Pulitzer Prize–winning literary critic Michiko Kakutani shares 100 personal, thought-provoking essays about books that have mattered to her and that help illuminate the world we live in today—with beautiful illustrations throughout. In the introduction to her new collection of essays, Ex Libris: 100+ Books to Read and Reread, Michiko Kakutani writes: "In a world riven by politi...(展开全部)

America’s most original and controversial literary critic writes trenchantly about forty-eight masterworks spanning the Western tradition—from Don Quixote to Wuthering Heights to Invisible Man—in his first book devoted exclusively to narrative fiction. In this valedictory volume, Yale professor Harold Bloom—who for more than half a century was regarded as America’s most daringl...(展开全部)

A bookplate, or Ex Libris, is a small print for pasting inside the cover of a book to express ownership. The first books were highly valuable and prestigious objects to own, hence the first bookplates usually incorporated the decorative coats of arms of the fabulously wealthy. By the late nineteenth century, bookplates had developed into a highly imaginative form of the engrave...(展开全部)

A bookplate, or "Ex Libris", is a small print for pasting inside the cover of a book to express ownership. The first books were highly valuable and prestigious objects to own, hence the first bookplates usually incorporated the decorative coats of arms of the fabulously wealthy. By the late nineteenth century, bookplates had developed into a highly imaginative form of the engra...(展开全部)

最近在《纽约时报》网站的书评版读到了一篇文章，介绍最近在美国出版的一本新书，名叫《如何谈论一本你没有读过的书》(How　To　Talk　About　Books　You　Haven’t　Read，作者Pierre　Bay ard)引起了我的兴趣。我决定谈论这本书，虽然这本书我至今还没有读过。 《西雅图邮讯报》对这本书的简介如下：“鉴于大家都偶尔需要让自己听起来显得更有文化层次一些(或者至少假装我们读过那些大家都在使劲儿谈论的书)，本书作者决定写一本这方面的启蒙读物。这本书是写给那些爱书但缺乏足够时间去阅读的聪明人的。” “这是一本严肃的书，作者是一位法国的文学教授兼精神分析学家。”《纽约时报》的书评介绍说，“这本叫做《如何谈论一本你没有读过的书》的书能够在法国登上畅销书榜有些令人难以置信，因为在法国书籍仍然被认为是神圣的事物，而作家在法国占据的社会地位...(展开全部)

皮耶‧巴亞德（PIERRE BAYARD） 巴黎第五大學的法國文學教授兼心理分析學者。曾出版過許多書籍，《福爾摩斯錯了！》（Sherlock Holmes Was Wrong: Reopening the Case of the Hound of the Baskervilles）、《誰殺了艾克洛德？》（Who Killed Roger Ackroyd?: The Mystery Behind the Agatha Christie Mystery）。他也擔任過電視評論節目主持人。

Information is endlessly available to us; where shall wisdom be found?" is the crucial question with which renowned literary critic Harold Bloom begins this impassioned book on the pleasures and benefits of reading well. For more than forty years, Bloom has transformed college students into lifelong readers with his unrivaled love for literature. Now, at a time when faster and ...(展开全部)

"Information is endlessly available to us; where shall wisdom be found?" is the crucial question with which renowned literary critic Harold Bloom commences this impassioned book on the pleasures and benefits of reading well. For more than forty years, Bloom has transformed college students into lifelong readers with his unrivaled love for literature. Now, at a time when fast...(展开全部)

Information is endlessly available to us; where shall wisdom be found?" is the crucial question with which renowned literary critic Harold Bloom begins this impassioned book on the pleasures and benefits of reading well. For more than forty years, Bloom has transformed college students into lifelong readers with his unrivaled love for literature. Now, at a time when faster and ...(展开全部)