese allegory. Chen Yingzhen's writing speaks directly to the pain of the human heart. He possesses a special compassion for people, especially those who are vulnerable. This is his heart, and it is also the most moving aspect of his writing. Chen Yingzhen is a true artist, with his own beliefs and pursuits, and his own deep love. He and I have a mutual respect, both literary and spiritual.\u003cbr\u003e Jiang Xun (writer and painter) — One person who has influenced my reading is my teacher, Chen Yingzhen. Reading Chen Yingzhen's novels is truly an aesthetic experience. I think it's crucial to reread Chen Yingzhen today, in the 21st century, because today happens to be an era of fading dreams. \"My Brother Kangxiong,\" a novel he wrote in college, deeply moved me, a bit like Turgenev's \"Rudin\" and Goethe's \"The Sorrows of Young Werther.\" In fact, we all have dreams during adolescence. There were times when we didn't even believe in those dreams. \u003cbr\u003eWang Anyi (author and professor of Chinese Language and Literature at Fudan University) — All my efforts were actually preparation for meeting this person (Chen Yingzhen). My first encounter with him was in \"The General's Family.\" The novel tells the story of a man with a triangular face and a skinny girl, who were thrown together by fate and left to depend on each other. This story, with its profoundness and tenderness, touched my heart.\u003cbr\u003e Der-wei Wang (Professor of East Asian Studies at Harvard University) - Chen Yingzhen is Taiwan's most important literary creator of the past sixty years. His writing not only expresses potentially controversial political positions, but, on a larger scale, he uses this perspective to illustrate his personal legacy of an ideal China and an ideal Chinese nation, a utopian aspiration. The story itself is complex and moving. \u003cbr\u003eLü Zhenghui (Publisher, Renjian Publishing House, Taiwan) — Chen Yingzhen is the most deserving Taiwanese writer of the past half century to be called an \"intellectual.\" His journey as an intellectual is worthy of our attention. His path bears witness to a writer who faithfully sought to reflect his time and circumstances. If he failed, history bears some responsibility—in certain historical periods, being a faithful and outstanding writer was not easy.\u003cbr\u003e Sanmao (writer) - The first time I read novels in Bihui—Chen Yingzhen's \"My Brother Kangxiong\" and \"The General's Family\"—I was deeply moved. I realized how captivating literature can be. There are so many familiar souls in this world.\u003cbr\u003e Xu Fuguan (scholar) - Chen Yingzhen is \"the first person on both sides of the Taiwan Strait\" because he reveals the truth that the vast majority of Chinese people are rootless. The development of the structure of each of Chen Yingzhen's novels is a process of exploring human nature.","brand":"九州出版社","offers":[{"title":"Simplified Chinese \/ Hardcover","offer_id":46085137367279,"sku":"9787510887390","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/4849\/4319\/files\/1Mhf9AG-V0I7IAvkDkQ7Zbpabq37Oi7OM.jpg?v=1734602777"},{"product_id":"赵南栋-9787510884214","title":"Zhao Nandong","description":"\u003ch3\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/book.douban.com\/subject\/34937628\/\"\u003eDouban\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003ch3\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/neodb.social\/book\/1EtH2Ai3ACmMVdZte9arDD\"\u003eNeoDB\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 【Editor's Recommendation】\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e A classic of 20th-century Chinese fiction, the complete works of Chen Yingzhen are published in mainland China for the first time. Human warmth, human bones, human courage. Walking through the backstreets of contemporary Taiwanese history, an intellectual writes about his own era: its most turbulent history, its most fervent dreams, its most demanding youth, and the whirlwind of life and death. \"Zhao Nandong\" includes seven short and medium-length works, including the beloved masterpieces \"Mountain Road,\" \"Bellflower,\" and \"Zhongxiao Park.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Liang Wendao's \"One Thousand and One Nights\" explores reading material, obliterated history, insulted and damaged souls, and the past and present lives of Taiwan's left-wing youth. How should one truly live? They once walked the dark night, sacrificed their lives for their beliefs, and ultimately left no name behind. \"I write these stories to show that the human spirit once reached such heights. Will a generation that died so brightly become just a tiny ripple in the cold, long history?\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHighly recommended by Pai Hsien-yung, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Lin Hwai-min, Yang Zhao, Lan Bozhou, and Xu Zhiyuan. \"That was my first encounter with Mr. Chen Yingzhen's work. With my face swollen and my eyes narrowed to slits, I cried as I read, then read again afterward... Rereading \"Mountain Road\" and \"Bellflower\" over the past few years still brings tears to my eyes. He has an unwavering love for the weak and marginalized, and a rage against the injustices of the world. He has moved us for so long.\" (Lin Hwai-min)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 【Content Introduction】\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \"Please fight bravely.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Zhao Nandong\" compiles seven short and medium-length novels by Chen Yingzhen, written between 1983 and 2001, including the acclaimed works \"Bellflower,\" \"Mountain Road,\" and \"Zhongxiao Park.\" This period of writing primarily reflects on history, recounting the past and present of Taiwan's left-wing youth during the 20th century's \"most turbulent history, most fervent dreams, most demanding youth, and whirlwind of life and death.\" Traversing the dust of time, with tears in their eyes, and with a trembling soul, they listen to the storms, fires, and lightning of a bygone generation, confronting the history of the \"White Terror,\" which violence and rumors sought to obliterate. Gao Dongmao, a teacher in Yingzhen who was hunted down and became a \"savage\" in a cave; Cai Qianhui, a girl on the \"mountain road\" with a religious will to atone for her sins; Zhao Nandong, a descendant of the left-wing in prison who lives a decadent and nihilistic life; Yang Bin, a Taiwanese veteran in mainland China who finds it difficult to return home... Chen Yingzhen redeems all the voices and footprints that have been suppressed and erased by the times through his powerful writing, and gives new features and voices to those who have been insulted and harmed in the \"back streets\" of history, recreating their reality and ideals, weakness and nobility, despair and hope, and tempering the nobility of being human and the full weight of the word faith.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeven novels split the thick fog that enveloped the entire 20th century, excavating the dark strata of history to illuminate the light of human divinity. This is the most authentic history and the most authentic poetry, shaping the spirit of Taiwan after a century of turmoil.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 【Expert Recommendation】\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Lin Hwai-min (writer, founder of Cloud Gate Dance Theatre) — When I was sixteen, I had sinus surgery. A friend brought Chen Yingzhen's novels to visit me. That was my first introduction to his work. With my face swollen and my eyes narrowed to slits, I cried as I read, then reread them afterward... Rereading \"Mountain Road\" and \"Bellflower\" over the past few years still brings tears to my eyes. He had an undying love for the weak and marginalized, and a deep anger at the injustices of the world. He never shouted or accused, but always moved and inspired me with his uniquely gentle \"Chen Yingzhen voice.\" When I feel discouraged or feel I'm \"slipping into depravity,\" I return to reading Chen Yingzhen.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLiang Wendao (writer, media professional, and planner of Kanlixiang) - Chen Yingzhen's novels possess the tenderness, twists, and circuitousness of Japanese literature. His works are always filled with explorations of various values. He doesn't preach or indoctrinate readers, but rather stimulates constant reflection, doubt, and questioning. This is the critical spirit that a leftist should possess. Leftist love means loving those who have been insulted and hurt in society, those who have been silenced and forgotten in the corners of history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Hou Hsiao-hsien (film director) — Chen Yingzhen's novels possess a unique energy, a moving power that directly impacts me through the medium of fiction. What is Chen Yingzhen's true meaning to us? I believe it comes down to his most fundamental and simple \"personality.\" I'd like to film his novels \"Bellflower,\" \"Backstreet,\" and \"The Noodle Stall.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Xu Zhiyuan (writer and founder of One Way Space)—Chen Yingzhen is my idol. He represents the intellectual's unceasing critical spirit, refusing to compromise with the trends of the times; he is also full of a sense of the common people, concerned with the hearts and destinies of ordinary people.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"九州出版社","offers":[{"title":"Simplified Chinese \/ Hardcover","offer_id":46085137465583,"sku":"9787510884214","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/4849\/4319\/files\/1_RjPb_7DcUqV73KEqZyHH15nco00RDm2.jpg?v=1734602779"},{"product_id":"破晓时分-9787555910893","title":"At dawn","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/book.douban.com\/subject\/35451966\/\"\u003eDouban\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/neodb.social\/book\/1fujAvoMacRJn1BpnoGIWA\"\u003eNeoDB\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Listen to this chain: how many sins! how many evils! and how many grievances, groping in the darkness, sliding on the frost.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"At Dawn\" is a collection of short stories by Taiwanese writer Zhu Xining, featuring thirteen classic short stories, published in mainland China for the first time. The characters expand from the heroic heroes of \"Iron Slurry\" to ordinary citizens, contrasting the rural legends of northern Taiwan with the urban charm of Taiwan. Ancient Greek tragedy evolves into the mundane daily life and inner battles of ordinary people, presenting a more profound and modern landscape. \"Spring Gone\" explores the lingering emotions of a silk weaver on a spring day, \"White Grave\" commemorates the fall of a hero, \"Grain Thief\" mourns the decline of integrity, and \"Also a Taste\" explores the stream-of-consciousness musings of a married man. \"Fucheng White Iron\" tells the story of a family of four, depicting the cage-like stagnation of urban life and the weariness of life. The short story of the same name, adapted from the Song Dynasty vernacular novel \"The Wrongful Execution of Cui Ning,\" directly explores the entanglement between man and the absurdity of fate. A shocking tragedy, it asks, \"How does the process of degeneration begin for each of us?