Greed is the story of Kurt Janisch, an ambitious but frustrated country policeman, and the lonely women he seduces. It is a thriller set amid the mountains and small towns of southern Austria, where the investigation of a dead girl’s body in a lake leads to the discovery of more than a single crime. In her signature style, Jelinek chronicles the exploitative nature of relations...(展开全部)

Greed is the story of Kurt Janisch, an ambitious but frustrated country policeman, and the lonely women he seduces. It is a thriller set amid the mountains and small towns of southern Austria, where the investigation of a dead girl’s body in a lake leads to the discovery of more than a single crime. In her signature style, Jelinek chronicles the exploitative nature of relations...(展开全部)

Greed' is a visceral insult. It jabs below the belt, evoking guilty sensations of gluttony and lust. It taunts the rich and powerful, penetrating the cover of modern ideologies and institutions. Today, old-fashioned accusations of greed drag the larger-than-life corporate fat cats down to human bodily proportions, accusing them of gain without genuine growth. This lively new bo...(展开全部)

a Greeda is a visceral insult. It jabs below the belt, evoking guilty sensations of gluttony and lust. It taunts the rich and powerful, penetrating the cover of modern ideologies and institutions. Today, old--fashioned accusations of greed drag the larger--than--life corporate fat cats down to human bodily proportions, accusing them of gain without genuine growth. This lively ...(展开全部)

A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and ferociously funny, told from the enslaved Jim's point of view. • From the “literary icon” (Oprah Daily), Pulitzer Prize Finalist, and one of the most decorated writers of our lifetime When the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans, separated from his...(展开全部)

A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and ferociously funny, told from the enslaved Jim's point of view. • From the “literary icon” (Oprah Daily), Pulitzer Prize Finalist, and one of the most decorated writers of our lifetime When the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans, separated from his...(展开全部)

'Truly extraordinary books are rare, and this is one of them' – Roddy Doyle James is a profound and ferociously funny novel from one of our greatest living writers, Percival Everett. The Sunday Times Bestseller Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Winner of the National Book Award for Fiction Winner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction Shortlisted for the ...(展开全部)

The simple yet grand language of the King James Bible has pervaded American culture from the beginning - and its powerful eloquence continues to be felt even today. In this book, acclaimed biblical translator and literary critic Robert Alter traces some of the fascinating ways that American novelists - from Melville, Hemingway, and Faulkner to Bellow, Marilynne Robinson, and Co...(展开全部)

The simple yet grand language of the King James Bible has pervaded American culture from the beginning - and its powerful eloquence continues to be felt even today. In this book, acclaimed biblical translator and literary critic Robert Alter traces some of the fascinating ways that American novelists - from Melville, Hemingway, and Faulkner to Bellow, Marilynne Robinson, and Co...(展开全部)

理查德·艾尔曼是二十世纪后半世纪西方文学界现代英语文学的主要权威之一。他就学于耶鲁大学和都柏林三一学院，曾在哈佛，耶鲁等美国许多著名大学任教。后任牛津大学英语文学讲座教授，直至1984年退休。艾尔曼一生著述编辑甚丰，他的《叶芝传》《乔伊斯传》《王尔德传》都受到西方术界的一致推崇，其中《乔伊斯传》初版之后，很快就获得普遍的赞赏，被誉为二十世纪最优秀的文学传记。 金隄，出生于1921年。1949年北京大学文科研究生毕业。曾任教于西南联大、南开大学等高校。曾任牛津大学、耶鲁大学等世界知名学府研究员或客座研究员。现任美国俄勒风大学英文系客座教授。主要学术著作有《论翻译》（与尤金·奈达合著英文著作）、《等效翻译探索》（论文集）等。主要译作有《尤利西斯》全译本等。曾获台湾读书人最佳书奖、中国作协鲁迅文学奖——全国优秀文学翻译彩虹奖（终身成就）、新闻出版署优秀外国...(展开全部)