爱德华多•门多萨 1943年生于巴塞罗那，是西班牙当代最重要的小说家之一。1973年，门多萨以译员身份前往联合国总部工作。1975年，他发表处女作《萨沃达兵工厂一案的真相》（获西班牙“评论奖”），被誉为见证西班牙民主变革的力作。出版于1986年的《奇迹之城》是他的代表作，奠定了他西班牙顶尖小说家的文学地位。2002年，他的书成为马德里书展最佳小说。2015年，他获得“弗朗茨•卡夫卡奖”。 门多萨的小说还包括《地下室的奥秘》（1979）、《橄榄迷宫》（1982）、《耸人听闻的岛屿》（1989）、《洪荒之年》（1992）、《外星人在巴塞罗那》（1992）等。

科莱特（Colette，1873-1954），原名西朵妮-加布丽埃尔•科莱特，不但是法国二十世纪著名女作家，还是记者、演员、剧作家和戏剧评论家。她创作了五十余部反映法国社会生活的文学作品，今天依然脍炙人口，广为流传。其小说代表作主要有“克罗蒂娜”系列及《流浪女伶》《谢里宝贝》《白日的诞生》《二重唱》《吉吉》等，她还创作了大量散文作品，如《茜多》《动物对话》《花事》等。一九四五年，她当选为龚古尔文学奖评选委员会委员，四年后更当选为委员会主席。一九五四年八月三日，科莱特在巴黎去世，法国政府为她举行了隆重的国葬。

科莱特（Colette，1873-1954），原名西朵妮-加布丽埃尔•科莱特，不但是法国二十世纪著名女作家，还是记者、演员、剧作家和戏剧评论家。她创作了五十余部反映法国社会生活的文学作品，今天依然脍炙人口，广为流传。其小说代表作主要有“克罗蒂娜”系列及《流浪女伶》《谢里宝贝》《白日的诞生》《二重唱》《吉吉》等，她还创作了大量散文作品，如《茜多》《动物对话》《花事》等。一九四五年，她当选为龚古尔文学奖评选委员会委员，四年后更当选为委员会主席。一九五四年八月三日，科莱特在巴黎去世，法国政府为她举行了隆重的国葬。

I'm supposed to be made of sugar and spice and all things nice. But I'm sweet and sour and not a little flower. I am a girl! I am a girl! I am a girl! The girl in this book likes to win, she likes to be spontaneous, fast and strong, and because she also likes to dress in t-shirt and shorts, she is forever getting mistaken for a boy. And when she meets a boy who likes wearing pr...(展开全部)

I'm supposed to be made of sugar and spice and all things nice. But I'm sweet and sour and not a little flower. I am a girl! I am a girl! I am a girl! The girl in this book likes to win, she likes to be spontaneous, fast and strong, and because she also likes to dress in t-shirt and shorts, she is forever getting mistaken for a boy. And when she meets a boy who likes wearing pr...(展开全部)

Winner of the Campiello Prize. A pitch-perfect rendering in English by Ann Goldstein, Elena Ferrante’s translator. “I was the Arminuta, the girl returned. I spoke another language, I no longer knew who I belonged to. The word ‘mama’ stuck in my throat like a toad. And, nowadays, I really have no idea what kind of place mother is. It is not mine in the way one might have good he...(展开全部)

A Heart so White begins as, In the middle of a family lunch Teresa, just married, goes to the bathroom, unbuttons her blouse and shoots herself in the heart. What made her kill herself immediately after her honeymoon? Years later, this mystery fascinates the young newlywed Juan, whose father was married to Teresa before he married Juan's mother. As Juan edges closer to the trut...(展开全部)

玛利亚玛·芭（1929―1981），塞内加尔女作家，一生只完成了两部法语小说，但这两部作品都是非洲女性文学的经典之作。她曾在小学任教职多年，后加入妇女组织协会，成为一名社会活动家。1979年，她出版了自己的靠前部小说《一封如此长的信》，该作在次年的法兰克福书展上荣获首届非洲诺玛文学奖。1981年，芭去世，遗作《猩红之歌》于同年发表，并获当年的撒哈拉沙漠以南非洲文学大奖。芭的作品讲述一夫多妻制的丑恶，以及女性作为这一习俗的牺牲品所经历的痛苦。

It is not only the fact that this is the most deeply felt presentation of the female condition in African fiction that gives distinction to this novel, but also its undoubted literary qualities, which seem to place it among the best novels that have come out of our continent.<br /> - West AfricaThis novel is a perceptive testimony to the plight of articulate women who live in ...(展开全部)