Sophie's no ordinary house spider. She's an artist; and every web she spins is more wondrous than the one before. But don't mention that to the guests at Beekman's Boardinghouse, because they don't like spiders. No one there wants anything to do with Sophie or her magnificent creations -- no one except the woman on the third floor. She's a new mother "weaving" something herself...(展开全部)

One of the finest novelists and poets writing in the Netherlands today, Anna Enquist's first novel took the Dutch and German reading public by storm. The Masterpiece takes place during three days in the life of the painter Johan Steenkamer, and of the women closest to him. Is an artist as self-absorbed as Johan capable of expressing the deepest emotional understanding through h...(展开全部)

A young stagehand must complete a host of tasks before the moon can take center stage in the theater of night.

菲利普•罗斯（1933-2018） 美国小说家，出生于新泽西州纽瓦克市。1959年凭借处女作《再见，哥伦布》受到瞩目，此后笔耕不辍，获奖无数，赢得国内外的高度认可。2012年宣布封笔，一生共创作29部小说，代表作有《波特诺伊的怨诉》《鬼作家》《萨巴斯剧院》《美国牧歌》《人性的污秽》等。

Once a scandalously inventive puppeteer, Micky Sabbath at sixty-four is still defiantly antagonistic and exceedingly libidinous. But after the death of his long-time mistress - an erotic free spirit whose adulterous daring exceeds even his own - Sabbath embarks on a turbulent journey into his past. Bereft and grieving, besieged by the ghosts of those who loved and hated him mos...(展开全部)

Sabbath's Theater is a comic creation of epic proportions, and Mickey Sabbath is its gargantuan hero. Once a scandalously inventive puppeteer, Sabbath at sixty-four is still defiantly antagonistic and exceedingly libidinous. But after the death of his long-time mistress-- an erotic free spirit whose adulterous daring surpassed even his own-- Sabbath embarks on a turbulent journ...(展开全部)

He is relentlessly defiant. He is exceedingly libidinous. His appetite for the outrageous is insatiable. He is Mickey Sabbath, the aging, raging powerhouse whose savage effrontery and mocking audacity are at the heart of Philip Roth's astonishing new novel. Sabbath's Theater tells Mickey's story in the wake of the death of his mistress, an erotic free spirit whose adulterous da...(展开全部)

角田光代 寻找幸福的现代女作家。 角田光代自1990年以出道处女作《寻找幸福的游戏》获得日本海燕新人文学奖，之后诸多作品也获得颇多文学奖项，2004年则以《对岸的她》摘下直木奖桂冠。评选委员渡边淳一认为角田光代的作品特色是：“真实写出现代女性的切身问题，将她们狡猾、温柔、友情等感受性融入日常生活中，化为杰出的作品，是过去所未有的现代女性小说。”2005年荣获直木赏（日本大众文学最高奖项），曾三度入围芥川赏、三度入围直木赏。与吉本芭娜娜、江国香织同被誉为当今日本文坛三大重要女作家。