In January 2002 Rory Stewart walked across Afghanistan-surviving by his wits, his knowledge of Persian dialects and Muslim customs, and the kindness of strangers. By day he passed through mountains covered in nine feet of snow, hamlets burned and emptied by the Taliban, and communities thriving amid the remains of medieval civilizations. By night he slept on villagers' floors, ...(展开全部)

阿克塞尔·哈克（Axel Hacke） 1956 年出生于德国布伦瑞克。政治学专业毕业，后进入慕尼黑德国记者学校，1981 年起担任南德日报的记者， 先后因为新闻工作获得德国多项重要的新闻奖。 米夏埃尔·佐瓦（Michael Sowa） 1945 年出生于柏林，毕业于柏林艺术教育学院，目前是自由插画家。

尼尔斯·博克霍夫（Niels Bokhove),哲学家、文学史家，欧洲重要的卡夫卡专家之一。荷兰“弗兰茨 卡夫卡学会”的创立者和首任主席，曾在2005年之前担任卡夫卡研究季刊“Kafka-Katern"的主编。 玛丽耶克·凡·多尔斯特（Marijke van Dorst)，教育家，从事艺术与文化领域的研究与咨询工作。她担任荷兰卡夫卡学会的秘书，并主要从事捷克文学研究。此外，她也是一位活跃的画家。

作者阿洛瓦·里格尔，19世纪后期奥地利著名艺术史家，维也纳艺术史学派成员，艺术史学科的重要创始人之一，著有《风格问题》、《罗马晚期的工艺美术》等。里格尔作为艺术史学科的奠基者，其作品被称为艺术史研究的“母本”。

Die lange vergriffene »Historische Grammatik der bildenden Künste« ist eine bedeutende und einflussreiche Abhandlung über die Kunstgeschichte. In diesem bahnbrechenden fragmentarischen Werk bietet Alois Riegl von der Antike bis zur Moderne einen Querschnitt durch die Epochen der Kunstgeschichte. Der Autor ermittelt invariante Elemente der bildlichen Darstellung: die Zwecke der ...(展开全部)

Call them transcripts of dreams or deadly accurate maps of the tremor zones of the psyche, the seven stories in this collection engage and implicate us in the most fearful ways imaginable. A two-timing pornographer becomes an unwilling object in the fantasies of one of his victims. A jaded millionaire buys himself the perfect mistress and plunges into a hell of jealousy and des...(展开全部)

The second collection of short stories. Call them transcripts of dreams or deadly accurate maps of the tremor zones of the psyche, the seven stories in this collection engage and implicate us in the most fearful ways imaginable. A two-timing pornographer becomes an unwilling object in the fantasies of one of his victims. A jaded millionaire buys himself the perfect mistress an...(展开全部)

Call them transcripts of dreams or deadly accurate maps of the tremor zones of the psyche, the seven stories in this collection engage and implicate us in the most fearful ways imaginable. A two-timing pornographer becomes an unwilling object in the fantasies of one of his victims. A jaded millionaire buys himself the perfect mistress and plunges into a hell of jealousy and des...(展开全部)

In January 2002 Rory Stewart walked across Afghanistan-surviving by his wits, his knowledge of Persian dialects and Muslim customs, and the kindness of strangers. By day he passed through mountains covered in nine feet of snow, hamlets burned and emptied by the Taliban, and communities thriving amid the remains of medieval civilizations. By night he slept on villagers' floors, ...(展开全部)