A psychological drama of cat and mouse, A Ladder to the Sky shows how easy it is to achieve the world if you are prepared to sacrifice your soul. If you look hard enough, you can find stories pretty much anywhere. They don’t even have to be your own. Or so would-be writer Maurice Swift decides very early on in his career. A chance encounter in a Berlin hotel with celebrated nov...(展开全部)

In The World Goes On, a narrator first speaks directly, then tells eleven unforgettable stories, and then bids farewell (“for here I would leave this earth and these stars, because I would take nothing with me”). As László Krasznahoraki himself explains: “Each text is about drawing our attention away from this world, speeding our body toward annihilation, and immersing ourselve...(展开全部)

In The World Goes On, a narrator first speaks directly, then tells eleven unforgettable stories, and then bids farewell (“for here I would leave this earth and these stars, because I would take nothing with me”). As László Krasznahoraki himself explains: “Each text is about drawing our attention away from this world, speeding our body toward annihilation, and immersing ourselve...(展开全部)

克拉斯诺霍尔卡伊·拉斯洛（Krasznahorkai László，1954— ），匈牙利当代 重要的作家之一，一九五四年生于匈牙利贝凯什州。一九八五年出版长篇小说《撒旦探戈》，备受文坛赞誉。一九八六年短篇小说集《仁慈的关系》问世，一九八七年移居德国柏林，一九八九年出版长篇小说《反抗的忧郁》，该小说于一九九三年获得德国年度 文学作品奖。二○○四年，拉斯洛获得匈牙利 重要的文学奖项科苏特奖，二○一五年被授予 布克奖，成为首位获此殊荣的匈牙利作家。拉斯洛的多部作品已被匈牙利 导演贝拉·塔尔改编为电影，由其代表作《撒旦探戈》改编的同名电影是电影 不朽的经典。《世界在前进》 出版于二○一三年，是拉斯洛写作生涯中的第二部短篇小说集，英译本入围二○一八年 布克奖短名单。

From the acclaimed author of The Information and Chaos, here is a mind-bending exploration of time travel: its subversive origins, its evolution in literature and science, and its influence on our understanding of time itself. The story begins at the turn of the previous century, with the young H. G. Wells writing and rewriting the fantastic tale that became his first book and ...(展开全部)

Paul Theroux celebrates fifty years of wandering the globe by collecting the best writing on travel from the books that shaped him, as a reader and a traveler. Part philosophical guide, part miscellany, part reminiscence, The Tao of Travel enumerates “The Contents of Some Travelers’ Bags” and exposes “Writers Who Wrote about Places They Never Visited”; tracks extreme journeys...(展开全部)

An exhilarating exploration of the science and wonder of global bird migration. In the past two decades, our understanding of the navigational and physiological feats that enable birds to cross immense oceans, fly above the highest mountains, or remain in unbroken flight for months at a stretch has exploded. What we’ve learned of these key migrations―how billions of birds circu...(展开全部)

An exhilarating exploration of the science and wonder of global bird migration. In the past two decades, our understanding of the navigational and physiological feats that enable birds to cross immense oceans, fly above the highest mountains, or remain in unbroken flight for months at a stretch has exploded. What we’ve learned of these key migrations―how billions of birds circu...(展开全部)

At the start of the 19th century, John James Audubon embarked upon an epic ornithological quest across America with nothing but his artist's materials, an assistant and a gun. Driving him through terrible storms, encounters with ferocious bears and dangerous people, Audubon's all-consuming passion for birds came to define his entire life--but what would the world make of his ex...(展开全部)

At the start of the 19th century, John James Audubon embarked upon an epic ornithological quest across America with nothing but his artist's materials, an assistant and a gun. Driving him through terrible storms, encounters with ferocious bears and dangerous people, Audubon's all-consuming passion for birds came to define his entire life--but what would the world make of his ex...(展开全部)