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAt dawn, the world is unforgiving, desire and regret, sin and guilt, intertwine and ebb, highlighting human existence, human desire, and human spirit. In \"At Dawn,\" the robust and tragic style of northern Chinese literature remains, while exploring a rich range of modernist narratives, initiating an experiment in Taiwanese modernist writing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"河南文艺出版社","offers":[{"title":"Simplified Chinese \/ Hardcover","offer_id":46085137629423,"sku":"9787555910893","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/4849\/4319\/files\/1fixJZct-456z9FJtyCFHvGgq7HG84mqz.jpg?v=1734602782"},{"product_id":"旱魃-9787510875304","title":"drought demon","description":"\u003ch3\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/book.douban.com\/subject\/30348030\/\"\u003eDouban\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/neodb.social\/book\/7LY2zbJWRmnUQJicKVETRi\"\u003eNeoDB\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Mo Yan's Literary Pioneer: Zhu Xining's Classic Novel Published in Mainland China for the First Time\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \"I'm glad I only read 'Hanba' now, otherwise I would have lost the courage to write 'Red Sorghum'.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 【Editor's Recommendation】\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Nobel Prize winner Mo Yan writes in his preface: \"Mr. Zhu is my true pioneer. I'm thankful to have read \"Hanba\" only now; otherwise, I would have lost the courage to write \"Red Sorghum.\" \"Hanba\" is a masterpiece that inherits the precious tradition of plain description in classical Chinese fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. A classic novel by Taiwanese writer Zhu Xining is published in mainland China for the first time. Zhu Xining, a novelist always one step ahead and a pioneer in the exploration of modernist literature, left home at a young age and traveled the world. He used language to find his homeland, he used language to create his homeland; language became his homeland.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 【Content Introduction】\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \"This kind of language needs to be read while running; it will sink to the bottom if thrown into water.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Hanba,\" a classic novel by Zhu Xining, is set in the distant world of the Yellow River in North China. It tells the story of a village plagued by drought and water shortages, but the well at the Tang family oil mill continues to flow with clear springs. Rumors of a \"Hanba\" monster have surfaced in the village. Drawing inspiration from ancient local legends, the author centers on the love story between Tong Qiuxiang, a woman from a circus, and Tang Tielian, a bandit leader. The intensity of their relationship echoes the dryness of nature, creating this powerful novel. \"Hanba\" is a masterpiece that inherits the precious tradition of plain description in classical Chinese fiction. Every character's voice is instantly recognizable: Elder Jin, the embodiment of Zhu's ideals; Tang Tielian, the bandit leader who murders countless people but then returns to the right path; Tong Qiuxiang, the brave, daring, and resourceful; and Tong Laodi, the troupe owner who, despite poverty and destitution, stubbornly maintains his dignity. These characters come alive and vividly. Mr. Zhu's language is powerful, rich, and rich in imagery, as if plucked from the poetry of Li He, like a wall of rubble, studded with sharp edges. This pioneering work, written half a century ago, is a representative work of Mr. Zhu Xining's exploration of modernist literature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"九州出版社","offers":[{"title":"Simplified Chinese \/ Hardcover","offer_id":46085137662191,"sku":"9787510875304","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/4849\/4319\/files\/1Y3lTzO0nRIpb8-BBDfFAQu0Y0JP-pX9w.jpg?v=1734602785"},{"product_id":"海边的房间-9787555911630","title":"Seaside Room","description":"This representative collection of short stories by emerging Taiwanese novelist Huang Liqun features twelve broken people, twelve breathtakingly good stories. The novelist crafts elegant, refined Chinese with meticulously crafted compositions, neatly slicing the joys and sorrows of life, depicting the bleak world of urban misfits: an abandoned daughter and her adoptive father in an old apartment, a rural fortune teller and his ailing son, a sleepwalking otaku, a middle-aged woman living alone and her calico cat... The playful language, unexpectedly frozen endings, and meticulous observations of ordinary human life create a unique literary tension. Impermanence is often the most commonplace, and this tale of the world, written by an old soul with warmth and a touch of elegance, stirs the hearts and minds of ordinary people, the passions and sorrows of the frustrated, and the daily hardships and loneliness of our lives. \u003cbr\u003eHighlights★ Impermanence is often the most commonplace. This masterpiece by emerging Taiwanese novelist Huang Liqun, published in simplified Chinese for the first time, is a masterpiece. Winner of numerous Taiwanese literary awards, acclaimed by writers from across Taiwan and across generations, and highly anticipated on Douban, the highly anticipated Chinese-language novel \"Room by the Sea\" arrives this summer. Huang Liqun is a representative figure of Taiwan's emerging generation of novelists. Her short story collection \"Room by the Sea\" has won numerous Chinese-language awards, including the Times Literary Award, the United Daily News Literary Award, and the Lin Rongsan Literary Award. The film adaptation of the novel was selected for the Golden Horse Film Festival. This simplified Chinese edition, featuring three new stories hand-selected by the author, represents the culmination of over two decades of her writing career. \u003cbr\u003eA love fortuneteller, writing about the world from a seasoned soul, tinkering with the subtle mechanisms of fate—with a shrewd heart and a shrewd pen, novelist Huang Liqun crafts elegant and refined Chinese, delicately crafting stories that predict love and fate, neatly slicing the drama of human joy and sorrow. Her writing, warm and playful, yet cold and captivating, stirs the hearts and minds of ordinary people, the passions and sorrows of the frustrated, and the daily struggles and uncertainties of life. Be captivated by the masterful beauty of Chinese, and immerse yourself in Huang Liqun's formula for love.\u003cbr\u003e The world of urban misfits, twelve broken people, twelve breathtakingly good stories—a love song for the lonely, a place to settle in life's treacherous journey. \"I write about all sorts of unpleasantness, fragmentedness, withering, and ruin—those little flaws in life that I can't help but repeatedly touch. If a person can't find a comfortable place in society, they must deceive themselves, and long-term self-deception will only lead to their destruction.\" The playful language and unexpected, frozen reversals of endings create the unique literary tension of Huang Liqun's works. \u003cbr\u003e\"It's been a long time since I've reached such a fever pitch while reading, feeling my skin burn.\" Writers from both sides of the Taiwan Strait, including Guo Qiangsheng, Luo Yijun, Ke Yufen, Zhang Yiwei, and Qi Jinnian, raved about her. -- \"She possesses a splendid and elegant talent, yet within that beauty lies a subtle chill. Huang Liqun's writing is as warm as the sun, as swift as wind and rain. On a quiet, sunny afternoon, I still feel the warmth and joy of peaceful times, but in the blink of an eye, dark clouds appear from nowhere, and heavy rain falls.\" \u003cbr\u003e◎ Comments and Recommendations: Writing possesses an innate nobility. Her stories are like the inconceivable, graceful movements of amoebas under a microscope. — Luo Yijun Liqun is just like this, possessing a splendid and elegant talent, yet within that beauty lies a subtle chill. Her writing is as warm as the sun and as swift as the wind and rain. On a quiet, sunny afternoon, one still feels the warmth and joy of peaceful times, but suddenly, dark clouds appear out of nowhere and the rain pours down. — Ke Yufen Liqun's novels invite us to hear another kind of \"why not?\" question: Why can't pure love be hard to swallow? Why can't despair be boring and trivial? Her novels reveal a leisurely pace, a reluctance to seek novelty, a reluctance to overthink things, and instead cultivate a unique theme: beautiful fragmentation. There aren't many novels worth anticipating, but I've finally gotten this one. — Guo Qiangsheng It's been a long time since I've felt this way: facing a book, slowly reading word by word, afraid to finish it, reluctant to read too fast; reaching a boiling point, nearly burning my fingertips as I touch the pages. I was astonished to discover such a brilliant novelist—Huang Liqun's \"Room by the Sea\" is a collection of novels that truly defines what a masterpiece is. Qi Jinnian: a shrewd mind, a shrewd pen, and a self-satisfied person. Fu Yue'an's writing is exquisitely sharp, its structure clear and layered, astonishing. I've never seen female jealousy portrayed so profoundly and so deeply. Ji Ji: Reality is most unpredictable, yet the characters themselves yearn for a normal life; the dialectic between impermanence and normality is the main theme of Huang Liqun's latest collection of novels. \"Oh, you're here too?\" Zhang Ailing asked. Where? In the investment market, like Huang Liqun's kind face, donning the vest of regulating the rhythm of time, tightening it a little, then a little, and joining her in her obsession with the formulas she loves. Ji Dawei: Huang Liqun's \"Tasting the Dish\" explores the complex connotations of maternal love through a small incision. In Taiwan, Huang Liqun has a vast readership, not just because she has won four of the island's three major newspaper literary awards in five years, but also because she captures the turbulent life she depicts through her writing, restoring the story to its true essence, neatly and cleanly, a play of tragedy and comedy for the reader. The first work of hers I read was the short story \"Bosuanzi,\" about AIDS. A sick son cares for his adoptive father, a game of rock-paper-scissors between illness and aging. The novel is written with a calm and composed demeanor, layering down the typical lows, neither fighting nor fleeing. To put it in a trendy way, the ultimate emptiness of life is like an unfinished chess game stagnating within the family. It's a tricky subject, but there's a moving line in the text: Huang Liqun writes, \"Impermanence is often the most ordinary.