Chantal THOMAS 法國國家科學研究中心研究員，傑出的十八世紀思想史專家，其關於薩德（Sade）、瑪麗·安托奈特以及十八世紀自由精神的學術著作最為知名，經常受邀在耶魯，普林斯頓等歐美名校講學。 深受早年師從羅蘭巴特的影響，她的學術著作跨越史學、哲學及社會學的界線，如 Comment supporter sa liberté （自由怎堪消受）、Un air de liberté （自由之風）及2016年出版的Pour Roland Barthes （致羅蘭巴特）等作品，都在含蓄的文字中具有詩性的韻味，細膩的描繪中處處顯露思辯。 香塔勒·托瑪同時是位作家，從散文，劇作到小說，創作了許多膾炙人口的作品。她的第一部小說《再見吾后》是以王后朗讀官第一人稱自述的小說，讀者藉由她愛戀的眼神，凝望了法國最後的王后瑪麗·安托奈特，也目睹了巴士底監獄被攻陷之後...(展开全部)

A Farewell to Arms is a semi-autobiographical novel written by Ernest Hemingway, first published in 1929...

In 1918 Ernest Hemingway went to war, to the 'war to end all wars'. He volunteered for ambulance service in Italy, was wounded and twice decorated. Out of his experiences came A Farewell to Arms . In an unforgettable depiction of war, Hemingway recreates the fear, the comradeship, the courage of his young American volunteers and the men and women he encounters along the ...(展开全部)

A Farewell to Arms is a semi-autobiographical novel written by Ernest Hemingway, first published in 1929...

In 1918 Ernest Hemingway went to war, to the 'war to end all wars'. He volunteered for ambulance service in Italy, was wounded and twice decorated. Out of his experiences came A Farewell to Arms . In an unforgettable depiction of war, Hemingway recreates the fear, the comradeship, the courage of his young American volunteers and the men and women he encounters along the ...(展开全部)

A dark, wry, captivating tale, inspired by an unsolved American true crime mystery. 'My Sister, My Love' is based on the controversial true-crime mystery of the JonBenet Ramsey murder. When a beautiful, ice-skating child prodigy is found brutally murdered, suspicion immediately mounts against friends, neighbours -- and even the young girl's own family. Told from the point of v...(展开全部)

Satire meets slasher in this short, darkly funny hand grenade of a novel about a Nigerian woman whose younger sister has a very inconvenient habit of killing her boyfriends. Korede is bitter. How could she not be? Her sister, Ayoola, is many things: the favorite child, the beautiful one, possibly sociopathic. And now Ayoola's third boyfriend in a row is dead. Korede's practical...(展开全部)

My Sister, the Serial Killer is a blackly comic novel about how blood is thicker - and more difficult to get out of the carpet - than water... When Korede's dinner is interrupted one night by a distress call from her sister, Ayoola, she knows what's expected of her: bleach, rubber gloves, nerves of steel and a strong stomach. This'll be the third boyfriend Ayoola's dispatched i...(展开全部)

钱德勒是世界小说史上最伟大的名字之一。他是艾略特、加谬、钱锺书、村上春树等文学大师最崇拜的小说家。被称为“文学大师崇拜的大师”。 他是世界上唯一一位被写入经典文学史册的侦探小说大师。他的作品被收录到《美国文库一》中。 他共创作了七部长篇小说和20部左右的短篇。钱德勒被誉为硬汉派侦探小说的灵魂，代表着硬汉派书写哲学的最高水平。他是美国推理家协会（MWA）票选150年侦探小说创作史上最优秀作家的第一名，他塑造的侦探菲利普•马洛被评为最有魅力的男人。在四十年代好莱坞男演员以能扮演菲利普•马洛为荣，其中以亨弗莱• 鲍嘉扮演的马洛最为成功。 钱德勒是电影史上最伟大的编剧，他为好莱坞缔造了激动人心的“黑色电影”。他与比利•怀尔德合作的《双重赔偿》被称为黑色电影的教科书。自1942年到1947年，他的4部小说6次被搬上银幕，连诺贝尔文学奖得主威廉•福克纳都只能给他...(展开全部)