A Certain Smile, Francoise Sagan's second book, also was a bestseller. It told about a student's love affair with a middle-aged man. Like Cécile, she is slightly bored of life, but she suddenly realizes that "some day I would die, that my hand would no longer touch the chromium rim, nor would the sun shine in my eyes." Another variation of the formula was presented in Aimez-vou...(展开全部)

A Certain Smile, Francoise Sagan's second book, also was a bestseller. It told about a student's love affair with a middle-aged man. Like Cécile, she is slightly bored of life, but she suddenly realizes that "some day I would die, that my hand would no longer touch the chromium rim, nor would the sun shine in my eyes." Another variation of the formula was presented in Aimez-vou...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 Ah, think of the serene gardens, tatami mats, Zen-inspired de cor, sliding doors, and shoji screens of the typical Japanese home. Think again. Tokyo: A Certain Style , the mini-sized decor book with a difference, shows how, for those living in one of the world s most expensive and densely packed metropolises, closet-sized apartments stacked to the ceiling with gadget...(展开全部)

米尔顿·哈通（Milton Hatoum），巴西当代著名作家、翻译家。1952年出生于巴西亚马孙州首府玛瑙斯，父亲为黎巴嫩移民。哈通十五岁到巴西利亚求学，后又赴圣保罗和法国巴黎深造。1989年出版长篇小说处女作《一个东方人的故事》并在1990年凭借此书荣获巴西雅布提文学奖。其代表作还有《黄金城的孤儿》《两兄弟》《北方的灰烬》等。 马琳，中国社会科学院外国文学研究所编辑。巴西坎皮纳斯州立大学文学理论与文学史专业博士。巴西文学研究者、译者。主要研究方向为巴西当代族裔文学、巴西女性文学。现有已出版译著：米亚·科托《母狮的忏悔》、克里斯托旺·泰扎《永远的菲利普》、米尔顿·哈通《两兄弟》等。

Emilie, the matriarch, is on her deathbed. Returning to her childhood home to say goodbye, her granddaughter becomes enveloped in memories, as family and friends gather round to tell their own tales, one by one. We hear of how Uncle Hanna first left Lebanon for Brazil early in the twentieth century; of Soraya Angela, the illegitimate deaf-mute child whose short life was blighte...(展开全部)

Welcome to a world where mysticism and science collide, and supernatural powers are derived from either science or religion. At the heart of this world is Academy City, an advanced metropolis whose population is comprised mostly of students. The majority of students are enrolled in the city's "Power Curriculum Program," where they must learn to master their latent psychic power...(展开全部)

Most of us give little thought to the back of the book - it's just where you go to look things up. But here, hiding in plain sight, is an unlikely realm of ambition and obsession, sparring and politicking, pleasure and play. Here we might find Butchers, to be avoided, or Cows that sh-te Fire, or even catch Calvin in his chamber with a Nonne. This is the secret world of the inde...(展开全部)

Most of us give little thought to the back of the book - it's just where you go to look things up. But here, hiding in plain sight, is an unlikely realm of ambition and obsession, sparring and politicking, pleasure and play. Here we might find Butchers, to be avoided, or Cows that sh-te Fire, or even catch Calvin in his chamber with a Nonne. This is the secret world of the inde...(展开全部)

Most of us give little thought to the back of the book - it's just where you go to look things up. But here, hiding in plain sight, is an unlikely realm of ambition and obsession, sparring and politicking, pleasure and play. Here we might find Butchers, to be avoided, or Cows that sh-te Fire, or even catch Calvin in his chamber with a Nonne. This is the secret world of the inde...(展开全部)

Most of us give little thought to the back of the book - it's just where you go to look things up. But here, hiding in plain sight, is an unlikely realm of ambition and obsession, sparring and politicking, pleasure and play. Here we might find Butchers, to be avoided, or Cows that sh-te Fire, or even catch Calvin in his chamber with a Nonne. This is the secret world of the inde...(展开全部)