Charles Lumley feels that he has been born in captivity - the captivity of his smugly conventional bourgeois upbringing. Now he has just graduated from university, only to make the discouraging discovery that his education has rendered him unfit for any kind of useful employment. Wondering what to do with the rest of his life and longing to escape, a chance remark overheard in ...(展开全部)

Charles Lumley feels that he has been born in captivity - the captivity of his smugly conventional bourgeois upbringing. Now he has just graduated from university, only to make the discouraging discovery that his education has rendered him unfit for any kind of useful employment. Wondering what to do with the rest of his life and longing to escape, a chance remark overheard in ...(展开全部)

Clarke, a nineteenth-century English naturalist, roams the pampas in search of that most elusive and rare animal: the Legibrerian hare, whose defining quality seems to be its ability to fly. The local Indians, pointing skyward, report recent sightings of the hare but then ask Clarke to help them search for their missing chief as well. On further investigation Clarke finds more ...(展开全部)

An English industrialist roams the Argentine pampas in search of the most rare and elusive of animals: the Legibrian hare. The Indians he meets report sightings of the hare, but on investigation, Clarke finds in these sightings more than meets the eye.

安东尼奥•塔布齐（1943-2012），意大利著名作家、重要的佩索阿研究专家和翻译者，被认为是“卡尔维诺之后意大利最伟大的散文作家”。 塔布齐生于比萨，二十世纪六十年代在他大学期间周游欧洲，追寻自己喜爱作家的足迹，在法国他接触到葡萄牙诗人佩索阿的诗作，深深着迷。他因此学习葡萄牙语，以更好地理解佩索阿。后来他与妻子一起把佩索阿的许多作品译成意大利文，是意大利锡耶纳大学葡萄牙语文学教授。 塔布齐共出版三十多部作品，涵盖中长篇小说、短篇小说集、散文集和戏剧。 他的小说多关注身份追寻，语言细腻诗意，文体创新，作品被翻译成四十种语言，晚年他成为诺贝尔文学奖的有力竞争者。他于1975年发表第一部长篇小说《意大利广场》。1984年出版的《印度夜曲》被认为是他的第一部重要小说，1987年凭该小说获法国美第奇外国小说奖。1994年出版的长篇小说《佩雷拉的证词》以新闻自...(展开全部)

The essential universe, from our most celebrated and beloved astrophysicist. What is the nature of space and time? How do we fit within the universe? How does the universe fit within us? There’s no better guide through these mind-expanding questions than acclaimed astrophysicist and best-selling author Neil deGrasse Tyson. But today, few of us have time to contemplate the cosmo...(展开全部)

The essential universe, from our most celebrated and beloved astrophysicist. What is the nature of space and time? How do we fit within the universe? How does the universe fit within us? There’s no better guide through these mind-expanding questions than acclaimed astrophysicist and best-selling author Neil deGrasse Tyson. But today, few of us have time to contemplate the cosmo...(展开全部)

Neil deGrasse Tyson's #1 New York Times bestselling guide to the cosmos, adapted for young listenersFrom the basics of physics to big questions about the nature of space and time, celebrated astrophysicist and science communicator Neil deGrasse Tyson breaks down the mysteries of the cosmos into bite-sized pieces. Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry describes the fundamenta...(展开全部)

Neil deGrasse Tyson's #1 New York Times bestselling guide to the cosmos, adapted for young listenersFrom the basics of physics to big questions about the nature of space and time, celebrated astrophysicist and science communicator Neil deGrasse Tyson breaks down the mysteries of the cosmos into bite-sized pieces. Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry describes the fundamenta...(展开全部)

A Finnish journalist and a photographer out on assignment one June evening suddenly hit a young hare on a country road. The photographer, ultimately unsympathetic, abandons his journalist companion Vatanen, who sets off to find the wounded hare. Vatanen develops a close bond with the hare and in their adventures together, they witness people's avarice, inhumaneness, hypocrisy, ...(展开全部)