In this daring new work, the poet Alice Oswald strips away the narrative of the Iliad the anger of Achilles, the story of Helen in favor of attending to its atmospheres: the extended similes that bring so much of the natural order into the poem and the corresponding litany of the war-dead, most of whom are little more than names but each of whom lives and dies unforgettably and...(展开全部)

Memorial is a story about a tree planted beside a war memorial monument, in a small country town by returned servicemen. Years on, the tree has grown to be huge and unruly, dislodging the statue next to it and creating a traffic hazard in what is now a much larger, busier town. A decision is made by a local council to cut the tree down. Memorial won an Honour Book award in the ...(展开全部)

When the soldiers return from the Great War in 1918, a memorial tree is planted . . . 'Lest We Forget'. But generations later, what do those who pause in the shadows of the tree's immense branches remember? Years on, the tree has grown to be huge and unruly, dislodging the statue next to it and creating a traffic hazard in what is now a much larger, busier town. A decision is m...(展开全部)

Benson and Mike are two young guys who live together in Houston. Mike is a Japanese American chef at a Mexican restaurant and Benson's a black day care teacher, and they've been together for a few years -- good years -- but now they're not sure why they're still a couple. There's the sex, sure, and the meals Mike cooks for Benson, and, well, they love each other. But when Mike ...(展开全部)

In this daring new work, the poet Alice Oswald strips away the narrative of the Iliad the anger of Achilles, the story of Helen in favor of attending to its atmospheres: the extended similes that bring so much of the natural order into the poem and the corresponding litany of the war-dead, most of whom are little more than names but each of whom lives and dies unforgettably and...(展开全部)

Matthew Arnold praised the "Iliad" for its 'nobility', as has everyone ever since - but ancient critics praised it for its enargeia, its 'bright unbearable reality' (the word used when gods come to earth not in disguise but as themselves). To retrieve the poem's energy, Alice Oswald has stripped away its story, and her account focuses by turns on Homer's extended similes and on...(展开全部)

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金斯米.艾米斯是英国现代著名小说家和诗人，是英国五十年代中期“愤怒青年”中的重要之一。他于1922年4月出生于伦敦，1949年至1961年在威尔士的斯旺西大学担任英语讲师，1961年至1963年在剑桥大学担任评议员。其作品除《幸运的吉姆》外，还有长篇小说《那种莫名的感觉 》、《我喜欢在这里》、《找一个像你这样的姑娘》、《一个英国胖子》、《我现在就需要》和短篇小说集《我的敌人的敌人》；另有三步诗集和一系列的文学评论文章。艾斯米在其所有作品中，都显示出了一种驾驭语言的才能。他与同时代的其他英国作家一道，极力反对那种过分讲究文雅的传统的文学风格。他的最大艺术特点，是作品情节复杂，人物幽默，笔调极其风趣活泼，善于刻画人物的心理活动，善于运用夸张手法描写并嘲讽英国知识阶层的性格特色。

First published in 1900, Lord Jim established Conrad as one of the great storytellers of the twentieth century. Set in the Malay Archipelago, the novel not only provides a gripping account of maritime adventure and romance, but also an exotic tale of the East. Its themes also challenge the conventions of nineteenth-century adventure fiction, confirming Conrad's place in literat...(展开全部)