The superbly crafted stories collected in Alistair MacLeod’s As Birds Bring Forth the Sun and Other Stories depict men and women acting out their “own peculiar mortality” against the haunting landscape of Cape Breton Island. In a voice at once elegiac and life-affirming, MacLeod describes a vital present inhabited by the unquiet spirits of a Highland past, invoking memory and...(展开全部)

The idea for this famous story came to du Maurier one day when she was walking across to Menabilly Barton farm from the house. She saw a farmer busily ploughing a field whilst above him the seagulls were diving and wheeling. She developed an idea about the birds becoming hostile and attacking him. In her story, the birds become hostile after a harsh winter with little food -- f...(展开全部)

How long he fought with them in the darkness he could not tell, but at last the beating of the wings about him lessened and then withdrew...<br /><br />A classic of alienation and horror, The Birds was immortalised by Hitchcock in his celebrated film. The five other chilling stories in this collection echo a sense of dislocation and mock man's sense of dominance over the natura...(展开全部)

达芙妮·杜穆里埃，英国当代极具影响力的殿堂级女作家，英国皇家文学会会员，曾获爱伦·坡终身大师奖、美国国家图书奖和安东尼世纪图书奖，其作品在大英图书馆被借阅次数超过莎士比亚。 杜穆里埃一生共创作了17部长篇小说以及几十种其他体裁的文学作品，尤其擅长描写爱情的诡异之处，代表作有《蝴蝶梦》《浮生梦》《牙买加旅馆》等。她的小说气氛神秘，悬念迭生。“悬疑电影圣手”希区柯克曾三度改编其作品。本书收录了杜穆里埃创作生涯中后期的6篇短篇悬疑佳作，延续其一贯的写作风格一哥特式惊悚悬疑色彩与浪漫主义元素的结合，故事情节丝丝入扣，带给读者绝无仅有的阅读体验。

作者简介 格桑·卡纳法尼，巴勒斯坦著名作家和民族解放运动的领导人之一。1936生于巴勒斯坦加沙市。1956 年他到科威特教书谋生，同时积极从事文学创作活动。他的早期小说《被偷去的衬衫》，获科威特短篇小说征文一等奖。1963年，他写出了巴勒斯坦文学史上里程碑式的作品《阳光下的人们》。1972年7月8日被暗杀，成了巴勒斯坦、以至阿拉伯文学史上把文学与革命事业紧紧联系在一起直至献身的一个范例。格桑·卡纳法尼也曾来中国访问，写过关于中国的游记，对中国人民怀有友好的感情。 译者简介 郅溥浩，笔名亚尼、沙联。中国社科院外国文学研究所研究员。1964 年毕业于北京大学东语系，先后在大马士革大学、开罗大学进修。曾任中国社科院外文研究所东方文学室主任，北京大学东方文学研究中心兼职教授，突尼斯“全国翻译、研究、文献整理学会”会员，中国阿拉伯文学研究会副会长，中国作家协会...(展开全部)

One of the most terrifying stories of the twentieth century, Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” created a sensation when it was first published in The New Yorker in 1948. "Power and haunting," and "nights of unrest" were typical reader responses. Today it is considered a classic work of short fiction, a story remarkable for its combination of subtle suspense and pitch-perfect desc...(展开全部)

One of the most terrifying stories of the twentieth century, Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” created a sensation when it was first published in The New Yorker in 1948. "Power and haunting," and "nights of unrest" were typical reader responses. Today it is considered a classic work of short fiction, a story remarkable for its combination of subtle suspense and pitch-perfect desc...(展开全部)

本书为公版书，为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品，供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。

Eca de Queiroz's sharply satirical work aimed to expose the hypocrisies of his age. In The Mandarin his lascivious anti-heroes Teodoro and Teodorico,are dragged from their narrow Lisbon lives into exotic encounters with Chinese mandarins, the Devil (in the guise of a dark-suited civil servant)and Jesus Christ Himself. This short novel is accompanied by the short stories Jose Ma...(展开全部)

The Pole tells the story of Wittold Walccyzkiecz, a vigorous, white-haired pianist who becomes infatuated with Beatriz, a stylish patron of the arts, after she helps organize his Barcelona concert. Although Beatriz, who is married, is initially unimpressed by Wittold, she soon finds herself pursued and ineluctably swept into his world. As he sends her letters, extends countless...(展开全部)