In this highly original novel Slauerhoff (1898-1936) reprises major themes from his poetry (erotic obsession, nomadism, persecution and confused identity) within a more ambitious formal framework. The book interweaves three narratives, separated in time but linked by a common association with the 'forbidden kingdom' of China. The first of these is the brutal and bloody founding...(展开全部)

There were two Norman Conquests. John Julius Norwich is writing about the 'other' one, the conquest of Sicily. When on Christmas Day 1130, Roger de Hauteville had himself crowned first King of Sicily, the island entered a golden age. Norman and Italian, Greek and Arab, Lombard, Englishman and Jew all contributed to a culture that was as brilliant as it was cosmopolitan; to an i...(展开全部)

From a variety of masterfully rendered perspectives, these six stories depict people at painful odds with the world around them. A wife can only surrender to a desert night by betraying her husband. An artist struggles to honor his own aspirations as well as society's expectations of him. A missionary brutally converted to the worship of a tribal fetish is left with but an ech...(展开全部)

From a variety of masterfully rendered perspectives, these six stories depict people at painful odds with the world around them. A wife can only surrender to a desert night by betraying her husband. An artist struggles to honor his own aspirations as well as society's expectations of him. A missionary brutally converted to the worship of a tribal fetish is left with but an ech...(展开全部)

This play takes readers back and forth between the 19th and 20th centuries. Set in a large country house in Derbyshire, a cast of characters from each century play out their respective dramas. The text explores topics such as the nature of truth and time and the difference between the classical and the romantic temperament, and the disruptive influence of sex on our orbits in l...(展开全部)

Set in post-World War II Vienna, "The Third Man" is the result of Greene's collaboration with Carol Reed on the classic movie (which recently celebrated a 50th anniversary). The forceful narrative depends heavily on the master storyteller's penetrating portrait of Vienna in these years of decay and corruption. The Fallen Idol is a separate tale of intrigue set in Britain.

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY IAN THOMPSON The Third Man is Graham Greene's brilliant recreation of post-war Vienna, a ‘smashed dreary city’ occupied by the four Allied powers. Rollo Martins, a second-rate novelist, arrives penniless to visit his friend and hero, Harry Lime. But Harry has died in suspicious circumstances, and the police are closing in on his associates… The ...(展开全部)

简介：皇阿玛向，GB，不喜勿扰（重修）谁都无法阻止我对皇阿玛的爱为消遣寂寞而持续着无聊的约定看着未知晓绝望的你过平凡日子狂妄的态度也好，不可爱的语调也罢就原谅你是在虚张声势吧保持暖味的关系就这样...就这样

简介：皇阿玛向，GB，不喜勿扰（重修）谁都无法阻止我对皇阿玛的爱为消遣寂寞而持续着无聊的约定看着未知晓绝望的你过平凡日子狂妄的态度也好，不可爱的语调也罢就原谅你是在虚张声势吧保持暖味的关系就这样...就这样

简介：我会在有时间的时候尽量多更的，描述三位主角成长史，中间会有亿点沙雕，后面才会热血，不喜轻喷，感谢支持∠(｀ω´*)敬礼