Because it's almost the end of the year, I'm trying my best to complete the book list task recently, let's push some good books!
1. "Anything Is Possible"
When Strout comes to what she does best, who can write better than her? This is a book about everyday life with magnanimity and irony, a novel worthy of its title. Strout reaches into the deepest corners of his characters' souls, as if we were those people. Try to see if you can read it without tears, or just marvel at it. ¡ª¡ª"USA TODAY"
Strout's story is about how we walk through life with burdens we carry silently, even though acknowledging our pain out loud can ease our pain. ¡ª¡ª"Washington post"
It gives us our precious emotional wealth, from the darkest sufferings to the simplest joys. ¡ª¡ª"New York Times"
Strout never ceases to amaze us by translating the ways in which people cherish each other into a mystical and profound text. ¡ª¡ª "Chicago Tribune"
Book Review: This month's favorite novel, I liked the author's "Olive Kitteridge" very much when I first read it. Even though this book is not as good as Olive in terms of literature and conception, it is completely emotionally biased towards this novel. Ben, the mother-daughter relationship and the people in the small town are portrayed so well. Strout is too good at writing about the poor and people's self-esteem. When I read it, I often get stung from time to time, like scratching a scabbed wound. It is painful, itchy, and pleasant.
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2. "Small Town Freaks"
"Freaks in a Small Town" is Sherwood Anderson's masterpiece of short stories. It was rated as the 24th among the world's top 100 English novels in the 20th century, and was selected into the "American Library". This work also established Sherwood's status as "the pioneer of American modernist literature".
The whole book is composed of 22 short stories, the first "Freak Book" is the general introduction of the book, and the remaining 21 stories respectively tell the life of different residents living in the small town of Winesburg, Ohio, each of which is centered on a character , the stories are interrelated and independent of each other, and a lot of techniques such as stream of consciousness, psychological analysis and symbolism are used in the article.
The so-called freaks all have unique emotional contradictions and experiences, which are impressive in different shapes. Under these grotesque or weird or mysterious appearances, what the author touches are lonely hearts and souls longing to be loved. Every story is an exploration of the soul of the characters. The author concisely and uniquely portrays the instincts, desires and explorations of various characters in life. All kinds of freaks tell their strange lives, which is like a poem and a dream.
Book review: I read this book because the book review of "Anything is Possible" mentioned it. It is well written, but it doesn't poke me very emotionally.
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3. "The Illiterate Person"
The manuscript is a collection of four small books, each with its own characteristics in style and content, and together presenting a psychedelic style in which reality and dreams are intertwined. Like the "Bad Boy Trilogy", there is a black atmosphere of cruelty and disillusionment, but the strokes of these four works are lighter and more varied and closer to the author's own voice.
"Nightmare" is composed of 25 story fragments that resemble both dreams and reality. Part of it describes the absurd helplessness in real life, and part of it is full of psychedelic surrealism. Daily life is like "a prison cell composed of huge and absurd ravings" in Yagota's pen. Writers such as "Letterbox", an orphan who checks his mailbox twice a day, has been looking forward to receiving a letter from his parents for twenty years, and finally one day he really received a letter from his father, and this letter made him just want to Fleeing to a place where his father could not find him. Surrealists such as "A Train to the North", a man has been waiting for a train to go north to his hometown at an abandoned station. He poisoned his pet dog who refused to let him leave and carved a stone statue for it. When the dog statue is hugged for the last time, the man also becomes "the statue" and never leaves again.
"Yesterday" is a short story intertwined with fiction and reality. The protagonist Sandor, who had a rough life experience, repeated the same job every day in the watch factory, and his life was hopeless. Until one day he accidentally reunited with his old childhood friend Lina, and he crazily pursued Lina but ruined Lina and his own life.
"Where are you, Mathias" consists of a short story and a screenplay. The novel part is a psychedelic story in which dreams and reality are blended together; the script part is a love story spanning ten years. Among them, the same name and similar plot as "Yesterday" make it seem like a continuation or another possibility of "Yesterday".
