J.M. Coetzee: a life in writing is the first biography of Nobel prize-winning author J.M. Coetzee. A global publishing event of the rarest kind, the book has been written with the full co-operation of Coetzee, who granted the author interviews, and put him in touch with family, friends, and colleagues who could talk about events in Coetzee’s life. For the first time, Coetzee al...(展开全部)

An insightful literary biography of the Nobel Laureate J. M. Coetzee’s, illuminating the creation of his extraordinary novels J. M. Coetzee is one of the most renowned yet elusive authors of our time. Now, in J.M. Coetzee and the Life of Writing, David Attwell explores the extraordinary creative process behind Coetzee's work, from Dusklands to The Childhood of Jesus. Drawing on...(展开全部)

An insightful literary biography of the Nobel Laureate J. M. Coetzee’s, illuminating the creation of his extraordinary novels J. M. Coetzee is one of the most renowned yet elusive authors of our time. Now, in J.M. Coetzee and the Life of Writing, David Attwell explores the extraordinary creative process behind Coetzee's work, from Dusklands to The Childhood of Jesus. Drawing on...(展开全部)

威廉•麦克尼尔（1917—2016），美国历史学家、全球史研究奠基人、世界历史学科的“现代开创者”。芝加哥大学荣誉退休教授，曾担任美国历史学会主席、美国世界史学会主席。与斯宾格勒、汤因比齐名，被誉为“20世纪对历史进行世界性解释的巨人”。威廉•麦克尼尔提倡追求博大宽宏的视野，努力揭示人类在世界历史中的命运，通过全球史的研究观念重新书写和解读世界历史。代表作有《西方的兴起：人类共同体史》《世界史》《瘟疫与人》《竞逐富强》《人类之网》（与其子约翰•麦克尼尔合著）《追寻真理》等。

索斯藤·鲍尔（Thorsten Ball） Sourcegraph软件工程师，精通多门程序设计语言，包括Go、C、JavaScript和Ruby，深谙编译原理、系统编程、Unix、数据库等相关技术。现居德国，长期活跃于欧洲各大技术大会。 廖彬 毕业于中国科学院计算技术研究所，高级语言虚拟机爱好者，在语言虚拟机领域从事开发近十年，曾就职于阿里巴巴和腾讯。

索斯藤·鲍尔（Thorsten Ball） Sourcegraph软件工程师，精通多门程序设计语言，包括Go、C、JavaScript和Ruby，深谙编译原理、系统编程、Unix、数据库等相关技术。现居德国，长期活跃于欧洲各大技术大会。 廖彬 毕业于中国科学院计算技术研究所，高级语言虚拟机爱好者，在语言虚拟机领域从事开发近十年，曾就职于阿里巴巴和腾讯。

Amazon Best Books of the Month, January 2011: In the year since his death, we've heard much more about J.D. Salinger's reclusiveness and eccentricities, both real and exaggerated, than we have about the writing that made him famous in the first place. Kenneth Slawenski's Salinger: A Life avoids such scandalmongering in order to deliver a sensitive (but not fawning) portrait of ...(展开全部)

With color, irony and sensitivity, Pulitzer prize-winner Annie Dillard illuminates the dedication absurdity, and daring that is the writer's life. As it probes and exposes, examines and analyzes, The Writing Life offers deeper insight into one of the most mysterious of professions.

With color, irony and sensitivity, Pulitzer prize-winner Annie Dillard illuminates the dedication absurdity, and daring that is the writer's life. As it probes and exposes, examines and analyzes, The Writing Life offers deeper insight into one of the most mysterious of professions.