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)

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)

© geoff manaugh, from the essay "transparent city." When Michael Wolf and I first sat down to discuss the images contained in this book, Wolf pointed out one shot in particular. Like the photographer in Michelangelo Antonioni’s classic film Blow Up, Wolf had found himself working late in the studio one night, going over a batch of recent photos from Chicago. The photos were of ...(展开全部)

"Transparent Things revolves around the four visits of the hero--sullen, gawky Hugh Person--to Switzerland . . . As a young publisher, Hugh is sent to interview R., falls in love with Armande on the way, wrests her, after multiple humiliations, from a grinning Scandinavian and returns to NY with his bride. . . . Eight years later--following a murder, a period of madness and a b...(展开全部)

"Transparent Things revolves around the four visits of the hero--sullen, gawky Hugh Person--to Switzerland . . . As a young publisher, Hugh is sent to interview R., falls in love with Armande on the way, wrests her, after multiple humiliations, from a grinning Scandinavian and returns to NY with his bride. . . . Eight years later--following a murder, a period of madness and a b...(展开全部)

繼第一本小說《蘇西的世界》暢銷後，艾莉絲．西柏德經過四年的沉澱才出新書，這一次她大膽嘗試描寫中年女性的困境。 　　克萊兒和海倫是一對被關在一場殘酷關係中的母女，彼此卻已成了對方生活的中心。但是在大大出人意表的開場中，海倫跨過了一道她從未想過會踰越的界線。她幾乎毫無意識地採取行動，彷彿她長久以來就想這麼做了。海倫與她年邁失智的母親克萊兒，透過一場母女的慘劇檢視女性的一生，直視生命的殘酷。 　　接下來的24小時內，海倫來到一個新的十字路口，當她面臨抉擇時，過往的生命片段一一浮現眼前。過去這麼多年來她處心積慮要贏得母親的愛，如今她自由了，但這卻是太危險也太不能把握的自由。 　　希柏德在《近月》一書中探討了家人之間的情感糾結、犧牲的意義，以及把我們與潛藏的瘋狂衝動分開的那條細細的界線。蘇西如果沒有在14歲死去，或許就會是49歲的海倫。同樣是暴力事件，希...(展开全部)

The third book in the mesmerizing RAVEN CYCLE quartet from bestselling author, Maggie Stiefvater. Fans of the SHIVER trilogy will love this new quartet. For the first time in her life, Blue Sargent has found a place where she feels at home. The Raven Boys have taken her in as one of their own and she is sure that this is where she belongs. But certainties can unravel. Visions c...(展开全部)

有一个人出生在平成开始的日子，死于平成结束的日子。母亲说他出生时窗外一片蓝天，所以给他取名青，也唤作Blue。——可是那天东京整日阴雨，看不到晴空。平成十五年十二月，青梅市发生一家五口遇害案件。警方推测，次女筱原夏希杀害了其他四人，然后因心脏病发作死亡。但是现场留下了夏希之外的不明指纹，疑似有共犯。——据Blue回忆，他当时在寒冷的雪夜逃跑，但这一天青梅地区并没有降雪记录。平成三十一年四月，东京都多摩新城的空房间里发现倒在血泊中的一对男女，作案方法与“青梅案”如出一辙。据调查，死者是“网吧难民”，他们还有两个孩子。——Blue，我对你几乎没有记忆，尽管如此，你也是我的命运。

有一个人出生在平成开始的日子，死于平成结束的日子。