"A wonderful mix of magical realism and wordplay that has a similar tone to MArquez at his best. Couto writes in an idiom all his own that feels authentically African."-"Ink" In Mozambique after the end of the civil war, local soldiers have been unaccountably blown up. When it begins to happen to UN peacekeepers, a high-level delegation visits the village of Tizangara to initia...(展开全部)

"Last Days of Summer" is the story of Joey Margolis, neighborhood punching bag, growing up goofy and mostly fatherless in Brooklyn in the early 1940s. A boy looking for a hero, Joey decides to latch on to Charlie Banks, the all-star third baseman for the New York Giants. But Joey's chosen champion doesn't exactly welcome the extreme attention of a persistent young fan with an o...(展开全部)

史蒂夫·克卢格，美国剧作家、小说家，生于1952 年，属二战后的“婴儿潮世代”，在披头士音乐的孕育中长大。克卢格的作品多以棒球、历史（尤其是二战）题材而著称，曾为《今日美国》等报纸撰写社论；除了写作，他长年投身民权运动，并致力于辅导青少年各类成长问题。写作、棒球和他的九个侄子侄女是他的至爱。

那个期待爱的夏季就这样从指尖匆匆溜走 最初得到的感动 最末得到的失望 不要说你未曾爱过，只因为那是你与我爱的誓言。 那个落泪的瞬间，她仿佛听到了男孩的呢喃低语.. 解除爱情的诅咒的唯一方法就是去爱 用尽所有力气，更用力的去爱！

老鬼，1947年生于河北省阜平县，4岁时来到北京父母身边； 小学— 华北小学、育才小学； 初中— 北京师大一附中； 高中— 北京47中； 1968年冬，去内蒙古锡林郭勒盟西乌旗插队； 1976年冬，离开草原去大同矿山机械厂当工人； 1977年底，考入北京大学中文系新闻专业； 毕业后曾在文化艺术出版社任编辑，后调到《法制日报》； 1990年，应美国布朗大学之邀，在该校英语系写作中心做访问学者； 1995年12月回国。 主要著作： 《血色黄昏》 《血与铁》 《母亲杨沫》 《放“下河东”》（待出版） 《河北的彭德怀—胡开明》（待出版） 《不屈的老囚徒》翻译作品（待出版）等

In a startlingly vivid, strangely objective, personal narrative, Ma Bo, who was denounced as an "active counterrevolutionary" in 1968, opens a window on the Chinese psyche that no work of history can provide, telling a passionate tale of a humanity that survives against all odds--a tale of ideology and disillusionment that will speak to all readers.

Sara’s life has always flowed smoothly, like the gliding swans on the lake, until her little brother Charlie disappears. Then Sara is forced to see her life in a whole new way.

"In the fifty-eight images of this handsome ... monograph, Sturges sustains a delicate balance on a very precarious wire ... His struggle is to observe and render his subjects in all of their complexities, trembling on the cusp of change. The result of this long-term, communal effort is one of the most clear-eyed, responsible investigations of puberty and the emergence of sexua...(展开全部)

"In the fifty-eight images of this handsome ... monograph, Sturges sustains a delicate balance on a very precarious wire ... His struggle is to observe and render his subjects in all of their complexities, trembling on the cusp of change. The result of this long-term, communal effort is one of the most clear-eyed, responsible investigations of puberty and the emergence of sexua...(展开全部)

田纳西•威廉斯（Tennessee Williams，1911—1983），美国二十世纪最伟大的剧作家之一，与尤金•奥尼尔、阿瑟•米勒并称为美国戏剧三大家，同时也是全世界范围内作品流传最广的美国文学大师之一——主要通过舞台剧演出，尤其是电影。他一生创作了六十余部戏剧、小说和诗歌作品，以心理深度、象征手法和南方哥特风格著称，1948年和1955年分别以《欲望号街车》和《热铁皮屋顶上的猫》两度赢得普利策奖和纽约戏剧评论奖，《玻璃动物园》和《鬣蜥之夜》也分别于1945年和1961年拿下纽约戏剧评论奖，1952年《玫瑰文身》获得托尼奖最佳戏剧奖，1979年荣获肯尼迪中心荣誉奖（终身成就奖）。 田纳西•威廉斯一生饱受抑郁症、酗酒与药物成瘾的困扰，但他将痛苦转化为创作动力，他说：“写作是我能想象的最根本的救赎之道。”他以诗意的语言、深刻的同理心与无畏的真相揭示，...(展开全部)