The first story collection by Roberto Bolano --"the real thing and the rarest" (Susan Sontag). Roberto Bolano's story collection "Last Evenings on Earth" was acclaimed by Francine Prose in "The New York Times Book Review" as "something extraordinarily beautiful and (at least to me) entirely new.... Reading Roberto Bolano is like hearing the secret story, being shown the fabric ...(展开全部)

‘This is where the story should end, but life is not as kind as literature...’ A journey to Acapulco gradually becomes a descent into the underworld. An elderly South American writer instructs a protégé in the subterfuges of entering work for provincial literary prizes. A litany unfolds, offering sixty-nine reasons why not to dance with Pablo Neruda. ‘The melancholy folklore of...(展开全部)

The acclaimed Chilean author’s first collection of stories to be published in English. Here are fourteen stories set largely among those living in the margins, on the edge. “The most haunting and mesmerizing collection I have ever read.”— Daily Telegraph

The first story collection by Roberto Bolano --"the real thing and the rarest" (Susan Sontag). Roberto Bolano's story collection "Last Evenings on Earth" was acclaimed by Francine Prose in "The New York Times Book Review" as "something extraordinarily beautiful and (at least to me) entirely new.... Reading Roberto Bolano is like hearing the secret story, being shown the fabric ...(展开全部)

‘This is where the story should end, but life is not as kind as literature...’ A journey to Acapulco gradually becomes a descent into the underworld. An elderly South American writer instructs a protégé in the subterfuges of entering work for provincial literary prizes. A litany unfolds, offering sixty-nine reasons why not to dance with Pablo Neruda. ‘The melancholy folklore of...(展开全部)

The acclaimed Chilean author’s first collection of stories to be published in English. Here are fourteen stories set largely among those living in the margins, on the edge. “The most haunting and mesmerizing collection I have ever read.”— Daily Telegraph

Many definitions of postmodernism focus on its nature as the aftermath of the modern industrial age when technology developed dynamically. In The Postmodern Condition Jean-Francois Lyotard extends that analysis to postmodernism by looking at the status uf science, technology, and the arts, the significance of technocracy, and the way the flow of information and knowledge are co...(展开全部)

Many definitions of postmodernism focus on its nature as the aftermath of the modern industrial age when technology developed dynamically. In The Postmodern Condition Jean-Francois Lyotard extends that analysis to postmodernism by looking at the status uf science, technology, and the arts, the significance of technocracy, and the way the flow of information and knowledge are co...(展开全部)

琼・瑞妮丝(Dr.june Machover Reinisch)/露丝・毕思理(Ruth Beasley) 琼・瑞妮丝(Dr.june Machover Reinisch)� 自一九八二年起，即担任金赛研究所主任。她是全美性教育、性心理发展主要的研究者与教育专家之一。在得到哥伦比亚大学博士学位后，她获得了许多政府与民间的研究补助，并且在多种专业及学术期刊上发表文章。她目前是美国印地安娜大学心理与精神医学系的教授。她在报纸上撰写的专栏――《金赛性学报告》，在全国拥有好百万的读者。� 露丝・毕思理(Ruth Beasley)� 从一九七一年起即在金赛研究所工作，曾担任副主任四年，她与瑞尼丝共撰写《金赛性报告》约五年之久。

Every Sunday after church, CJ and his grandma ride the bus across town. But today, CJ wonders why they don't own a car like his friend Colby. Why doesn’t he have an iPod like the boys on the bus? How come they always have to get off in the dirty part of town? Each question is met with an encouraging answer from grandma, who helps him see the beauty—and fun—in their routine and ...(展开全部)