This illuminating study of the evolution of Chinese capitalism chronicles the fortunes of the Song family of North China under five successive authoritarian governments. Headed initially by Song Chuandian, who became rich by exporting hairnets to Europe and America in the early twentieth century, the family built a thriving business against long odds of rural poverty and politi...(展开全部)

From the bestselling author of The Double Bind , Midwives, and Skeletons at the Feast comes a novel of shattered faith, intimate secrets, and the delicate nature of sacrifice. "There," says Alice Hayward to Reverend Stephen Drew, just after her baptism, and just before going home to the husband who will kill her that evening and then shoot himself. Drew, tortured by the c...(展开全部)

From the bestselling author of The Double Bind , Midwives, and Skeletons at the Feast comes a novel of shattered faith, intimate secrets, and the delicate nature of sacrifice. "There," says Alice Hayward to Reverend Stephen Drew, just after her baptism, and just before going home to the husband who will kill her that evening and then shoot himself. Drew, tortured by the c...(展开全部)

From the "New York Times"-bestselling author of "Midwives" and "The Double Bind" comes a novel of shattered family ties, intimate secrets, and the nature of sacrifice. Few writers can manipulate a plot with Bohjalian's grace and power.--"New York Times Book Review."

A six-man crew crash-lands on Eden, fourth planet from another sun. The men find a strange world that grows ever stranger, and everywhere there are images of death. The crew's attempt to communicate with this civilization leads to violence and to a cruel truth-cruel precisely because it is so human. Translated by Marc E. Heine. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book

Apparent first German mass-market paperback edition (not stated). Translated by Caesar Rymarowicz. There's no copyright assignment, only a statement that the edition was licensed by the publishing house Nymphenburger. The month of publication ('April 1974') is stated on the copyright page. The final page of the novel (p. 292) is unnumbered. The cover artist is credited on the c...(展开全部)

✍️斯坦尼斯瓦夫•莱姆（1921—2006），波兰著名作家、哲学家。当过汽车技工，终获医学博士学位，创立波兰宇航协会。代表作有《索拉里斯星》《未来学大会》《惨败》等。作品多聚焦哲学主题，探讨科技对人类的影响、智慧的本质、外星交流，以及人类认知的局限等。1996年被授予波兰国 家奖章“白鹰勋章”，波兰第一颗人造卫星以他的名字命名。 ✍️莱姆是20世纪欧洲最多才多艺的作家之一，安东尼•伯吉斯称赞他是“当今活跃的作家中最智慧、最博学、最幽默的一位”，库尔特•冯内古特赞扬他“无论是语言的驾驭、想象力还是塑造悲剧角色的手法，都非常优秀，无人能出其右”。被译成52种语言，全球畅销4000余万册。

A six-man crew crash-lands on Eden, fourth planet from another sun. The men find a strange world that grows ever stranger, and everywhere there are images of death. The crew's attempt to communicate with this civilization leads to violence and to a cruel truth-cruel precisely because it is so human. Translated by Marc E. Heine. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book

杨懋春，山东省人，1904年4月16日生。私立齐鲁大学社会学系毕业，美国康奈尔大学研究院乡村社会学系理科硕士，哲学博士。曾任私立齐鲁大学历史社会学系教授兼系主任，文学院长；美国康奈尔大学，斯坦福大学，密歇根州立大学等校客座教授；华盛顿州立大学研究教授；国立台湾大学农业推广学系教授兼系主任，研究所主任；私立东吴大学社会学系教授兼系主任。著有《乡村社会学》，《一个中国村庄：山东台头》，《社会学》等中英文书籍十种。

蒋彝（Chiang Yee，1903年5月19日－1977年10月26日），中国画家、诗人、作家、书法家。字仲雅，又字重哑，笔名“哑行者”。“中国文化的国际使者”。江西九江人。最为人津津乐道的事，乃翻译Coca Cola为“可口可乐”。他出生于江西九江，自幼随父亲习画，并接受完整的私塾教育，之后政局动荡，日军侵华，他移居庐山山脚，对自然环境与旅行移动保持着极高敏锐的心。日后他任九江县县长，为政清廉，且禁止外商公司贿赂、非法购地，与当政者发生矛盾，出走英国。而此去英国，成为一生命数之转折。他在英国旅居伦敦，被东方学院聘为讲师，讲授东方文化，对活跃于艺文界，1937年出版《湖居画记》以中国笔墨描绘湖居景致，后以Silent Traveller为笔名写作游记，虽然三十来岁才熟用英文，但无碍其文章之精巧、心裁之别出，作品成为西方旅行文学经典，相较之下，他在中...(展开全部)