The Enemies of Books

by William Blades

Published by Gold Wall Press
2023

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The wittiest commentary on book-collecting and the care of books ever written, Blades's Enemies of Books enummerates the enemies as: Fire; Water; Gas and Heat; Dust and Neglect; Ignorance and Bigotry; The Bookworm; Other Vermin; Bookbinders; Collectors; Servants and Children. This new and corrected edition adds an article on Librarians as Enemies of Books, an Introduction, a biography of Blades, and many helpful notes. William Blades (1824-1890) was a printer and bibliographer. His Life of Caxton revolutionised our understanding of the first English printer.

Welcome to the Monkey House

by Kurt Vonnegut

Published by CITIC Press Group
2017

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The End of The Story

by Lydia Davis

Published by CITIC Press Group
2017

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Mislabeled boxes, problems with visiting nurses, confusing notes, an outing to the county fair―such are the obstacles in the way of the unnamed narrator of The End of the Story as she attempts to organize her memories of a love affair into a novel. 

Wartime Lies

by Louis Begley

Published by Shanghai Translation Publishing House

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Wartime Lies is a semi-autobiographical novel by Louis Begley first published in 1991. Set in Poland during the years of the Nazi occupation, it is about two members of an upper middle class Jewish family, a young woman and her nephew, who avoid persecution as Jews by assuming Catholic identities. Time and again the boy, who narrates the story from some remote point in time, reminisces about how he learned at an early age to lie in order to survive. Thus, his whole adult life is founded on the "wartime lies" of his childhood.

Tipping the Velvet / Fingersmith / Affinity

by Sarah Waters

Published by Baihuazhou Literature and Art Press
2009

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Sarah Waters is best known for her novels set in Victorian society and featuring lesbian protagonists, such as Tipping the Velvet, Fingersmith, and Affinity. 

Fingersmith is awarded as: 

• Shortlisted for the Orange Prize
• Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize
• Winner of the CWA Historical Dagger for Historical Crime Fiction

La muerte de Artemic Cruz

by Carlos Fuentes

Published by People’s Literature Publishing House
2011

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The Death of Artemio Cruz (Spanish: La muerte de Artemio Cruz) is a novel written in 1962 by Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes. It is considered to be a milestone in the Latin American Boom.

智惠子抄

by Takamura Kotaro （高村 光太郎）

Published by CITIC Press Group
2017

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A long love letter from the famous Japanese sculptor, painter and poet, Takamura Kotaro to his wife in forty years. Their love affair was not approved by their parents, but they devoted all their emotions to each other. However, the hardships of life, frustrations in artistic creation, and the bankruptcy of her mother's family caused 智惠子 to suffer from mental illness. After battling with the disease for several years, she passed away.

智惠子抄 is a record of the poet's life from the uneasiness of their love, their poor and happy life after marriage, to the time when 智惠子 became ill as if she was living in another world, and the time after she left. After its publication, the book became widely popular and has been adapted in various fields such as film and theater.

Orange Are Not the Only Fruit

by Jeanette Winterson

Published by New Star Press
2010

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Winner of the Whitbread Prize for best first fiction, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit is a coming-out novel from Jeanette Winterson. The narrator, Jeanette, cuts her teeth on the knowledge that she is one of God’s elect, but as this budding evangelical comes of age, and comes to terms with her preference for her own sex, the peculiar balance of her God-fearing household crumbles.

L'herbier d'une vie

by Véronique Barrau

Published by Chongqing University Press
2018

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This is a cultural book, but also a beautiful botanical illustration, the author has gathered more than a hundred kinds of plants that people come into contact with at various stages and occasions in their lives, with the help of plants expressed emotions and wishes, etc. For example, rosemary and laurel are used in the bride's bouquet to expect many children, pregnant women who wish to have a boy should eat carrots, and if you have a fever, you can hug a mountain poplar to pass on your illness to it… There are many traditions related to plants in our lives, some of which have disappeared, while others are still common. Plants are closely related to our lives.

I Came Towards the Flame

by Zhang Yueran

Published by Beijing United Publishing Co.,Ltd
2017

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In the book, I Came Towards the Flame, the nine stories focus on a group of lonely men and women burdened with indescribable pasts, but persistently seeking the flame of life. These individuals are pure and sophisticated, cautious but passionate, sensitive and emotional. They commit evil to punish themselves, they are suspicious de to a lack of trust within, and they betray for the sake of persuing love. Author Zhang Yueran's sharp writing style and rich poetic flare, has created a modern day fable with elements of love and loneliness, money and talent, cultural prejudice and class segregation. Combining these elements, I Came Towards the Flame, presents the glory and darkness of our age visable in the lives revealed through the pages of this book.

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In the book, I Came Towards the Flame, the nine stories focus on a group of lonely men and women burdened with indescribable pasts, but persistently seeking the flame of life. These individuals are pure and sophisticated, cautious but passionate, sensitive and emotional. They commit evil to punish themselves, they are suspicious de to a lack of trust within, and they betray for the sake of persuing love. Author Zhang Yueran's sharp writing style and rich poetic flare, has created a modern day fable with elements of love and loneliness, money and talent, cultural prejudice and class segregation. Combining these elements, I Came Towards the Flame, presents the glory and darkness of our age visable in the lives revealed through the pages of this book.

向死而生、毒舌北野武、浅草小子

by Takeshi Kitano（北野武）

Published by Shanghai Century Publishing (Group) Co.,Ltd
2010

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