威廉•特雷弗，爱尔兰当代文学巨匠，被《纽约客》杂志称为“当代英语世界最伟大的短篇小说家”。 威廉•特雷弗1928年生于爱尔兰科克郡米切尔斯敦一个中产阶级新教家庭，在外省度过了童年时代，后到都柏林大学圣三一学院历史系求学。他先后做过雕塑家、教师、广告公司文案。从1954年起，他和妻子移居英国。 自1958年出版第一部长篇小说《行为标准》以来，威廉•特雷弗已创作了近二十部中长篇小说、数百部短篇小说，还著有多部戏剧剧本、童书及散文集。他先后三次获得英国惠特布雷德图书奖，五次入围布克奖。2002年，英国女王伊丽莎白二世授予他骑士爵位。2008年，他获得爱尔兰图书奖终身成就奖。

William Trevor has long been hailed as one of the greatest living writers of the short story. In this collection of twelve dazzling, acutely rendered tales, he once again plumbs the depths of the human heart. Here we meet a blind piano tuner whose wonderful memories of his first wife are cruelly distorted by his second; a woman in a difficult marriage who must choose between he...(展开全部)

William Trevor has long been hailed as one of the greatest living writers of the short story. In this collection of twelve dazzling, acutely rendered tales, he once again plumbs the depths of the human heart. Here we meet a blind piano tuner whose wonderful memories of his first wife are cruelly distorted by his second; a woman in a difficult marriage who must choose between he...(展开全部)

威廉•特雷弗，爱尔兰当代文学巨匠，被《纽约客》杂志称为“当代英语世界最伟大的短篇小说家”。 威廉•特雷弗1928年生于爱尔兰科克郡米切尔斯敦一个中产阶级新教家庭，在外省度过了童年时代，后到都柏林大学圣三一学院历史系求学。他先后做过雕塑家、教师、广告公司文案。从1954年起，他和妻子移居英国。 自1958年出版第一部长篇小说《行为标准》以来，威廉•特雷弗已创作了近二十部中长篇小说、数百部短篇小说，还著有多部戏剧剧本、童书及散文集。他先后三次获得英国惠特布雷德图书奖，五次入围布克奖。2002年，英国女王伊丽莎白二世授予他骑士爵位。2008年，他获得爱尔兰图书奖终身成就奖。

The six stories in Haruki Murakami’s mesmerizing collection are set at the time of the catastrophic 1995 Kobe earthquake, when Japan became brutally aware of the fragility of its daily existence. But the upheavals that afflict Murakami’s characters are even deeper and more mysterious, emanating from a place where the human meets the inhuman. An electronics salesman who has be...(展开全部)

This collection features one of Maugham's most famous tales, "Rain," concerning the clash between a missionary and a prostitute. It also includes "Macintosh," a psychological study of the competition between two officials; "The Fall of Edward Barnard," a tale of social rebellion that foreshadows "The Razor's Edge"; "The Pool," and other compelling stories of life in the tropics...(展开全部)

米歇尔•法柏（Michel Faber） 英国文坛备受瞩目的小说家，被誉为“狄更斯的接班人”、“能像康拉德那样写出完美句子的人”。 1960年生于荷兰，成长于澳洲，目前定居于苏格兰高地。读书期间主修英语文学，毕业后做过护士、腌菜包装工人、清洁工、医学研究实验对象等。这些经历为法柏以后的作品提供了丰富的素材。 1998年，处女作《雨必将落下》赢得多项大奖，被《泰晤士报》赞誉为“炙手可热的天才，短篇小说的大师”。2000年，《皮肤之下》的出版更是让法柏声名鹊起，奠定了他在英国文坛的地位。 其他代表作品有：《199级阶梯，玻璃瓶里的秘密》、《勇气伴侣》、《华氏双胞胎》、《腥红色的花瓣和白色》等。

米歇尔•法柏（Michel Faber） 英国文坛备受瞩目的小说家，被誉为“狄更斯的接班人”、“能像康拉德那样写出完美句子的人”。 1960年生于荷兰，成长于澳洲，目前定居于苏格兰高地。读书期间主修英语文学，毕业后做过护士、腌菜包装工人、清洁工、医学研究实验对象等。这些经历为法柏以后的作品提供了丰富的素材。 1998年，处女作《雨必将落下》赢得多项大奖，被《泰晤士报》赞誉为“炙手可热的天才，短篇小说的大师”。2000年，《皮肤之下》的出版更是让法柏声名鹊起，奠定了他在英国文坛的地位。 其他代表作品有：《199级阶梯，玻璃瓶里的秘密》、《勇气伴侣》、《华氏双胞胎》、《腥红色的花瓣和白色》等。

Michel Faber's short stories are markedly diverse-the voice of each is so distinct that the book reads like an anthology of different writers. But Faber's radically inventive style fastens all fifteen stories into a compelling collection deserving of the high praise it garnered in the United Kingdom. One surreal story, "Fish," projects a futuristic world populated with fish swi...(展开全部)

Life’s struggles bring two men together as they teach one another trust, acceptance, and how to love again. Ethan lives a monotonous life trying to pay off his crippling debt—until the day Mike appears at the neighborhood laundromat looking the worse for wear. Both men find themselves struggling in different ways to go on, and it’s these struggles that bring them together in th...(展开全部)