Almost Transparent Blue is a brutal tale of lost youth in a Japanese port town close to an American military base. Murakami's image-intensive narrative paints a portrait of a group of friends locked in a destructive cycle of sex, drugs and rock?n?roll. The novel is all but plotless, but the raw and often violent prose takes us on a rollercoaster ride through reality and halluci...(展开全部)

Philosophical inquiry, examinations of language, and involuted domestic disputes are the focus of Lydia Davis's inventive collection of short fiction, "Almost No Memory," In each of these stories, Davis reveals an empathic, sometimes shattering understanding of human relationships.

Philosophical inquiry, examinations of language, and involuted domestic disputes are the focus of Lydia Davis's inventive collection of short fiction, "Almost No Memory," In each of these stories, Davis reveals an empathic, sometimes shattering understanding of human relationships.

The whole world wants to learn the secrets of Nordic exceptionalism: why are the Danes the happie st people in the world, despite having the highest taxes? If the Finns really have the best education system, how come they still think all Swedish men are gay? Are the Icelanders really feral? How are the Norwegians spending their fantastical oil wealth? And why do all of them hat...(展开全部)

28歳処女と52歳大学教授の恋。 貴和子は、ある日同じマンションの隣室ベランダでタバコを吸う男に出会う。 52歳、気だるげな大学教授、縫原。 バレエダンサーの道を諦め、バレエ講師として日々を過ごす貴和子に、彼は誠実な言葉で語りかける。 今まで恋愛を避けてきた貴和子の心に火がともり…

First published in 1971, Love is Angela Carter’s fifth novel. With surgical precision it charts the destructive emotional war between a young woman, her husband and his disruptive brother as they move through a labyrinth of betrayal, alienation and lost connections.

安吉拉·卡特（Angela Carter, 1940—1992）出生于英国伊斯特本（Eastbourne），是英国最具独创性的作家之一，书写风格混杂魔幻写实、歌特式以及女性主义。卡特著有八部小说：《魔幻玩具铺》（获约翰·勒维林·里斯奖）、《数种知觉》（获萨默塞特·毛姆奖）、《英雄与恶徒》、《爱》、《霍夫曼博士的地狱欲望机器》、《新夏娃的激情》、《马戏团之夜》，以及《明智的孩子》。三本短篇小说集：《染血之室》、《烟火：九个世俗故事》，以及《圣人与陌生人》等等。卡特的作品也深受艺术界喜爱：短篇小说《与狼为伴》和《魔幻玩具铺》曾拍成电影，《马戏团之夜》和《明智的孩子》改编成舞台剧于伦敦上演，2006年更被喻为安吉拉·卡特之年，在英伦掀起一阵卡特热潮。

Annabel, an artist adrift in the political and sexual crosscurrents of the 1960s and the whirling undertow of her own mind, falls into marriage with the blithely adulterous Lee. Before long, her relationship leads to obsession, betrayal, deceit, voyeurism, violence, and suicide.

托妮•莫里森（Toni Morrison） 美国著名女作家。1931年生于俄亥俄州，曾在兰登书屋担任高级编辑，后赴普林斯顿大学等校任教。代表作有《最蓝的眼睛》《所罗门之歌》《宠儿》《爵士乐》《爱》《恩惠》等，囊括普利策小说奖、美国国家图书奖、全美书评家协会奖三项美国最重 要的图书大奖，并有多部作品入选“《纽约时报》年度图书”。1993年，荣获诺贝尔文学奖。 莫里森善于博采众长，巧妙地将现实主义与多种叙事技巧相融合：魔幻、荒诞、象征、神话、寓言、隐喻、意识流……“她是一名出色的手艺人，她的伟大创新可与福克纳、马尔克斯、伍尔夫相媲美，这就是她获得诺贝尔文学奖的原因。” 我只有二十六个字母，我必须用我的技巧使读者看到颜色，听到声音。——托妮•莫里森 她的每一部小说里，爱都是那么艰难、复杂而浓烈。——美国前第一夫人 凯瑟琳•布什