Roberto Arlt (1900-1942), celebrated in Argentina for his tragicomic, punch-in-the-jaw writing during the 1920s and 1930s, was a forerunner of Latin American "boom" and "postboom" novelists such as Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Isabel Allende. "Mad Toy", Arlt's most acclaimed novel, is set against the chaotic background of Buenos Aires in the early twentieth century. Set in the ba...(展开全部)

Roberto Arlt (1900-1942), celebrated in Argentina for his tragicomic, punch-in-the-jaw writing during the 1920s and 1930s, was a forerunner of Latin American 'boom' and 'postboom' novelists such as Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Isabel Allende. "Mad Toy", Arlt's most acclaimed novel, is set against the chaotic background of Buenos Aires in the early twentieth century. Set in the ba...(展开全部)

First published in 1920, The Mad Toy is set in Buenos Aires in the early twentieth century. Feeling the alienation of youth, Silvio Astier's gang tours neighbourhoods, inflicting waves of petty crime, stealing from homes and shops until the police are forced to intervene. Drifting then from one career and subsequent crime to another, Silvio's main difficulty is his own intellig...(展开全部)

A little boy has a toy boat. He made it out of a can, a cork, a yellow pencil, and some white cloth. The boy and his boat are inseparable, until one day when the wind pushes the toy boat out into the wide lake. Alone now, the little boat must face fierce waves, a grumpy ferry, a sassy schooner, and a growling speed boat. How the little boat misses the boy! But if he is going to...(展开全部)

兰德尔·德·塞弗： 在兰德尔·德·塞弗的书桌上面有一艘玩具船。这是她和她的女儿波林娜用一个罐头瓶、一个软木塞、一根牙签和一些白色的布条做成的。有一天，当她沉浸在幻想中时，这艘玩具船告诉了她关于它的故事。 《玩具船去航行》是兰德尔的第一本书。几年之前，当她在布鲁克林高地的圣安娜学院担任一些小孩子们的老师的时候，她便开始为孩子写故事。现在，她的两个女儿波林娜和菲艾，经常给她带来写作的灵感。 兰德尔和她的丈夫，一位艺术家，还有两个女儿一起居住在布鲁克林。在夏天白勺时候，全家人会去康涅狄格州的一个湖度假，他们会在湖滨玩耍，还会看着一艘又一艘的大船经过。

In the second breathtaking volume of Robin Hobb's Liveship Traders trilogy, a new tide of glory and terror sweeps forward the story of the Vestrit clan, their liveship Vivacia, and all who strive to possess her. As the ancient tradition of Bingtown's Old Traders slowly erodes under the cold new order of a corrupt ruler, the Vestrits anxiously await the return of their liveship...(展开全部)

A soul-stirring novel about what we choose to keep from our past, and what we choose to leave behind. Olivia McAfee knows what it feels like to start over. Her picture-perfect life—living in Boston, married to a brilliant cardiothoracic surgeon, raising a beautiful son, Asher—was upended when her husband revealed a darker side. She never imagined she would end up back in her sl...(展开全部)

雷托·U·施奈德（Reto U Schneider），1963年出生，获电气工程硕士学位后入灵吉尔新闻学校学习，以科学方向通讯员身份供职于瑞士及德国媒体。现为《新苏黎世报》的期刊编辑，同时在该报开辟专栏“实验”，其文章屡获殊荣。著书《行星猎人》（比尔克怀泽出版社，1997年），讲述太阳系外首颖行星的发现。

The second volume in this superb trilogy from the author of The Farseer trilogy continues the dramatic tale of piracy, serpents, love and magic. Althea Vestrit has found a new home aboard the liveship Ophelia, but lives only to reclaim the Vivacia as her rightful inheritance. However, Vivacia has been captured by the pirate, 'King' Kennit, and is acquiring a keen bloodlust. Bin...(展开全部)