\" —Zhang Yiwei: The most original aspect of Huang Liqun's most celebrated short story, \"The Room by the Sea,\" lies not in the violence, sensuality, or even the ethical dramas so commonplace in social news and film and television dramas, but in the author's attempt to capture a certain \"uncanny self-evident quality.\" Thus, the absurdity of reality, so often spoken of by us, is transformed into the \"natural order\" of the human world by the novelist. —Zhang Dinghao: This author isn't wielding a pen, but a knife. —Douban netizen Zhinuan: \"I felt the same surprise I felt when I first read A Yi's \"Bird, Saw Me,\" but I discovered a different theme.\" \"Abnormal love\" may be the most striking theme in Huang Liqun's short stories, but she goes far beyond that. With a sophisticated plot and a casual style, she seemingly understates but in fact deeply explores numerous \"possibilities,\" loneliness, emptiness, waiting, and even the absurdity and black humor of ordinary life. There are some echoes of McEwan's early years, particularly in \"First Love, Last Rites.\" ——Douban user MagicDon","brand":"河南文艺出版社","offers":[{"title":"Simplified Chinese \/ Hardcover","offer_id":46085137694959,"sku":"9787555911630","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/4849\/4319\/files\/1lxJCZPY0GcA6teAYefsQsxVsH7fsy3UY.jpg?v=1738966495"},{"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":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"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":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"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... 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Through his heartfelt pen, these people and events come alive before our very eyes, mingling with laughter and tears, becoming an irreplaceable microcosm of this era, etched in our hearts...\u003cbr\u003e This special collection includes Wu Nien-chen's only recent novel, \"Suicide Note,\" a heartfelt confession of his brother's passing. Writer Lei Xiang was specially invited to create illustrations. Watch as these two masters create a brilliant spark through their images and text. Some of life's twists and turns, once filled with resentment, later seem to become a source of energy and nourishment... 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It was selected as one of the top ten books by Taiwan's China Times in 2013.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e The Tang Dynasty was a time of great prosperity, both civil and military, embracing the world with unparalleled confidence and passion. Poetry, once the most free form of poetry, was imbued with the rules of meter and became a means to change destiny.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhy did the ethereal Li Bai, with his aspirations to \"apply the teachings of Guan Yu and Yan Zhenqing, and devise the strategies of imperial rule,\" fail to qualify for the imperial examinations, even concealing his origins and wandering the world, destined to miss out on the prosperity of the world? Unable to conform to the rhythms of his time, his verses were arbitrary, so how could he have composed unrivaled verses that reached the ears of the gods, achieving the supreme glory of \"Gao Lishi removing his boots, Yang Guifei pouring wine\"? Even after achieving worldwide fame, why did he still lose sight of his original self, so that, millennia later, people still mostly remember only his name?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Behind the prosperity of the world, beneath the fame, often overlooked is the burden of freedom. The immortals that later generations admire, envy, and strive to reach are merely those excluded from the mundane world. As real life unfolds, the immortal realms of poetry gradually fade away, shaped by the various assumptions and restrictions of the times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Li Bai changed Tang poetry, but missed the era; and how could the entire Tang Dynasty miss him?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe \"Li Bai of the Tang Dynasty\" series is a culmination of author Zhang Dachun's mastery of modern fiction and classical cultural heritage. Across millions of words, it recreates the life of the immortal poet Li Bai and the rise and fall of the Tang Dynasty. The first installment, \"Youthful Travel,\" traces Li Bai's early travels, unravelling the mysteries of his origins and mentorship, and depicting the vibrant world of the heyday of the Tang Dynasty. The author weaves between fiction and history, not only using poetry to infer the inner and outer worlds of contemporary literati, but even boldly ghostwriting Li Bai, supplementing and rewriting his poems. The narrative is both elusive and captivating, a captivating and captivating interplay of rationality and intellectuality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e I think the reason why a novel like \"Li Bai in the Tang Dynasty\" is fascinating is not only because it uses a lot of \"unconventional, wild, and unreliable history\" to weave the stories around the legendary figure Li Bai, but also because it uses vague materials such as poetry to reversely infer the creative situation at that time, and tries to make that situation (of the times, society, and individuals) come alive again. This is undoubtedly a great challenge and satisfaction for a novelist.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTherefore, this book can be said to be a textual research, a poetic theory, a documentary, and of course a novel of a new form that is extremely challenging for readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e —Wu Mingyi (novelist and professor at National Dong Hwa University in Taiwan)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \"The great road is as vast as the blue sky, yet I alone cannot escape.\" The grandeur of the prosperous age reflects the poet's dilemma. Laughing up to the heavens, only to become a weed, Li Bai's sorrow is no less than Du Fu's. 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Multiple out-of-stock titles, now in a major reprint!\u003cbr\u003e After several years, Zheng Zhi returns to his full-length novel. Conceived over two and a half years ago, this novel is set against the backdrop of a major real-life crime, with chilling details and a deep exploration of the human power behind the story, bringing many to tears. \u003cbr\u003eThis novel transcends genre and pure literature, propelling the mystery novel to new heights. Its multi-pronged story unfolds with a masterful and captivating narrative. Its vivid and concise prose explores human nature, perceives the times, and probes the depths of every soul.\u003cbr\u003e A TV series of the same name is in production. Directed by Zhang Xiaobo and written by Zheng Zhi, this brutal youth thriller, suspenseful mystery, has won countless readers a love affair with it.\u003cbr\u003e Life and the world are generally like this: up close, nothing is spectacular. \/Only children mistake \"future\" and \"beautiful\" for the same thing. \/Breaking up is a normal part of life, and we are no exception. ... Countless golden quotes went viral.\u003cbr\u003e • • • • • • • • • • • • \u003cbr\u003eIn the winter of 2003, seventeen-year-old Huang Shu was brutally raped and murdered, her naked body dumped in a snow pit outside an unfinished building. Heavy snow covered the body, obscuring crucial clues and leaving the murderer's method and motive a mystery. Ten years later, another young woman's body was stripped and dumped in a snow pit. The method was replicated, but the former key suspect had long since passed away. Veteran detective Feng Guojin, the man who had been investigating the case, was once again mired in mystery. With the rediscovery of an old case, a brutal story of youth, buried deep within the lives of five young men and women, surfaces...\u003cbr\u003e • • • • • • • • • • • •\u003cbr\u003e Reader's comment: A true work of literature. Putting aside the ingenious story structure, superb narrative techniques, the fluid shifts in character perspective, the depth of human nature, and the concise and dryly humorous language of the Northern style, the author's ambition and meticulous attention to detail are truly terrifying. Not a single word is superfluous; everything is a gentle trap carefully dug by the author, and by the time you fall into it, it's too late. —Reader jumper \u003cbr\u003eA friend asked me what kind of novel this was. I told him that I bookmarked it after reading the first chapter, and halfway through I was hoping to buy the physical copy. — Reader Yu Xiaochen shuddered in the 31-degree Celsius weather. Zheng Zhi managed to use his words to touch people's hearts. — Reader Guang","brand":"浙江文艺出版社","offers":[{"title":"Simplified Chinese \/ Paperback","offer_id":46085139431663,"sku":"9787533950057","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/4849\/4319\/files\/1a4WN2Xdzm0_Hb06YjjZfO-xJ-rufSMai.jpg?v=1738966365"},{"product_id":"冷水坑-9787500175827","title":"Lengshuikeng","description":"\u003ch3\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/book.douban.com\/subject\/36624404\/\"\u003eDouban\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/neodb.social\/book\/05WbKaq1C1SgReJrxuGasw\"\u003eNeoDB\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \"Cold Water Pit\" is Kinte's first published collection of novels, which includes four novels he wrote since 2015: \"Cold Water Pit\", \"Winter People: Selected Chapters\", \"Snowstorm\" and \"Crime and Love\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \"Cold Water Pit\": The Lengshuikeng mining area is declining. Hearing that government compensation funds have been siphoned off, Duan Tiema, the son of a miner, rides out late at night to intercept them. Along the way, he traverses mountains, forests, and rivers, encountering people and confronting ghosts. The memories of Lengshuikeng's past and the resentment of the present entangle the living and the dead, while its future lies beyond the vast, cold winds of the wilderness.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Winter Citizens: Prologue\" is excerpted from Gint's unfinished novel, \"Winter Citizens\": He is a \"superfluous man\" in Dongzhou, a \"spirited young man,\" and a drunkard. Unable to comply with his father's arrangement to enter the system, he neither resists nor cooperates, indulging in a mystical self-destruction. One day, he encounters a laid-off worker and taxi driver. In the heat of alcohol, he unwittingly becomes embroiled in the taxi driver's spiritual dilemma and life tragedy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \"Snowstorm\" tells the story of a woman searching for her husband in a snowstorm and encountering various characters. The snowstorm tears down the barriers between people and then solidifies them again.