马里奥•普佐（Mario Puzo，1920-1999），美国最成功的畅销小说作家之一。他的代表作《教父》开启了黑帮小说的全新时代，一经问世便占领《纽约时报》畅销小说榜67周，在短短两年内创下2000万册销量奇迹，至今仍是美国出版史上头号畅销小说。 1955年普佐发表了第一本小说《黑暗竞技场》，之后其作品始终受到评论界的一致好评。《教子》是继《教父》三部曲出版以来的又一力作，是作者本人“最为得意的作品”之一。

In 1963, in a Siberian prison, former nuclear specialist Valery Kolkhanov has mastered what it takes to survive: the right connections to the guards for access to food and cigarettes, the right pair of warm boots, and the right attitude toward the small pleasures of life so he won't go insane. But one day, all that changes: Valery's university mentor steps in and sweeps him fro...(展开全部)

Many thousands of readers consider Philip K. Dick the greatest science fiction mind on any planet. Since his untimely death in 1982, interest in Dick's works has continued to mount, and his reputation has been further enhanced by a growing body of critical attention. The Philip K. Dick Award is now given annually to a distinguished work of science fiction, and the Philip K. Dic...(展开全部)

"The most outrA(c) science fiction writer of the 20th century has finally entered the canon," exclaimed "Wired Magazine" when "Philip K. Dick: Four Novels of the 1960s" was published in May 2007. Now The Library of America has gathered all three volumes of Jonathan Lethem's definitive Philip K. Dick edition in a boxed set sure to be a must for collectors and sci-fi fans. INCLU...(展开全部)

Many thousands of readers consider Philip K. Dick the greatest science fiction mind on any planet. Since his untimely death in 1982, interest in Dick's works has continued to mount, and his reputation has been further enhanced by a growing body of critical attention. The Philip K. Dick Award is now given annually to a distinguished work of science fiction, and the Philip K. Dic...(展开全部)

September 2001, Pierre Michons Mutter liegt im Sterben, der Sohn „betet“ für sie: ein Villon-Gedicht, die „Ballade der Gehenkten“. Auch nach der Geburt seines Kindes hat er „gebetet“: ein Gedicht von Victor Hugo, „Der Schlaf des Boas“. Solche Verse, resümiert Michon in seinem autobiographisch erklärenden Essay „Der Himmel ist ein sehr großer Mann“, „… beruhigen die Leiche, hel...(展开全部)