"The Illiterate Man" is an autobiographical novel by Yagota. In 11 chapters, 11 fragments of life are written. From childhood memories in Hungary, life in boarding schools to life in exile in Switzerland, depicts how she has grown from a Hungarian village girl to an internationally renowned actress step by step.Many novelists of the same generation may not be as sophisticated and delicate as them. "
¡îHuang Jinshu fights against the oblivion of history through creation and argumentation, and seeks a way out for Malaysian Chinese literature. His creation refers to the life experience in his hometown, inherits the "alternative history" that is almost lost in the past, and manages a magical historical narratology, which makes people re-examine the past in a literary way and ask what the future should be.
¡îThe style of this book is magical, and the description is meticulous. Reading it makes people get lost in the depths of the humid and hot Nanyang rainforest, fearing and frightening with that small family, and reincarnating together.
Book review: I just read it because I was curious about Malaysian Chinese literature. The story is really different from that in mainland China. The subject matter is bold and colorful, but it feels a bit imitative of tw literature. The characteristics are a bit mixed, so it lacks some impact. But it's good for experimenting.
13. "The Death of Ivan Ilyich"
100 first-class writers from 54 countries were selected as one of the 100 greatest literary classics. A total of three works of Tolstoy were selected: "War and Peace", "Anna Karenina", "The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Others".
The masterpiece describing the pinnacle of death in human literature. It was once selected into "One Hundred World Novels" published by Macmillan Book Company in the United States, and was used as a textbook by the literature departments of western universities.
Book Review: Hahaha I actually wanted to read Tolstoy¡¯s works, but I thought War and Peace was too long. Anna watched too many movies before I read this book. The writing is really good, but I still like Russian writers. Cove.
14. "Born Guilty"
"Born to be a sin" Cui Nawa talks about her growth experience in slums. Xiao Cui was born in South Africa under the apartheid system. Seems destined to embark on a criminal path. However, with humor, optimism and wisdom, the stubborn Xiao Cui and his great mother finally got rid of the vicious circle of violence and poverty, and moved from the slums of South Africa to the world stage.
Book review: The author is really talented in comedy, and the reading experience is quite a good autobiography.
15. "The Art of Cinematography"
Akihiko Shiota, the most popular teacher in the "Japanese Film Academy" who makes students overwhelmed by choosing courses
"Taking the encounter between performance and director as the starting point to re-examine the film"
? Selected famous scene pull-up explanations, open up the senses with wonderful and unique ideas, and reach a higher aesthetic realm
Subvert your movie cognition, increase the fun of watching movies, and enhance your creative skills
Book review: Among the movie analyzes I have seen so far, Bazin's "What is a Movie" and this book rank first. After all, the author has been a director, so many angles of analysis of movies are very professional, not only professional, he can make movies It¡¯s not easy to bring out the charm points. It¡¯s enough to be a film critic to talk about how good movies are, but it¡¯s hard to explain those more mysterious places.
16. "Reflection of Compound Eyes"
1. The only memoir of Akira Kurosawa's golden partner, Shinobu Hashimoto, reproduces the legendary movie life of a generation of screenwriter gods.
2. Emotionally reminisce about Kurosawa's life and death, and uncover the secrets behind the film emperor's magnificent film career.
3. Reproduce the glory and splendor of the golden age of Japanese film, and vividly record the details of many Japanese film masters such as Akira Kurosawa, Hero Oguni, Ryuzo Kikushima, Mansaku Itami, and Yoshitaro Nomura.
Book review: Sure enough, it is still necessary for people in this profession to speak out. The author is a screenwriter, so he also has a lot of dry stuff from the perspective of watching movies. Of course, my biggest gain from reading this book is the gossip on the set of "Seven Samurai" and "Rashomon".
17. The best of both worlds
Can't have both fish and bear's paw, but I want to have the best of both worlds
Unknown jealousy, unspoken secret love, unexpected and unavoidable heartbeat waves that can be encountered but cannot be sought after again and again constitute our entire life
? When faced with a choice, under the pull of desire and reality, we often choose to remain silent and choose to stop
?Reveal the crisis and estrangement of ordinary life, and gain insight into the hidden state in the depths of the soul
Representative works of Mel Mello, winner of the Women's Fiction Award and the "Paris Review" Fiction Award
Book review: This book is obviously a serious short story, but I don¡¯t know why it makes me laugh.
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If you must choose among these books, "Anything Is Possible" is the most recommended. (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com