A superb four-part fantasy, comparable with the work of Tolkien and C.S. Lewis, the "Earthsea" books follow the fortunes of the wizard Ged from his childhood to an age where magic is giving way to evil. As a young dragonlord, Ged, whose use-name is Sparrowhawk, is sent to the island of Roke to learn the true way of magic. A natural magician, Ged becomes an Archmage and helps th...(展开全部)

A superb four-part fantasy, comparable with the work of Tolkien and C.S. Lewis, the "Earthsea" books follow the fortunes of the wizard Ged from his childhood to an age where magic is giving way to evil. As a young dragonlord, Ged, whose use-name is Sparrowhawk, is sent to the island of Roke to learn the true way of magic. A natural magician, Ged becomes an Archmage and helps th...(展开全部)

A critical and commercial success, the books present four perspectives on a single set of events and characters in Alexandria, Egypt, before and during World War II. As Durrell explains in his preface to Balthazar, the four novels are an exploration of relativity and the notions of continuum and subject-object relation, with modern love as the subject. The Quartet offers the sa...(展开全部)

Jean Rhys's first novel, a heartbreaking and disturbingly intimate portrayal of an isolated woman in Paris Set in a superficially romantic, between-wars Paris, Quartet is a poignant tale of a lonely woman. Set against a background of winter-wet streets, Pernod in smoky cafes and cheap hotel rooms with mauve- flowered wallpaper, Marya tries to make something substantial of her l...(展开全部)

Set in a superficially romantic, between-wars Paris, QUARTET is a poignant tale of a lonely woman. Set against a background of winter-wet streets, Pernod in smoky cafes and cheap hotel rooms with mauve- flowered wallpaper, Marya tries to make something substantial of her life in order to withstand the unreality of her surroundings. Alone, her Polish husband in prison, she is ta...(展开全部)

Ottessa Moshfegh's debut novel Eileen was one of the literary events of 2015. Garlanded with critical acclaim, it was named a book of the year by The Washington Post and the San Francisco Chronicle, nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award, short-listed for the Man Booker Prize, and won the PEN/Hemingway Award for debut fiction. But as many critics noted, Moshfegh is ...(展开全部)

Ottessa Moshfegh's debut novel Eileen was one of the literary events of 2015. Garlanded with critical acclaim, it was named a book of the year by The Washington Post and the San Francisco Chronicle, nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award, short-listed for the Man Booker Prize, and won the PEN/Hemingway Award for debut fiction. But as many critics noted, Moshfegh is ...(展开全部)

Lawrence George Durrell (February 27, 1912 – November 7, 1990) was an expatriate British novelist, poet, dramatist, and travel writer, though he resisted affiliation with Britain and preferred to be considered cosmopolitan. It has been posthumously suggested that Durrell never had British citizenship, though more accurately, he became defined as a non-patrial in 1968 due to the...(展开全部)

【橙乃ままれ】TOUNO Mamare 棲息於東京墨東平民住宅區的神奇生物。大約從2000年開始，在網路一角堆放一些不像樣的文章，非常喜歡各式各樣的文章，是一種會吃掉文章並製造文章的全自動巨集。2010年年底，在討論板連載的小說《魔王勇者》付梓出版，正式出道成為小說作家，《記錄之地平線》是將網站「成為小說作家吧」的投稿內容，重新編修而成的作品。官方網站：http://mamare.net/ 【ハラカズヒロ】HARA Kazuhiro 居住於逗子的插畫師，出身於家用遊戲開發領域，除了插圖繪製，也從事漫畫與設計工作。最近的樂趣是帶著超輕量風箏散步。官方網站：http://www.ninefive95.com/ig/

【橙乃ままれ】TOUNO Mamare 棲息於東京墨東平民住宅區的神奇生物。大約從2000年開始，在網路一角堆放一些不像樣的文章，非常喜歡各式各樣的文章，是一種會吃掉文章並製造文章的全自動巨集。2010年年底，在討論板連載的小說《魔王勇者》付梓出版，正式出道成為小說作家，《記錄之地平線》是將網站「成為小說作家吧」的投稿內容，重新編修而成的作品。官方網站：http://mamare.net/ 【ハラカズヒロ】HARA Kazuhiro 居住於逗子的插畫師，出身於家用遊戲開發領域，除了插圖繪製，也從事漫畫與設計工作。最近的樂趣是帶著超輕量風箏散步。官方網站：http://www.ninefive95.com/ig/