Vous connaissez le joueur de flûte d'Hamelin, ce sinistre escamoteur d'enfants ? Il a une descendance, quelque part dans les vases du Mississipi et les campagnes perdues du Deep South. Toppi a transposé la partition en jazz funèbre, avec des basses assassines et trilles de saxo tragique. Ami lecteur qui a le blues, évite le Baron Samedi, ne réveille pas la musique qui dort, ell...(展开全部)

In 1921, at the age of eleven, Isaiah Berlin arrived in England from Riga, Latvia. By the time he was thirty he was at the heart of British intellectual life. He has remained its commanding presence ever since, and few would dispute that he was one of Britain's greatest thinkers. His reputation extends worldwide--as a great conversationalist, intellectual historian, and man of ...(展开全部)

In 1921, at the age of eleven, Isaiah Berlin arrived in England from Riga, Latvia. By the time he was thirty he was at the heart of British intellectual life. He has remained its commanding presence ever since, and few would dispute that he was one of Britain's greatest thinkers. His reputation extends worldwide--as a great conversationalist, intellectual historian, and man of ...(展开全部)

In 1905 the young Swiss writer Robert Walser arrived in Berlin to join his older brother Karl, already an important stage-set designer, and immediately threw himself into the vibrant social and cultural life of the city. Berlin Stories collects his alternately celebratory, droll, and satirical observations on every aspect of the bustling German capital, from its theaters, cabar...(展开全部)

阿尔弗雷德·德布林(1878—1957)，德国作家，德国语言大师和文坛巨匠。最初以历史小说《华伦斯坦》（1920）获得成功。后期重要的小说有《柏林，亚历山大广场》《王伦三跳》《华伦斯坦》《山、海和巨人》等。

张翎, 浙江温州人。1983年毕业于复旦大学外文系。1986年赴加拿大留学，分别在加拿大的卡尔加利大学及美国的辛辛那提大学获得英国文学硕士和听力康复学硕士。现定居于多伦多市, 在一家医院的听力诊所任主管听力康复师。 二十世纪九十年代中后期开始在海外写作发表。主要作品有长篇小说《邮购新娘》（台湾版名《温州女人》）,《交错的彼岸》, 《望月》（海外版名《上海小姐》）, 中短篇小说集《雁过藻溪》，《盲约》，《尘世》等。曾获第七届十月文学奖（2000），第二届世界华文文学优秀散文奖（2003），首届加拿大袁惠松文学奖（2005），第四届人民文学奖（2006），第八届十月文学奖（2007），《中篇小说选刊》双年度优秀小说奖（2008）。小说多次入选各式转载本和年度精选本。其中篇小说《羊》，《雁过藻溪》和《余震》分别进入中国小说学会2003年度，2005年度和2...(展开全部)

Amazon.com In this winner of the 1990 Edgar Award for best mystery novel， Dave Robicheaux， a former New Orleans policeman， is pursued by a psychopath and flees his home on the Bayou Teche， in the heart of Louisiana， to find a new life in Montana. After settling near the Blackfoot River Canyon， Robicheaux finds himself smack dab in the middle of an illegal Mafia takeover of Ind...(展开全部)

This is a new part of an old story: 1930s Berlin, the threat of imprisonment and the powerful desire to make something beautiful despite the horror. Chip told us not to go out. Said, don't you boys tempt the devil. But it's been one brawl of a night, I tell you. The aftermath of the fall of Paris, 1940. Hieronymous Falk, a rising star on the cabaret scene, was arrested in a caf...(展开全部)