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Crime and Love\" depicts a day in the life of a married couple. The husband, a young section chief at the Municipal Planning Bureau, is a contemplative man who hopes to master the proper use of power and establish a healthy labor order through his intellectual labor. However, he feels out of place at his workplace, earning the nickname \"the Don Quixote of the bureaucracy.\" Despite his pretentious demeanor, he is ultimately manipulated by the system. The wife, an assistant lawyer, takes on a case involving a suspected novelist. As she delve deeper into the case, she gains a new understanding of herself, her relationship with her husband, and her relationship with the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Although the four novels are independent of each other, they are secretly connected by a thread. Although the miners' lamps in the cold water pit have been extinguished, the underground fire still surges and rushes beneath the land of Dongzhou, erupting through the distorted souls and transforming into endless wild words and delirium.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"中译出版社","offers":[{"title":"Simplified Chinese \/ Paperback","offer_id":46085139497199,"sku":"9787500175827","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/4849\/4319\/files\/1Swy-ujNQwr8wD9otl5a9arLhWws72xmq.jpg?v=1734602834"},{"product_id":"夜晚的潜水艇-9787542669964","title":"Submarine at night","description":"★ \"Asia Weekly\" Top Ten Novels of 2020★ Douban Reading 2020 Chinese Literature (Novel) Top 1 \u003cbr\u003e★ First Prize Winner of the 2021 Blancpain Ideal Country Literary Award★ 2020 One Way Street Bookstore Literary Award Annual Work★ First Prize Winner of the First PageOne Literary Award It's like birds perching on trees and fish diving into the deep sea, everything is safe and peaceful, and the night has truly fallen.\u003cbr\u003e \"Submarine at Night\" is Chen Chuncheng's debut collection of novels. Nine stories, traversing ancient mountains and rivers and the unknown universe, traverse secret passages between reality and fantasy with magnificent, ethereal imagination and a gentle, tranquil writing style: a young man wandering the seabed, an ancient monument lost in the mountains, words permeating everything, a cloud-trimming station, swordsmithing and winemaking, a saxophone beneath the Iron Curtain, a concert hall within a blue whale... These stories are about hiding and seeking, pursuit and escape, a touch of certainty amidst the uncertainty, a small ray of coolness between the scorching sun and the abyss. Chen Chuncheng's fictional world is a cave to hide in, a palace suspended on paper, a submarine sailing into the past.\u003cbr\u003e 【Recommendation】 \u003cbr\u003eI really enjoyed \"Submarine at Night.\" Chen Chuncheng was a pleasant surprise. In the NBA, they describe promising young players as \"the sky's the limit,\" and that applies to Chen Chuncheng as well. His strength lies in his ability to be both elegant and grounded, with a rich imagination and a solid grasp of reality. His transitions and connections are exceptional, creating a sophisticated work. I think he's a writer with a promising future.\u003cbr\u003e ——Yu Hua (writer)\u003cbr\u003e Reading Chen Chuncheng's novels, one senses the author's meticulous thought process, which is why his stories flow so smoothly and are so engaging. His language is refined to perfection, a true mastery beyond compare. He is destined to be a remarkable novelist.\u003cbr\u003e ——A Yi (writer)\u003cbr\u003e Chen Chuncheng is a garden at dusk, every word worth scrutinizing, every word about to be missed. I believe the legend: \"I was given a colored pen in a dream, wishing to write on flowers and leaves to send to the morning clouds.\" There is an ancient order of writing circulating in the dark, and only when it appears can I point it out to you: Look, this is it.\u003cbr\u003e ——Jia Xingjia (writer) \u003cbr\u003eWhen I first read \"Chopping Clouds\" and \"Bamboo Peak Temple,\" I was struck by how brief yet captivating the author's writing, each chapter imbued with a sense of wonder and splendor. Only after completing the entire book did I realize that it was merely a glimpse of a rising eaves amidst a lush bamboo forest. These nine novels are like nine profound palaces, their doors ajar and serenely deserted. But as you step sideways and slowly inside, you'll soon be greeted by a dazzling array of unique layouts, ingenious components, and dazzling details. I'm grateful to the author for single-handedly constructing these wondrous and profound palaces, allowing us to glimpse the countless breathtaking and wondrous scenes within.\u003cbr\u003e ——Dongdong Gun (writer)\u003cbr\u003e Every piece of Chen Chuncheng's writing, even every page and paragraph, exudes a strange, ethereal quality, drawing us into a state of limbo. His meticulous prose conceals enduring emotions, stirring my memory and senses. After reading each piece, I'm left me mesmerized for a long time.\u003cbr\u003e ——Lu Qingyi (Director) \u003cbr\u003eChen Chuncheng's novels are stunning, with superb language and a holistic, critical, and yet carnivalesque imagination. Most remarkable of all, he manages to make even the most absurd narratives effortlessly believable, a rare feat. He has a poignant perspective on his own life, expressed with exquisite soaring grace.\u003cbr\u003e ——Li Jing (critic)\u003cbr\u003e Chen Chuncheng stands out as a distinctive figure among the post-90s generation of writers. His depictions of the abandoned garden combine the classical homeland of Wang Zengqi with the modern labyrinth of Borges. But a thorough reading of his works reveals a far richer story. He transcends the self-contained stage, immediately taking the universe as his subject, transcending common sense and allowing his imagination to soar. Each novel is distinct, yet themes are constantly evolving. In an era dominated by crude pens, he defies the norm, retreating to a \"deep mountain telegraph station\" to study the myriad things, a study he both pursues and explores without ulterior motives. His brushwork is sophisticated, his words composed, his imagination unrestrained and vibrant, punctuated by a playful edge. He embodies the image of a mischievous old man, both deeply absorbed in his studies and a playful spirit. \u003cbr\u003e——Gu Jian (Editor of Selected Chinese Literature)\u003cbr\u003e \"Submarine at Night\" takes a unique approach, combining knowledge and life, sensibility and rationality, imagination and accuracy, with a penetrating and lingering quality and a strong sense of fantasy. With elegant and captivating language, the novel presents a new path for contemporary fiction.\u003cbr\u003e ——Award Speech for the 4th Blancpain Utopia Literary Award","brand":"上海三联书店","offers":[{"title":"Simplified Chinese \/ Hardcover","offer_id":46085139529967,"sku":"9787542669964","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/4849\/4319\/files\/176QtPePn3bmB9jbwm_FQWydK2ZrIb9z7_90fccb9f-ade1-40a3-aa49-dd764489193c.jpg?v=1738963995"},{"product_id":"寂静连绵的山脉-9787532183425","title":"Silent mountains","description":"Peng Jianbin's latest collection of novels.\u003cbr\u003e It describes the humble characters encountered in the wandering career of a salesman: their strong difficulties, confused struggles, meaningless yearnings, silent frustrations and endurance, and the young, confused love.\u003cbr\u003e A heartwarming and heart-breaking \"history of spiritual breakthrough\" about a tiny individual.\u003cbr\u003e * \u003cbr\u003eThe eight short and medium-length novels collected in this book were mostly written by Peng Jianbin in the past two years. These stories primarily revolve around his career as a salesman from his early twenties to his thirties, with literature (reading and writing) and love as secondary themes. They depict the struggles and aspirations of young people entering society amidst adversity, their futile struggles in a foreign land both physical and spiritual, and their ultimate choice to endure in silence. In the author's writing, the hometown that holds childhood memories decays, while relatives, trapped in their fate, continue to wander in silence, toiling in despair. And then there are those insignificant lives struggling to make a living, their \"souls weary, their futures bleak, yet their faces perpetually wear animalistic smiles\"... \u003cbr\u003eWith a brutal sincerity and cool, detached language, the author salvages those ordinary yet precious lives from the emptiness of reality, endowing them with dignity within the world of literature. These works can also be seen as the author's spiritual autobiography, a heartwarming and heartbreaking \"history of spiritual breakthrough\" about the tiny individual that has survived in the cracks of the grand narratives of our time.\u003cbr\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e Peng Jianbin's novels possess a contradictory duality: on the one hand, they resolutely confront the realities of life, while on the other, they are fleeting and ethereal, like scattered feathers on the night breeze or a solitary stone rolling down a hillside. Through the sharp contrast between the real and the imaginary, the author embodies a Kafkaesque stubbornness, loneliness, and emptiness, as well as a needle-sharp exploration and questioning of life.\u003cbr\u003e ——Award Speech for the 17th Dianchi Literature Award\u003cbr\u003e * \u003cbr\u003eI have read Peng Jianbin's works that seem more bizarre, more outrageous and more talented, but the one that impressed me the most is still the article \"Crystal\" in the book. It is for those who are looking for crystals in loneliness and hardship, and for those Salinger-style, crystal-like teenagers who do not want chaos.\u003cbr\u003e ——Li Jingrui\u003cbr\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e \"Hope You're Healthy and Not Afraid\" is such a wonderful piece! Only when two people meet would they take such painstaking effort to write a letter, a match made in heaven and yet come and go so effortlessly. In the age of WeChat, there will no longer be love letters like this.\u003cbr\u003e —— Zeng Jiahui\u003cbr\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e Peng Jianbin is the kind of author who, no matter what he writes, feels like writing his own spiritual autobiography. His self is not reflected in the content, but is very vividly reflected in the language, form and style.\u003cbr\u003e ——Hu Anyan\u003cbr\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e I feel like no one has written about the lives of our generation so realistically. Many of Peng Jianbin's novels are works of art, transcending the typical autobiography. Perhaps his work can be understood as a satire and love of life itself, regardless of era or state.