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Fate takes many forms. . . . When Henry receives a letter from an elderly taxidermist, it poses a puzzle that he cannot resist. As he is pulled further into the world of this strange and calculating man, Henry becomes increasingly involved with the lives of a donkey and a howler monkey—named Beatrice and Virgil —and the epic journey they undertake together. With all the spi...(展开全部)

Karl Glogauer is a disaffected modern professional casting about for meaning in a series of half-hearted relationships, a dead-end job, and a personal struggle. His questions of faith surrounding his father's run-of-the-mill Christianity and his mother's suppressed Judaism lead him to a bizarre obsession with the idea of the messiah. After the collapse of his latest affa...(展开全部)

Meet Karl Glogauer, time traveller and unlikely Messiah. When he finds himself in Palestine in the year 29AD he is shocked to meet the man known as Jesus Christ -- a drooling idiot, hiding in the shadows of the carpenter's shop in Nazareth. But if he is not capable of fulfilling his historical role, then who will take his place?

From the award-winning, bestselling author of "Life of Pi" comes a mesmerizing and brilliant exploration of the limitations of language in understanding and describing the horrors of the Holocaust.

Sitting at a kitchen table some time in 1966, a young writer developed an idea that would become one the most important and controversial tales of the literary "New Wave". The writer was Michael Moorcock and the story was Behold The Man. Karl Glogauer has never quite fit in. His girlfriend believes in nothing. Karl is obsessed with living psychology and dead languages. His g...(展开全部)

'The American dream is dead,' Donald Trump said when announcing his candidacy for president in 2015. How would he revive it? By putting 'America First'. The 'American Dream' and 'America First' are two of the most loaded phrases in America today, and also two of the most misunderstood. The American Dream began as a pledge for equality rather than as a dream of supremacy and 'ma...(展开全部)

【作者简介】 莎拉·丘奇威尔，伦敦大学高级研究院美国文学教授、公众理解人文学科协会主席。她编著多部作品，现居于伦敦。 【译者简介】 詹涓，武汉大学传播学硕士毕业后任职多家媒体，负责编译及审校工作。业余主要从事二战和战后历史著作翻译，译有《战争的余烬：法兰西殖民帝国的灭亡及美国对越南的干预》。 【媒体评价】 这本书恰逢其时。这也是一本发人深思之作……丘奇威尔是一位优雅的作家， 当“美国优先”和“美国梦”在她书中的第二次世界大战前夕正面交锋时，意想不到（且令人震惊）的历史巧合开始像着了魔的风铃一样产生共鸣……《美国优先和美国梦》阐明了有多少历史是在人们的言与行之间的鸿沟上发生。——《纽约时报》 “美国优先”和“美国梦”盘根错节的历史有了引人入胜的新视角。——《纽约》杂志 丘奇威尔在她的研究中撒下了一张大网，不仅网罗了政治家和专家，还囊括了记者、小说家、牧...(展开全部)

【作者简介】 莎拉·丘奇威尔，伦敦大学高级研究院美国文学教授、公众理解人文学科协会主席。她编著多部作品，现居于伦敦。 【译者简介】 詹涓，武汉大学传播学硕士毕业后任职多家媒体，负责编译及审校工作。业余主要从事二战和战后历史著作翻译，译有《战争的余烬：法兰西殖民帝国的灭亡及美国对越南的干预》。 【媒体评价】 这本书恰逢其时。这也是一本发人深思之作……丘奇威尔是一位优雅的作家， 当“美国优先”和“美国梦”在她书中的第二次世界大战前夕正面交锋时，意想不到（且令人震惊）的历史巧合开始像着了魔的风铃一样产生共鸣……《美国优先和美国梦》阐明了有多少历史是在人们的言与行之间的鸿沟上发生。——《纽约时报》 “美国优先”和“美国梦”盘根错节的历史有了引人入胜的新视角。——《纽约》杂志 丘奇威尔在她的研究中撒下了一张大网，不仅网罗了政治家和专家，还囊括了记者、小说家、牧...(展开全部)

In Behold, America, Sarah Churchwell offers a surprising account of twentieth-century Americans' fierce battle for the nation's soul. It follows the stories of two phrases--the "American dream" and "America First"--that once embodied opposing visions for America. Starting as a Republican motto before becoming a hugely influential isolationist slogan during World War I, America ...(展开全部)