A House Divided , the third volume of the trilogy that began with The Good Earth and Sons , is a powerful portrayal of China in the midst of revolution. Wang Yuan is caught between the opposing ideas of different generations. After 6 years abroad, Yuan returns to China in the middle of a peasant uprising. His counsin is a captain in the revolutionary army, his sis...(展开全部)

A Country Doctor is the third such volume of Kafka's stories published by Prague's Twisted Spoon Press, following A HUNGER ARTIST and CONTEMPLATION. It includes 15 stories and sketches, included the famed parable "Before the Law, " "Jackals and Arabs, " "A Fratricide" and "A Report from an Academy" among them. ImPorted from the Czech Republic.

A Country Doctor is the third such volume of Kafka's stories published by Prague's Twisted Spoon Press, following A HUNGER ARTIST and CONTEMPLATION. It includes 15 stories and sketches, included the famed parable "Before the Law, " "Jackals and Arabs, " "A Fratricide" and "A Report from an Academy" among them. ImPorted from the Czech Republic.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “[This] may be as close as Vonnegut ever comes to a memoir.” – Los Angeles Times “Like [that of] his literary ancestor Mark Twain, [Kurt Vonnegut’s] crankiness is good-humored and sharp-witted. . . . [Reading A Man Without a Country is] like sitting down on the couch for a long chat with an old friend.” –The New York Times Book Review In a vo...(展开全部)

A Man Without a Country is Kurt Vonnegut's hilarious and razor-sharp look at life ("If I die-God forbid-I would like to go to heaven to ask somebody in charge up there, 'Hey, what was the good news and what was the bad news?'"), art ("To practice any art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow. So do it."), politics ("I asked former Yankees pitcher Jim Bou...(展开全部)

A Man Without a Country is Kurt Vonnegut's hilarious and razor-sharp look at life ("If I die-God forbid-I would like to go to heaven to ask somebody in charge up there, 'Hey, what was the good news and what was the bad news?'"), art ("To practice any art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow. So do it."), politics ("I asked former Yankees pitcher Jim Bou...(展开全部)

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “[This] may be as close as Vonnegut ever comes to a memoir.” – Los Angeles Times “Like [that of] his literary ancestor Mark Twain, [Kurt Vonnegut’s] crankiness is good-humored and sharp-witted. . . . [Reading A Man Without a Country is] like sitting down on the couch for a long chat with an old friend.” –The New York Times Book Review In a vo...(展开全部)

James Shapiro is currently the Larry Miller Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University, where he has taught since 1985. In 2011, he was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He has written several award-winning books on Shakespeare, and his most recent book, The Year of Lear: Shakespeare in 1606, was awarded the James Tait Black Pr...(展开全部)

James Shapiro is currently the Larry Miller Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University, where he has taught since 1985. In 2011, he was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He has written several award-winning books on Shakespeare, and his most recent book, The Year of Lear: Shakespeare in 1606, was awarded the James Tait Black Pr...(展开全部)