All the sorrows of Evan Shepard's loutish adolescence were redeemed at seventeen, in 1935, when he fell in love with automobiles...In the small suburban town of Cold Spring Harbor, Evan Shephard and his young bride Rachel yearn to escape the mistakes of their parents. But as they discover, families exert a hold as tight as fate, and every way out only ends up back home.

In this classic novel Richard Yates, hailed as a preeminent chronicler of the American condition and author of the acclaimed Revolutionary Road, weaves a masterful, unflinching tale of two families brought together by chance, desperation, and desire. Evan Shepard was born with good looks, bad luck, and a love for the open ro But it was on one such drive, with his father fro...(展开全部)

All the sorrows of Evan Shepard's loutish adolescence were redeemed at seventeen, in 1935, when he fell in love with automobiles...In the small suburban town of Cold Spring Harbor, Evan Shephard and his young bride Rachel yearn to escape the mistakes of their parents. But as they discover, families exert a hold as tight as fate, and every way out only ends up back home.

All the sorrows of Evan Shepard's loutish adolescence were redeemed at seventeen, in 1935, when he fell in love with automobiles...In the small suburban town of Cold Spring Harbor, Evan Shephard and his young bride Rachel yearn to escape the mistakes of their parents. But as they discover, families exert a hold as tight as fate, and every way out only ends up back home.

In this classic novel Richard Yates, hailed as a preeminent chronicler of the American condition and author of the acclaimed Revolutionary Road, weaves a masterful, unflinching tale of two families brought together by chance, desperation, and desire. Evan Shepard was born with good looks, bad luck, and a love for the open ro But it was on one such drive, with his father fro...(展开全部)

All the sorrows of Evan Shepard's loutish adolescence were redeemed at seventeen, in 1935, when he fell in love with automobiles...In the small suburban town of Cold Spring Harbor, Evan Shephard and his young bride Rachel yearn to escape the mistakes of their parents. But as they discover, families exert a hold as tight as fate, and every way out only ends up back home.

- 作者简介 - 吉奥乔·阿甘本（Giorgio Agamben，1942— ），意大利哲学家，当代最富影响力的思想家之一，代表作为“神圣人”系列。拜德雅已出阿甘本著作：《语言的圣礼：誓言考古学》（“神圣人”Ⅱ，3）、《宁芙》、《奇遇》、《普尔奇内拉或献给孩童的嬉游曲》。 - 译者简介 - 尉光吉，中国人民大学哲学院博士研究生。出版有《不可言明的共通体》（与夏可君合译）、《艺术与诸众：论艺术的九封信》、《无尽的谈话》、《内在体验》等译著。

罗伯塔•沃尔斯泰特（Roberta Wohlstetter，1912—2007），美国军事情报史学家、历史学家，为数不多的女情报专家，被誉为“情报第一夫人”。曾任国际安全事务助理国防部长顾问，外交关系委员会、国际战略研究所、国防科学委员会和国家情报研究中心顾问委员会成员。长期任职于兰德公司，曾在芝加哥大学、霍华德大学等多校任教。致力于战略政策分析，涵盖情报与预警、核威慑、导弹防御、暴力极端主义等主题，著述颇丰。曾获“班克罗夫特奖”“国防特种武器局终身成就奖”等殊荣。

“India is like Wonderland. In this other universe everyone seems mad and everything is upside down, back to front and infuriatingly bizarre . . .”In her twenties Sarah Macdonald backpacked around India and came away with a lasting impression of heat, pollution, and poverty. So when an airport beggar read her palm and told her she would return to India -- and for love -- she scr...(展开全部)

Winnie the Witch would like to announce that in this book she is actually Winnie the pirate and Wilbur is not her cat, he's her parrot. When they arrive at Cousin Cuthbert's party in their fancy dress, Winnie and Wilbur discover a whole crew of children, ready for action. With a map and a fine pirate ship (thanks to a little magic from Winnie) they set off to find their treasur...(展开全部)