At first glance, Barbara Kalish fit the stereotype of a 1950s wife and mother. Married at eighteen, Barbara lived with her husband and two daughters in a California suburb, where she was president of the Parent-Teacher Association. At a PTA training conference in San Francisco, Barbara met Pearl, another PTA president who also had two children and happened to live only a few bl...(展开全部)

At first glance, Barbara Kalish fit the stereotype of a 1950s wife and mother. Married at eighteen, Barbara lived with her husband and two daughters in a California suburb, where she was president of the Parent-Teacher Association. At a PTA training conference in San Francisco, Barbara met Pearl, another PTA president who also had two children and happened to live only a few bl...(展开全部)

How did marriage, considered a religious duty in medieval Europe, become a venue for personal fulfillment in contemporary America? How did the notion of romantic love, a novelty in the Middle Ages, become a prerequisite for marriage today? And, if the original purpose of marriage was procreation, what exactly is the purpose of marriage for women now? Combining "a scholar's rigo...(展开全部)

How did marriage, considered a religious duty in medieval Europe, become a venue for personal fulfillment in contemporary America? How did the notion of romantic love, a novelty in the Middle Ages, become a prerequisite for marriage today? And, if the original purpose of marriage was procreation, what exactly is the purpose of marriage for women now? Combining "a scholar's rigo...(展开全部)

The provocative classic work newly updated An intimate personal odyssey across America's changing sexual landscape When first published, Gay Talese's 1981 groundbreaking work, Thy Neighbor's Wife , shocked a nation with its powerful, eye-opening revelations about the sexual activities and proclivities of the American public in the era before AIDS. A marvel of journal...(展开全部)

盖伊•特立斯（Gay Talese, 1932年2月7日— ），美国著名作家、记者，“新新闻主义”代表人物，曾任职《纽约时报》十年，长期为《纽约客》（The New Yorker）、《时尚先生》（Esquire）等杂志撰稿。 特立斯的雄心是“将非虚构写作提升到前人未至之境，一探虚构作家之禁脔，与同侪菲利普•罗斯、厄普代克一较短长”，不仅将文学技巧引入纪实书写，更对美国社会作了切片般的精准分析。 他受《时尚先生》之邀采写的特稿《弗兰克•辛纳屈感冒了》是新新闻风格的代表性作品，被誉为“二十世纪最伟大的非虚构书写”、“有史以来最具影响力的美国杂志文章之一”、“《时尚先生》刊登过的最好文章”，并收录进“企鹅现代经典”。《王国与权力》位列“关于新闻业，五本最好的书”；《被仰望与被遗忘的》《邻人之妻》等作品也无愧时代经典。在他笔下，没有失败者、小人物、零余人，所...(展开全部)

盖伊•特立斯（Gay Talese, 1932年2月7日— ），美国著名作家、记者，“新新闻主义”代表人物，曾任职《纽约时报》十年，长期为《纽约客》（The New Yorker）、《时尚先生》（Esquire）等杂志撰稿。 特立斯的雄心是“将非虚构写作提升到前人未至之境，一探虚构作家之禁脔，与同侪菲利普•罗斯、厄普代克一较短长”，不仅将文学技巧引入纪实书写，更对美国社会作了切片般的精准分析。 他受《时尚先生》之邀采写的特稿《弗兰克•辛纳屈感冒了》是新新闻风格的代表性作品，被誉为“二十世纪最伟大的非虚构书写”、“有史以来最具影响力的美国杂志文章之一”、“《时尚先生》刊登过的最好文章”，并收录进“企鹅现代经典”。《王国与权力》位列“关于新闻业，五本最好的书”；《被仰望与被遗忘的》《邻人之妻》等作品也无愧时代经典。在他笔下，没有失败者、小人物、零余人，所...(展开全部)

The provocative classic work newly updated An intimate personal odyssey across America's changing sexual landscape When first published, Gay Talese's 1981 groundbreaking work, Thy Neighbor's Wife , shocked a nation with its powerful, eye-opening revelations about the sexual activities and proclivities of the American public in the era before AIDS. A marvel of journal...(展开全部)

A rediscovered masterwork from famed Hungarian novelist Sándor Márai, Portraits of a Marriage tracks the lifelong entanglement of a man and two women haunted by class differences and misdirected longings. Peter and Ilonka are a wealthy couple whose outwardly perfect marriage is undone by secrets. The insecure Ilonka believes she can never be elegant and refined enough for her h...(展开全部)

A masterwork from the famed Hungarian novelist Sándor Márai, Portraits of a Marriage is in fact a portrait of a triangle—three passionate, single-minded lovers fighting over the marriage at the center, each of them bearing the capacity to love irrationally to an irreparable degree. A wealthy couple in bourgeois society, Peter and Ilona appear to enjoy a fine union. But each ...(展开全部)