V.S.奈保尔（V.S.Naipaul）： 英国著名作家。1932年生于特立尼达岛上一个印度移民家庭，50年代进入牛津大学攻读英国文学，毕业后开始出版文学作品。著有《米格尔街》、《毕司沃斯先生的房子》、《自由国度》、《大河湾》、“印度三部曲”、“美洲三部曲”等。2001年，获诺贝尔文学奖。

At the centre of this extraordinary historical narrative are two linked themes: the grinding down of the aborigines during the long rivalries of the quest for El Dorado, the mythical kingdom of gold; and, two hundred years later, the man-made horror of the new slave colony. Naipaul shows how the alchemic delusion of El Dorado drew the small island of Trinidad into the vortex of...(展开全部)

'What I had known of Trinidad as a child had seemed to me ordinary, unplanned, just there, with nothing like a past. But the past was there: in the schoolyard, below the saman tree, we stood perhaps on the site of Dominique Cert's Bel-Air estate, where in 1803 the slave commandeur or headman, out of a twisted love for his master, had tried to poison the other slaves. More haunt...(展开全部)

The history of Trinidad begins with a delusion: the belief that somewhere nearby on the South American mainland lay El Dorado, the mythical kingdom of gold. In this extraordinary and often gripping book, V. S. Naipaul–himself a native of Trinidad–shows how that delusion drew a small island into the vortex of world events, making it the object of Spanish and English colonial des...(展开全部)

豪尔赫•路易斯•博尔赫斯（Jorge Luis Borges，1899－1986） 阿根廷诗人、小说家、评论家、翻译家，西班牙语文学大师。 一八九九年八月二十四日出生于布宜诺斯艾利斯，少年时随家人旅居欧洲。 一九二三年出版第一部诗集《布宜诺斯艾利斯激情》，一九二五年出版第一部随笔集《探讨集》，一九三五年出版第一部短篇小说集《恶棍列传》，逐步奠定在阿根廷文坛的地位。代表诗集《圣马丁札记》《老虎的金黄》，小说集《小径分岔的花园》《阿莱夫》，随笔集《永恒史》《探讨别集》等更为其赢得国际声誉。译有王尔德、吴尔夫、福克纳等作家作品。 曾任阿根廷国家图书馆馆长、布宜诺斯艾利斯大学文学教授，获得阿根廷国家文学奖、福门托国际出版奖、耶路撒冷奖、巴尔赞奖、奇诺•德尔杜卡奖、塞万提斯奖等多个文学大奖。 一九八六年六月十四日病逝于瑞士日内瓦。

豪尔赫•路易斯•博尔赫斯（Jorge Luis Borges，1899－1986） 阿根廷诗人、小说家、评论家、翻译家，西班牙语文学大师。 一八九九年八月二十四日出生于布宜诺斯艾利斯，少年时随家人旅居欧洲。 一九二三年出版第一部诗集《布宜诺斯艾利斯激情》，一九二五年出版第一部随笔集《探讨集》，一九三五年出版第一部短篇小说集《恶棍列传》，逐步奠定在阿根廷文坛的地位。代表诗集《圣马丁札记》《老虎的金黄》，小说集《小径分岔的花园》《阿莱夫》，随笔集《永恒史》《探讨别集》等更为其赢得国际声誉。译有王尔德、吴尔夫、福克纳等作家作品。 曾任阿根廷国家图书馆馆长、布宜诺斯艾利斯大学文学教授，获得阿根廷国家文学奖、福门托国际出版奖、耶路撒冷奖、巴尔赞奖、奇诺•德尔杜卡奖、塞万提斯奖等多个文学大奖。 一九八六年六月十四日病逝于瑞士日内瓦。

This work by the renowned Peruvian author allows us to glimpse into the key years of his youth until his candidacy for President of Peru. These are stark, unadorned truths revealed through his hypnotic and masterly prose. The strained relationship between the author and his harsh, violent father; the discovery of his calling as a writer as a means to oppose parental authoritari...(展开全部)

This work by the renowned Peruvian author allows us to glimpse into the key years of his youth until his candidacy for President of Peru. These are stark, unadorned truths revealed through his hypnotic and masterly prose. The strained relationship between the author and his harsh, violent father; the discovery of his calling as a writer as a means to oppose parental authoritari...(展开全部)

萨义德(1935-2003)，当今世界极具影响力的文学与文化批评家之一。出生于耶路撒冷，在英国占领期间就读于埃及开罗的西方学校，接受英式和美式教育，1950年代赴美就学，获哈佛大学博士学位，1963年起任教于哥伦比亚大学，讲授英国文学与比较文学。代表作有：《开始：意图与方法》、《世界·文本·批评家》、《东方学》、《文化与帝国主义》、《知识分子论》、《巴勒斯坦问题》等。萨义德还是有名的乐评家、歌剧学者、钢琴家，并以知识分子的身份积极参与巴勒斯坦的政治运动，为巴勒斯坦在西方世界最雄辩的代言人。

Going to school and making new friends can be tough. But going to school and making new friends while wearing a bulky hearing aid strapped to your chest? That requires superpowers! In this funny, poignant graphic novel memoir, author/illustrator Cece Bell chronicles her hearing loss at a young age and her subsequent experiences with the Phonic Ear, a very powerful—and very awkw...(展开全部)