\u003cbr\u003e ——He Pan","brand":"上海文艺出版社","offers":[{"title":"Simplified Chinese \/ Paperback","offer_id":46085139759343,"sku":"9787532183425","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/4849\/4319\/files\/1ZmgOwUNuoX1V38iAHXs17XtU_Oo4xavt.jpg?v=1734602839"},{"product_id":"我去钱德勒威尔参加舞会-9787532178100","title":"I went to a dance at Chandlerville","description":"Peng Jianbin's representative novel is the most moving chapter in contemporary Chinese literature\u003cbr\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e Fourteen novels, close to the dust of life, touching the warmth of the skin, recalling the most subtle history, personal history, history of action, history of encounters, and history of separation, silence and those past events that accidentally broke the silence.\u003cbr\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e With dreamlike narrative techniques, and a patience and calmness beyond survival, he writes about the subtle feelings in life, the momentary uneasiness, the sudden trance, and the eternal hum...\u003cbr\u003e The wandering stranger finally reduced his physical and mental burden to silence.\u003cbr\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e This is a dreamlike victory for the Southern Chinese language of my dreams. The plot arrangements, the details I choose to expand upon, and the things I discard in these novels are all determined by language. Whether those fictional events might or might not have occurred in real life has never been a basis for whether I should or shouldn't write them that way. Language alone determines whether or not I should write. When I write novels, I'm essentially imagining a people who speak the language of literature and dreaming of them living a life of unparalleled linguistic superiority. (Peng Jianbin) \u003cbr\u003e*\u003cbr\u003e Peng Jianbin's novels are told in a unique style, making familiar things seem appealing. His writing is simple and intelligent, and his suspense is natural without being sensational. - Zhang Ming (Director)\u003cbr\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e In the world of literature, he seems intent on (or perhaps infatuated with) dissolving \"meaning,\" attempting to draw external, objective objects into the vortex of his mind, dissolving and digesting them, transforming them into a nonexistent yet unquestionable, eternal hum. Of course, this process is silent, a silent labor. I trust and envy this labor because the nothingness it presents is so pure. It can be said that nothingness manifests itself in Peng Jianbin's sentences, becoming one with them. —Jin Te [Novelist]\u003cbr\u003e * \u003cbr\u003ePeng Jianbin's works, whether fiction or nonfiction, always seem to conceal a portrait of a sensitive, self-deprecating, and unyielding young writer. Similar portraits can be found in texts like Joyce or Camus, but Peng Jianbin's works are woven in Chinese, a Chinese that is unfashionable, pure, introspective, and noble. For this reason alone, his works are the finest of contemporary Chinese writing, and must be read and collected. —Wang Bang, Writer\u003cbr\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e In recent years, Peng Jianbin has been my favorite Chinese writer. Sometimes I can't bear to read his books, because I think even a manual he wrote would be very moving. —Xie Ding [writer]","brand":"上海文艺出版社","offers":[{"title":"Simplified Chinese \/ Hardcover","offer_id":46085139824879,"sku":"9787532178100","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/4849\/4319\/files\/1NnFsBFRlSb9r1zKSGWuzmxvoUmtAfvNR.jpg?v=1734602841"},{"product_id":"不检点与倍缠绵书-9787532178094","title":"The Book of Improper and Double Affection","description":"Peng Jianbin's early work, which he abandoned but then picked up again, unexpectedly became a vintage wine that has been stored for more than ten years.\u003cbr\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e A book about living and writing in a foreign country——\u003cbr\u003e How does a young literary man run a business? How does a salesperson devote himself to writing?\u003cbr\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e An endless journey from reality to dream——\u003cbr\u003e Starting from the county station with a foul smell, I wasted my time on the winding mountain road and ended up lost in the magical reality of Guizhou.\u003cbr\u003e * \u003cbr\u003eThe nonfiction book \"The Book of Improper and Double Affection\" chronicles my work, life, and love affairs during my time in Guizhou (2004-2006), a period of business travel. In an effort to position myself as a \"normal person,\" I deliberately avoided discussing my writing when writing this book. The dozen or so stories included in this book, however, were mostly written during my \"Guizhou period,\" thus filling this gap. In short, this is a book about my life and writing in Guizhou during my three years there. Even considering a few stories not written in Guizhou during that period, I need only make a simple correction: This is a book about my wanderings and writing in a foreign land. (Peng Jianbin)\u003cbr\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e Peng Jianbin's writings about his time in Guizhou remind me of Shen Congwen's \"Journey to Hunan,\" full of sentimentality and compassion. The life he describes feels like real life, and even those gloomy people and days are filled with light. —Li Weichuang [Critic]\u003cbr\u003e * \u003cbr\u003ePeng Jianbin is a rare novelist who maintains a playful innocence in his writing. Like a teenager without playmates, he fiddles with the characters in his plays alone on the sofa. His reading horizons and life experiences define him as \"a writer who has seen the world and crossed the equator on a donkey.\" — Novelist\u003cbr\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e There's an omnipresent \"I\" in Peng Jianbin's novels, a \"I\" gazing, listening, chewing, translating and rewriting between truth and fiction... Like all masterpieces that touch me, when I read his books, the boundaries of genre, subject matter, and doctrines don't flash before my eyes. Instead, I simply follow a literary heart on its journey, observing how he endures the sorrow and anxiety that seem to emanate from the last day of his life, through every ordinary and trivial day and night. —Yuan Zi [author]","brand":"上海文艺出版社","offers":[{"title":"Simplified Chinese \/ Hardcover","offer_id":46085139890415,"sku":"9787532178094","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/4849\/4319\/files\/1R8OMjSiDFTv59WwYdnG6vLIEGuWpqrJW.jpg?v=1734602844"},{"product_id":"流溪-9787542669988","title":"Stream","description":"Lin Zhao's novel is particularly unique among the Chinese novels I've read in recent years. Her somewhat trance-like narrative style and the lush content she describes even form an intertextual relationship. The climate, plants, and temperature all take on a sensual quality through the characters' actions and feelings. This departure from conventional literary narrative, this power of heterogeneity, this courage to indulge in one's own aberrations, is something worth cherishing. —Sun Ganlu Lin Zhao's novels are worth recommending to young readers of literature. Readers need not be perplexed by the fog of her linguistic carnival. \"Liuxi\" is written like a series of introspections by the author, inviting us into her inner jungle, presenting multiple layers of reality—written in captivating contemporary Chinese, even though the language repeatedly betrays us. —Mianmian This is a monologue fraught with doubt: it's hard to say whether the narrator is an ingenue, a madman, a con man, or all three. She was tangled between her dissolute lover, her broken mother and her violent father, building a questionable first half of her life with bubbles and dreams, and finally falling into an irreversible ending. \u003cbr\u003eThis debut work presents the texture of miniature painting, carrying the unique flavor, scenery and memories of subtropical Lingnan, telling the story of the wrong path and possible price of growing up, commemorating the weak who were arbitrarily broken and rotted on the ground, and the love and life they once had.","brand":"上海三联书店","offers":[{"title":"Simplified Chinese \/ Hardcover","offer_id":46085139988719,"sku":"9787542669988","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/4849\/4319\/files\/1xLIozNPgfUfkXigNEDHk5lJRTkOpRiZO.jpg?v=1734602846"},{"product_id":"樱桃青衣-9787567565333","title":"Cherry Tsing Yi","description":"\u003ch3\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/book.douban.com\/subject\/27081783\/\"\u003eDouban\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/neodb.social\/book\/3wKmejYSqSBX74biwO7vIV\"\u003eNeoDB\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Cherry green clothes mean listening to the time in your heart speaking, and banana leaves covering deer mean the essence of creation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e It does produce happiness, and it is indeed a short dream.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e ===============================================\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Cherry Green Clothes\" is the final work in the \"Family Experiment\" writing project by young Shanghai writer Zhang Yiwei. It includes \"Sleeping in Sorrow,\" which won first prize in the short story category of the 36th Times Literary Award. It explores modern people's pain and tolerance, loss and satisfaction, memory and forgetfulness. A young man and woman, each accompanying their parents on a blind date; an elderly man hospitalized to keep his family happy; two generations who develop a common thread through dull conversation; a family living a dignified life on a meager salary... Each story recounts the ethical lives and evolving destinies of contemporary urbanites, depicting the kindness of ordinary people protecting one another and the unforgettable righteousness of ordinary people.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe title, \"Cherry Green Dress,\" draws on the dreamlike motif of Tang Dynasty legends. Lu Zi, bewitched by fame and fortune, ultimately laments, \"The honor and disgrace, rise and fall, high and low in this world—all should be left to nature!\" But so-called nature also involves the unpleasant, day-to-day grind. \"Cherry Green Dress\" expresses the gap between dreams and reality, and also evokes the melancholy of the passage of time and the uncertainty of life and death. Alluding to the fact that even the \"common people\" can experience a \"feast,\" \"Cherry Green Dress\" captures the imagery of waking from a dream after experiencing prosperity, yet it also points to the truth of urban life, which neither allows for decline nor elevation. It also addresses the ordinary people, helplessly enslaved to the commercial world, the real estate stock market, and the dream of wealth, seeking to salvage a touch of genuine humanity from their endless selfishness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e ====================================================\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Writing begins with confession, but confession exhausts itself. After the urge to confess is exhausted, a purer joy of creation quietly grows, and the time within begins to speak. It is a universe increasingly different from natural time. Every glance is a hidden card within the heart, looming and revealing. The past is like a flash of lightning, nothing counts, everything is shattered, yet it is captivating.