Euphoria Author: [US] Lily King Publisher: Hunan Literature and Art Publishing House Original title: Euphoria

In examining the lives of others, we discover ourselves.

The collision of reason and passion constructs this sexy and elegant story.

Questioning the boundaries between civilization and barbarism, exploring the balance between intellect and desire

This book is based on the true life story of Margaret Mead, a famous American anthropologist. In the 1930s, three young anthropologists went to New Guinea for an investigation. A love triangle between them subtly influenced their concepts, academic careers, and even their fates...

Andrew Bankson was born into an academic family. His father ardently hoped that his children would inherit his legacy and study biology. However, his two elder brothers died in accidents. Bankson followed in his father and brother's footsteps and went to Cambridge to study biology, but was attracted by anthropology. After his father's death, Bankson returned to New Guinea, where he had conducted field research. The feeling of powerlessness in academic research and the shadow of the death of his relatives made him frustrated and tried to commit suicide.

The arrival of Nell and Finn, an anthropologist couple, broke Bankson's stagnant life. Bankson also eased the increasingly tense relationship between Nell and Finn due to differences in research methods and academic reputation. Bankson was attracted to Nell, but rationality made him choose to suppress his feelings. The three of them were well aware of the growing feelings between Bankson and Nell. Struggling between desire and self-discipline, they carefully guarded a delicate balance. The mutual inspiration during a conversation between the three gave birth to a major innovation in the field of anthropological research.

One morning, Finn suddenly left alone in a small boat, taking the most famous young leader of the tribe with him. He was going to rob the holy flute of a neighboring tribe. He believed that the flute could help him establish his academic status, but this risky move completely changed the life trajectories of the three people...

"Joy" is a novel that attracted much attention in the American literary world in 2014.

It has been on the cover of the New York Times Book Review and was shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award. It won the Kirkus Review Award and the New England Book Award. It was named "Book of the Year" by more than a dozen media outlets, including National Public Radio, Time Magazine, The New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, VOGUE, Publishers Weekly, The Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, and Oprah Magazine.

This book is based on the true life story of Margaret Mead, a famous American anthropologist. The prototypes of the two male protagonists in the book are Mead's second and third husbands. Mead is a pioneering figure in the field of cultural anthropology. Her research on culture, sex, and adolescence has been controversial from the beginning. Her personal life is also full of the spirit of intellectual women in the 1930s pursuing freedom and autonomy. The book review of Time magazine called her "the grandmother of the world." The New York Times said: "She brought social anthropology into the glorious scientific age." US President Carter commented on her: "She taught the vision and way of thinking of cultural anthropology to thousands of people."

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