Source: Jam Reading
Many friends will have a reading plan every new year, everyone wants to get a moment of peace of mind in the complicated real life, yes, reading will give people strength, so, what kind of book should you read?
In the new year, the editor has carefully selected 5 books for you in the books I have read, each of which is a high-rated masterpiece, which is enough to shock your soul, collect this article, and read 10,000 books with me!
01. "The Sea of Life" Douban score: 8.0
There is no perfect life, imperfection is life
The author Mai Jia's work took eight years to write, and the novel adopts a multi-angle and non-linear writing method to tell the story of a "colonel" in his hometown, in the eyes of the villagers, he has no wife and no farming, and has been nicknamed "eunuch" or "colonel" for many years outside but mysterious. The subsequent series of events made people finally re-acquaint themselves with this legendary hero of the era of flesh and blood, love and hate.
As Romain Rolland said: "There is only one kind of heroism in the world, and that is to love life after recognizing the truth of life." "I hope that everyone who reads this book will have the courage to face themselves and life. There is no perfect life, imperfection is life.
02. "The Yellow River Flows Eastward" Douban score: 9.2
The wind is roaring, the horses are barking, and the Yellow River is roaring
The novel won the second Mao Dun Literature Award in 1985, is the only novel of the writer Li Ling, with the Japanese invading army entering the Central Plains in 1938, the Kuomintang army fleeing south to break the Yellow River Huayuankou embankment, more than 10 million people suffered the historical event as the background, with Li Mai and other 7 families in Chiyanggang Village fleeing from exile as a clue, depicting the story of the refugees in Chiyanggang Village who left their homes in the disaster.
Our great Chinese nation, history has brought suffering, but our ancestors have written the history of the Chinese nation's indomitable struggle with the most proud attitude! It still shines brightly today under the sun.
03. "The Right Bank of the Ergun River" Douban score: 9.0
There are so many rivers I've seen in my life.
The author Chi Zijian, this work won the 7th Mao Dun Literature Award. The novel depicts the little-known Evenki people living in the forest on the right bank of the Ergun River in the struggle against the cold of nature, the fierce beasts, the struggle against the Japanese invaders, and the struggle to survive under the pressure of the "Cultural Revolution" and even various modern civilizations.
In this book, the author not only takes you to the bank of the Ergun River to see the magnificent river with its twists and turns, but also takes you into the depths of the mysterious forest, chasing the footprints of reindeer, and also shows you the love, hatred, sorrow and joy of the Evenki people living in the "Sileng Pillar". The legendary stories from generation to generation have shown the tenacious vitality of the weak and small nation and its indomitable national spirit.
04. "The Ninth Widow" Douban score: 8.7
"The Ninth Widow" is an important masterpiece of the famous female writer Yan Geling, the novel spans the 40s to the 80s of the 20th century, and tells the story of a widow named "Wang Grape" in a small village in the Central Plains. The author writes that she is passionate and tough, she has had many different men in her life, and she has rich emotional experiences, but she has always maintained a true attitude towards life and a persistent pursuit of love.
In particular, she was not afraid of power, rescued her father-in-law in a special era and hid him, and sent him to the end of his old age, which elevated this book to the height of noble personality and soul. The story of Wang Grape not only reflects the survival of women in the social environment of the time, and how they struggled to survive in the face of adversity.
05. "Chang'an's Lychee" Douban score: 8.5
The background of the creation of this novel originated from the inspiration of the writer Ma Boyong when he accidentally read Du Mu's poem "A Ride on the Red Dust Concubine Smiles, No One Knows It's a Lychee", which describes the story of a nine-grade official Li Shande who was willing to accept his fate from the beginning of regret to the end of his life in order to complete the task of Yang Guifei wanting to eat fresh lychees in Lingnan.
The whole story is full of ups and downs, interlocking, showing the bitter journey of an ancient workplace worker who has not forgotten his original intention, and when the final task is completed, what kind of life choice will this little person make in the face of the peace of mind of the concubine and the upper class and the livelihood of the people of the country? I believe that every reader will have a new understanding of his life after reading.