Short Classic Inspirational Novels
1. "The Most Beautiful Drowning Man in the World"
Welcome to Marquez's dark fairy tale world.
Marquez’s talent for storytelling cannot but be astounding. Whether it is fiction or non-fiction, novel or short story, he can control it with ease and wander through it happily. This book includes famous works such as "The Old Man with Giant Wings" and "The Incredible Tragic Story". It is one of Marquez's classic short story collections.
In this world, if it rains heavily for too long, you may wake up and see an angel falling into the mud in the yard; a giant ship that hits the rocks and sinks will turn into a ghost ship, repeating its ominous fate over and over again; A cruel grandmother will take her granddaughter to work as a prostitute, a boy who falls in love can hear the desperate call of his lover thousands of miles away, and a girl who longs for freedom will abandon everything.
Garcia Márquez
The undisputed winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in history, the pinnacle of magical realism literature, and an eternal literary master. He wrote many literary classics such as "One Hundred Years of Solitude", "Love in the Time of Cholera", and "The Colonel to whom No one wrote".
2. "What We Talk About When We Talk About Love"
After "What We Talk About When We Talk About Love" came out, imitators flocked to it, and Carver became the American The most imitated writer after Hemingway, the editorial department often receives submissions for "Carver-style novels". The minimalist diction and calm and distant narrative are approaching perfection in his writing. The 17 short stories tell the stories of workers at the bottom of society such as car mechanics, restaurant waitresses, salesmen, and sawmill workers. Their fragmented lives and helpless marginalization are filled with a lot of blank space by Carver. Life itself is at a critical moment, and the love we are talking about is also struggling to breathe.
Raymond Carver
Famous American short story writer, poet, and representative writer of "Minimalism". He is known as the founder of "New Novel". The style of the work is concise and cold. The Times of London called him "America's Chekhov".
3. "A Rose for Emily"
No one loves you more than me
York created by Faulkner The Napata Law novel is extremely charming. If you want to remember several works in your life, this "A Rose for Emily" must be among them. After being suppressed by her father's love for a long time, Emily fell in love with Helmer at first sight. When she found out that Helmer had no intention of getting married with her, she tried to find a way to keep him by her side forever.
To what extent can you love someone? To what extent can you possess someone? Emily tells you, even if he is a corpse, I can still share the bed with him*** pillow 40 Year.
What did Emily tell him during so many isolated days and nights?
William Faulkner
American Literature One of the most influential writers in history, a representative of the ideological school, created the "Yoknapatawpha lineage" novels, such as "The Sound and the Fury" and "Absalom, Absalom!" Won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1949.
4. "Dear Life"
This is everything you can say about life.
Munro's most famous short story collection is "Escape", but this "Dear Life" is no less than the former. Even Munro himself admitted: "I hope readers will learn from "Dear Life" Life" started reading my novel, which is my best work. ?
The small town of Clinton in Ontario is fresh, clean, quaint and charming. On the river where a few maple leaves fall, loons fly past and land on the shoulders of pedestrians. The one who was passing by was Vivian, who didn't know that Alister would abandon her tomorrow for no reason. The one who passed by before was Jackson, who met Irene again.
Munro, who lives in a small town, writes stories about partings and beginnings, accidents and dangers, leaving home and returning home. The text is short and concise, restrained and forbearing, and the stunning body is hidden under the plain coat, telling the softest secret in the heart of the human heart. The vitality behind this silence, although silent, shocked everyone.
Alice Munro
Canadian writer, master of contemporary short stories, her representative works include "Escape" and "Dear Life". In 2013, he won the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Classic inspirational novel
01 "Border Town"
Shen Congwen
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Before "Border Town", Chadong, a border town, was an inconspicuous place.
But after "Border Town", it became the most shining place in western Hunan.
The distant mountains, rivers, ferries and stilted buildings, mixed with the clear countryside and natural scenery of Western Hunan, directly arouse your yearning for Western Hunan.
In the unique Xiangxi style, a haunting and tortuous love story happened.