作者簡介 維特多．沙博爾夫斯基Witold Szabłowski 一個天生說故事的人，波蘭最優秀的報導文學作家之一。畢業於華沙大學新聞系與政治學系。在業內素以簡潔靈動的語言運用而聞名。對於土耳其的政治、婦女及犯罪議題有深入研究，他對於土耳其「榮譽殺人」的報導〈姐妹，這是出於愛〉曾獲得國際特赦組織的榮譽推薦，而他的土耳其長篇報導《來自杏城的刺客》則獲波蘭最重要的文學獎——「尼刻」獎（NIKE）提名。除了土耳其，他也關注中歐和東歐國家從共產鐵幕走向民主自由的過程中，人們所經歷的種種轉型不易，這些故事在他的《跳舞的熊》和與妻子伊莎貝拉．梅札（Izabela Meyza）合著的《我們的小小波蘭共和國：一場重返共產的社會實驗》中皆可讀到。他的最新力作《正義的叛徒，瓦萊尼亞的鄰居》是關於二戰期間瓦萊尼亞與東加利西亞波蘭人大屠殺事件中，冒著生命危險拯救波蘭人的烏克...(展开全部)

作者簡介 維特多．沙博爾夫斯基Witold Szabłowski 一個天生說故事的人，波蘭最優秀的報導文學作家之一。畢業於華沙大學新聞系與政治學系。在業內素以簡潔靈動的語言運用而聞名。對於土耳其的政治、婦女及犯罪議題有深入研究，他對於土耳其「榮譽殺人」的報導〈姐妹，這是出於愛〉曾獲得國際特赦組織的榮譽推薦，而他的土耳其長篇報導《來自杏城的刺客》則獲波蘭最重要的文學獎——「尼刻」獎（NIKE）提名。除了土耳其，他也關注中歐和東歐國家從共產鐵幕走向民主自由的過程中，人們所經歷的種種轉型不易，這些故事在他的《跳舞的熊》和與妻子伊莎貝拉．梅札（Izabela Meyza）合著的《我們的小小波蘭共和國：一場重返共產的社會實驗》中皆可讀到。他的最新力作《正義的叛徒，瓦萊尼亞的鄰居》是關於二戰期間瓦萊尼亞與東加利西亞波蘭人大屠殺事件中，冒著生命危險拯救波蘭人的烏克...(展开全部)

A cult read among designers for more than half a century, the famous manifesto of America's greatest industrial designer is finally back in print! From the first answering machine ("the electronic brain") and the Hoover vacuum cleaner to the SS Independence and the Bell telephone, the creations of Henry S. Dreyfuss have shaped the cultural landscape of the 20th century. Writt...(展开全部)

Greetings from Buenos Aires and the fascinating, frightening, fantastical imagination of Mariana Enriquez. Illuminating the darkest shadows of contemporary existence, these twelve short stories explore in dazzling prose some of life’s grandest themes, including longing, treachery, and murder. With her spellbinding ability to weave the real and the supernatural, Enriquez writes ...(展开全部)

Available again, a newly translated collection of twenty-three stories from one of the most influential figures in modern Japanese literature. Yasunari Kawabata is widely known for his innovative short stories, some called "palm-of-the-hand" stories short enough to fit into ones palm. This collection reflects Kawabata's keen perception, deceptive simplicity, and the deep ...(展开全部)

One of the best short story collections of the last ten years, back in print in a new edition.

With Stories of Your Life and Others, his masterful first collection, multiple-award-winning author Ted Chiang deftly blends human emotion and scientific rationalism in eight remarkably diverse stories, all told in his trademark precise and evocative prose. From a soaring Babylonian tower that connects a flat Earth with the firmament above, to a world where angelic visitations ...(展开全部)

Stories of Your Life and Others is a collection of masterpieces and recently it has taken Hollywood by storm. The lead story in the collection will soon to be a major motion picture starring Amy Adams, while another story has been optioned by Fox and is in development. Offering readers the dual delights of the very strange and the heartbreakingly familiar, Stories of Your Life ...(展开全部)

Ted Chiang's first published story, "Tower of Babylon," won the Nebula Award in 1990. Subsequent stories have won the Asimov's SF Magazine reader poll, a second Nebula Award, the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award, and the Sidewise Award for alternate history. He won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 1992. Story for story, he is the most honored young writer in mo...(展开全部)

One of the best short story collections of the last ten years, back in print in a new edition.