Novel by Graham Greene, published in 1961, that examines the possibility of redemption. The story opens as Querry, a European who has lost the ability to connect with emotion or spirituality, arrives at a leprosarium in the Belgian Congo. His spiritual aridity is likened to a medical burnt-out case--a leper who is in remission but who has been eaten up by his disease. Querry is...(展开全部)

Novel by Graham Greene, published in 1961, that examines the possibility of redemption. The story opens as Querry, a European who has lost the ability to connect with emotion or spirituality, arrives at a leprosarium in the Belgian Congo. His spiritual aridity is likened to a medical burnt-out case--a leper who is in remission but who has been eaten up by his disease. Querry is...(展开全部)

Nothing in Japanese literature prepares us for the stark, tension-filled, plot-driven realism of Natsuo Kirino’s award-winning literary mystery Out . This mesmerizing novel tells the story of a brutal murder in the staid Tokyo suburbs, as a young mother who works the night shift making boxed lunches strangles her abusive husband and then seeks the help of her coworkers to d...(展开全部)

Father Ruiz-Sanchez is a dedicated man--a priest who is also a scientist, and a scientist who is also a human being. He has found no insoluble conflicts in his beliefs or his ethics . . . until he is sent to Lithia. There he comes upon a race of aliens who are admirable in every way except for their total reliance on cold reason; they are incapable of faith or belief. Confronte...(展开全部)

Father Ruiz-Sanchez is a dedicated man--a priest who is also a scientist, and a scientist who is also a human being. He has found no insoluble conflicts in his beliefs or his ethics . . . until he is sent to Lithia. There he comes upon a race of aliens who are admirable in every way except for their total reliance on cold reason; they are incapable of faith or belief. Confronte...(展开全部)

詹姆斯·布利什 美国著名科幻作家、评论家。 詹姆斯·布利什很早就接触并喜欢科幻小说，九岁时写了第一篇科幻故事，中学时加入著名科幻迷社团“月球居民”（艾萨克·阿西莫夫也是该社团成员之一）。布利什曾加入美国陆军并担任医官，第二次世界大战结束后，他很快成为一名职业科幻作家。1958年，布利什的长篇小说《事关良心》获得世界科幻大奖雨果奖（该作于2004年再获雨果回顾奖）；1956 ~ 1959年间创作的“飞城”系列，后被美国科幻作家协会评选为1965年前的最佳小说之一。2002年，詹姆斯·布利什入列“科幻奇幻名人堂”。 作为科幻“黄金时代”的象征之一，詹姆斯·布利什的作品带有强烈的进取精神和科技人文精神。翻开他的小说，我们将重温“黄金时代”的激情。

Father Ruiz-Sanchez is a dedicated man--a priest who is also a scientist, and a scientist who is also a human being. He has found no insoluble conflicts in his beliefs or his ethics . . . until he is sent to Lithia. There he comes upon a race of aliens who are admirable in every way except for their total reliance on cold reason; they are incapable of faith or belief. Confront...(展开全部)

Father Ruiz-Sanchez is a dedicated man--a priest who is also a scientist, and a scientist who is also a human being. He has found no insoluble conflicts in his beliefs or his ethics . . . until he is sent to Lithia. There he comes upon a race of aliens who are admirable in every way except for their total reliance on cold reason; they are incapable of faith or belief. Confront...(展开全部)

Father Ruiz-Sanchez is a dedicated man--a priest who is also a scientist, and a scientist who is also a human being. He has found no insoluble conflicts in his beliefs or his ethics . . . until he is sent to Lithia. There he comes upon a race of aliens who are admirable in every way except for their total reliance on cold reason; they are incapable of faith or belief. Confronte...(展开全部)

詹姆斯·布利什 美国著名科幻作家、评论家。 詹姆斯·布利什很早就接触并喜欢科幻小说，九岁时写了第一篇科幻故事，中学时加入著名科幻迷社团“月球居民”（艾萨克·阿西莫夫也是该社团成员之一）。布利什曾加入美国陆军并担任医官，第二次世界大战结束后，他很快成为一名职业科幻作家。1958年，布利什的长篇小说《事关良心》获得世界科幻大奖雨果奖（该作于2004年再获雨果回顾奖）；1956 ~ 1959年间创作的“飞城”系列，后被美国科幻作家协会评选为1965年前的最佳小说之一。2002年，詹姆斯·布利什入列“科幻奇幻名人堂”。 作为科幻“黄金时代”的象征之一，詹姆斯·布利什的作品带有强烈的进取精神和科技人文精神。翻开他的小说，我们将重温“黄金时代”的激情。