大衛．鄧肯（Dave Duncan） 生於蘇格蘭。與妻子珍娜於1969年結婚，育有一兒兩女，目前定居於維多利亞州。在投入寫作前，他曾經是一位地質學者。自從發現幻想的世界可以滿足許多現實世界無法成就的願望時，他便全心投入寫作的領域，截止目前為止，作品已經超作30本，其中大部分是奇幻作品，但他也寫一些青少年、科幻、歷史等創作。代表作為《第七之劍》（The Seventh Sword），除獲獎外更被視為「劍與魔法」類型小說的經典作品。另外還有《線》（Strings）、《英雄》（Hero）、《言出必行之人》（A Man of His Word）三部曲、《一群人》（A Handful of Men）以及廣受好評的奇幻三部曲《大競局》（The Great Game）。

This wildly propulsive novel by the acclaimed author of A Wild Sheep Chase focuses on a man searching for a former lover who vanished mysteriously from a seedy hotel. But each new clue to Kiki's whereabouts leads him deeper into a labryrinth of physical violence and metaphysical dread. "A world-class writer."--Washington Post Book World

This wildly propulsive novel by the acclaimed author of A Wild Sheep Chase focuses on a man searching for a former lover who vanished mysteriously from a seedy hotel. But each new clue to Kiki's whereabouts leads him deeper into a labryrinth of physical violence and metaphysical dread. "A world-class writer."--Washington Post Book World

High-class call girls billed to Mastercard. A psychic 13-year-old dropout with a passion for Talking Heads. A hunky matinee idol doomed to play dentists and teachers. A one-armed beach-combing poet, an uptight hotel clerk and one very bemused narrator caught in the web of advanced capitalist mayhem. Combine this offbeat cast of characters with Murakami's idiosyncratic prose and...(展开全部)

High-class call girls billed to Mastercard. A psychic 13-year-old dropout with a passion for Talking Heads. A hunky matinee idol doomed to play dentists and teachers. A one-armed beach-combing poet, an uptight hotel clerk and one very bemused narrator caught in the web of advanced capitalist mayhem. Combine this offbeat cast of characters with Murakami's idiosyncratic prose and...(展开全部)

美国文学评论界的领军人物，被称为当代极为优秀、敏锐的诗歌评论家之一。她于1933年出生于马萨诸塞州，1960年获得哈佛大学文学博士学位，先后在康奈尔大学、波士顿大学等大学任职。1984年开始在哈佛大学英语系任教，兼任美国艺术与科学研究院院士。1990年，被任命为哈佛大学亚瑟•金斯利•波特讲座教授。文德勒专注于诗人和诗歌作品的细读，被誉为具有“铁血战士般的战斗力”，是一位“力量型的诗歌读者”。她多年来笔耕不辍，推出多部关于英美诗人的专著，因为卓越的贡献，获得了美国最高人文成就的国家人文基金等无数荣誉和奖项。

A young Italian boy has moved to the Welsh hills with his family. He feels isolated and unhappy, a stranger in a strange land. It is only when he makes an unlikely friend, an old man who lets him fly one of his pigeons in a race, that he learns how he can belong. Nicola Davies's beautiful story — an immigrant's tale with powerful resonance in our troubled times — is illustrated...(展开全部)

A fix-up consisting of the novelette Universe (1941) and the novella Common Sense (1941). First published in 1963. Hugh had been taught that, according to the ancient sacred writings, the Ship was on a voyage to faraway Centaurus. But he also understood this was actually allegory for a voyage to spiritual perfection. Indeed, how could the Ship move, since its miles and miles of...(展开全部)

Fourth impression of the first UK edition A fix-up consisting of the novelette Universe (1941) and the novella Common Sense (1941). First published in 1963. Hugh had been taught that, according to the ancient sacred writings, the Ship was on a voyage to faraway Centaurus. But he also understood this was actually allegory for a voyage to spiritual perfection. Indeed, how could t...(展开全部)