Calvino presents readers with a fictional world based on reality. This world has no beginning and end, no space and time. It mechanically repeats its rules of the game day after day within the framework of a country. Stealing and being stolen, all propert...

This is an old Japanese-style hotel in the mountains. At dusk, Saburo and Chunzi came here, and the boss greeted them with a smile on his face. "Thank you very much for coming to our hotel to stay. I will serve you wholeheartedly." "Where! Someone advi...

Gorky "You see, that's what happened. His father was sentenced to one and a half years in prison for embezzling public funds. During this period, we ate up all our savings. Our savings were very small. By the time my husband When I was released from pri...

Joanne, a poor painter, fell seriously ill. In the ward, she watched the ivy leaves on the tree across from the window being blown off by the wind. She believed that the withering of the last leaf represented her own death, so she lost the will to live. D...

The novel narrates the story of a "madman" in the first person voice. He is afraid of everyone's eyes and always feels that people want to harm him and eat him. The doctor saw him and asked him to "recuperate", and he thought it was to make him fat s...

The TV news program that day was very attractive. The picture on the screen was of a quiet park in the afternoon. A man in his 50s was walking in the park. A middle-aged man in his 40s was chasing after him with a dog. When he caught up with him, the dog...

Kehoe filled the paper with numbers and diagrams, and the two-inch long broken blue pencil tip was like a magician's wand in his hand, kicking off the magic show. He is the consular agent of the United States here, and is waiting for the United States to...

Jueku brought the jug to his mouth and smelled a pungent stench. He asked Ganji: "What kind of water is this? It smells so bad that I can't drink it. My throat is so dry and thirsty that it's almost smoking, but you give me this smelly water to drink!...

The day started with hazy weather, very cold. He climbed from the main road in Alaska's Yukon River to the high ground beside the road, where a trail extended eastward through dense juniper forests. There was a steep slope in this highland. After he clim...

One of the most sensational trials in our country's contemporary history excited people for 10 consecutive days. I attended (along with many other concerned people). I had a reserved seat in the second row, and the police officer running the court was my...

People say that I am a happy person: I have a diploma, work at a university, and am married to a husband that I am happy with. My husband and I are looking forward to a bright future and want two boys and one girl. The eldest son is already in first grade...

Takeuchi Goro? I can recall a few people with the surname Takeuchi, but I don’t recognize the one named Goro who is twenty-two or three years old. Is this the man who said he killed me?" Shibata stared at the detective in shock. "Well, he surrendered to...

"Tamara Ignatyevna, it seems to me that you like sweets, don't you? ..."
"What else do I have to do, Timofey Andreevich..."
It's winter outside. I haven't seen such a cold winter in a long time. It was still October, strong winds began to blow,...

When I feel difficulties, when doubts about my own strength bring me to tears, and when life demands quick and bold decisions which I am unable to make due to my weakness of will, - I think of an old story. This is a story I heard from a man who was exile...

Father and mother sat by the fireplace, arguing while looking at the two or three plum blossoms blooming on the branches of the ancient branches.
"This red plum tree has not changed in the decades since you married me. The lower branch always blooms...

This is a true story that happened in Los Angeles, USA. One day, two old people left the tour group and went to the cliff to watch the sunset. Magnificent sunset. The orange-red glow burned through the clouds in the western sky, like a colorful sun rain,...

There is a blue sky outside the window, and the roofs and chimneys all over the city are shining in the sunlight, and the green, red and yellow colors complement each other. The Minister of Health smoothed the black gauze on his arm with a wry smile. "Th...

"Hey! It's me, I'm Robert! Why aren't you here yet? I've been waiting for you at the hotel for half an hour. You said you'd come on time, what happened? Yesterday you said you'd be free before 7:30 p.m. , there will be no call before 7 o'clock. It...

Esther Casilla bought a luxurious villa. After that, when he came back from get off work every day, he always saw someone carrying a box from his garden, loading it on a truck and taking it away.

Before he could shout, the man was gone. That day he decid...

A private house is located in the garden. The garden is very large, with a stream running through it. At this time, there were two children in the garden, one could not speak yet, and the other was a little older. They were sitting together on a sleigh. T...

Now, you have been lying in the coffin for three days. They put you on the coffin stand, strung a long string of white flags and garlands on the road to your residence, and posted obituaries with your photos on the trees along the way. They were extravaga...

On a sunny afternoon, the sun was very bright and the breeze was blowing gently. Although it was a hot wind, at least the air was flowing. The feeling was very different from the rainy afternoons two days ago. Du Xiling didn't invite anyone and went hiki...

Once upon a time there was a tree, and she loved a boy. Every day, the boy would go down to the tree, pick up the fallen leaves, make a crown, and pretend to be the king of the forest.
Sometimes he climbs trees, swings from the branches, or eats the fruit...

Siruo sat on the window seat and stared out the window. It was raining lightly, and the rain was falling from the sky, adding a bit of charm and tranquility to the autumn afternoon. The man hasn't arrived yet, but he said he would meet at 1:30 p.m. It's...