Cakes and Ale roused a storm of controversy when it was first published in 1930. It is both a wickedly satirical novel about contemporary literary poseurs and a skillfully crafted study of freedom. It is also the book for which Maugham wanted most to be remembered.

Cakes and Ale is a delicious satire of London literary society between the Wars. Social climber Alroy Kear is flattered when he is selected by Edward Driffield's wife to pen the official biography of her lionized novelist husband, and determined to write a bestseller. But then Kear discovers the great novelist's voluptuous muse (and unlikely first wife), Rosie. The lively, lov...(展开全部)

Cakes and Ale roused a storm of controversy when it was first published in 1930. It is both a wickedly satirical novel about contemporary literary poseurs and a skillfully crafted study of freedom. It is also the book for which Maugham wanted most to be remembered.

作者简介 皮埃尔•蓬塞纳 法国《读书》杂志主编 译者简介 余中先 《世界文学》主编，翻译家。中国社会科学院研究生院教授，博士生导师。长年从事法国文学作品译介工作，翻译介绍了奈瓦尔、克洛代尔、阿波利奈尔、贝克特、克洛德•西蒙、阿兰•罗布-格里耶、昆德拉等人的小说、戏剧作品三十多部。获法国政府授予的文学艺术骑士勋章。 余宁 青年译者

郑乐隽 剑桥大学数学博士，前英国谢菲尔德大学数学教授，现芝加哥艺术学院教授。自2007年以来，她在YouTube视频网站上的演讲视频浏览量已超过100万次。英国《卫报》将其评为“科学与自然”类作者新秀。已出版数学科普图书《超越无穷大》《逻辑的力量》，其中《超越无穷大》曾获得英国皇家学会科学图书奖提名。她还是一位举办过音乐会的钢琴家，会说法语、英语和广东话。她的人生目标是让世界摆脱对数学的恐惧。

郑乐隽 剑桥大学数学博士，前英国谢菲尔德大学数学教授，现芝加哥艺术学院教授。自2007年以来，她在YouTube视频网站上的演讲视频浏览量已超过100万次。英国《卫报》将其评为“科学与自然”类作者新秀。已出版数学科普图书《超越无穷大》《逻辑的力量》，其中《超越无穷大》曾获得英国皇家学会科学图书奖提名。她还是一位举办过音乐会的钢琴家，会说法语、英语和广东话。她的人生目标是让世界摆脱对数学的恐惧。

Nobel laureate Erwin Schrodinger was one of the most distinguished scientists of the twentieth century; his lectures on the history and philosophy of science are legendary. 'Nature and the Greeks' and 'Science and Humanism' makes available for the first time in many years the text of two of Schrodinger's most famous lecture series. 'Nature and the Greeks' offers a comprehensive...(展开全部)

Nobel laureate Erwin Schrodinger was one of the most distinguished scientists of the twentieth century; his lectures on the history and philosophy of science are legendary. 'Nature and the Greeks' and 'Science and Humanism' makes available for the first time in many years the text of two of Schrodinger's most famous lecture series. 'Nature and the Greeks' offers a comprehensive...(展开全部)

Originally published over twenty-five years ago, "Micromotives and Macrobehavior" still feels fresh today. And the subject of these stories - how small and seemingly meaningless decisions and actions by individuals often lead to significant unintended consequences for a large group - is more important than ever. In one famous example, Thomas C. Schelling shows that a slight-but...(展开全部)