帕特里克•怀特（1912-1990），澳大利亚小说家、剧作家,1973年诺贝尔文学奖获得者。著有《人类之树》《活体解剖者》《暴风眼》《可靠的曼陀罗》等长篇小说和《快乐的灵魂》《秃山之夜》等剧本。 怀特善于运用意识流小说的写法，大跨度地将故事情节与人物内心活动编织在一起，细腻地刻画人物的内心世界，同时融入澳大利亚的社会背景、历史文化，使得作品具有史诗般的气质和不拘一格的特点。

This popular text surveys the history of the Central American region, covering Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama, from pre-Columbian times to the present. It emphasizes the common characteristics of the Central American states as well as their potential for political union. Now completely updated, the third edition of Central America: A...(展开全部)

A collection of essays that analyzes the historical antecedents of the current political crises in Central America. The essays provide a balanced interpretation of such themes as international power politics in Central America since the 19th century and the effects of cultural diversity and local interests in preventing the development of enduring political unity and economic i...(展开全部)

This popular text surveys the history of the Central American region, covering Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama, from pre-Columbian times to the present. It emphasizes the common characteristics of the Central American states as well as their potential for political union. Now completely updated, the third edition of Central America: A...(展开全部)

A collection of essays that analyzes the historical antecedents of the current political crises in Central America. The essays provide a balanced interpretation of such themes as international power politics in Central America since the 19th century and the effects of cultural diversity and local interests in preventing the development of enduring political unity and economic i...(展开全部)

A worldwide diaspora has left a quarter of a million people at the foot of a space station. Cultures collide in real life and virtual reality. The city is literally a weed, its growth left unchecked. Life is cheap, and data is cheaper. When Boris Chong returns to Tel Aviv from Mars, much has changed. Boris’s ex-lover is raising a strangely familiar child who can tap into the da...(展开全部)

Audacious. Wildly ambitious. Prolific. All describe William T. Vollmann, author of the seven- volume nonfiction work Rising Up and Rising Down and the "Seven Dreams" sequence of novels, which the Chicago Tribune hailed as "likely to become one of the masterpieces of the century." In Europe Central, Vollmann presents a mesmerizing series of intertwined paired stories that ...(展开全部)

切斯瓦夫·米沃什 波兰著名诗人、散文家、文学史家。 1911年出生于波兰第一共和国的立陶宛。曾荣获波兰雅盖沃大学、美国哈佛大学、意大利罗马大学等近十座世界知名学府的荣誉博士学位及各种勋章。1980年获诺贝尔文学奖，瑞典文学院在对他的授奖词中说: “他在自己的全部创作中，以毫不妥协的深刻性揭示了人在充满剧烈矛盾的世界上所遇到的威胁。”2004年8月在波兰克拉科夫逝世，享年93岁。 译者 赵刚，教授，博士生导师。现任北京外国语大学副校长，兼任中国欧洲学会中东欧分会副会长。主要研究波兰文学、中波关系及中东欧文化等，出版专著、译著、编著30余部。曾获得波兰格但斯克大学奖章、波兰文化与民族遗产部颁发的“波兰文化功勋奖章”、波兰“GloriaArtis”文化功勋奖章等。 易丽君，北京外国语大学教授，资深翻译家，波兰格但斯克大学名誉博士。著有《波兰文学》《波兰战后...(展开全部)