Widely considered to be one of the most engaging and fascinating artists of our time, Kiki Smith has, over the past 25 years, developed into a major figure in the world of 21st-century art. Her subject matter is as wide-ranging as the materials her work has encompassed. In the 1980s, with her earliest figural sculptures in plaster, glass, and wax, Smith developed an elaborate v...(展开全部)

Widely considered to be one of the most engaging and fascinating artists of our time, Kiki Smith has, over the past 25 years, developed into a major figure in the world of 21st-century art. Her subject matter is as wide-ranging as the materials her work has encompassed. In the 1980s, with her earliest figural sculptures in plaster, glass, and wax, Smith developed an elaborate v...(展开全部)

Well-known as a sculptor, Kiki Smith has also worked extensively as a printmaker--in fact her printed works and other editioned art, including books and multiples, are arguably as important as her sculpture. Smith emerged in the early 1980s as one of a generation of artists who returned to figurative imagery after a period in which American art had leaned to the abstract and co...(展开全部)

Well-known as a sculptor, Kiki Smith has also worked extensively as a printmaker--in fact her printed works and other editioned art, including books and multiples, are arguably as important as her sculpture. Smith emerged in the early 1980s as one of a generation of artists who returned to figurative imagery after a period in which American art had leaned to the abstract and co...(展开全部)

The Gathering is a novel by the Irish author Anne Enright. It is Enright's fourth book. It won the 2007 Man Booker Prize. It had been an outsider to win the prize, but was eventually chosen unanimously. The novel is a saga about an Irish family set in Ireland and England.It begins with the suicide of Liam Hegarty. His family gather in Dublin for his wake. Liam's sister Veronica...(展开全部)

The Gathering is a novel by the Irish author Anne Enright. It is Enright's fourth book. It won the 2007 Man Booker Prize. It had been an outsider to win the prize, but was eventually chosen unanimously. The novel is a saga about an Irish family set in Ireland and England.It begins with the suicide of Liam Hegarty. His family gather in Dublin for his wake. Liam's sister Veronica...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 诺贝尔文学奖得主、英国前首相丘吉尔全景式历史巨著 入选美国“当代文库100”20世纪百大英文非小说 “一项文学奖本来意在把荣誉给予作者，而这一次却相反，是作者给了这项文学奖以荣誉。” ——瑞典文学院院士在为丘吉尔颁发诺贝尔奖时致辞 “在黑暗的年代里，他的言语以及与之相应的行动，唤起了世界各地千百万人们心中的信念和希望……在人类冲突的领域里，以前还从未发生过这样的事：如此众多的人都应该深深地感激一个人。” ——瑞典文学院院士利列斯特兰德 “这确实是一本伟大的书，它撼动了人们的心灵，并为这段影响历史的过程留下了忠实记录。” ——《西部邮讯》 “何其幸运，我们拥有这些珍贵的财产，它将会流传后世，让后人们阅读再三。” ——查尔斯·韦博斯爵士 第二次世界大战回忆录是前英国首相温斯顿·丘吉尔在第二次世界大战刚结...(展开全部)

Lois Lowry’s Gathering Blue continues the quartet beginning with the quintessential dystopian novel, The Giver , followed by Messenge r and Son . Kira, an orphan with a twisted leg, lives in a world where the weak are cast aside. When she is given a task that no other community member can carry out, Kira soon realizes that she is surrounded by many mysteries and secrets. ...(展开全部)

Pretty early on in The Gathering you realize that in her lingering portrait of the Hegarty clan (and this isn't hyperbole--they are a family of 12), Irish novelist Anne Enright will wrestle with all the giant literary tropes that have come before her. Family, of course, is the big one, but with equal intensity she explores death and dying, the sea and its siren song, sex, shame...(展开全部)

Lois Lowry’s Gathering Blue continues the quartet beginning with the quintessential dystopian novel, The Giver , followed by Messenge r and Son . Kira, an orphan with a twisted leg, lives in a world where the weak are cast aside. When she is given a task that no other community member can carry out, Kira soon realizes that she is surrounded by many mysteries and secrets. ...(展开全部)