WINNER OF THE FRENCH ACADEMY GRAND PRIX A tribute to George Orwell's 1984 and a cry of protest against totalitarianism of all kinds, Sansal's 2084 tells the story of a near future in which Islamic fundamentalists have established an oppressive caliphate where autonomus thought is forbidden. It is the year 2084. In the kingdom of Abistan—named after the prophet Abi, earthly mess...(展开全部)

乔纳森·弗兰岑（Jonathan Franzen） 美国小说家、随笔作家。 1959年生于伊利诺伊州。1996年在《哈泼氏》杂志发表长篇随笔《偶尔做梦》，从此受到广泛关注。迄今为止，出版有小说《纠正》《自由》《纯洁》，回忆录《不舒适地带：个人史》，以及随笔集《如何独处》《地球尽头的尽头》等。凭借《纠正》获得普利策奖提名和美国国家图书奖。

Outside the island there is nothing: the world destroyed by a fog that swept the planet, killing anyone it touched. On the island: it is idyllic. 122 villagers and 3 scientists, living in peaceful harmony. The villagers are content to fish, farm and feast, to obey their nightly curfew, to do what they're told by the scientists. Until, to the horror of the islanders, one of thei...(展开全部)

In The End of the End of the Earth, which gathers essays and speeches written mostly in the past five years, Jonathan Franzen returns with renewed vigor to the themes―both human and literary―that have long preoccupied him. Whether exploring his complex relationship with his uncle, recounting his young adulthood in New York, or offering an illuminating look at the global seabird...(展开全部)

From the mid-sixteenth through the end of the seventeenth century, Chinese intellectuals attended more to dreams and dreaming―and in a wider array of genres―than in any other period of Chinese history. Taking the approach of cultural history, this ambitious yet accessible work aims both to describe the most salient aspects of this “dream arc” and to explain its trajectory in ti...(展开全部)

乔治·普罗尼克（George Prochnik） 小说家，人物传记作家，自由编辑，曾在耶路撒冷的希伯来大学教授英美文学。著有《追求宁静》《普特南隐身之所》等。

乔治·普罗尼克（George Prochnik） 小说家，人物传记作家，自由编辑，曾在耶路撒冷的希伯来大学教授英美文学。著有《追求宁静》《普特南隐身之所》等。

莉迪亚•戴维斯（Lydia Davis） 美国当代著名小说家、翻译家。她的小说以语言精悍、结构新颖、洞察人性在美国文学界独树一帜。2005 年当选为美国艺术科学院院士，2013 荣获布克国际奖，长期致力于法国经典文学的译介工作，现为纽约州立阿伯尼大学创意写作教授。

莉迪亚•戴维斯（Lydia Davis） 美国当代著名小说家、翻译家。她的小说以语言精悍、结构新颖、洞察人性在美国文学界独树一帜。2005 年当选为美国艺术科学院院士，2013 荣获布克国际奖，长期致力于法国经典文学的译介工作，现为纽约州立阿伯尼大学创意写作教授。

As young Jake Horner’s mind became an increasingly paralyzing cobweb of dark thoughts, he turned for help to an extraordinary doctor―part saint, part evil-genius, a weird combination of faith healer, magician, and devil. And in so doing Jake found himself following a drastic prescription that was to draw him into a strange, compulsive relationship. It is around the startling re...(展开全部)