With this, his first collection, Carver breathed new life into the short story. In the pared-down style that has since become his hallmark, Carver showed how humour and tragedy dwell in the hearts of ordinary people, and won a readership that grew with every subsequent brilliant collection of stories, poems and essays that appeared in the last eleven years of his life.

With this, his first collection, Carver breathed new life into the short story. In the pared-down style that has since become his hallmark, Carver showed how humour and tragedy dwell in the hearts of ordinary people, and won a readership that grew with every subsequent brilliant collection of stories, poems and essays that appeared in the last eleven years of his life.

Waiting for the doctor can be nerve-wracking, even for toys. As six injured playthings wait their turn to be called into a forbidding door, their growing apprehension is apparent on their faces. Each time, before the doctor calls, "Next please," the door opens and one happy toy comes bounding out, good as new. That doesn't comfort the last toy in line-a wooden boy with a broken...(展开全部)

Après le succès de Goggles, le nouveau bijou d'émotion de Tetsuya Toyoda. Dans Coffee Time, Tetsuya Toyoda nous invite à partager l'espace d'un instant la folie et les angoisses des acteurs de son fascinant théâtre moderne. D'Antonio Morelli, réalisateur italien complètement mythomane, aux enquêtes de Yamasaki, détective privé désabusé, en passant par les déboires d'une jeune a...(展开全部)

Après le succès de Goggles, le nouveau bijou d'émotion de Tetsuya Toyoda. Dans Coffee Time, Tetsuya Toyoda nous invite à partager l'espace d'un instant la folie et les angoisses des acteurs de son fascinant théâtre moderne. D'Antonio Morelli, réalisateur italien complètement mythomane, aux enquêtes de Yamasaki, détective privé désabusé, en passant par les déboires d'une jeune a...(展开全部)

Nearly a quarter-century after her death, Agatha Christie remains the most popular mystery writer of all time. Now, in a celebrated publishing event, fans and newcomers alike are treated to another Christie novel. Created in 1930 as a stage play and faithfully adapted by Charles Osborne, "Black Coffee" brings back beloved detective Hercule Poirot to exercise his "little grey ce...(展开全部)