"The Graham Greene of Uruguay . . . foreshadowing the work of Beckett and Camus."-"The Sunday Telegraph"Medina lives across the river from Santa Maria, a town he is not allowed to enter and therefore wishes to destroy. "Let the Wind Speak" sees Juan Carlos Onetti coming to terms with his exclusion from the Santa Marias of his childhood, his first sexual conquests, his first cig...(展开全部)

Filled with characters and Earthsea lore from Le Guin's previous novels, this new story introduces a sorcerer who makes a desperate last stand against the land of the dead when he dreams of an imminent invasion.

THE NEW EARTHSEA NOVEL--NOW IN MASS MARKET World Fantasy Award Winner--Best Novel

The year is 1815 and Captain Hugh Austen of the Grenadier Guards is attending a ball before he leads his troops to face Napoleon at Waterloo. A young woman asks his help and the vanishes, leaving only a miniature portrait of herself. The woman is connected with a Satanic Man in Black who is rumored to practice Unhallowed Arts. Soon, Austen discovers that the mysterious woman wa...(展开全部)

The year is 1815 and Captain Hugh Austen of the Grenadier Guards is attending a ball before he leads his troops to face Napoleon at Waterloo. A young woman asks his help and the vanishes, leaving only a miniature portrait of herself. The woman is connected with a Satanic Man in Black who is rumored to practice Unhallowed Arts. Soon, Austen discovers that the mysterious woman wa...(展开全部)

中译名《杨柳风》。以下简介及作者简介均摘选转自http://www.douban.com/subject/1256292/，谢谢原作者： 《杨柳风》是一部妙趣横生的经典儿童小说，书中塑造了几个可爱的动物形象：胆小怕事但又生性喜欢冒险的鼹鼠，热情好客、充满浪漫诗趣的河鼠，侠义十足、具有领袖风范的老獾，喜欢吹牛、臭显、追求时髦的蟾蜍，敦厚老实的水獭――他们生活在河岸或者大森林里，有乐同享，有难同当。为了教育连连闯祸的蟾蜍，他们煞费苦心，对他说服教育；当蟾蜍的住宅被黄鼠狼们霸占以后，他们联合起来，齐心协力，用智慧战胜了比他们数量多得多的黄鼠狼，蟾蜍也从此改正身上的毛病，变成了一个好蟾蜍。（这是“通用”介绍，我对蟾蜍有不同意见，等看完再写书评。） 《杨柳风》于1908年出版，后来引起美国总统罗斯福的注意，他曾写信告诉作者，自己把《杨柳风》一口气读...(展开全部)

Far from fading with time, Kenneth Grahame's classic tale of fantasy has attracted a growing audience in each generation. Rat, Mole, Badger and the preposterous Mr Toad (with his 'Poop-poop-poop' road-hogging new motor car), have brought delight to many through the years with their odd adventures on and by the river, and at the imposing residence of Toad Hall.

The "New York Times" bestselling novel. This is the riveting first-person narrative of Kvothe, a young man who grows to be one of the most notorious magicians his world has ever seen. From his childhood in a troupe of traveling players, to years spent as a near-feral orphan in a crime-riddled city, to his daringly brazen yet successful bid to enter a legendary school of magic,...(展开全部)

Hidden in the heart of the old city of Barcelona is the cemetery of lost books , a labyrinthine library of obscure and forgotten titles that have long gone out of print. To this library, a man brings his 10-year-old son Daniel one cold morning in 1945. Daniel is allowed to choose one book from the shelves and pulls out La Sombra del Viento by Julian Carax. But as he grows up...(展开全部)