In this celebration of contemporary American fiction, Kathryn Hume explores how estrangement from America has shaped the fiction of a literary generation, which she calls the Generation of the Lost Dream. In breaking down the divisions among standard categories of race, religion, ethnicity, and gender, Hume identifies shared core concerns, values, and techniques among seemingly...(展开全部)

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乔治•F.凯南（1904-2005），美国驻前苏联和前南斯拉夫大使，普林斯顿大学高等研究院历史研究学院教授。 约翰·J.米尔斯海默，美国知名国际关系理论家，芝加哥大学温得尔·哈里森杰出贡献政治学教授。

Already being hailed as "a Grapes of Wrath for our times" and "a new American classic," American Dirt is a rare exploration into the inner hearts of people willing to sacrifice everything for a glimmer of hope. Lydia Quixano Perez lives in the Mexican city of Acapulco. She runs a bookstore. She has a son, Luca, the love of her life, and a wonderful husband who is a journalist. ...(展开全部)

Now a major motion picture from Lion's Gate Films starring Christian Bale (Metroland), Chloe Sevigny (The Last Days of Disco), Jared Leto (My So Called Life), and Reese Witherspoon (Cruel Intentions), and directed by Mary Harron (I Shot Andy Warhol). In American Psycho, Bret Easton Ellis imaginatively explores the incomprehensible depths of madness and captures the insanity of ...(展开全部)

B·E·埃利斯 1964年生，美国极具风格的小说家，美国文坛“小鬼帮”主将。21岁即凭处女作《比零还少》震惊美国文坛，《美国精神病》是其最重要的代表作，小说以及根据小说改编的电影均称为“邪典”经典。