This is one of the most acclaimed novels of the last two decades and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction Frank Bascombe, in the aftermath of his divorce and the ruin of his career, has entered an ‘Existence Period’ – selling real estate in New Jersey and mastering the high-wire act of normalcy. But over one Fourth of July weekend, Frank is called into sudden, bewildering ...(展开全部)

理查德·福特《独立日》

理查德·福特《独立日》

Even in Empire City, a town where weird science is the hope for tomorrow, it's hard for a robot to make his way. It's even harder for a robot named Mack Megaton, a hulking machine designed to bring mankind to its knees. But Mack's not interested in world domination. He's just a bot trying to get by, trying to demonstrate that he isn't just an automated smashing machine, and to ...(展开全部)

Photographer Nick Knight has been at the vanguard of progressive image making for the past three decades. As a fashion photographer, he is one of the world’s most influential and visionary image makers. He is renowned for his groundbreaking creative collaborations with the world’s top couturiers, advertising work for major fashion brands, and award-winning editorials for premie...(展开全部)

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A CALDECOTT HONOR AWARD WINNER A determined Owl builds strength and confidence in this medieval picture book about the real mettle of a hero: wits, humor, and heart. Since the day he hatched, Owl dreamed of becoming a real knight. He may not be the biggest or the strongest, but his sharp nocturnal instincts can help protect the castle, especially s...(展开全部)

Photographer Nick Knight has been at the vanguard of progressive image making for the past three decades. As a fashion photographer, he is one of the world’s most influential and visionary image makers. He is renowned for his groundbreaking creative collaborations with the world’s top couturiers, advertising work for major fashion brands, and award-winning editorials for premie...(展开全部)

From Nobel Laureate Imre Kertész comes this riveting novel about a torturer for the secret police of a Latin American regime who tells the haunting story of the father and son he ensnared and destroyed. Now in prison, Antonio Martens is a torturer for a recently defunct dictatorship. He requests and is given writing materials in his cell, using them to narrate his involvemen...(展开全部)

As readers, we are accustomed to reading stories of war and injustice from the victims’ point of view, sympathizing with their plight. In Detective Story, the tables have been turned, leaving us in the mind of a monster, as Nobel Laureate Imre Kertész plunges us into a story of the worst kind, told by a man living outside morality. Now in prison, Antonio Martens is a torture...(展开全部)

‘A sophisticated and brilliant dissection of nihilistic power’ Times Literary Supplement From his prison cell, Antonio Martens, an interrogator for the recently fallen dictatorship, awaits execution. His charge? Multiple counts of murder; the murder of those disappeared by the state. Bereft of authority, and unable to avoid the consequences of his actions any longer, Martens tu...(展开全部)