\" (Zhang Yiwei)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"华东师范大学出版社","offers":[{"title":"Simplified Chinese \/ Hardcover","offer_id":46085140054255,"sku":"9787567565333","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/4849\/4319\/files\/1b_66esVVM1Pu3j9ZV-09DR8oraMas2_x.jpg?v=1734602849"},{"product_id":"空响炮-9787532165537","title":"Empty gun","description":"\u003ch3\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/book.douban.com\/subject\/30163040\/\"\u003eDouban\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/neodb.social\/book\/6sNFDyltHa02bVSnxTpj49\"\u003eNeoDB\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \"Empty Cannon\" is a story collection by Wang Zhanhei, a new writer born in the 1990s. It includes 8 short stories, describing the colorful little people on the street. Their lives seem ordinary but they also have their own \"storms\". Wang Zhanhei provides readers with a unique perspective to peek into the life of the city and provides an interesting dimension.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWang Zhanhei's writing ranges from hazy childhood memories of alleyways and riverbanks to semi-new and semi-old spaces that exist independently of both \"countryside\" and \"city.\" Their common thread is the familiar society created by the working class in small cities. This community possesses immense capacity, and Wang Zhanhei imbues it with a realistic, detailed, and level-headed presentation, like a series of short films, rendered in black and white but captivating. His perspective is invaluable for a post-90s author.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"上海文艺出版社","offers":[{"title":"Simplified Chinese \/ Paperback","offer_id":46085140185327,"sku":"9787532165537","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/4849\/4319\/files\/1OoVO14RbBU4nzD_ijCqz2ErhFJ18C5tj.jpg?v=1734602852"},{"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. 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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":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/4849\/4319\/files\/1W1fvpBA_2kuTpvwGVBG7c4EVxWfKlw3I.jpg?v=1734602857"},{"product_id":"我本芬芳-9787559657275","title":"I am fragrant","description":"\u003ch3\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/book.douban.com\/subject\/35695541\/\"\u003eDouban\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/neodb.social\/book\/2hKebb0Dw8abhwxt2PLvte\"\u003eNeoDB\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Marriage requires luck, it may not lead to happiness, but to heartbreak...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Following \"Autumn Garden\" and \"Drifting Wood\", an 80-year-old grandmother tells the story of her 60-year marriage, telling the unknown tenderness, longing and pain, dedicated to all you and me who are not seen.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfter recounting the stories of her mother (\"Autumn Garden\") and fellow villagers (\"Floating Wood\"), Grandma Yang Benfen turns her attention to marriage, candidly revealing the pain and struggle, unwillingness and rebirth, of women in intimate relationships. This heartfelt story is truly precious. This book will also bring comfort and inspiration to those caught in difficult situations: Will the future be one of compromise or courage? Will it be one of enduring humiliation or living one's true self?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"北京联合出版公司","offers":[{"title":"Simplified Chinese \/ Paperback","offer_id":46085140283631,"sku":"9787559657275","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/4849\/4319\/files\/1-lmD4ScQ1yrIf5kON0ICwcFoA_B4tIFw.jpg?v=1734602860"},{"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":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"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. 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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. 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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":"迷路员-9787516830475","title":"Lost","description":"\u003ch3\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/book.douban.com\/subject\/35512889\/\"\u003eDouban\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/neodb.social\/book\/5U6WlTq8x0KVJYAefS08su\"\u003eNeoDB\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \"You look at your neighbors, all the same, clean, independent, and bright. Your history has been shattered, now scattered in a new history, displayed in a new history, for the little humans in this new history to discuss. You are on display like this. You can't see your old friends, the people who challenged you twice are not in this room... You can't just push aside your contemporaries and walk over to each other to talk again. If you are questioned again, will everything be in vain? How will you answer?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e ★ This is the latest collection of Shen Dacheng's work, following his beloved \"Asteroid Falls in the Afternoon.\" With its whimsical conception and unique imagination, it tells the story of fifteen \"astronauts\" who have lost their way.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book is the latest collection of works by author Shen Dacheng. Over the past few years, her work has resonated with many working professionals, who have discovered that these seemingly absurd stories often have parallels in reality. The story \"Miss Boxman,\" included in her previous work, \"Asteroid Falls in the Afternoon,\" even unexpectedly predicts a world where social distancing and vaccinations become the norm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e The new work \"Lost Man\" focuses on the stories of fifteen \"aliens\" who have lost their navigation, once again presenting the unusual daily life of our time: a person who dozed off in the Starry Sky Theater and woke up to have insight into the mysteries of the universe, a small town department store that has long been abandoned but has always coexisted with the residents, the world's last mobile tribe of miniature giants, a former employee who has been hiding in the garden of an office building for several years, a pedestrian bridge that is not satisfied with being fixed in one place, and a warehouse attendant who is responsible for guarding Star Wars war preparedness supplies... These stories are not science fiction, alien, fantasy, or magical, but all focus on various existences in the universe.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"We walk around without knowing what we are doing, but of course we have some idea of ​​what we are doing. It is not right to say that we do not have any identity. At least we are lost people. Being a lost person is like a job, and we have to do it seriously.\" The young clerk and writer Shen Dacheng thought in an orderly manner and wove carefully, and once again completed an extraordinary journey of imagination.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e ★ Twice shortlisted for the Youth Literature Award. Recommended by writers Su Tong and Tang Nuo, \"I am a reader of Shen Dacheng.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Shen Dacheng has been shortlisted for the Blancpain Idealist Prize twice for her two collections of short stories, \"The One I Remember Often\" and \"Asteroid Falls in the Afternoon,\" earning recognition from numerous judges. Her work stands out among her contemporaries, capturing a distinctive and unique style. With her own unique whimsical vision, she depicts the realities of contemporary life and psychological dilemmas, caring deeply about the people and objects in this world, the only one we truly possess.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWriter Su Tong believes that \"Lost Man\" possesses \"a relaxed, expansive, and boundless imagination.\" Writer and critic Tang Nuo handwrote a recommendation for the book, hundreds of words in length: \"...Shen Dacheng's imaginative writing is unpredictable, always telling magical stories with calm words, as Borges said. Miracles occur, but the people are real and substantial. Almost all the essential details of human life are preserved. Therefore, her writing constantly creates metaphors, giving us a feeling of constantly looking back. This real world may not be worthy of such attention, but ultimately, it is the only one we truly possess.\" \"I am a reader of Shen Dacheng.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 【Expert Recommendation】\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e This time, Shen Dacheng's extraordinary imagination seemed to have taken several steps forward; perhaps, she seemed more at ease. She thought quietly and methodically, weaving carefully and meticulously, less afraid than before to venture into those futile fantasies that held no answers. Weaving these fantasies together, one extraordinary journey after another—yes, imagination should be a path, a way out, not just a burst of fireworks.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e...Her writing is unpredictable, always telling magical stories with calm words, as Borges said. Miracles may occur, but people are real and substantial, retaining almost all the essential details of human life. Therefore, they constantly create metaphors, giving us a feeling of constant reflection. This real world may not be worthy of such care, but ultimately, it is the only thing we truly have.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e ——Tang Nuo\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Shen Dacheng's writing possesses a well-honed sense of drama, character, and stage presence. Every conflict and literary contradiction woven into her novels feels like stage and dramatic conflict. Some seemingly absurd narratives are remarkably symmetrical in reality. Her style is distinctive and unique among her contemporaries, and her handling of both real and transcendental stories often surprises. 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Starting with the three themes of “genius girls,” underground clothing, and radio culture, respectively, with a solid, precise, and restrained narrative, he outlines the inner qualities of a generation of Chinese people who grew up in the context of globalization.