In this enviable gathering, Haruki Murakami has chosen for his party some of the very best short story writers of recent years, each with their own birthday experiences, each story a snapshot of life on a single day. Including stories by Russell Banks, Ethan Canin, Raymond Carver, David Foster Wallace, Denis Johnson, Claire Keegan, Andrea Lee, Daniel Lyons, Lynda Sexson, Paul T...(展开全部)

Ted Hughes’s Birthday Letters are addressed, with just two exceptions, to Sylvia Plath, the American poet to whom he was married. They were written over a period of more than twenty-five years, the first a few years after her suicide in 1963, and represent Ted Hughes’s only account of his relationship with Plath and of the psychological drama that led both to the writing of her...(展开全部)

Happy birthday, Carl But can Mom surprise him? No way. As hard as Mom tries, Madeleine and her canine babysitter extraordinaire are hot on her trail, tasting the party punch, peeking at presents, and adding some of their own favorite decorations.

In this enviable gathering, Haruki Murakami has chosen for his party some of the very best short story writers of recent years, each with their own birthday experiences, each story a snapshot of life on a single day. Including stories by Russell Banks, Ethan Canin, Raymond Carver, David Foster Wallace, Denis Johnson, Claire Keegan, Andrea Lee, Daniel Lyons, Lynda Sexson, Paul T...(展开全部)

村上春树 日本作家。生于1949年。29岁开始写作，处女作《且听风吟》获日本群像新人奖。1987年问世的《挪威的森林》影响深远。2009年出版的《1Q84》被誉为“新千年日本文学的里程碑”，获每日出版文化奖、新风奖，在日本“平成时代极具影响力书目Top 30”中名列榜首。写作之余，热衷翻译英语文学、跑步、爵士乐等。 卡特·曼施克（Kat Menschik） 德国插画家。1968年出生于卢肯瓦尔德。作品常刊载于《法兰克福汇报》及Brigitte杂志等，同时也为书籍进行插画创作。 2007年，获特洛伊斯多尔夫图画书大奖。2014年，作品《黄金锹》入选该年度“德国最美的书”。

村上春树 日本作家。生于1949年。29岁开始写作，处女作《且听风吟》获日本群像新人奖。1987年问世的《挪威的森林》影响深远。2009年出版的《1Q84》被誉为“新千年日本文学的里程碑”，获每日出版文化奖、新风奖，在日本“平成时代极具影响力书目Top 30”中名列榜首。写作之余，热衷翻译英语文学、跑步、爵士乐等。 卡特·曼施克（Kat Menschik） 德国插画家。1968年出生于卢肯瓦尔德。作品常刊载于《法兰克福汇报》及Brigitte杂志等，同时也为书籍进行插画创作。 2007年，获特洛伊斯多尔夫图画书大奖。2014年，作品《黄金锹》入选该年度“德国最美的书”。

Formerly Poet Laureate to Queen Elizabeth II, the late Ted Hughes (1930-98) is recognized as one of the few contemporary poets whose work has mythic scope and power. And few episodes in postwar literature have the legendary stature of Hughes's romance with, and marriage to, the great American poet Sylvia Plath. The poems in "Birthday Letters" are addressed (with just two except...(展开全部)