塞尔日·布鲁梭罗是一位相当多产的侦探和科幻小说家，他生于1951年，从80年代起便以荒诞诡异的风格奠定了自己在法国文坛的独特地位。他的作品充盈着奔放不羁的想象力，游弋于现实于梦幻之间，成功地营造出波诡云谲、光怪陆离的艺术氛围，由此赢得了广大读者的喜爱，并荣膺多个文学奖项。 布鲁梭罗尤其擅长通过对真实生活的夸张变形，揭示出隐藏在现实背后的荒谬和悲哀。无论在《猎梦人》、《投弹手的一夜》，还是《与亡灵共舞》中，他都将这一风格展现得淋漓尽致。

A hurricane is building over the Gulf of Mexico, threatening the coastal town of Bois Sauvage, Mississippi, and Esch's father is growing concerned. A hard drinker, largely absent, he doesn't show concern for much else. Esch and her three brothers are stocking food, but there isn't much to save. Lately, Esch can't keep down what food she gets; she's fourteen and pregnant. Her br...(展开全部)

A hurricane is building over the Gulf of Mexico, threatening the coastal town of Bois Sauvage, Mississippi, and Esch's father is growing concerned. He's a hard drinker, largely absent, and it isn't often he worries about the family. Esch and her three brothers are stocking up on food, but there isn't much to save. Lately, Esch can't keep down what food she gets; at fifteen, she...(展开全部)

黑人女作家杰丝米妮·瓦德（Jesmyn Ward）在美国密西西比州德利斯勒长大，在密歇根大学获得艺术硕士学位。在校期间，她就凭借散文、戏剧、小说赢得过霍普沃德奖。她是斯坦福瓦勒斯·斯蒂格纳写作班的成员，也是密西西比大学客座作家。目前她担任南阿拉巴马大学创意写作学助理教授。 她的第一部作品《哪里疼痛》（Where the Line Bleeds，2008年）曾入选“精要读书俱乐部”（Essence Book Club），也荣获美国图书馆协会黑色党团(BCALA)的文学荣誉奖（Black Caucus of the ALA Honor Award）、弗吉尼亚联邦大学卡贝尔第一小说家奖（VCU Cabell First Novelist Award）和赫斯顿与赖特遗产奖（Hurston/Wright Legacy Award）。 《拾骨》是她的第二部小说，...(展开全部)

The Sea, the Sea is a tale of the strange obsessions that haunt a self-satisfied playwright and director as he begins to write his memoirs. Played out against a vividly rendered landscape and filled with allusions to myth and magic, Murdoch's novel exposes the jumble of motivations that drive her characters - the human vanity, jealousy, and lack of compassion behind the disguis...(展开全部)

The Sea, the Sea is a tale of the strange obsessions that haunt a self-satisfied playwright and director as he begins to write his memoirs. Played out against a vividly rendered landscape and filled with allusions to myth and magic, Murdoch's novel exposes the jumble of motivations that drive her characters - the human vanity, jealousy, and lack of compassion behind the disguis...(展开全部)

Charles Arrowby, leading light of England's theatrical set, retires from glittering London to an isolated home by the sea. He plans to write a memoir about his great love affair with Clement Makin, his mentor, both professionally and personally, and amuse himself with Lizzie, an actress he has strung along for many years. None of his plans work out, and his memoir evolves into ...(展开全部)

Although mammals and birds are widely regarded to be the smartest creatures on earth, it has lately become clear that a very distant branch of the tree of life has also sprouted higher intelligence: the cephalopods, consisting of the squid, the cuttlefish, and above all the octopus. In captivity, octopuses have been known to keep tabs on individual human keepers, raid neighbori...(展开全部)

Although mammals and birds are widely regarded to be the smartest creatures on earth, it has lately become clear that a very distant branch of the tree of life has also sprouted higher intelligence: the cephalopods, consisting of the squid, the cuttlefish, and above all the octopus. In captivity, octopuses have been known to keep tabs on individual human keepers, raid neighbori...(展开全部)