\u003cbr\u003e About collective memory and individual dreams, the wind on the crest of the waves and good fortune, the wreckage left in the shallows, friendship and monuments. The resonance from the beginning of the century fills the present moment, until the passion that once existed reshapes itself in an increasingly complete order.\u003cbr\u003e ※ From a remote American town to a basement called \"Windbreak\" somewhere in Nanjing, from a southbound train packed with Luo Dayou fans to the defunct Shanghai Dimei Underground City, Zhou Jianing writes about friendship, love, and dreams in the tide of the times, providing readers with \"a clean and bright place\" in the form of a novel. \u003cbr\u003eThis book includes three novellas written by Zhou Jianing from 2019 to the present: \"Goodbye Solar Eclipse\" (2019), \"Landscape of Waves\" (2021), and \"Tomorrow's Party\" (2022).\u003cbr\u003e \"Goodbye Solar Eclipse\": Japanese writer Taku Mitsushima returns to the small town of Paonia after twenty years, reuniting with friends from his youth. 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She sought kindred spirits in underground literary forums, alleyway cafes, and fringe music concerts. Ten years passed, and most of the artistic youth were drained by futile illusions, their lives steadily becoming dull. A few, however, were favored by fate and achieved worldly success. When did life, for Yangyang, become more like wandering through a pitch-black dense forest, no longer expecting to meet another companion?\u003cbr\u003eShe once deeply loved a natural genius, and in her most bewildered and lost moments, she became involved with an already famous middle-aged writer. 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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":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"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":"9号的工作-9787205106324","title":"No. 9's job","description":"\u003ch3\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/book.douban.com\/subject\/36327195\/\"\u003eDouban\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/neodb.social\/book\/6HXv659hkufKtLMijOD6wP\"\u003eNeoDB\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 👾Editor's Recommendation\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKim Hye-jin, author of \"About My Daughter,\" once again directly addresses society's pain points, using literature to interrogate the performance-based society and raise the ultimate question for all workers:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Is the end of work connected to hell?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e It can be a novel about work or a novel about workers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e In the novel, \"Number 9\" doesn't even have a name; only the number assigned by the company. From youth involution to middle-age drifting and old age bankruptcy, the experiences and complaints of \"Number 9\" reflect the pain that every ordinary person may encounter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e There is no bystander here!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e ★ The \"Kafkaesque\" prisoner's dilemma of modern workers: low-level employees desperately expose the lies of work and expose the \"evil\" of the weak in the modern workplace\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e ——Because he couldn't think of any reason to stop himself from becoming an even more brutal person.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Performance, KPIs, performance appraisals, performance reports... We are constantly being asked to demonstrate \"results\" and be \"evaluated\" at any time. In the name of \"work,\" we often ignore colleagues who have taken the lead in optimizing...\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWork is nothing more than gritting one's teeth and repeating monotonous tasks every day. A sense of belonging, self-worth, empathy, and team spirit are gradually destroyed and crumbled one by one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Work can be the meaning of life, but please make sure and remember that there are more important things in your life than work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e ★ What is more terrifying than quitting your job is a world that openly harms your body and mind through labor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e The first prize of the 28th Daesan Literature Award and the conscientious recommendation of the five major Korean media have caused heated discussions on reading websites: This is a novel that must be read before it is too late.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e South Korea's largest media outlet, Dong-A Ilbo, commented:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e ——\"This is the pain that happens to all 'poor' middle-aged people.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Real reviews from readers:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e ——\"This is reality, I am the protagonist!\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e ——\"The strong create stories, the weak quarrel in the stories, and in the end, the scarred people are left to spread the stories. But the world and its stories will not change.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e ★ No. 1, No. 2, No. 3... No. 8, No. 9... When people in the workplace become nameless and faceless, the fictional story will eventually break through the frame and let us look directly at everything that is happening.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e——New illustrators and well-known designers, ingenious design, dedicated presentation\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e The overall visuals for \"Number 9's Work\" were created by renowned designer Xihe, using artwork from emerging illustrator Mutui. Textured brushstrokes and a quiet yet powerful palette allow the faceless workers to break free from the frame, lifting our faces and telling us what is happening to them, and what will happen to us too.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 110*185mm format, portable and lightweight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 🙌 Celebrity Recommendation\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e This is the pain that happens to all \"poor\" middle-aged people. - Dong-A Ilbo\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e While some say that the readability of novels comes only from the excitement that escapes everyday life, some novels can only tell the story of difficult lives intact. This is because some people's lives are indeed like this, and there are quite a few of them. - Zhongyang Daily\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e The author constantly ponders how and how much the subject matter of her writing will change her, which is impressive. —Kyunghyang Shinmun\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Many times, it wouldn't be awkward to change the time and place in our young writers' novels from Seoul directly to New York, USA, or Berlin, Germany.\" - Professor Woo Chan-je of the Department of Korean Language and Literature at Sogang University\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e When to give up, when to move forward, when to change direction... These are matters so deeply connected to life, yet they are difficult questions that remain unanswered, no matter how much we ponder. These dilemmas become part of our lives, ultimately revealed starkly by the nameless \"Number 9.\" —Jinjiang Daily\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e The author's nimble brushstrokes depict a man bound by the \"no alternative but to survive\" theory of livelihood. We watch as a man continually transforms and shrinks through labor. This is an examination of these \"metamorphosis\" and an indictment of the vicious system of capitalism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhile work is meant to solidify the foundation of life, it can also erode that foundation. This existential contradiction is frightening. Even more terrifying than quitting your job is a world where labor blatantly harms both body and soul. This is a novel you must read before it's too late. —Author Eun-yu\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Each of us finds a job, exists in some capacity within an organization, and must achieve results within it. The job title that accompanies us has nothing to do with our efforts and passion, yet we ourselves are constantly being evaluated. Organizations are constantly growing, but promotions and compensation are not permanent, and often seem out of reach. —Comment from a Korean reader\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNo single job can truly carry a person's heart. In a job, the time we're oppressed often outlasts the time we're rewarded. A life devoted solely to work is destined not only to lose self-esteem, but also to lose awareness and sensitivity to those around us. I hope to fill my time with a job I value. Because as long as we persevere, we still have plenty of time left—only time. —Comment from a Korean reader\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 🐾Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \"About Daughter\" is a new masterpiece of social novel by Kim Hye-jin, winner of the Daesan Literature Award, and highly recommended by the five major media in South Korea!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e The low-level employees desperately expose the lies about their work and reveal the \"evil\" of the weak fighting each other in the workplace.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e No. 9 questions every worker whether the end of work is connected to hell.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e His accusation is the pain that happens to all middle-aged people.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Kim Hye-jin calmly depicts a cruel yet speechless story. When an ordinary worker faces labor disputes such as disguised forced layoffs and unfair dismissals, his belief in work changes from expectation, struggle, to despair, and ultimately to destruction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePerhaps what makes workers suffer so much is never the ruthless companies or the competitive society, but the future that is difficult for them to secure.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"辽宁人民出版社","offers":[{"title":"Simplified Chinese \/ Paperback","offer_id":46085141430511,"sku":"9787205106324","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/4849\/4319\/files\/1i63BKd3yK1fTGIYbejhK1mUsFS2oQY-j.jpg?v=1734602887"},{"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. Reading this book is like being transported to a room filled with exotic flowers and plants, their rich fragrance gripping your throat, widening your eyes, and leaving you in a state of shock.\u003cbr\u003e ——Amsterdamer Magazine, Netherlands\u003cbr\u003e Open this book and prepare to be sliced, colored, slapped, caressed, torn to pieces, shocked, and shaken!