1. "The Catcher in the Rye"
Salinger limited the beginning and end of the story to the 16-year-old middle school student Holden Caulfield, who left school and wandered around New York. Within three days, and using the unconstrained writing method of stream of consciousness, it fully explored the inner world of a teenage boy.
Anger and anxiety are the two major themes of this book. The protagonist's experience and thoughts have aroused strong reactions among teenagers, and are warmly welcomed by readers, especially middle school students.
2. "Ball of Suif"
The novel depicts that during the Franco-Prussian War in 1870, a French carriage was detained by a Prussian officer as it left the enemy's war zone. The officer must have a prostitute named Ball of Suif in the car stay with him for the night, otherwise the carriage will not be able to pass.
Ball de Suif flatly refused out of patriotism, but the distinguished passengers in the car with him forced her to sacrifice herself for everyone for their own selfish interests. Ball de Suif had no choice but to make concessions. But when the carriage set off the next morning, the passengers who had been pleading yesterday suddenly changed their faces. They all distanced themselves from her and disdained to talk to her.
She felt overwhelmed by the contempt of these reputation-conscious bastards. They sacrificed her at first and then threw her away as a filthy piece of trash.
3. "To the Lighthouse"
This book is a stream-of-consciousness novel that the author has poured his heart and soul into. The novel takes a trip to the lighthouse as the central clue throughout the book, and writes about the fragmented life experiences of the Ramsay family and several guests before and after the First World War. Mr. Ramsay's youngest son James wanted to go to the lighthouse, but was unable to do so due to bad weather.
After the war broke out, the Ramsay family went through many vicissitudes of life. After the war, Mr. Ramsay took his son and daughter out on a boat trip and finally arrived at the lighthouse. And Lily Briscoe, who was sitting on the shore and painting, happened to be just when the Ramsey family arrived at the lighthouse. In a moment of realization, she dropped a stroke on the center of the painting, and finally painted the illusion that had been lingering in her mind for many years. Go beyond yourself and become a true artist.
4. "Border Town"
Shen Congwen's masterpiece was selected into the top 100 Chinese novels of the 20th century, ranking second, second only to Lu Xun's "The Scream". It is set in Chadong, a border town at the junction of Sichuan and Hunan in the 1930s, and depicts the unique customs and customs of the western Hunan region with a beautiful combination of lyric poetry and essays;
Borrowing the boatman girl Cuicui The story of pure love shows the kindness and beauty of human nature. Due to the aesthetics and art of "Border Town", the novel "Border Town" has a unique status in the history of modern Chinese literature.
5. The Kite Runner
The novel "The Kite Runner" is written by Khaled Hosseini, an Afghan-American writer. Hosseini's first novel, translated by Li Jihong, was published by Shanghai People's Publishing House in 2003 and was the third best-selling book in the United States in 2005.
The whole book revolves around the relationship between a kite and two teenagers in Afghanistan. It is a story about a kite between a rich boy and his servant, about the betrayal and redemption of human nature.