modern-day classic. "Gift from the Sea is like a shell itself in its small and perfect form . . . It tells of light and life and love and the security that lies at the heart."--New York Times Book Review.

In this inimitable, beloved classic—graceful, lucid and lyrical—Anne Morrow Lindbergh shares her meditations on youth and age; love and marriage; peace, solitude and contentment as she set them down during a brief vacation by the sea. Drawing inspiration from the shells on the shore, Lindbergh’s musings on the shape of a woman’s life bring new understanding to both men and wome...(展开全部)

Over a quarter of a century after its first publication, the great and simple wisdom in this book continues to influence women's lives. From the Hardcover edition.

一本暢銷美國600萬冊的當代經典散文 「真正逐漸枯竭的不是外在的環境，而是女性的內心……」 1955年，遠在西方的林白夫人寫下了世紀經典散文《來自大海的禮物》 影響世界無數女性，包括台灣作家蔡穎卿、簡媜、朱天文等 2011年秋冬，蔡穎卿寫下《我想學會生活》 她說，「這本書是我送給自己五十歲的生日禮物」 更是她從林白夫人的給予受用中，極想傳遞的生命之禮 蔡穎卿．朱天文．簡媜．梁寒衣｜誠摯推薦 一位洞悉生活本質的女性， 一段澄澈身心靈的島嶼假期， 激盪出溫柔的文字力量， 給想要體會生活美好，聆聽內在聲音並勇於行動的妳。 在這山徑的冥思中，不同於昔日的，是思維中流灌過一座豐饒的海洋，一葉諾亞方舟般呼吸涵泳，飄移自適的島嶼，一片潔白無垠、靜默展開、任憑潮汐的沙灘，以及一只只晶瑩閃爍，饒富情感，饒富象徵，饒富智慧與洞見的美麗貝殼。 它們明亮著，是沙灘的眼目，也...(展开全部)

The Sea, the Sea is a tale of the strange obsessions that haunt a self-satisfied playwright and director as he begins to write his memoirs. Played out against a vividly rendered landscape and filled with allusions to myth and magic, Murdoch's novel exposes the jumble of motivations that drive her characters - the human vanity, jealousy, and lack of compassion behind the disguis...(展开全部)

Yukio Mishima’s The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea explores the vicious nature of youth that is sometimes mistaken for innocence. Thirteen-year-old Noboru is a member of a gang of highly philosophical teenage boys who reject the tenets of the adult world — to them, adult life is illusory, hypocritical, and sentimental. When Noboru’s widowed mother is romanced b...(展开全部)

One day, long before the troubles, he slipped away without saying a word to anyone and never went back. And then another day, forty three years later, he collapsed just inside the front door of his house in a small English town. It was late in the day when it happened, on his way home after work, but it was also late in the day altogether. He had left things for too long and th...(展开全部)

One day, long before the troubles, he slipped away without saying a word to anyone and never went back. And then another day, forty three years later, he collapsed just inside the front door of his house in a small English town. It was late in the day when it happened, on his way home after work, but it was also late in the day altogether. He had left things for too long and th...(展开全部)

阿卜杜勒拉扎克•古尔纳，坦桑尼亚裔英国作家，2021年因“他对殖民主义文学的影响，以及对身处于不同文化夹缝中难民处境毫不妥协且富有同情心的洞察”而获诺贝尔文学奖。古尔纳1948年出生于东非海岸的桑给巴尔岛，20世纪60年代移居英国并求学，最终在肯特大学获得博士学位，留校任教至今。他的主要学术兴趣是后殖民主义写作和与殖民主义有关的论述，特别是与非洲、加勒比和印度有关的论述。曾担任凯恩非洲文学奖和布克奖评审，2006年入选皇家文学学会。古尔纳的作品围绕难民主题，主要描述殖民地人民的生存状况，聚焦于身份认同、种族冲突及历史书写等，他展现的后殖民时代生存现状被认为具有重要的社会现实意义。代表作有《天堂》《海边》《来世》等。

One day, long before the troubles, he slipped away without saying a word to anyone and never went back. And then another day, forty three years later, he collapsed just inside the front door of his house in a small English town. It was late in the day when it happened, on his way home after work, but it was also late in the day altogether. He had left things for too long and th...(展开全部)