This book is the first to tell in detail the story of the passionate and secret love affair between two of the most prominent philosophers of the twentieth century, Hannah Arendt and Martin Heidegger. Drawing on their previously unknown correspondence, Elzbieta Ettinger describes a relationship that lasted for more than half a century, a relationship that sheds startling light...(展开全部)

From the Pulitzer prize-winning author of MY NAME IS LUCY BARTON In March 2020 Lucy's ex-husband William pleads with her to leave New York and escape to a coastal house he has rented in Maine. Lucy reluctantly agrees, leaving the washing-up in the sink, expecting to be back in a week or two. Weeks turn into months, and it's just Lucy, William, and their complex past together in...(展开全部)

Oil palms are ubiquitous—grown in nearly every tropical country, they supply the world with more edible fat than any other plant and play a role in scores of packaged products, from lipstick and soap to margarine and cookies. And as Jonathan E. Robins shows, sweeping social transformations carried the plant around the planet. First brought to the global stage in the holds of sl...(展开全部)

A new book by Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout is cause for celebration. Her bestselling novels, including Olive Kitteridge and The Burgess Boys, have illuminated our most tender relationships. Now, in My Name Is Lucy Barton, this extraordinary writer shows how a simple hospital visit becomes a portal to the most tender relationship of all—the one between mother and daugh...(展开全部)

A new book by Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout is cause for celebration. Her bestselling novels, including Olive Kitteridge and The Burgess Boys, have illuminated our most tender relationships. Now, in My Name Is Lucy Barton, this extraordinary writer shows how a simple hospital visit becomes a portal to the most tender relationship of all—the one between mother and daugh...(展开全部)

🎈作者：伊丽莎白·斯特劳特 ·美国文坛扛鼎作家。 ·凭借《奥立芙·基特里奇》获得普利策小说奖，《我叫露西·巴顿》入围布克奖长名单，《哦，威廉》入围布克奖短名单。此外还曾入围都柏林文学奖、福克纳文学奖、英国女性小说奖等著名文学奖项。 ·她曾在一次访谈中说：“我非常想当作家，以至于失败的想法对我来说几乎是无法承受的。我从没告诉其他人，我长大后想成为作家，因为他们会以怜悯的眼神看着你。我实在受不了。” ·她塑造了“露西·巴顿”这一文学形象，许多读者直言：露西·巴顿就是世界上的另一个我。本书是该系列的第一本。 🎈译者：张芸 ·北京大学德语语言文学学士，现居美国。自由译者、撰稿人。 ·译有《遥望》《猫的桌子》《奥丽芙·基特里奇》《管家》《飞越大西洋》《玛利亚的自白》《圣徒与罪人》等。

Lucy is recovering from an operation in a New York hospital when she wakes to find her estranged mother sitting by her bed. They have not seen one another in years. As they talk Lucy finds herself recalling her troubled rural childhood and how it was she eventually arrived in the big city, got married and had children. But this unexpected visit leaves her doubting the life she'...(展开全部)

Recently there has been an extraordinary international revival of interest in Hannah Arendt. She was extremely perceptive about the dark tendencies in contemporary life that continue to plague us. She developed a concept of politics and public freedom that serves as a critical standard for judging what is wrong with politics today. Richard J. Bernstein argues that Arendt should...(展开全部)

Recently there has been an extraordinary international revival of interest in Hannah Arendt. She was extremely perceptive about the dark tendencies in contemporary life that continue to plague us. She developed a concept of politics and public freedom that serves as a critical standard for judging what is wrong with politics today. Richard J. Bernstein argues that Arendt should...(展开全部)