A variety of Chinese writings from the Song period (960–1279)—medical texts, religious treatises, fiction, and anecdotes—depict women who were considered peculiar because their sexual bodies did not belong to men. These were women who refused to marry, were considered unmarriageable, or were married but denied their husbands sexual access, thereby removing themselves from socia...(展开全部)

A variety of Chinese writings from the Song period (960–1279)—medical texts, religious treatises, fiction, and anecdotes—depict women who were considered peculiar because their sexual bodies did not belong to men. These were women who refused to marry, were considered unmarriageable, or were married but denied their husbands sexual access, thereby removing themselves from socia...(展开全部)

Men Without Women was a milestone in Hemingway's career. Fiesta had already established him as a novelist of exceptional power, but with these short stories, his second collection, he showed that it is possible, within the space of a few pages, to recreate a scene with absolute truth, bringing to life details observed only by the eye of a uniquely gifted artist. Heming...(展开全部)

沙赫尔努希·帕尔西普尔（Shahrnūsh Pārsīpūr 1946—）是伊朗当代享有盛誉的一位女作家，在美国召开的第18届世界女性研究大会上被选为年度女性，其作品被翻译成多种语言。帕尔西普尔曾在法国巴黎索邦大学获中国语言文化系本科文凭，与中国有缘。帕尔西普尔16岁开始在各种刊物上发表作品，1974年出版第一部长篇小说《狗与漫长的冬季》。同年，因参加抗议巴列维政权对作家们的政治迫害而被捕入狱54天。1989年，出版长篇小说《没有男人的女人们》，受到“异端审判委员会”的传唤审判，最终被判监禁，出狱后移居美国。帕尔西普尔出版有小说集《水晶吊坠》（1977）、《自由的体验》（1978），长篇小说《图芭与夜晚的意义》（1988）、《没有男人的女人们》（1989）、《蓝色理智》（1992）、《树灵的简单小奇遇》（1998）、《喜娃》（1999）、《御风而行》...(展开全部)

沙赫尔努希·帕尔西普尔（Shahrnūsh Pārsīpūr 1946—）是伊朗当代享有盛誉的一位女作家，在美国召开的第18届世界女性研究大会上被选为年度女性，其作品被翻译成多种语言。帕尔西普尔曾在法国巴黎索邦大学获中国语言文化系本科文凭，与中国有缘。帕尔西普尔16岁开始在各种刊物上发表作品，1974年出版第一部长篇小说《狗与漫长的冬季》。同年，因参加抗议巴列维政权对作家们的政治迫害而被捕入狱54天。1989年，出版长篇小说《没有男人的女人们》，受到“异端审判委员会”的传唤审判，最终被判监禁，出狱后移居美国。帕尔西普尔出版有小说集《水晶吊坠》（1977）、《自由的体验》（1978），长篇小说《图芭与夜晚的意义》（1988）、《没有男人的女人们》（1989）、《蓝色理智》（1992）、《树灵的简单小奇遇》（1998）、《喜娃》（1999）、《御风而行》...(展开全部)

Men Without Women was a milestone in Hemingway's career. Fiesta had already established him as a novelist of exceptional power, but with these short stories, his second collection, he showed that it is possible, within the space of a few pages, to recreate a scene with absolute truth, bringing to life details observed only by the eye of a uniquely gifted artist. Heming...(展开全部)

Review "Empresses, Art, and Agency in Song Dynasty China is very impressive, extremely rich in new information about art and women in the Song. The analysis is sophisticated, theoretically informed, and smart; the prose is smooth, even elegant." Beverly Bossler, University of California, Davis "This is an important book that breaks new ground in several scholarly areas and does...(展开全部)

Review "Empresses, Art, and Agency in Song Dynasty China is very impressive, extremely rich in new information about art and women in the Song. The analysis is sophisticated, theoretically informed, and smart; the prose is smooth, even elegant." Beverly Bossler, University of California, Davis "This is an important book that breaks new ground in several scholarly areas and does...(展开全部)

A dazzling new collection of short stories--the first major new work of fiction from the beloved, internationally acclaimed, Haruki Murakami since his #1 best-selling Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage. Across seven tales, Haruki Murakami brings his powers of observation to bear on the lives of men who, in their own ways, find themselves alone. Here are vanish...(展开全部)

A dazzling new collection of short stories--the first major new work of fiction from the beloved, internationally acclaimed, Haruki Murakami since his #1 best-selling Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage. Across seven tales, Haruki Murakami brings his powers of observation to bear on the lives of men who, in their own ways, find themselves alone. Here are vanish...(展开全部)