This is Bulgakov's semi-autobiographical story of a writer who fails to sell his novel and fails to commit suicide. When his play is taken up by the theatre, literary success beckons, but he has reckoned without the grotesquely inflated egos of the actors, directors and theatre managers.

This is Bulgakov's semi-autobiographical story of a writer who fails to sell his novel and fails to commit suicide. When his play is taken up by the theatre, literary success beckons, but he has reckoned without the grotesquely inflated egos of the actors, directors and theatre managers.

GOTHAM CITY: a dark, twisted reþection of urban America. Overcrowded, overbuilt, and overshadowed by a continuous air of menace, this gothic nightmare is a breeding ground for the depraved, the indifferent, and the criminally insane. It's also the object of one man's obsession. Witness to the brutal murder of his parents, Bruce Wayne has dedicated his life to protecting this ci...(展开全部)

The lives of four individuals--a dying painter, a blind girl, a landscape artist, and an art curator--intertwine across nearly five decades in this luminous and searching novel of extraordinary power. "With How to Paint a Dead Man," Sarah Hall, "one of the most significant and exciting of Britain's young novelists" ("The Guardian"), delivers "a maddeningly enticing read . . . a...(展开全部)

As aces and jokers throughout the country gather in Atlanta for a crucial Democratic convention (Ace in the Hole: Wild Cards, 6, LJ 2/15/90 ), a private investigator and a vigilante in New York City stalk the elusive killer of the notorious joker known as Chrysalis. Continuing the saga of a modern world profoundly changed by the "wild card virus," this novel blends fast-moving ...(展开全部)

As aces and jokers throughout the country gather in Atlanta for a crucial Democratic convention (Ace in the Hole: Wild Cards, 6, LJ 2/15/90 ), a private investigator and a vigilante in New York City stalk the elusive killer of the notorious joker known as Chrysalis. Continuing the saga of a modern world profoundly changed by the "wild card virus," this novel blends fast-moving ...(展开全部)

Annie Ernaux's father died exactly two months after she passed her practical examination for a teaching certificate. Barely educated and valued since childhood strictly for his labor, Ernaux's father had grown into a hard, practical man who showed his family little affection. Narrating his slow ascent towards material comfort, Ernaux's cold observation reveals the shame that ha...(展开全部)

Annie Ernaux's father died exactly two months after she passed her exams for a teaching certificate. Barely educated and valued since childhood strictly for his labour, Ernaux's father had grown into a hard, practical man who showed his family little affection. Narrating his slow ascent towards material comfort, Ernaux's cold observation in A Man's Place reveals the shame that ...(展开全部)

Annie Ernaux's father died exactly two months after she passed her exams for a teaching certificate. Barely educated and valued since childhood strictly for his labour, Ernaux's father had grown into a hard, practical man who showed his family little affection. Narrating his slow ascent towards material comfort, Ernaux's cold observation in A Man's Place reveals the shame that ...(展开全部)

Annie Ernaux's father died exactly two months after she passed her practical examination for a teaching certificate. Barely educated and valued since childhood strictly for his labor, Ernaux's father had grown into a hard, practical man who showed his family little affection. Narrating his slow ascent towards material comfort, Ernaux's cold observation reveals the shame that ha...(展开全部)