Dans ce premier roman graphique, Nick Drnaso décline son propos en six histoires imbriquées les unes dans les autres et dont le conducteur est marqué par la présence de plusieurs personnages récurrents. Histoires très imprégnées par un malaise profond, générateur de fantasmes insidieux parfois marqués par un sadisme primaire qui pourrait faire penser parfois au film « Storytell...(展开全部)

Nick Drnaso's comics mercilessly reveal the sterile sameness of the suburbs. Connected by a series of gossipy teens, the modern lost souls of Beverly struggle with sexual anxieties that are just barely repressed and social insecurities that undermine every word they speak. A group of teenagers pick up trash on the side of the highway--flirting, preening, and ignoring a potentia...(展开全部)

麦克班恩一九二六年十月十五日出生在纽约市，他的父亲是一位邮局的员工。他的本名是萨尔瓦托雷•隆比诺（Salvatore Lombino）。隆比诺自第二次世界大战服役海军期间开始写作，之后以极优异的成绩毕业于亨特学院（Hunter College），并在那里担任教职。 在五十年的作家生涯里，他以亨特或麦克班恩之名写了许多畅销的小说、短篇作品、剧本和电影脚本（包括担任希区科克的名作《鸟》的编剧）。一九五六年，他以《恨警察的人》（Cop Hater）一书开始了八十七分局系列小说，将警察小说带入了一个全新、更加写实的新领域。故事背景是一个虚构的城市艾索拉（Isola，其蓝本为麦克班恩熟悉的纽约市），而本书亦为日后的大都市警察小说定下了一个模式：充满罪恶的大都市、多重故事发展、曲折的剧情、激烈的动作场景、贫民区的暴力描写、有计划的团队合作、写实的法医程序、以及外...(展开全部)

In his best-known book, THE REMAINS OF THE DAY, Kazuo Ishiguro advances the butler's story, not by giving, but by withholding both information and emotion. This novel is about a woman who lived in Nagasaki after the bomb was dropped. We don't hear the explosion. We don't even hear the names of the dead. And yet it's very clear that something perfectly wretched has gone on. Is s...(展开全部)

In his best-known book, THE REMAINS OF THE DAY, Kazuo Ishiguro advances the butler's story, not by giving, but by withholding both information and emotion. This novel is about a woman who lived in Nagasaki after the bomb was dropped. We don't hear the explosion. We don't even hear the names of the dead. And yet it's very clear that something perfectly wretched has gone on. Is s...(展开全部)

The story of Etsuko, a Japanese woman now living alone in England, dwelling on the recent suicide of her daughter. In a story where past and present confuse, she relives scenes of Japan's devastation in the wake of World War II.

The story of Etsuko, a Japanese woman now living alone in England, dwelling on the recent suicide of her daughter. In a story where past and present confuse, she relives scenes of Japan's devastation in the wake of World War II.

"A remarkable life story, reminiscent of Out of Africa ."-- Vogue In 1949, Rosamond Halsey Carr, a young fashion illustrator living in New York City, accompanied her dashing hunter-explorer husband to what was then the Belgian Congo. When the marriage fell apart, she decided to stay on in neighboring Rwanda, as the manager of a flower plantation. Land of a Thousand Hills is...(展开全部)

【作者简介】 罗莎蒙德·哈尔西·卡尔（1912—2006）是一位美国的人道主义者和作家，也是卢旺达最后一位外国种植园主。她在卢旺达经营着一所儿童孤儿院，直至2006年去世。 安·霍华德·哈尔西是罗莎蒙德的侄女，为撰写这本回忆录，曾在非洲居住过一段时间，与姑妈一起工作。她现居美国宾夕法尼亚州的唐宁敦。 【译者简介】 陈薇薇，译者，从事翻译十余载，译有《法国简史》《北方的观念》《蒙娜丽莎传奇》《概率统治世界》等。