In The World Goes On, a narrator first speaks directly, then tells eleven unforgettable stories, and then bids farewell (“for here I would leave this earth and these stars, because I would take nothing with me”). As László Krasznahoraki himself explains: “Each text is about drawing our attention away from this world, speeding our body toward annihilation, and immersing ourselve...(展开全部)

In The World Goes On, a narrator first speaks directly, then tells eleven unforgettable stories, and then bids farewell (“for here I would leave this earth and these stars, because I would take nothing with me”). As László Krasznahoraki himself explains: “Each text is about drawing our attention away from this world, speeding our body toward annihilation, and immersing ourselve...(展开全部)

克拉斯诺霍尔卡伊·拉斯洛（Krasznahorkai László，1954— ），匈牙利当代 重要的作家之一，一九五四年生于匈牙利贝凯什州。一九八五年出版长篇小说《撒旦探戈》，备受文坛赞誉。一九八六年短篇小说集《仁慈的关系》问世，一九八七年移居德国柏林，一九八九年出版长篇小说《反抗的忧郁》，该小说于一九九三年获得德国年度 文学作品奖。二○○四年，拉斯洛获得匈牙利 重要的文学奖项科苏特奖，二○一五年被授予 布克奖，成为首位获此殊荣的匈牙利作家。拉斯洛的多部作品已被匈牙利 导演贝拉·塔尔改编为电影，由其代表作《撒旦探戈》改编的同名电影是电影 不朽的经典。《世界在前进》 出版于二○一三年，是拉斯洛写作生涯中的第二部短篇小说集，英译本入围二○一八年 布克奖短名单。

安德森·库珀（Anderson Cooper）：美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）《安德森·库珀360度观点》（Anderson Cooper 360˚）节目主持人，哥伦比亚广播公司（CBS）《一小时访谈》（60 Minutes）节目通讯员。曾荣获新闻奖项，并摘得九项艾美奖。作品《边缘信使》（Dispatches from the Edge）和《彩虹来了又走了》曾登上《纽约时报》畅销书排行榜榜首。现居纽约市。 葛洛莉娅·范德比尔特（Gloria Vanderbilt）：美国艺术家、作家和设计师。已出版八本图书，并定期为《纽约时报》《名利场》和《她》撰稿。个人艺术作品网站：gloriavanderbiltfineart.com。现居纽约市。

安德森·库珀（Anderson Cooper）：美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）《安德森·库珀360度观点》（Anderson Cooper 360˚）节目主持人，哥伦比亚广播公司（CBS）《一小时访谈》（60 Minutes）节目通讯员。曾荣获新闻奖项，并摘得九项艾美奖。作品《边缘信使》（Dispatches from the Edge）和《彩虹来了又走了》曾登上《纽约时报》畅销书排行榜榜首。现居纽约市。 葛洛莉娅·范德比尔特（Gloria Vanderbilt）：美国艺术家、作家和设计师。已出版八本图书，并定期为《纽约时报》《名利场》和《她》撰稿。个人艺术作品网站：gloriavanderbiltfineart.com。现居纽约市。

J.M.库切 J. M. Coetzee 1940年生于南非，当代最重要的作家之一，两次获得布克奖，2003年诺贝尔文学奖得主。作品包括《等待野蛮人》《迈克尔·K的生活和时代》《耻》《夏日》《耶稣的童年》，等等。库切现居澳大利亚。 阿拉贝拉·库尔茨 Arabella Kurtz 英国心理学家，曾在英国国家卫生局的法医心理健康部门担任要职，目前是英国莱斯特大学临床心理学高级导师。

Praise for THE GOOD STORY "Coetzee's writing is characteristically spare and penetrating....Kurtz proves both a lucid expositor and an evocative literary stylist, bringing psychoanalytic ideas and practices to life with rare precision and immediacy." —Literary Review "It is the Man Booker Prize-winning novelist's agenda that drives the absorbing discussions of this book. Kurtz'...(展开全部)

In this timeless and profound inquiry, Aristotle presents a view of the psyche that avoids the simplifications both of the materialists and those who believe in the soul as something quite distinct from body. On the Soul also includes Aristotle's idiosyncratic and influential account of light and colors. On Memory and Recollection continues the investigation of some of the topi...(展开全部)

“Wolf restores our awe of the human brain—its adaptability, its creativity, and its ability to connect with other minds through a procession of silly squiggles.” — San Francisco Chronicle How do people learn to read and write—and how has the development of these skills transformed the brain and the world itself ? Neuropsychologist and child development expert Maryann Wolf answe...(展开全部)

Anyone who reads is bound to wonder, at least occasionally, about how those funny squiggles on a page magically turn into "Bare ruined choirs, where late the sweet birds sang" or "After a while I went out and left the hospital and walked back to the hotel in the rain." Where did this unlikely skill called reading come from? What happens in our brain when our eyes scan a line of...(展开全部)