Published in 1918, Der Untertan by Heinrich Mann (1871-1950) - previously issued in the United States only in parts under the title "Man of Straw" - is a satirical novel that connects the tradition of nineteenth-century German literature with the larger problems faced on the eve of the Nazi era. This edition of The Loyal Subject is introduced and edited by Helmut Peitsch. The t...(展开全部)

Praise for Qiu Xiaolong: "A sequel [to Death of a Red Heroine ] that in many ways is even more impressive. . . . [Qiu] has moved from the poetic, exotic milieu of his first book (although plenty of elements remain) into a tougher, wider, probably more commercial and modern version of China as seen by America."— Chicago Tribune "Another wonderful novel featuring Inspector Ch...(展开全部)

Former dancer and party loyalist Wen Liping vanishes in rural China just before she was to leave the country. Her husband, a key witness against a smuggling ring suspected of importing aliens to the US, refuses to testify until she is found and brought to join him in America. A few days later, a badly mutilated body turns up in Shanghai's Bund Park. It bears all the hallmarks o...(展开全部)

裘小龙 诗人，诗歌翻译家，小说家，出身于上海。上个世纪八十年代因翻译T・S・艾略特和美国意象派诗人诗作而闻名。八十年代末，到美国留学，并用英语开始小说创作。现为华盛顿大学中国文学教授。 自2000年起连续推出以中国当代现实生活为背景，以诗人刑侦队长陈超为主角的系列侦破推理小说，其中《红英之死）｝获得世界推理小说最高荣誉――第三十二届世界推理小说大奖，成为第一位荣获此奖的华人作家。《红英之死》入选纽约《新闻日报》2000年十部最佳小说。 裘小龙侦破推理系列已在世界各地引起广泛反响，美国、法国、意大利、日本、瑞典、丹麦、挪威等国相继翻译出版。 来小龙们被推理系列： 《红英之死》 《外滩花园》 《石库门骤歌》

Product Description Reading Rembrandt explores the potential for interdisciplinary methodology between literature and visual art. In a series of close analyses of works by Rembrandt - works whose attribution is still challenged, but can still be considered within the context of this study - and texts related to those works, Mieke Bal questions the traditional boundaries between...(展开全部)

Product Description Reading Rembrandt explores the potential for interdisciplinary methodology between literature and visual art. In a series of close analyses of works by Rembrandt - works whose attribution is still challenged, but can still be considered within the context of this study - and texts related to those works, Mieke Bal questions the traditional boundaries between...(展开全部)

裘小龙 诗人，诗歌翻译家，小说家，出身于上海。上个世纪八十年代因翻译T・S・艾略特和美国意象派诗人诗作而闻名。八十年代末，到美国留学，并用英语开始小说创作。现为华盛顿大学中国文学教授。 自2000年起连续推出以中国当代现实生活为背景，以诗人刑侦队长陈超为主角的系列侦破推理小说，其中《红英之死）｝获得世界推理小说最高荣誉――第三十二届世界推理小说大奖，成为第一位荣获此奖的华人作家。《红英之死》入选纽约《新闻日报》2000年十部最佳小说。 裘小龙侦破推理系列已在世界各地引起广泛反响，美国、法国、意大利、日本、瑞典、丹麦、挪威等国相继翻译出版。 来小龙们被推理系列： 《红英之死》 《外滩花园》 《石库门骤歌》

Eight anthropologists, sociologists, and historians probe the oppositional narratives created by Chinese rural intellectuals, ÈmigrÈ Croatians, and organized dissenters such as the Djilas of Yugoslavia who constructed and maintained oppositional histories in state socialist societies. Even as the creators of official history jealously guarded the right to produce historical tex...(展开全部)

Eight anthropologists, sociologists, and historians probe the oppositional narratives created by Chinese rural intellectuals, ÈmigrÈ Croatians, and organized dissenters such as the Djilas of Yugoslavia who constructed and maintained oppositional histories in state socialist societies. Even as the creators of official history jealously guarded the right to produce historical tex...(展开全部)

Activist and journalist Marisa Handler takes us on a fascinating journey—from her childhood home in apartheid South Africa to Israel, India, Nepal, Ecuador, Peru, and all over the United States—to offer a rare and revealing glimpse inside the global justice movement.