Anywhere But Here and The Lost Father have established Mona Simpson as one of our most accomplished writers. In her new novel--the portrait of a legendary, quintessentially American entrepreneur trapped by the age he helped to define--she brilliantly extends her achievement. More powerfully than ever before, Simpson uncovers the nature of longing and belonging, of blood relatio...(展开全部)

Mona Simpson's first two novels, Anywhere But Here and The Lost Father , won her literary renown and a wide following. Now, in her third novel, the narrator Ann Atassi has been replaced by a third-person narrator recounting the adventures of young Jane di Natali, but the theme remains the same: the search for, and the attempt to understand, the absent father. This time the ...(展开全部)

A Many-Splendoured Thing tells the story of a married British foreign correspondent called Mark Elliot (Ian Morrison in real life and based in Singapore where he lived with his wife and children) who falls in love with a Eurasian doctor originally from chinese mainland who trained at the Royal Free Hospital Medical College in London University, only to encounter prejudice from ...(展开全部)

The play begins with Max and Charlotte, a couple whose marriage seems about to rupture. But nothing one sees on a stage is the real thing, and some things are less real than others. Charlotte is an actress who has been appearing in a play about marriage by her husband, Henry. Max, her leading man, is also married to an actress, Annie. Both marriages are at the point of rupture ...(展开全部)

The play begins with Max and Charlotte, a couple whose marriage seems about to rupture. But nothing one sees on a stage is the real thing, and some things are less real than others. Charlotte is an actress who has been appearing in a play about marriage by her husband, Henry. Max, her leading man, is also married to an actress, Annie. Both marriages are at the point of rupture ...(展开全部)

韩素音简介 韩素音（1916- ），著名英籍华人女作家，中国人民的忠实朋友。曾先后在燕京大学和比利时布鲁塞尔大学就读。 韩素音1916年9月12日出生于河南信阳的一个车站，父亲是从比利时留学归来的中国第一代铁路工程师，母亲是比利时人。韩素音原名周光瑚，"韩素音"是她的笔名，意思是为中国发出的“细小而朴素的声音”。青少年时代的韩素音，理想是当医生，她曾先后在燕京大学、比利时布鲁塞尔大学读医科。1937年“七七事变”爆发后，韩素音毅然决定回国："中国是我的骨肉，我的灵魂，我的气息，我的生命！……回到我的祖国去！没有什么爱比这种爱的力量更为强大。" 从医几年后，韩素音成了一个作家。同时，她的一生都在致力于中国和西方世界的沟通与理解。1956年以后，韩素音曾多次访问中国，她曾多次会见和采访毛泽东、周恩来等中国国家领导人，并写下一系列关于中国问题的专访和纪实作...(展开全部)

Fashionable and upbeat high schooler Aya falls head over heels for an employee at a local CD shop. He’s got an air of mystery about him, always dressed well, and has impeccable taste in music. Little does she know―this supposedly male employee is actually her female classmate Mitsuki! Mitsuki generally keeps to herself, but since her seat is right next to Aya’s, she can't help ...(展开全部)