\u003cbr\u003e —Amelia Gray, American novelist","brand":"四川文艺出版社","offers":[{"title":"Simplified Chinese \/ Hardcover","offer_id":46085141463279,"sku":"9787541160868","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/4849\/4319\/files\/1vZoF4K0IgUFgVWeAPo108F3DEjXQzsiP_e062dd0d-528f-48aa-b1f8-98bee979333e.jpg?v=1738963628"},{"product_id":"植物妻子-9787541165320","title":"Plant Wife","description":"A collection of short stories by Han Jiang, a Nobel Prize candidate and the first Asian winner of the Man Booker International Prize. He has won the Italian Malaparte Prize, the Spanish San Clemente Prize, was shortlisted for the Dublin International Literary Prize, and was awarded the Writer of the Year award for Norway's Future Library project.\u003cbr\u003e As a backbone of the Korean literary world, Han Kang is very likely to become an important candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature among contemporary Korean writers.\u003cbr\u003e -- Nobel Prize winner in Literature and leading figure in French literature Jean-Claude Le Clézio ◆ It is eight times more brilliant than The Vegetarian and won the Korean Novel Literature Award with only one-eighth of its content.\u003cbr\u003e Flowers and beasts, plants and iron, blindness and falling, dreams of escape and injured feet, failed love, broken family ties and us wandering in a world without hope.\u003cbr\u003e ◆A low-level person who holds a knife in his heart and saves himself from danger again and again.\u003cbr\u003e A wife who turned into a plant, a housewife who ran away from home, a girl who resolutely became a nun, a mother with a knife in her heart, and a couple who were unable to maintain their love. \u003cbr\u003e◆Directly translated from Korean by Professor Cui Youxue of Minzu University of China, the cover was specially drawn by the super popular illustrator Lu Mao, and the binding design was undertaken by designer Fu Shiyi. 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. Amidst the city's clamor, pollution, and complex interpersonal relationships, they lack a paradise or a mother to embrace and comfort them. Paradise and mother exist only in dreams or beyond the dead. Their world is their father's, a world of evil and coldness. That is the real world, filled with snakes, the numbers 13 and 4, and cold ironwork, and it is there that the characters in Han Jiang's novel will be reborn.","brand":"四川文艺出版社","offers":[{"title":"Simplified Chinese \/ Hardcover","offer_id":46085141496047,"sku":"9787541165320","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/4849\/4319\/files\/1mqwTqbp9c2sErqr_v177pRw2cHhteR3B_6989f662-c54c-4026-aa49-5fc7a502d61a.jpg?v=1738963604"},{"product_id":"失语者-9787522518916","title":"Aphasic","description":"Shortlisted for the French Medici Prize, a Nobel Prize nominee, and the first Asian to win the Man Booker International Prize, Han Jiang, after writing \"The Vegetarian,\" sheds blood and tears on her new novel, \"The Aphasic.\" To combat the violence inherent in language, one woman decides to stop speaking. Awakening all senses at once, a global sensory resurgence. 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. Young Korean translator Tian Hezi (literal Korean translation). Popular illustrator Lu Mao paints Hanjiang's cover again, following \"The Vegetarian\" and \"Plant Wife.\" Popular designer Fu Shiyi designs the entire book. The outer cover is hot-stamped in multicolored gold in various languages, and the inner cover is hot-stamped in ginkgo yellow. The human body is sorrow. It is filled with hollows, soft places, and vulnerable areas.\u003cbr\u003e Arms, underarms, chest, thighs. This body was created to hug and be hugged.\u003cbr\u003e Isn't it strange sometimes? Our bodies have eyelids and lips. They can occasionally close from the outside, or they can lock tightly from the inside.\u003cbr\u003e Without any reason or warning, women will become speechless. \u003cbr\u003eThe first time was in the winter of her seventeenth year. She felt as if the words her tongue and hands were snarling at her were like white spiderwebs, a profound shame. She could hear and understand every word clearly, but she couldn't open her mouth to utter a single sound. The only thing that made her speechless lips tremble once again was a foreign language—a single word in French.\u003cbr\u003e Six months ago, her mother passed away. A few years earlier, she had divorced. After three lawsuits, she ultimately lost custody of her nine-year-old son. After giving her child away, she suffered from insomnia. The unbearable weight of words sat like cold explosives in the center of her beating heart. She saw a psychologist weekly. The psychologist, who was over fifty years old, diagnosed her with a temporary loss of speech due to the stress of recent life circumstances. But she simply wrote on her desk, \"No, it's not that simple...\"\u003cbr\u003e The man was 40 years old and his eyesight was destined to gradually weaken. 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After an awkward silence, our lonely hearts gradually grew closer, and my grandmother and I became close friends, sharing our hearts. 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In the author's words, those relationships that ended silently with sobs, those betrayals that were ignored and realized belatedly, and those cold and resolute turns and disregards together construct an emotional network more complex than the plot of the story. \u003cbr\u003eThe wives of prisoners suffering injustice, students suffering domestic violence, Christians fleeing to Africa for penance, families of shipwreck victims, and close friends isolated by war... The people in these stories exist on the margins of the secular world, often weak and quiet, harmless yet repeatedly wounded, unable to escape depression and pain. Their hearts are etched with inherent wounds, a unique texture that cannot be erased or repaired. And the perpetrators are often just as harmless.\u003cbr\u003e The comfort and happiness we yearn for are always achieved only after shielding ourselves from the loneliness and suffering of others. Cui Enrong tenderly captures these cruel stories, which radiate a chill beneath the warm sunlight and a profound sense of loss amidst intimacy. As memories silently crackle, half the characters in these stories move forward without hesitation, while the other half remain forever stuck, leaving only loneliness to echo.\u003cbr\u003e ----------------------------------------------------------- \u003cbr\u003e■Media \u0026amp; Reader Reviews: \"I want to be harmless. I don't want to cause pain to others. I've experienced firsthand how destructive pain people can inflict. But have I achieved that? I haven't been able to become that person... Do we truly understand each other? Do we truly want to understand? Every time I write fiction, I feel firsthand how far apart we are from each other, and how we can never fully understand one another... Many people are despised and hated simply for being who they are. I want to see the world and people from their perspective. I want to be that kind of writer.\" - Choi Eun-young. This is undoubtedly a remarkable debut. - Washington Independent Book Review. Choi Eun-young, like Sally Rooney, Banana Yoshimoto, and Marilynne Robinson, writers from diverse cultural backgrounds who unabashedly examine interpersonal relationships and the female experience, is a writer worth watching. - Penguin Publishing. These stories are painful and complex, but not depressing. They show what it's like for ordinary people with painful pasts and uncertain futures to live out their lives under the cold sun. - The Observer. Choi Eun-young leaves readers with moments that are both gems and burning coals. Every moment like this is like a painful gift. —New York Times Book Review Choi Eun-young uses the power of a writer to illuminate the world as a place that is lonely but shining with transparent light. —Jiang Zhixi (Korean literary critic) \u003cbr\u003eThis is a rare example of a short story in recent times. — Kwon Yeo-sun (Korean writer)\u003cbr\u003e The core of every story in this book is drifting away. Separation doesn't necessarily mean a heart-wrenching loss; it can also quietly remove a piece of your flesh and blood when you're not paying attention. —Goodreads reader Eve\u003cbr\u003e The books are all about how people lose people, because of time, death, mistakes and some reasons that you don’t understand and will never understand, which happens to each of us. -Goodreads reader Edeh\u003cbr\u003e ------------------------------------------------------------\u003cbr\u003e ■About the selection of articles:\u003cbr\u003e The stories in this book are selected from two representative short story collections of writer Cui Enrong, \"Xiangzi's Smile\" and \"People Who Do No Harm to Me\". \u003cbr\u003eThe short story \"Xiangzi's Smile\" included in this book is the author's award-winning debut and the work that made her famous. \"Hello, Goodbye,\" \"Sister, My Little Sister Sun-ae,\" \"Han Ji and Young-joo,\" and \"Michael\" are all included in the collection of the same name, \"Xiangzi's Smile\" (Korea Literature Village Publishing, 2016). 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Along with the great Argentine poet Juan Herman, who settled in Mexico, and Nobel Prize winner Octavio Paz, he is known as one of the three giants of contemporary Mexican poetry. During his lifetime, he won almost all the major literary awards in the Spanish-language literary world. In 2009, he was awarded the Cervantes Prize, known as the \"Nobel Prize of Spanish Literature.\" \u003cbr\u003e\"Battle in the Desert\" is a collection of Pacheco's short stories, including the eponymous short story, a national novel in Mexico, known to virtually everyone in the country and hailed as \"the Mexican equivalent of 'The Catcher in the Rye.'\" From a child's perspective, the novel depicts social life and power dynamics in 1950s Mexico, weaving personal experiences with social change in a deeply moving and moving narrative. It stands as a seminal work in 20th-century Spanish literature.\u003cbr\u003e ※This book is the first collection of Pacheco's novels translated into Chinese. It was compiled and translated by Hou Jian, a well-known Spanish literature translator, and the translation is accurate and fluent.\u003cbr\u003e ————\u003cbr\u003e 【Content Introduction】 \u003cbr\u003e\"Battle in the Desert,\" a collection of short stories by renowned Mexican author José Emilio Pacheco, has been translated into Chinese for the first time. The short story of the same name is a national novel in Mexico, telling the story of 1950s Mexico—a country struggling with poverty, disease, and natural disasters. The story follows a young boy named Carlos, who falls in love with his best friend's mother, Mariana, the only person who truly understands and cares about his upbringing. 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