Dept. of Speculation is a portrait of a marriage. It is also a beguiling rumination on the mysteries of intimacy, trust, faith, knowledge, and the condition of universal shipwreck that unites us all. Jenny Offill's heroine, referred to in these pages as simply "the wife," once exchanged love letters with her husband postmarked Dept. of Speculation, their code name for all the u...(展开全部)

Dept. of Speculation is a portrait of a marriage. It is also a beguiling rumination on the mysteries of intimacy, trust, faith, knowledge, and the condition of universal shipwreck that unites us all. Jenny Offill's heroine, referred to in these pages as simply "the wife," once exchanged love letters with her husband postmarked Dept. of Speculation, their code name for all the u...(展开全部)

'Wonderfully poetic ... extraordinary freshness ... a Virginia Woolf quality' Margaret Drabble It is Spring. A young woman, left by her husband, starts a new life in a Tokyo apartment. Territory of Light follows her over the course of a year, as she struggles to bring up her two-year-old daughter alone. Her new home is filled with light, streaming through the windows, so bright...(展开全部)

津岛佑子（1947—2016），走向世界文坛的日本女性作家代表，文豪太宰治（本名：津岛修治）与津岛美知子的女儿。毕业于白百合女子大学英语文学专业，大学期间开始创作，获得了许多重量级日本文学奖项，如川端康成文学奖、谷崎润一郎奖、大佛次郎奖、紫式部文学奖等，在日本现代文学史上占据重要地位。津岛佑子以男性的“不在场”、人际关系的孤绝及由此带来的生活真相为创作母体，擅长调度女性特有的感受力和视角，熟稔运用幻想与现实交织的手法，来揭示女性命运中难言的困局和独有的生命体验。不少作品被翻译介绍到国外，在国际上享有盛誉。代表作包括《光之领地》《微笑的狼》《火之山：山猿记》《宠儿》等。

津岛佑子（1947—2016），走向世界文坛的日本女性作家代表，文豪太宰治（本名：津岛修治）与津岛美知子的女儿。毕业于白百合女子大学英语文学专业，大学期间开始创作，获得了许多重量级日本文学奖项，如川端康成文学奖、谷崎润一郎奖、大佛次郎奖、紫式部文学奖等，在日本现代文学史上占据重要地位。津岛佑子以男性的“不在场”、人际关系的孤绝及由此带来的生活真相为创作母体，擅长调度女性特有的感受力和视角，熟稔运用幻想与现实交织的手法，来揭示女性命运中难言的困局和独有的生命体验。不少作品被翻译介绍到国外，在国际上享有盛誉。代表作包括《光之领地》《微笑的狼》《火之山：山猿记》《宠儿》等。