When we talk about education today, we tend to avoid the rhetoric of "mastery," with its erotic and inegalitarian overtones. But the charged personal encounter between master and disciple is precisely what interests George Steiner in this book, a sustained reflection on the infinitely complex and subtle interplay of power, trust, and passions in the most profound sorts of pedag...(展开全部)

When we talk about education today, we tend to avoid the rhetoric of "mastery," with its erotic and inegalitarian overtones. But the charged personal encounter between master and disciple is precisely what interests George Steiner in this book, a sustained reflection on the infinitely complex and subtle interplay of power, trust, and passions in the most profound sorts of pedag...(展开全部)

When we talk about education, we tend to avoid the rhetoric of "mastery", with its erotic and inegalitarian overtones. But the charged personal encounter between master and disciple is precisely what interests George Steiner in this book, a sustained reflection on the infinitely complex and subtle interplay of power, trust and passions in the most profound sorts of pedagogy. Ba...(展开全部)

Masters of the Air is the deeply personal story of the American bomber boys in World War II who brought the war to Hitler's doorstep. With the narrative power of fiction, Donald Miller takes readers on a harrowing ride through the fire-filled skies over Berlin, Hanover, and Dresden and describes the terrible cost of bombing for the German people. Fighting at 25,000 feet in t...(展开全部)

作者：堀江敏幸 1964年生于日本岐阜，作家、法国文学学者、早稻田大学文学教授。 1995年以《去郊外》出道，如今已将芥川奖、三岛由纪夫奖、读卖文学奖、野间文艺奖、川端康成文学奖、谷崎润一郎奖等一众文学奖项收入囊中，并从2002年起先后担任芥川奖等多个文学奖的评委。 代表作品包括《熊的铺路石》《河岸忘日抄》《雪沼》等。 译者：米悄 自由译者，现居日本。 译有《熊的铺路石》《河岸忘日抄》《雪沼》《做衣服》《一色一生》《引恶之名》《深夜食堂 严选之味》等。

In this pathbreaking study of three of the most familiar texts in the Chinese tradition—all concerning stones endowed with magical properties—Jing Wang develops a monumental reconstruction of ancient Chinese stone lore. Wang’s thorough and systematic comparison of these classic works illuminates the various tellings of the stone story and provides new insight into major t...(展开全部)