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.

伊恩·布鲁玛（Ian Buruma），生于荷兰海牙。曾担任《远东经济评论》和《旁观者》杂志记者與《纽约书评》主编，为《纽约时报》《新闻周刊》等报刊撰写关于亚洲的政治和文化评论，并曾任教于牛津、哈佛、普林斯顿、格罗宁根等大学。现为纽约巴德学院保罗·威廉斯教席之民主、人权和新闻学教授。出版的著作有《零年：1945现代世界诞生的时刻》《罪孽的报应：德国和日本的战争记忆》《创造日本：1853—1964》等。2008年被授予“伊拉斯谟奖”以表彰他“在欧洲对文化、社会或社会科学做出的重要贡献”，同年因其以卓越的著作帮助美国读者理解亚洲的复杂性而获得“肖伦斯特新闻奖”。2008年和2010年被《外交政策》杂志选为“全球顶尖思想家”。

伊恩·布鲁玛（Ian Buruma），生于荷兰海牙。曾担任《远东经济评论》和《旁观者》杂志记者與《纽约书评》主编，为《纽约时报》《新闻周刊》等报刊撰写关于亚洲的政治和文化评论，并曾任教于牛津、哈佛、普林斯顿、格罗宁根等大学。现为纽约巴德学院保罗·威廉斯教席之民主、人权和新闻学教授。出版的著作有《零年：1945现代世界诞生的时刻》《罪孽的报应：德国和日本的战争记忆》《创造日本：1853—1964》等。2008年被授予“伊拉斯谟奖”以表彰他“在欧洲对文化、社会或社会科学做出的重要贡献”，同年因其以卓越的著作帮助美国读者理解亚洲的复杂性而获得“肖伦斯特新闻奖”。2008年和2010年被《外交政策》杂志选为“全球顶尖思想家”。

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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)

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