Mrs. Hawkins, the majestic narrator of A Far Cry from Kensington, takes us well in hand, and leads us back to her threadbare years in postwar London. There, as a fat and much admired young war widow, she spent her days working for a mad, near-bankrupt publisher ("of very good books") and her nights dispensing advice at her small South Kensington rooming-house. At work and at ho...(展开全部)

Nancy Hawkins, the majestic narrator of A Far Cry From Kensington, takes us by the hand and leads us back to her threadbare years in postwar London, where she spent her days working for a mad, near-bankrupt publisher (“of very good books”) and her nights dispensing advice at her small South Kensington boarding house. She found evil everywhere: shady literary doings and a deadly...(展开全部)

With a cover design by Lucienne Day When Mrs Hawkins tells Hector Bartlett he is a 'pisseur de copie', that he 'urinates frightful prose', little does she realise the repercussions. Holding that 'no life can be carried on satisfactorily unless people are honest' Mrs Hawkins refuses to retract her judgement, and as a consequence, loses not one, but two much-sought-after jobs in ...(展开全部)

When Mrs Hawkins tells Hector Bartlett he is a 'pisseur de copie', that he 'urinates frightful prose', little does she realise the repercussions. Holding that 'no life can be carried on satisfactorily unless people are honest' Mrs Hawkins refuses to retract her judgement, and as a consequence, loses not one, but two much-sought-after jobs in publishing. Now, years older, succes...(展开全部)

马塞尔·索鲁（Marcel Theroux） 英国作家、编剧、主持人。毛姆奖、约翰·W·坎贝尔纪念奖等多项大奖得主。代表作《极北》出版后备受读者好评，先后入围美国国家图书奖、亚瑟·C·克拉克奖。

马塞尔·索鲁（Marcel Theroux） 英国作家、编剧、主持人。毛姆奖、约翰·W·坎贝尔纪念奖等多项大奖得主。代表作《极北》出版后备受读者好评，先后入围美国国家图书奖、亚瑟·C·克拉克奖。

Two Soviet science fiction novels by the Strugatsky brothers. Introduction by Theodore Sturgeon. * Far Rainbow: "We all know what Rainbow is," began Lamondois. "Rainbow is a planet colonized by science and designed for physical experiments." "The Far Rainbow was written at one breath, it is full of dynamics and genuine dramatism." - Literary Gazette "Science-fiction stories by ...(展开全部)

More than a half-century ago the Canadian Wildlife Service assigned the naturalist Farley Mowat to investigate why wolves were killing arctic caribou. Mowat's account of the summer he lived in the frozen tundra alone -- studying the wolf population and developing a deep affection for the wolves (who were of no threat to caribou or man) and for a friendly Inuit tribe known as th...(展开全部)