High-class call girls billed to Mastercard. A psychic 13-year-old dropout with a passion for Talking Heads. A hunky matinee idol doomed to play dentists and teachers. A one-armed beach-combing poet, an uptight hotel clerk and one very bemused narrator caught in the web of advanced capitalist mayhem. Combine this offbeat cast of characters with Murakami's idiosyncratic prose and...(展开全部)

This wildly propulsive novel by the acclaimed author of A Wild Sheep Chase focuses on a man searching for a former lover who vanished mysteriously from a seedy hotel. But each new clue to Kiki's whereabouts leads him deeper into a labryrinth of physical violence and metaphysical dread. "A world-class writer."--Washington Post Book World

This wildly propulsive novel by the acclaimed author of A Wild Sheep Chase focuses on a man searching for a former lover who vanished mysteriously from a seedy hotel. But each new clue to Kiki's whereabouts leads him deeper into a labryrinth of physical violence and metaphysical dread. "A world-class writer."--Washington Post Book World

High-class call girls billed to Mastercard. A psychic 13-year-old dropout with a passion for Talking Heads. A hunky matinee idol doomed to play dentists and teachers. A one-armed beach-combing poet, an uptight hotel clerk and one very bemused narrator caught in the web of advanced capitalist mayhem. Combine this offbeat cast of characters with Murakami's idiosyncratic prose and...(展开全部)

A successful socialite's beautiful wife was raped and murdered in her own home -- and Matt Scudder believes the victim's "grieving" husband was responsible for the outrage. But to prove it, the haunted p.i. must descend into the depths of New York's sex-for-sale underworld, where young lives are commodities to be bought, perverted...and destroyed.

A successful socialite's beautiful wife was raped and murdered in her own home -- and Matt Scudder believes the victim's "grieving" husband was responsible for the outrage. But to prove it, the haunted p.i. must descend into the depths of New York's sex-for-sale underworld, where young lives are commodities to be bought, perverted...and destroyed.

One of the most important works of gay literature, this haunting, brilliant novel is a seriocomic remembrance of things past -- and still poignantly present. It depicts the adventures of Malone, a beautiful young man searching for love amid New York's emerging gay scene. From Manhattan's Everard Baths and after-hours discos to Fire Island's deserted parks and lavish orgies, Mal...(展开全部)

【作者介绍】 奥兰多•费吉斯（Orlando Figes），英国人，生于1959年，剑桥大学三一学院博士，现任英国伦敦大学伯贝克学院历史学教授。俄国生活的方方面面，不论是文学艺术，还是政治经济，他都烂熟于心，无人能出其右。他的一系列解读沙俄及苏联历史的著作如《耳语者：斯大林时代苏联的私人生活》《人民的悲剧》《克里米亚战争》等都取得了非凡的成就，是当今英语世界俄罗斯研究的一流大家。作品曾获沃尔夫森奖、NCR图书奖，并入围萨缪尔·约翰逊奖、达夫·库珀奖等，已被翻译成二十多种文字出版。 【译者介绍】 曾小楚，女，广东汕头人，毕业于上海外国语大学，2013年底开始成为自由译者。目前主要从事人文社科类书籍的翻译。作品包括《实验方法》《雅典娜的承诺》《长发公主》《挪威离奇传说》《菲律宾民间故事》《明治天皇》等。 郭丹杰，广告从业者，译者，杂志文化、音乐栏目撰稿、...(展开全部)

【作者介绍】 奥兰多•费吉斯（Orlando Figes），英国人，生于1959年，剑桥大学三一学院博士，现任英国伦敦大学伯贝克学院历史学教授。俄国生活的方方面面，不论是文学艺术，还是政治经济，他都烂熟于心，无人能出其右。他的一系列解读沙俄及苏联历史的著作如《耳语者：斯大林时代苏联的私人生活》《人民的悲剧》《克里米亚战争》等都取得了非凡的成就，是当今英语世界俄罗斯研究的一流大家。作品曾获沃尔夫森奖、NCR图书奖，并入围萨缪尔·约翰逊奖、达夫·库珀奖等，已被翻译成二十多种文字出版。 【译者介绍】 曾小楚，女，广东汕头人，毕业于上海外国语大学，2013年底开始成为自由译者。目前主要从事人文社科类书籍的翻译。作品包括《实验方法》《雅典娜的承诺》《长发公主》《挪威离奇传说》《菲律宾民间故事》《明治天皇》等。 郭丹杰，广告从业者，译者，杂志文化、音乐栏目撰稿、...(展开全部)

This tremendously attractive, ambitious, dizzying book is in every way a worthy successor to Figes' bestselling "A People's Tragedy". The whole panorama of Russia's mighty culture is conjured up in a way that is fresh, intimate and immediate. Whether talking about music or novels, buildings or paintings, Figes' enthusiasm and literary brilliance sweeps the reader along through ...(展开全部)