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)

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)

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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)

Nobel Laureate J. M. Coetzee reaffirms his place as one of the English language's most acclaimed authors with this fascinating examination of life, death and animals. These six stories by Nobel Prize-winner J. M. Coetzee show us, once more, a writer confronting moral and emotional quandaries, often with wry humour. In the lead story, 'The Pole', concert pianist Witold attempts ...(展开全部)

In this beautifully written and compulsively readable story of love and the mutability of human relationships, pianist Witold's infatuation with Beatriz will change them both. A Sunday Times, Daily Telegraph and Financial Times Book of the Year ‘Confirms Coetzee as one of the great writers of fiction’ Observer After his piano recital in Barcelona, Witold Walczykiewicz – white-h...(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)

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)