Generally considered to be F. Scott Fitzgerald's finest novel, The Great Gatsby is a consummate summary of the 'roaring twenties' and a devastating expose of the 'Jazz Age'. Through the narration of Nick Carraway, the reader is taken into the superficially glittering world of the mansions which lined the Long Island shore of the American seaboard in the 1920s, to encounter Nick's cousin Daisy, Jay Gatsby and the dark mystery which surrounds him. The Great Gatsby is an undisputed classic of American literature from the period following the First World War and is one of the great novels of the twentieth century.

本書收錄一百一十一篇川端康成的「生活標本」，他秉持新感覺派風格與超現實的技巧，不但呈現年輕時代的寫詩精神，同時也記錄了四十多年來南四作生涯的痕跡。其中有真實的童年往事，有蒼白的少年情事，有魔幻寫實的青年時期與中年之後成熟嚴謹的佳作；現實與夢、青春與年老、生存與死亡、過去與未來，交織成一個又一個詭異的世界。讀完這部作品，您將有意料之外的發現與感動。
諾貝爾文學獎評選委員會主席安德斯﹒奧斯特林致授獎辭，突出地強調：「川端先生明顯地受到歐洲近代現實主義的影響，但是，川端先生也明确地顯示出這种傾向：他忠實地立足于日本的古典文學，維護并繼承了純粹的日本傳統的文學模式。
在川端先生的敘事技巧里，可以發現一种具有纖細韻味的詩意。川端康成先生的獲獎，有兩點重要意義。其一，川端先生以卓越的藝術手法，表現了道德性与倫理性的文化意識﹔其二，在架設東方与西方的精神橋梁上做出了貢獻。?}..這份獎狀，旨在表彰您以卓越的感受性，并用您的小說技巧，表現了日本人心靈的精髓。」

《古今谭概》就是这样一部伤口。它汇集历朝历代的上千则故事传说，涵盖了世间百态。这些故事传说有一个共同特点，就是可笑可乐，往往诙谐中带头机智，幽默中不乏哲理，而且多数故事都有事实依据。可以说，在语言的表现形式上它接近《聊斋志异》，而在内容上更像《笑林广记》，但比之深刻得多。读此书如入宝山，金玉琳琅，美不胜收。愿大家在恣情赏览之后，都有所斩获，携得几件宝贝归来。

《古事记》是日本奈良朝文学中的一种，内容是记述某些古代传说故事。文字及内容均受印度、中国的影响很深，可以看做一部日本古代传说集。

这本书首次将卡尔维诺从一九六四年起讲的所有宇宙奇趣的故事收录在同一本书中，本书也起到了一个有趣的作用，即把现代科学很难的概念变得轻松而且可见，达到建立一种更接近宇宙起源的神话而不是科学小说的文学种类。

《西西弗的神话》主要内容：人生就是荒谬，正如日复一日滚石上山的西西弗。在《西西弗的神话》这部哲学论文集里，作者一层一层地剥离人生虚幻的外衣，将其荒谬的本质赤裸裸地揭露出来。然而荒谬不是绝望，因为看穿幸福的同时也就看穿了痛苦。对于西西弗来说，地狱死神都算不了什么，他才是自己生命的主人。人类的激情和斗志没有什么能够阻挡。回到几千年前的奥林匹斯山巅，你会见到滚石上山的西西弗正愉快地唱着歌儿，不知忧烦，不问明天。

"I was worried about vaginas. I was worried about what we think about vaginas, and even more worried that we don't think about them. . . . So I decided to talk to women about their vaginas, to do vagina interviews, which became vagina monologues. I talked with over two hundred women. I talked to old women, young women, married women, single women, lesbians, college professors, actors, corporate professionals, sex workers, African American women, Hispanic women, Asian American women, Native American women, Caucasian women, Jewish women. At first women were reluctant to talk. They were a little shy. But once they got going, you couldn't stop them."
So begins Eve Ensler's hilarious, eye-opening tour into the last frontier, the forbidden zone at the heart of every woman. Adapted from the award-winning one-woman show that's rocked audiences around the world, this groundbreaking book gives voice to a chorus of lusty, outrageous, poignant, and thoroughly human stories, transforming the question mark hovering over the female anatomy into a permanent victory sign. With laughter and compassion, Ensler transports her audiences to a world we've never dared to know, guaranteeing that no one who reads The Vagina Monologues will ever look at a woman's body the same way again.