Tsukiko is in her late 30s and living alone when one night she happens to meet one of her former high school teachers, 'Sensei', in a bar. He is at least thirty years her senior, retired and, she presumes, a widower. After this initial encounter, the pair continue to meet occasionally to share food and drink sake, and as the seasons pass - from spring cherry blossom to autumnal...(展开全部)

The Weather in Proust gathers pieces written by the eminent critic and theorist Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick in the last decade of her life, as she worked toward a book on Proust. This book takes its title from the first essay, a startlingly original interpretation of Proust. By way of Neo-platonism, Buddhism, and the work of Melanie Klein, Sedgwick establishes the sense of refreshmen...(展开全部)

Tsukiko is in her late 30s and living alone when one night she happens to meet one of her former high school teachers, 'Sensei', in a bar. He is at least thirty years her senior, retired and, she presumes, a widower. After this initial encounter, the pair continue to meet occasionally to share food and drink sake, and as the seasons pass - from spring cherry blossom to autumnal...(展开全部)

ARE THERE ANY? Many of us have our own canonic texts - the kind that won't go away. We tell them that their time has passed, that it's embarrassing they're still around, but they turn up repeatedly on our reading lists and in our bibliographies. They inspire us, haunt us, argue with us -- but they won't leave. Typically, we keep them to ourselves. SHOULD ...(展开全部)

ARE THERE ANY? Many of us have our own canonic texts - the kind that won't go away. We tell them that their time has passed, that it's embarrassing they're still around, but they turn up repeatedly on our reading lists and in our bibliographies. They inspire us, haunt us, argue with us -- but they won't leave. Typically, we keep them to ourselves. SHOULD THERE BE? Of course the...(展开全部)

ARE THERE ANY? Many of us have our own canonic texts - the kind that won't go away. We tell them that their time has passed, that it's embarrassing they're still around, but they turn up repeatedly on our reading lists and in our bibliographies. They inspire us, haunt us, argue with us -- but they won't leave. Typically, we keep them to ourselves. SHOULD THERE BE? Of course the...(展开全部)

ARE THERE ANY? Many of us have our own canonic texts - the kind that won't go away. We tell them that their time has passed, that it's embarrassing they're still around, but they turn up repeatedly on our reading lists and in our bibliographies. They inspire us, haunt us, argue with us -- but they won't leave. Typically, we keep them to ourselves. SHOULD ...(展开全部)

「『愛』是什麼？」 每天，世界上都有無數人，對這問題感到好奇，並且，百思不得其解。 侯佩岑（Patty）也一樣。她有好多好多和「愛」有關的問題，想問問身邊的朋友，也有好多想法和感觸，想和人分享。 「LOVE」這本書，就是Patty獻給她的朋友們，一份情人禮物。 Patty在書裡，寫下了她對愛情的看法，和戀愛中的心情點滴。為了尋求對「愛」的解答，她訪問了一些人，從他們的回答中，彷彿觸動也啟發了Patty更多對愛情的想像與期待。Patty最重要的人──媽媽，也將在本書暢談Patty小時不為人知的趣事和糗事，以及母女倆一路相互扶持的心路點滴。 平常就喜歡看電影的Patty，在本書裡首度一嚐「編劇」宿願，親自撰寫腳本和對白，並挑大樑演出紙上電影「In Love」。喜悅、眷戀、牽掛……她只想告訴你：「戀愛中的我，是這樣子的。」 想知道Patty小時候長什麼模樣...(展开全部)

Number one bestselling science writer Jonah Lehrer explores the “only happiness that lasts”—love—in a book that “is interesting on nearly every page” (David Brooks, The New York Times Book Review). Weaving together scientific studies from clinical psychologists, longitudinal studies of health and happiness, historical accounts and literary depictions, child-rearing manuals, and...(展开全部)

「『愛』是什麼？」 每天，世界上都有無數人，對這問題感到好奇，並且，百思不得其解。 侯佩岑（Patty）也一樣。她有好多好多和「愛」有關的問題，想問問身邊的朋友，也有好多想法和感觸，想和人分享。 「LOVE」這本書，就是Patty獻給她的朋友們，一份情人禮物。 Patty在書裡，寫下了她對愛情的看法，和戀愛中的心情點滴。為了尋求對「愛」的解答，她訪問了一些人，從他們的回答中，彷彿觸動也啟發了Patty更多對愛情的想像與期待。Patty最重要的人──媽媽，也將在本書暢談Patty小時不為人知的趣事和糗事，以及母女倆一路相互扶持的心路點滴。 平常就喜歡看電影的Patty，在本書裡首度一嚐「編劇」宿願，親自撰寫腳本和對白，並挑大樑演出紙上電影「In Love」。喜悅、眷戀、牽掛……她只想告訴你：「戀愛中的我，是這樣子的。」 想知道Patty小時候長什麼模樣...(展开全部)