In 1921, at the age of eleven, Isaiah Berlin arrived in England from Riga, Latvia. By the time he was thirty he was at the heart of British intellectual life. He has remained its commanding presence ever since, and few would dispute that he was one of Britain's greatest thinkers. His reputation extends worldwide--as a great conversationalist, intellectual historian, and man of ...(展开全部)

In 1921, at the age of eleven, Isaiah Berlin arrived in England from Riga, Latvia. By the time he was thirty he was at the heart of British intellectual life. He has remained its commanding presence ever since, and few would dispute that he was one of Britain's greatest thinkers. His reputation extends worldwide--as a great conversationalist, intellectual historian, and man of ...(展开全部)

In 1905 the young Swiss writer Robert Walser arrived in Berlin to join his older brother Karl, already an important stage-set designer, and immediately threw himself into the vibrant social and cultural life of the city. Berlin Stories collects his alternately celebratory, droll, and satirical observations on every aspect of the bustling German capital, from its theaters, cabar...(展开全部)

阿尔弗雷德·德布林(1878—1957)，德国作家，德国语言大师和文坛巨匠。最初以历史小说《华伦斯坦》（1920）获得成功。后期重要的小说有《柏林，亚历山大广场》《王伦三跳》《华伦斯坦》《山、海和巨人》等。

阿尔弗雷德•安德施（Alfred Andersch，1914-1980） 战后德国最重要的小说家之一。在战后几年中，安德施帮助建立了德国新的民族文学，而他最著名的小说，即《桑给巴尔或最后一个理由》（英译本名为Flight to Afar）被翻译成多种主要语言，并成为国际畅销书。作为一名自成流派的大师，安德施“深受萨特影响，并为托马斯•曼所推崇”，更被世人尊为“自由的倡导者”。 姚月 1962年生，1987年赴德国深造，并在德国长期从事教学及翻译工作。近年来翻译了德国著名作家汉斯•马格努斯•恩岑斯贝格尔的诗集《比空气轻》，传记文学《将军和他的子女们》《动荡》；奥地利著名儿童文学作家汉斯•雅尼什的童诗集《今天我想慢吞吞》。

阿尔弗雷德•安德施（Alfred Andersch，1914-1980） 战后德国最重要的小说家之一。在战后几年中，安德施帮助建立了德国新的民族文学，而他最著名的小说，即《桑给巴尔或最后一个理由》（英译本名为Flight to Afar）被翻译成多种主要语言，并成为国际畅销书。作为一名自成流派的大师，安德施“深受萨特影响，并为托马斯•曼所推崇”，更被世人尊为“自由的倡导者”。 姚月 1962年生，1987年赴德国深造，并在德国长期从事教学及翻译工作。近年来翻译了德国著名作家汉斯•马格努斯•恩岑斯贝格尔的诗集《比空气轻》，传记文学《将军和他的子女们》《动荡》；奥地利著名儿童文学作家汉斯•雅尼什的童诗集《今天我想慢吞吞》。

Goodbye to Berlin is a short novel by Christopher Isherwood. It is often published together with The Last of Mr. Norris in a collection called The Berlin Stories. The novel, a semiautobiographical account of Isherwood's time in 1930s Berlin, describes pre-Nazi Germany and the people he met. Moving to Germany to work on his novel, Isherwood soon becomes involved with many differ...(展开全部)