Liz, the protagonist of The Storm on Harvard Road, was born in a slum in new york. Although her parents take drugs, Liz still loves them deeply. She spent her childhood in an environment full of drugs, AIDS and hunger. At school, Liz's dirty clothes and lice hidden in her hair made her laugh at by her classmates, and finally she was sent to a girls' school for skipping classes.
/kloc-When she was 0/5 years old, the family that Liz tried her best to maintain was finally broken. She started sleeping on the street, picking up garbage and stealing things. She took the subway all night, because only here can she fall asleep warmly. Liz has long known that there is a bright world outside her life, but she has always been separated from that world.
When Liz was living on the street, her mother died of AIDS infection. Liz was deeply moved. She decided not to continue this life. She wants to change her destiny and go back to high school. Homeless Liz often studies and sleeps in subway stations and corridors. She completed the four-year course in two years, won the "new york Times First Prize Scholarship" and entered Harvard University with excellent results.
This is a story about a girl who struggles with her fate. In the face of adversity and despair, her indomitable courage is touching!
2. Yu Hua's "Living".
Living tells the tragic life experience of rural people. Fu Gui was originally a rich young master, but he was addicted to gambling and eventually lost all his property, leaving him penniless. His father was angry with him and his mother was seriously ill and poor. Fu Gui went to ask for medicine, but he was arrested as a able-bodied man by the Kuomintang on the way.
When I got home after many twists and turns, I realized that my mother had already passed away, and my wife's family had worked hard to raise two children. Since then, more tragic fate has befallen Fu Gui again and again. His wife, children and grandchildren died one after another. Finally, Fu Gui and an old cow were left alone, but the old man was still alive, as if he were more free and powerful than before.
Alive (New Edition) won Greenzana, Italy? The highest prize of Carver Literature Award (1998), Taiwan Province China Times 10 Good Book Award (1994), Hong Kong Boyi 15 Good Book Award (1994), and the 3rd World Chinese Bingxin Literature Award.
3. A Dream of Red Mansions by Cao Xueqin.
A Dream of Red Mansions is an encyclopedic novel. Taking Bao Dai's love tragedy as the main line and the rise and fall of four big families as the background, this paper describes all aspects of China's feudal society in the18th century, and the germination of emerging capitalist democratic thoughts under the feudal autocracy. With its grand structure, euphemistic plot, exquisite details, vivid characters and vivid voices, it has become a classic in China's ancient novels.
4. Halid Husseini's The Kite Runner.
/kloc-Amir, a 0/2-year-old Afghan rich young master, is like a brother to his servant Hassan. However, after a kite competition, tragedy happened. Amir felt remorse and pain for his cowardice and drove Hassan away. Soon, he fled to America with his father. As an adult, Amir can never forgive his betrayal of Hassan.
In order to atone, Amir once again set foot in his hometown after more than 20 years, hoping to make a final effort for his unfortunate friend, only to find a shocking lie, and his childhood nightmare was repeated again. How should Amir choose? The story is so cruel and beautiful that the author outlines the essence and redemption of human nature with warm and delicate strokes, which makes people sad to read.
5. Zhang Ailing's Half-Life.
Half-life is a tragic love story that happened in Shanghai in 1930s. The heroine Gu was born in a poor family and lost her father at an early age. All seven of them are supported by her sister Manlu as a dancer. After graduation, I worked in a company and fell in love with Xu from Nanjing. Shi Jun sympathized with Man Zhen's situation and decided to marry him.
Man Lu finally got married, and his brother-in-law Zhu is a nouveau riche. When he learned that Manlu was infertile, he became more and more disgusted. Man Lu tried to give Zhu Tiesheng a bad plan ... 18 years passed quickly under the pen of talented writer Zhang Ailing. Man Zhen and Shi Jun reunited in Shanghai, and the years have long been swaying. ...