歐大旭 (Tash Aw) 在台北出生，父母是馬來西亞人。他成長於吉隆坡，從小生活在多語言、多族群的環境下，會說中文、廣東話、馬來語和英語。之後遠赴英國修習法律，曾於律師事務所服務，但最終決心專注寫作，並於東安格利亞大學完成文學創作碩士學位。迄今著有四部小說，每部皆佳評如潮，其中《和諧絲莊》（2005）獲惠特貝瑞圖書獎，以及大英國協作家亞太獎，隨後推出《沒有地圖的世界》（2009）、《五星豪門》（2013）、《倖存者，如我們》（2019）。他的著作兩度入選曼布克獎，已印行二十三種語言譯本，為近年在國際上最炙手可熱的馬來西亞華人作家。 譯者簡介 宋瑛堂 台大外文系畢業，台大新聞碩士，著有《譯者即叛徒？》，曾兩度入圍梁實秋翻譯大師獎，曾任China Post記者、副採訪主任、Student Post主編等職。文學譯作包括《內景唐人街》、《幸運之子》、《分...(展开全部)

In Shadow Family, Miyuki Miyabe draws readers into the amorphous world of Internet chat rooms-a world of people from all walks of life attracted by the possibility of being whomever they want to be. Police investigating the murder of a middle-aged office worker discover e-mail correspondence on the victim's computer that indicates he had been a regular participant in an Intern...(展开全部)

In Shadow Family, Miyuki Miyabe draws readers into the amorphous world of Internet chat rooms-a world of people from all walks of life attracted by the possibility of being whomever they want to be. Police investigating the murder of a middle-aged office worker discover e-mail correspondence on the victim's computer that indicates he had been a regular participant in an Intern...(展开全部)

詹姆斯·洛德（James Lord） 美国作家，于1922 年出生于新泽西州的恩格尔伍德，是多本书的作者，包括广受好评的阿尔贝托·贾科梅蒂和巴勃罗·毕加索的传记。1964 年， 美国传记作家詹姆斯·洛德受邀担任艺术家贾科梅蒂的肖像模特，他将这段经历记录下来并集结成册。透过本书，我们得以 窥见这位大艺术家的生活习惯、言行举止以及创作理念。

When we look at a painting hanging on an art gallery wall, we see only what the artist has chosen to disclose--the finished work of art. What remains mysterious is the process of creation itself--the making of the work of art. Everyone who has looked at paintings has wondered about this, and numerous efforts have been made to discover and depict the creative method of important...(展开全部)

Drawing on a full range of Cicero's speeches, essays and correspondence, as well as on the most recent research, Rawson's highly regarded biography of Cicero - his politics and philosophy - makes fascinating reading for historians, classicists, and anyone interested in Roman history.

Maggie O'Farrell, FRSOL, is the author of HAMNET, Winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction 2020, and the memoir I AM, I AM, I AM, both Sunday Times no. 1 bestsellers. Her novels include AFTER YOU'D GONE, MY LOVER'S LOVER, THE DISTANCE BETWEEN US, which won a Somerset Maugham Award, THE VANISHING ACT OF ESME LENNOX, THE HAND THAT FIRST HELD MINE, which won the 2010 Costa Novel Aw...(展开全部)

Florence, the 1560s. Lucrezia, third daughter of Cosimo de' Medici, is free to wander the palazzo at will, wondering at its treasures and observing its clandestine workings. But when her older sister dies on the eve of marriage to Alfonso d'Este, ruler of Ferrara, Modena and Reggio, Lucrezia is thrust unwittingly into the limelight: the duke is quick to request her hand in marr...(展开全部)

'Someone swore that, as a little girl, he once saw you touch a tiger. And that the tiger didn't harm you, it let you stroke it. It was always said that you had charmed the beast.' Winter, 1561. Lucrezia, Duchess of Ferrara, is taken on an unexpected visit to a country villa by her husband, Alfonso. As they sit down to dinner it occurs to Lucrezia that Alfonso has a sinister pur...(展开全部)