"Let it Come Down" tells the story of Dyar, a New York bank clerk who throws up his secure, humdrum job to find a reality abroad with which to identify himself, and his macabre experiences in the inferno of Tangiers.

保罗•鲍尔斯 美国传奇作家、翻译家、作曲家。一生只创作过四部长篇小说，却被视为20世纪美国极具代表性的作家，《时代》周刊称他为那个年代独一无二的作家。2002年，其作品由美国著名非营利性出版机构——美国文库收录出版，成为传世经典。 ◆鲍尔斯深受存在主义文学影响，曾翻译过萨特、博尔赫斯等作家的作品，美国评论界称：“没有哪位作家能像鲍尔斯那样对存在主义哲学作出这样全面的阐释。” ◆1929年，鲍尔斯辍学前往巴黎学习音乐创作，随后为田纳西•威廉斯等著名剧作家作曲，迅速成为美国当代著名作曲家之一。 ◆鲍尔斯一生游离于美国之外，视自己为旅人。1947年，他移居摩洛哥丹吉尔，直到去世。丹吉尔也因为鲍尔斯而吸引了众多文学家，成了一个时代的文学圣地。 · 译者简介 陆汉臻，资深英美文学译者。毕业于北京外国语大学，现任浙江越秀外国语学院教师，浙江省翻译协会理事。代表译...(展开全部)

In "Let It Come Down," Paul Bowles plots the doomed trajectory of Nelson Dyar, a New York bank teller who comes to Tangier in search of a different life and ends up giving in to his darkest impulses. Rich in descriptions of the corruption and decadence of the International Zone in the last days before Moroccan independence, Bowles's second novel is an alternately comic and horr...(展开全部)

The thirty-four stories in this seminal collection powerfully display what have become Lydia Davis's trademarks--dexterity, brevity, understatement, and surprise. Although the certainty of her prose suggests a world of almost clinical reason and clarity, her characters show us that life, thought, and language are full of disorder. "Break It Down "is Davis at her best. In the wo...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 Miss Emily was old, rich, and afraid--and now, she's dead. Her terrified plea to Hercule Poirot came a little too late. All that's left is a house full of greedy heirs, and a very strange letter that could solve the mystery--or add to it.

无可争议的侦探小说女王，侦探文学史上最伟大的作家之一。 阿加莎•克里斯蒂原名为阿加莎•玛丽•克拉丽莎•米勒，一八九○年九月十五日生于英国德文郡托基的阿什菲尔德宅邸。她几乎没有接受过正规的教育，但酷爱阅读，尤其痴迷于歇洛克•福尔摩斯的故事。 第一次世界大战期间，阿加莎•克里斯蒂成了一名志愿者。战争结束后，她创作了自己的第一部侦探小说《斯泰尔斯庄园奇案》。几经周折，作品于一九二○正式出版，由此开启了克里斯蒂辉煌的创作生涯。一九二六年，《罗杰疑案》由哈珀柯林斯出版公司出版。这部作品一举奠定了阿加莎•克里斯蒂在侦探文学领域不可撼动的地位。之后，她又陆续出版了《东方快车谋杀案》、《ABC 谋杀案》、《尼罗河上的惨案》、《无人生还》、《阳光下的罪恶》等脍炙人口的作品。时至今日，这些作品依然是世界侦探文学宝库里最宝贵的财富。根据她的小说改编而成的舞台剧《捕鼠器》，...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 Miss Emily was old, rich, and afraid--and now, she's dead. Her terrified plea to Hercule Poirot came a little too late. All that's left is a house full of greedy heirs, and a very strange letter that could solve the mystery--or add to it.

Miss Emily was old, rich, and afraid--and now, she's dead. Her terrified plea to Hercule Poirot came a little too late. All that's left is a house full of greedy heirs, and a very strange letter that could solve the mystery--or add to it.

Gus and Ben are on the job, waiting and listening. Into the waiting silence rattles the dumb waiter with extraordinary demands for dishes they cannot supply - and who is operating the dumb waiter in an empty house? In a while their victim will come and they will know what to do.

Gus and Ben are on the job, waiting and listening. Into the waiting silence rattles the dumb waiter with extraordinary demands for dishes they cannot supply - and who is operating the dumb waiter in an empty house? In a while their victim will come and they will know what to do.