In his National Book Award-winning novel Augustus, John Williams uncovered the secrets of ancient Rome. With Butcher's Crossing, his fiercely intelligent, beautifully written western, Williams dismantles the myths of modern America. It is the 1870s, and Will Andrews, and#64257;red up by Emerson to seek "an original relation to nature," drops out of Harvard and heads west. He wa...(展开全部)

约翰•威廉斯（John Williams，1922-1994） 美国作家、诗人、学者。辍过学，当过电台播音，从过军。退役后入大学就读并获博士学位，于1954-1985年间在母校丹佛大学教授大学英语及创意写作。曾编选《文艺复兴时期的英语诗歌》，也创作过两本诗集。一生只写了四部小说：《惟有黑夜》（1948）、《屠夫十字镇》（1960）、《斯通纳》（1965）、《奥古斯都》（1973，本书获得当年美国国家图书奖）。 对约翰•威廉斯的写作，英国作家朱利安•巴恩斯评论：“当我称之为‘绝佳’，我的意思是它们（《屠夫十字镇》《斯通纳》）已经超越了各自类型范围内的评价标准。”

In his National Book Award winning novel Augustus, John Williams uncovered the secrets of ancient Rome. With Butcher's Crossing, his fiercely intelligent, beautifully written western, Williams dismantles the myths of modern America. It is the 1870s, and Will Andrews, fired up by Emerson to seek ''an original relation to nature,'' drops out of Harvard and heads west. He washes u...(展开全部)

In his National Book Award-winning novel Augustus, John Williams uncovered the secrets of ancient Rome. With Butcher's Crossing, his fiercely intelligent, beautifully written western, Williams dismantles the myths of modern America. It is the 1870s, and Will Andrews, and#64257;red up by Emerson to seek "an original relation to nature," drops out of Harvard and heads west. He wa...(展开全部)

约翰•威廉斯（John Williams，1922-1994） 美国作家、诗人、学者。辍过学，当过电台播音，从过军。退役后入大学就读并获博士学位，于1954-1985年间在母校丹佛大学教授大学英语及创意写作。曾编选《文艺复兴时期的英语诗歌》，也创作过两本诗集。一生只写了四部小说：《惟有黑夜》（1948）、《屠夫十字镇》（1960）、《斯通纳》（1965）、《奥古斯都》（1973，本书获得当年美国国家图书奖）。 对约翰•威廉斯的写作，英国作家朱利安•巴恩斯评论：“当我称之为‘绝佳’，我的意思是它们（《屠夫十字镇》《斯通纳》）已经超越了各自类型范围内的评价标准。”

In his National Book Award winning novel Augustus, John Williams uncovered the secrets of ancient Rome. With Butcher's Crossing, his fiercely intelligent, beautifully written western, Williams dismantles the myths of modern America. It is the 1870s, and Will Andrews, fired up by Emerson to seek ''an original relation to nature,'' drops out of Harvard and heads west. He washes u...(展开全部)

Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas s...(展开全部)

This prose parody is Swift's first major work and possibly his most masterful

乔纳森•斯威夫特（Jonathan Swift, 1667-1745），英国作家，讽刺文学大师，以《格列佛游记》、《桶的故事》、《书的战争》、《布商的信》等作品闻名于世。

In December 1667, maverick physician Jean Denis transfused calf's blood into one of Paris's most notorious madmen. Days later, the madman was dead and Denis was framed for murder. A riveting expos of the fierce debates, deadly politics, and cutthroat rivalries behind the first transfusion experiments, Blood Work takes us from dissection rooms in palaces to the streets of Paris,...(展开全部)