This hilarious, brilliantly inventive novel by the author of The Master and Margarita tells the story of a scroungy Moscow mongrel named Sharik. Thanks to the skills of a renowned Soviet scientist and the transplanted pituitary gland and testes of a petty criminal, Sharik is transformed into a lecherous , vulgar man who spouts Engels and inevitably finds his niche in the bureau...(展开全部)

Nineteenth-century Japanese novel concerned with man's loneliness in the modern world.

Nineteenth-century Japanese novel concerned with man's loneliness in the modern world.

<big><p align="center">The acclaimed #1 New York Times bestselling author presents a spellbinding tale of a mother's tragic loss and one man's last chance at gaining salvation.</big> Can we save ourselves, or do we rely on others to do it? Is what we believe always the truth? One moment June Nealon was happily looking forward to years full of laughter and adventure with her ...(展开全部)

A waiter's job is to deceive you. They want you to believe in a luxurious calm because on the other side of that door... is hell. Edward Chisholm's spellbinding memoir of his time as a Parisian waiter takes you below the surface of one of the most iconic cities in the world and right into its glorious underbelly. He inhabits a world of inhuman hours, snatched sleep and dive bar...(展开全部)

A waiter's job is to deceive you. They want you to believe in a luxurious calm because on the other side of that door . . . is hell. Edward Chisholm's spellbinding memoir of his time as a Parisian waiter takes you beneath the surface of one of the most iconic cities in the world—and right into its glorious underbelly. He inhabits a world of inhuman hours, snatched sleep and div...(展开全部)

Shortlisted for the 2011 Costa First Novel Award. Winner of the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award. Forty years in the future. The once-great city of Bohane on the west coast of Ireland is on its knees, infested by vice and split along tribal lines. There are the posh parts of town, but it is in the slums and backstreets of Smoketown, the tower blocks of the Northside Rises a...(展开全部)

Shortlisted for the 2011 Costa First Novel Award. Winner of the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award. Forty years in the future. The once-great city of Bohane on the west coast of Ireland is on its knees, infested by vice and split along tribal lines. There are the posh parts of town, but it is in the slums and backstreets of Smoketown, the tower blocks of the Northside Rises a...(展开全部)

阿兰·罗伯-格里耶 Alain Robbe-Grillet（1922-2008） 法国“新小说”代表作家和理论家、电影编剧和导演。一九五三年发表成名作《橡皮》，一九五五年以小说《窥视者》获得批评家奖，主要理论著作有《为了一种新小说》。 一九六一年所著电影小说《去年在马里安巴》由阿伦·雷乃搬上银幕，获得威尼斯电影节金狮奖。他从一九六三年起专门从事电影创作，共执导十余部影片。首执导筒的《不朽的女人》获得路易·德吕克奖。一九六八年编剧并执导的《撒谎的男人》获得柏林电影节最佳编剧奖。二〇〇四年当选法兰西学院院士。二〇〇五年获得伊斯坦布尔国际电影节终身成就奖。

美国作家多克特罗（E.L.Doc-torow）曾出版多部小说，荣膺包括国家图书奖在内的七项重要文学奖项。