‘Everyone’s life begins on a level where races, armies, and churches stop. And yet everyone’s life is always shaped by races, churches, and armies’ In these eight extraordinary stories of love, conflict, desperation and fear, James Baldwin shows people trapped by the roles they must play in society, and those who try and escape them. From the child in ‘The Rockpile’ whose God-f...(展开全部)

"There's no way not to suffer. But you try all kinds of ways to keep from drowning in it." The men and women in these eight short fictions grasp this truth on an elemental level, and their stories, as told by James Baldwin, detail the ingenious and often desperate ways in which they try to keep their head above water. It may be the heroin that a down-and-out jazz pianist uses t...(展开全部)

It is generally believed that Mao Zedong’s populism was an abrupt departure from traditional Chinese thought. This study demonstrates that many of its key concepts had been developed several decades earlier by young May Fourth intellectuals, including Liu Fu, Zhou Zuoren, and Gu Jiegang. The Chinese folk-literature movement, begun at National Beijing University in 1918, changed...(展开全部)

It is generally believed that Mao Zedong’s populism was an abrupt departure from traditional Chinese thought. This study demonstrates that many of its key concepts had been developed several decades earlier by young May Fourth intellectuals, including Liu Fu, Zhou Zuoren, and Gu Jiegang. The Chinese folk-literature movement, begun at National Beijing University in 1918, changed...(展开全部)

勒克莱齐奥（J. M. G. Le Clézio），2008年诺贝尔文学奖得主，1940年生于法国尼斯，拥有法国与毛里求斯双国籍，迄今为止共出版小说、散文、游记、译作等50余部，被翻译成40余种不同语言。代表作有《诉讼笔录》《沙漠》《流浪的星星》等。 译者施雪莹，博士，南京大学外国语学院法语系助理研究员。研究方向为法语国家（地区）文学研究、翻译理论与实践研究，译有《三孔桥》（[阿尔巴尼亚]伊斯梅尔·卡达莱）、《天空之蓝》（[法]乔治·巴塔耶）等作品。

Il faut passer le cap des toutes premières pages un peu difficiles car Le Clézio raconte les impressions d'avant la naissance... C'est intelligent, bien senti, dense. Ce n'est pas un livre qu'on lit d'une traite mais le genre de celui sur qui on revient. On lit une phrase, un paragraphe, on ferme les yeux et on relit à nouveau le même passage tellement c'est beau, vrai et effic...(展开全部)

勒克莱齐奥（J. M. G. Le Clézio），2008年诺贝尔文学奖得主，1940年生于法国尼斯，拥有法国与毛里求斯双国籍，迄今为止共出版小说、散文、游记、译作等50余部，被翻译成40余种不同语言。代表作有《诉讼笔录》《沙漠》《流浪的星星》等。 译者施雪莹，博士，南京大学外国语学院法语系助理研究员。研究方向为法语国家（地区）文学研究、翻译理论与实践研究，译有《三孔桥》（[阿尔巴尼亚]伊斯梅尔·卡达莱）、《天空之蓝》（[法]乔治·巴塔耶）等作品。

From two of the world's best-loved picture-book creators, an absolute gem for new-siblings-to-be. When is the baby coming? What will we call it? What will the baby do? We don't really need the baby, do we? As the arrival of a new sibling draws nearer, the questions that stream through a young child's mind are followed with sensitivity and humour in this enchanting book. Exquisi...(展开全部)

From two of the world's best-loved picture-book creators, this title is an absolute gem for new-siblings-to-be. When is the baby coming? What will we call it? What will the baby do? We don't really need the baby, do we? As the arrival of a new sibling draws nearer, the questions that stream through a young child's mind are followed with sensitivity and humour in this enchanting...(展开全部)

In a first-time creative pairing, two of the world’s most treasured picture book creators offer a truly delightful book for new-siblings-to-be. When is the new baby coming? What will we call it? What will he do? We don’t really need a baby, do we? With sensitivity and wit, John Burningham follows the swirl of questions in the mind of a young child anticipating a baby sibling ...(展开全部)