作者简介 克洛德·西蒙（Claude Simon, 1913-2005），法国新小说派代表作家，1985年诺贝尔文学奖得主，其作品充满了诗人与画家的丰富想象。代表作及成名作为《弗兰德公路》。他不仅爱好文学与艺术，还热心当代社会问题；亲历了西班牙内战与二战，对其一生有着深刻影响。 译者简介 焦君怡，沈阳师范大学外国语学院讲师，南京大学法语系在读博士，主要从事法国文学研究。 张新木，江苏高淳人，南京大学法语系教授、博士生导师，主要研究领域为语言学、符号学和法国文学。译著有《巴黎圣母院》《论诱惑》《普鲁斯特的空间》《冷记忆》等30余部。曾获法国政府棕榈教育勋章（骑士）、江苏省第三届紫金文学奖翻译奖等多种奖项。

In the years following the First World War a new generation emerged, wistful and vulnerable beneath the glitter. The Bright Young Things of 1920s London, with their paradoxical mix of innocence and sophistication, exercised their inventive minds and vile bodies in every kind of capricious escapade. In these pages a vivid assortment of characters, among them the struggling write...(展开全部)

伊夫林•沃（Evelyn Waugh，1903—1966），英国著名作家，被誉为英国二十世纪最优秀的讽刺小说家，并被公认为二十世纪最杰出的文体家之一。他最优秀的作品包括早期的讽刺小说《衰落与瓦解》、《邪恶的肉身》、《黑色恶作剧》、《一把尘土》等，创作中后期则有长篇巨著《故园风雨后》、描写二战的《荣誉之剑》三部曲以及自传《一知半解》等。

伊夫林•沃（Evelyn Waugh，1903—1966），英国著名作家，被誉为英国二十世纪最优秀的讽刺小说家，并被公认为二十世纪最杰出的文体家之一。他最优秀的作品包括早期的讽刺小说《衰落与瓦解》、《邪恶的肉身》、《黑色恶作剧》、《一把尘土》等，创作中后期则有长篇巨著《故园风雨后》、描写二战的《荣誉之剑》三部曲以及自传《一知半解》等。

Part of the fabulous new hardback library of 24 Evelyn Waugh books, publishing in chronological order over the coming year. The books have an elegant new jacket and text design. In the years following the First World War a new generation emerges, wistful and vulnerable beneath the glitter. The Bright Young Things of 'twenties Mayfair, with their paradoxical mix of innocence and...(展开全部)

Evelyn Waugh's second novel, "Vile Bodies" is his tribute to London's smart set. It introduces us to society as it used to be but that now is gone forever, and probably for good.

Increasingly the body is a possession that does not belong to us. It is bought and sold, bartered and stolen, marketed wholesale or in parts. The professions - especially reproductive medicine, transplant surgery, and bioethics but also journalism and other cultural specialists - have been pliant partners in this accelerating commodification of live and dead human organisms. Un...(展开全部)

Emily Martin traces Americans' changing ideas about health and immunity since the 1940s. She explores the implications of our emphasis on 'flexibility' in contexts from medicine to the corporate world, warning that we may be approaching a new form of social Darwinism.

The Bright Young Things of 1920s Mayfair, with their paradoxical mix of innocence and sophistication, exercise their inventive minds and vile bodies in every kind of capricious escapade, whether it is promiscuity, dancing, cocktail parties or sports cars. A vivid assortment of characters, among them the struggling writer Adam Fenwick-Symes and the glamorous, aristocratic Nina B...(展开全部)