In September 1913, Mieczysław Wojnicz, a student suffering from tuberculosis, arrives at Wilhelm Opitz’s Guesthouse for Gentlemen, a health resort in what is now western Poland. Every day, its residents gather in the dining room to imbibe the hallucinogenic local liqueur, to obsess over money and status, and to discuss the great issues of the day: Will there be war? Monarchy or...(展开全部)

这位诺贝尔奖得主的新杰作！ 以一战前夕的一家疗养院为背景，探究了我们神圣的思想背后隐藏的恐怖 1913 年 9 月。一位患有肺结核的波兰年轻人来到西里西亚山区疗养胜地戈尔伯斯多夫村威廉·奥皮茨的绅士宾馆。每天晚上，居民们聚集在一起，喝着当地致幻的利口酒，讨论当今的重大问题：君主制还是民主制？魔鬼存在吗？女人生来就低人一等吗？战争还是和平？与此同时，宾馆和周围的山丘上发生了令人不安的事情。似乎有人——或什么东西——在监视，试图渗透到这个与世隔绝的世界。当这位新来者试图解开自己内心的真相和外面邪恶势力的秘密时，他几乎没有意识到，他们已经选择了下一个目标。 《The Magic Mountain》出版一个世纪后，奥尔加·托卡尔丘克以其独特的大胆、创造、幽默和勇敢，重访了托马斯·曼的领域并宣称拥有该领域。 The Nobelist’s latest mast...(展开全部)

Winner of the Caldecott Medal Once, all the stories in the world belonged to Nyame, the Sky God. He kept them in a box beside his throne. But Ananse, the Spider man, wanted them -- and caught three sly creatures to get them. This story of how we got our own stories to tell is adapted from an African folktale.

Winner of the Caldecott Medal Once, all the stories in the world belonged to Nyame, the Sky God. He kept them in a box beside his throne. But Ananse, the Spider man, wanted them -- and caught three sly creatures to get them. This story of how we got our own stories to tell is adapted from an African folktale.

'The horror on the train, great though it may turn out to be, will not compare with the horror that exists here, in this house.’ On Christmas Eve, heavy snowfall brings a train to a halt near the village of Hemmersby. Several passengers take shelter in a deserted country house, where the fire has been lit and the table laid for tea – but no one is at home. Trapped together for ...(展开全部)

'The horror on the train, great though it may turn out to be, will not compare with the horror that exists here, in this house.’ On Christmas Eve, heavy snowfall brings a train to a halt near the village of Hemmersby. Several passengers take shelter in a deserted country house, where the fire has been lit and the table laid for tea – but no one is at home. Trapped together for ...(展开全部)

Recounts how most African folk tales came to be called Spider Stories .

Many African stories, whether or not they are about Kwaku Ananse the "spider man," are called, "Spider Stories." This book is about how that came to be. The African storyteller begins: "We do not really mean, we do not really mean that what we are about to say is true. A Story, a story; let it come, let it go." And it tells that long, long ago there were no stories on earth f...(展开全部)

Recounts how most African folk tales came to be called Spider Stories .

Many African stories, whether or not they are about Kwaku Ananse the "spider man," are called, "Spider Stories." This book is about how that came to be. The African storyteller begins: "We do not really mean, we do not really mean that what we are about to say is true. A Story, a story; let it come, let it go." And it tells that long, long ago there were no stories on earth f...(展开全部)