In intimate and eloquent interviews, including the last he gave before his suicide, the writer hailed by A.O. Scott of The New York Times as “the best mind of his generation” considers the state of modern America, entertainment and discipline, adulthood, literature, and his own inimitable writing style. The volume includes among others interviews with Laura Miller, Dave Eggers,...(展开全部)

The iconic writer whose prose was as influential and as it is unmistakably hers is joined in conversation with Sheila Heti, Hilton Als, Dave Eggers, Hari Kunzru and many more. Some writers define a generation. Some a genre. Joan Didion did both, and much more. Didion rose to prominence with her nonfiction collection, Slouching Towards Bethlehem, and she quickly became the write...(展开全部)

The iconic writer whose prose was as influential and as it is unmistakably hers is joined in conversation with Sheila Heti, Hilton Als, Dave Eggers, Hari Kunzru and many more. Some writers define a generation. Some a genre. Joan Didion did both, and much more. Didion rose to prominence with her nonfiction collection, Slouching Towards Bethlehem, and she quickly became the write...(展开全部)

玛丽莲·梦露 Marilyn Monroe，1926—1962 1926年生于洛杉矶，在多个寄养家庭和孤儿院里度过童年。1940年代成为海报模特并进入电影行业，出演过《夜阑人未静》《豆蔻年华》《乱点鸳鸯谱》《绅士爱美人》等影片。她创造的金发女郎形象成为20世纪最广为人知和经久不衰的银幕形象。梦露曾获金球奖在内的诸多荣誉，却在年仅36岁时因过量服用药物离世。 【译者】李文心：本科毕业于同济大学英美文学专业，硕士毕业于英国帝国理工学院商学院。独立戏剧制作人，自由译者。

When she began writing in the 1960s, Ursula K. Le Guin was as much of a literary outsider as one can be: a woman writing in a landscape dominated by men, a science fiction and fantasy author in an era that dismissed “genre” literature as unserious, and a westerner living far from fashionable East Coast publishing circles. The interviews collected here—spanning a remarkable fort...(展开全部)

Three of these stories were previously published in Victoria Hislop's ebook collection, One Cretan Evening. In ten powerful stories, Victoria Hislop takes us through the streets of Athens and into the tree-lined squares of Greek villages. As she evokes their distinct atmosphere, she brings vividly to life a host of unforgettable characters, from a lonesome priest to battling br...(展开全部)

维多利亚·希斯洛普（Victoria Hislop） 英国当代女作家。早期在《星期日电讯报》《每日电讯报》《妇女与家庭》等开设专栏，以优美温婉的文笔和清新感人的故事享有盛誉。2006年，长篇处女作《岛》甫一出版，即力压《达芬奇密码》《哈利·波特》等书，登上英国各大畅销书排行榜榜首。2008年，《回归》出版，荣膺英国年度畅销小说。2011年，出版《线》。2014年出版《日出酒店》。2012年，出版短篇小说集《蓝色咖啡馆和绿色咖啡馆》。

An instant classic of American sportswriting—the tennis essays of David Foster Wallace, “the best mind of his generation” (A. O. Scott) and “the best tennis-writer of all time” (New York Times) Gathered for the first time in a deluxe collector's edition, here are David Foster Wallace's legendary writings on tennis, five tour-de-force pieces written with a competitor's insight ...(展开全部)

An instant classic of American sportswriting—the tennis essays of David Foster Wallace, “the best mind of his generation” (A. O. Scott) and “the best tennis-writer of all time” (New York Times) Gathered for the first time in a deluxe collector's edition, here are David Foster Wallace's legendary writings on tennis, five tour-de-force pieces written with a competitor's insight ...(展开全部)

The first complete English-language edition of one of Calvino's important early short story collections Throughout his stories, Calvino delights in discovering hidden truths beneath the surface of everyday life. Blending reality and illusion with elegance and precision, the tales in this collection take place in a World War II–era and postwar Italy tinged with visionary and fab...(展开全部)