The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis is an event in American letters. Lydia Davis is the author of one novel and seven story collections, the most recent of which was a finalist for the 2007 National Book Award. She is the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship and was named a Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French government for her fiction and her translations ...(展开全部)

A New York Review Books Original Mavis Gallant is renowned as one of the great short-story writers of our day. This new gathering of long-unavailable or previously uncollected work presents stories from 1951 to 1971 and shows Gallant's progression from precocious virtuosity, to accomplished artistry, to the expansive innovatory spirit that marks her finest work. "Madeleine's ...(展开全部)

大多時候，樂觀積極、認真負責、大方得體的面對世界。 有些時候，任性叛逆、固執挑剔、憤怒吶喊的宣洩自己。 當然也會，溫柔關心、包容體諒、聆聽，也對朋友傾訴。 也許極端地對待情人，依賴，卻又控制，可愛，卻又殘暴。 某些時候，憂鬱低潮、徬徨恐懼，有些時候，天真無邪，熱情洋溢。 也許，不為人知地，黑暗、憤怒、扭曲。 也許，偶爾想放浪形骸、拋棄一切、迷幻、自由。 也許，自己都無法容忍的，自私、血腥………。 身為一個人，我們都常感覺到內在有許多個人格同時存在著， 有時，這些人格們甚至交戰著。 100個范曉萱。 Almost 100％的范曉萱。 透過攝影師大力的眼，有點私密，有點內斂地呈現。 100個范曉萱、100張無聲的專輯、1首歌。 每一個不同的人格面相，每一種不同的心情，度過的每一天，都像一首不同的歌。 每一段旅程，每一場表演，每一段關係，都豐富的有如一張專...(展开全部)

Author of over a dozen bestsellers, Academy Award-winning screenwriter, and creator of some of television's greatest hits, Sheldon has seen and done it all, and now in this candid memoir, he shares his story for the first time.

Originally published in Russia in 1979, this overlooked masterpiece of Russian literature sold a quarter of a million copies in its first edition and has been named one of the ten best Russian novels of the twentieth century, and one of the best contemporary novels by Unesco. Angels on the Head of a Pin is set in Moscow in the late 1960s, at a time when Khrushchev-era liberaliz...(展开全部)

作者尼古拉斯·布莱克，1904年生于爱尔兰，英国牛津大学和剑桥大学教授，皇家文学协会副主席。主要作品以英国现代诗歌著称，并于1968年至1972年期间担任英国桂冠诗人。与此同时，还出版有20部侦探小说，是英国黄金时代侦探小说的代表性作家。

埃德温·皮尔斯（Edwin Pears），19世纪的英国历史学者，专长于有关十字军、中世纪时期希腊和拜占庭历史方面的研究。代表作有《攻陷君士坦丁堡：第四次十字军东征与东罗马帝国的灭亡》《希腊的毁灭和君士坦丁堡被占领》等。

A funny, poignant debut novel about the complicated, identity shaping bonds of sisterhood.

A funny, poignant debut novel about the complicated, identity shaping bonds of sisterhood.

An international bestseller, Marie Sabine-Roger's heartwarming novel is a touching and comic tale about the power of books. For fans of The Uncommon Reader and The President's Hat. 'Brilliant, uplifting' Le Messager 'Unique. The sort of book that makes you want to hug the author to thank them for the happiness they have given you' Focus Vif His mother called him a worthless hal...(展开全部)