Philosopher Mark Kingwell has taught aesthetic theory for ten years and knows how people struggle to articulate the way music works. He views Glenn Gould as a philosopher, someone who does his thinking with notes over time. A supremely gifted artist and Canada’s most renowned classical musician of the 20th century, Glenn Herbert Gould (born Toronto Sept 25 1932; died Toronto Oc...(展开全部)

One of the most idiosyncratic and charismatic musicians of the twentieth century, pianist Glenn Gould (1932-82) slouched at the piano from a sawed-down wooden stool, interpreting Bach, Beethoven, and Mozart at hastened tempos with pristine clarity. A strange genius and true eccentric, Gould was renowned not only for his musical gifts but also for his erratic behavior: he often ...(展开全部)

Gould's writing on music was often as provocative as his performances as a brilliant pianist. This selection of essays includes pieces on major composers which challenge virtually every tenet of accepted taste and opinion. Other subjects include concert-giving, recording, and Barbra Streisand.

Martn Rivas, one of the most important novels by Alberto Blest Gana constitutes a clear example of the best chilean narrative tradition. Over the background of a frustrated liberal rebellion, amidst the growing opportunism of the political ruling class, the author sketches a love and social climb story, told with remarkable tact, equilibrium and vivacity. Province and capital, ...(展开全部)

This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believ...(展开全部)

布莱斯特·加纳（1830～1920）Blest Gana，Alberto，智利作家。生于圣地亚哥，不来斯特 加纳 卒于法国巴黎。父为定居智利的爱尔兰医生。他自幼喜爱文学。青年时期曾留学法国，回国后当过军事工程师、议员。1867 年出使英国 。1887年退休 ，长期侨居法国。

威廉•戈尔丁（William Golding，1911—1993），英国二十世纪最伟大的小说家之一，他的小说富含寓意，广泛地融入了古典文学，神话、基督教文化以及象征主义，一九八三年因其小说“具有清晰的现实主义叙述艺术以及神话的多样性与普遍性，揭示了当今世界的人性状况”而荣获诺贝尔文学奖；一九八八年获封爵士，二○○八年《泰晤士报》在“一九四五年以来最伟大的五十位英国作家”名单中将戈尔丁名列为第三位。

威廉•戈尔丁（William Golding，1911—1993），英国二十世纪最伟大的小说家之一，他的小说富含寓意，广泛地融入了古典文学，神话、基督教文化以及象征主义，一九八三年因其小说“具有清晰的现实主义叙述艺术以及神话的多样性与普遍性，揭示了当今世界的人性状况”而荣获诺贝尔文学奖；一九八八年获封爵士，二○○八年《泰晤士报》在“一九四五年以来最伟大的五十位英国作家”名单中将戈尔丁名列为第三位。

The semiautobiographical "Martin Eden" is the most vital and original character Jack London ever created. Set in San Francisco, this is the story of Martin Eden, an impoverished seaman who pursues, obsessively and aggressively, dreams of education and literary fame. London, dissatisfied with the rewards of his own success, intended Martin Eden as an attack on individualism and ...(展开全部)