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。

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)

【作者简介】 特德·休斯 (Ted Hughes，1930—1998) 诗人、翻译家、评论家，二战后英国最重要的两位诗人之一。休斯是美国女诗人普拉斯的丈夫。他一生写了40多部作品，出版有《雨中鹰》《乌鸦》《雨中鹰及其他：诗选1957—1994》《生日信》等诗集，《诗的锻造：休斯写作教学手册》《冬日花粉：休斯文集》《神的舞者：致T.S.艾略特》《莎士比亚与完整存在之女神》等文集。从1984年直至去世，休斯一直是英国的桂冠诗人。休斯早期的诗多以自然之美和自然中的暴力为主题，后期的诗在强悍之中注入一股沉郁顿挫之气，突出了诗人对生命的觉醒和顿悟。2011年，休斯纪念碑被安置于英国西敏寺的“诗人角”，与长眠于此的乔叟、莎士比亚、雪莱、拜伦、艾略特等人为伍。 【译者简介】 雷武铃 诗人、译者、诗歌评论家。1968年生，湖南人。北京大学文学博士，现为河北大学...(展开全部)

Caldecott Honor artist David Shannon captures the chaos that follows an unexpected downpour. One noisy event leads to another, until finally the sun comes out, and everyone in town ends up smiling and lending one another a hand.

The Japanese believe that until the age of three, children are gods, each one a 'Lord Child'. On their third birthday they fall from grace and join the rest of humanity. Narrated by a child - from the age of two and a half up until her third birthday - this novel reveals that the move from deity to ordinary member of the human race can be a very difficult thing indeed from whic...(展开全部)

BELLOW EVOKES ALL THE RICH COLOR and exotic customs of a highly imaginary Africa in this acclaimed comic novel about a middle-aged American millionaire who, seeking a new, more rewarding life, descends upon an African tribe. Henderson’s awesome feats of strength and his unbridled passion for life win him the admiration of the tribe—but it is his gift for making rain that turns ...(展开全部)

BELLOW EVOKES ALL THE RICH COLOR and exotic customs of a highly imaginary Africa in this acclaimed comic novel about a middle-aged American millionaire who, seeking a new, more rewarding life, descends upon an African tribe. Henderson’s awesome feats of strength and his unbridled passion for life win him the admiration of the tribe—but it is his gift for making rain that turns ...(展开全部)

Originally published in 1957, Hawk in the Rain was the first collection of poems by Ted Hughes. The book won the New York Poetry Center First Publication Award, for which the judges were W. H. Auden, Stephen Spender, and Marianne Moore; it also won the Somerset Maugham Award. Indeed, Hawk in the Rain was acclaimed by every reviewer from A. Alvarez to Edwin Muir, and in its page...(展开全部)