Runaway Thoughts
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Editor's review
Who it's for
A good fit for
- Readers interested in historical gossip and cultural anecdotes who want an easy introduction
- Readers who like to understand cultural phenomena from everyday angles such as love and the body
- People who need fragmented reading material to flip through on commutes or before sleep
- Ordinary readers willing to encounter classics and anecdotes of great figures in an entertaining spirit
Not a good fit for
- Readers who need systematic historical knowledge or rigorous academic argumentation
- Serious readers who dislike discussing history and great figures in a gossipy manner
- Readers expecting complete biographies or full accounts of events
Reading tips
- Read it as a casual book in fragments, picking one topic of interest at a time without seeking continuity.
- When encountering historical figures or classics mentioned, look up the background to turn fun into knowledge leads.
- Share the book's anecdotes with friends and discuss them, testing in conversation which claims are supported by sources.
- If a particular fragment interests you greatly, seek out relevant official histories or biographies for further reading.
About the publisher
Peking University Press is a comprehensive university press whose publishing areas cover classical literature, popular science, social culture, world history, Western philosophy, and culture. Its catalogue contains 6,031 titles, with representative books including A Dream of Red Mansions, Relativity: The Special and General Theory (15th Edition) (with Einstein's classic papers on unified field theory and other topics), Elements, Conics, The Aristocratic Families of the Eastern Jin, The Philosophy of Mythology (Volume I), The Philosophy of Mythology (Volume II), and The Origin of Continents and Oceans. Representative authors include Cao Xueqin, Zhou Ruchang, Albert Einstein, Euclid, Apollonius, Tian Yuqing, Schelling, and Xian Gang. The press has developed distinctive strengths in classical Chinese literature and in the translation of Western philosophical classics, while also covering scientific classics and social and cultural studies. As public information is limited, this description is based only on the books in the catalogue and offers no further extrapolation.
Contents
- 欲望
- 18世纪的内分泌
- 当女神堕落为女人
- 反爱情炼丹术
- “勾引”也寂寞
- 天才的雄性指数
- 性浪费
- 耶稣的遮羞布
- 男性魅力的挽歌
- 爱情
- 爱情与交通工具
- 人人都是蜈蚣精
- 3500年前的香水
- 侠士，骑士
- 消费病态美
- 浪荡子
- 风物
- 洛丽塔变奏
- 白，非常白
- 长袜的前世今生
- 穿裤子的女人
- 发如血
- 嘿，你闻起来真不错！
- 皇后的厨房中术
- 咖啡与砒霜
- 默读时代与情色读物
- 苹果从良
- 维纳斯之带
- 香水也疯狂
- 祖母的胸衣
- 美少年之力
- 从海盗到吸血鬼
- 邪恶指南
- 阁楼生活方式
- 身体
- 一荡百媚生
- 吸血鬼之吻
- 用自己，还是用别人
- “嗅”里乾坤
- 饥饿的记忆
- 床上和平
- 从狩猎到高尔夫
- 肥吻
- 细节之美之殇
- 擤鼻涕这件小事
- 文艺男女
- 敬畏动物
- 劳动“可耻”
- “奴”时代
- 最后的绅士
- 巴尔扎克式处境
- 被忧郁打湿的天空
- 毕加索的扣子
- 艺术的螺丝钉
- 丑男无敌
- 大师的父亲
- 大师的步态
- 大腿的权利
- 蒙娜丽莎的八字须
- 莎士比亚的妹妹
- 文学监护人
- 失守的阵地
- 诗人的鼻孔
- 双面夏娃
- 未经打开的人生
- 在哮喘中不朽
- 哲学与香水
- 住在沙发和床上的祖母
FAQ
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About the author
Public information about Kou Yan is limited, so her writing can only be understood from the works held in the collection. Two works appear under her name: The Peacock of the Great Tang: Xue Tao and the Middle Tang of Literary Youth (Sofa Library), which centers on the Tang poetess Xue Tao and the social and literary circles of mid-Tang writers, blending cultural essay with historical narrative; and Si Ben (Running in Thought), classified under social fiction and social culture. The two works span quite different subjects—one turns to an ancient figure and the literary world of her time, the other toward social reality—suggesting an author attentive both to individual lives within history and culture and to contemporary social issues. Overall, Kou Yan's writing emphasizes cultural observation and character portrayal, with language and structure serving the narrative. Yet information about her life, writing career, and full body of work remains limited and awaits further material.
