作者简介： 玛格丽特.阿特伍德发表了四十多部著作，包括小说、诗歌和评论集。其中，《使女的故事》、《猫眼》、《别名格蕾丝》和《羚羊与秧鸡》均被列入布克奖候选名单，2000年她凭借《盲人刺客》获得布克奖。 封 底 语： 每当我下决心少写一点儿，做些更健康的事，比如冰上舞蹈----某位嘴上抹了蜜的编辑就会给我打电话，给我一个无法拒绝的提议。因此，在某种意义上，这本书只是我缺少说“不”的能力的结果。 为什么该选集命名为《好奇的追寻》？“好奇”指我惯常的精神状态----换个不好听的词就是“爱管闲事”----也指一些文章的主题使我好奇。如爱丽丝一般，我越来越好奇，而世界则越来越奇怪。换一种说法，没有引起我的好奇心的东西，我是不太会写的。尽管“好奇”一词的份量很轻，我的“好奇心”也不懒散（我希望如此）。“激情”或许是更准确的描写，不过这也许会误导某些人，令一些穿...(展开全部)

' Whenever I resolve to write less and do something healthful instead, like ice dancing - some honey-tongued editor is sure to call me up and make me an offer I can't refuse. So in some ways this book is simply the result of an under-developed ability to say no.' Collected and published in the UK for the first time, here are essays and journalism from the brilliant novelist and...(展开全部)

In this, the original book about the curious monkey, George is taken from the jungle by the man in the yellow hat.

In this, the original book about the curious monkey, George is taken from the jungle by the man in the yellow hat.

In this, the original book about the curious monkey, George is taken from the jungle by the man in the yellow hat. "Small children will wear the book out with affection."--"The Horn Book." Full-color illustrations.

This gorgeously illustrated picture book opens to a detailed spread of a gray city. If you look closely, you can spot the tiny figure of a red-headed boy, Liam, walking down the street. THE CURIOUS GARDEN tells the story of how this young boy discovers a door that leads up to abandoned railroad tracks where he finds a forgotten garden. He cares for the plants and helps them flo...(展开全部)

A sparkling collection of Zadie Smith's nonfiction over the past decade. Zadie Smith brings to her essays all of the curiosity, intellectual rigor, and sharp humor that have attracted so many readers to her fiction, and the result is a collection that is nothing short of extraordinary. Split into four sections-"Reading," "Being," "Seeing," and "Feeling"- Changing My Mind ...(展开全部)

How did George Eliot's love life affect her prose? Why did Kafka write at three in the morning? In what ways is Barack Obama like Eliza Doolittle? Can you be over-dressed for the Oscars? What is Italian Feminism? If Roland Barthes killed the Author, can Nabokov revive him? What does 'soulful' mean? Is Date Movie the worst film ever made? A collection of essays that brims over w...(展开全部)

At her death in 1964, O'Connor left behind a body of unpublished essays and lectures as well as a number of critical articles that had appeared in scattered publications during her too-short lifetime. The keen writings comprising Mystery and Manners, selected and edited by O'Connor's lifelong friends Sally and Robert Fitzgerald, are characterized by the directness and simplicit...(展开全部)