These slyly simple stories of the unforgiving South African Transvaal reveal a little-described (and rarely romanticized) world of Afrikaner life in the late 19th Century. Like our own Mark Twain, Herman Charles Bosman wields a laughing intolerance of foolishness and prejudice, a dazzling use of wit and clear- sighted judgment. Spun by the plainclothes local visionary and story...(展开全部)

赫尔曼·查尔斯·博斯曼（Herman Charles Bosman，1905—1951），南非作家，曾精研爱伦·坡和马克·吐温等人作品，以讽刺性短篇小说写作见长，被视为南非有史以来最杰出的短篇小说家，代表作有短篇集《先知及其他故事》（1947）、长篇小说《夜晚的蓝花楹》（1947）和半自传作品《冷石罐》（1949 ），另有大量短篇小说在其去世后结集出版。 博斯曼生于开普敦附近一个阿非利卡人（旧称“布尔人”）家庭，在约翰内斯堡长大，16岁开始短篇小说写作，1926年因在一场争吵中枪杀自己的继兄而被判入狱，经历了五年牢狱之灾。这段经历促使他写出了后来的半自传作品《冷石罐》。出狱后，他先是开设印刷厂，后旅居英国伦敦九年，期间写成成名作短篇集《先知及其他故事》。“二战”开始后返回南非，先后担任报纸记者和编辑，并继续自己的短篇创作，直到1951年因病去世。 短...(展开全部)

Hailed as a masterpiece from the moment of its first publication, Revolutionary Road is the story of Frank and April Wheeler, a bright, beautiful, and talented couple whose empty suburban life is held together by the dream that greatness is only just round the corner. With heartbreaking compassion and clarity, Richard Yates shows how Frank and April mortgage their hopes and i...(展开全部)

In the hopeful 1950s, Frank and April Wheeler appear to be a model couple: bright, beautiful, talented, with two young children and a starter home in the suburbs. Perhaps they married too young and started a family too early. Maybe Frank's job is dull. And April never saw herself as a housewife. Yet they have always lived on the assumption that greatness is only just around t...(展开全部)

A searing, postapocalyptic novel destined to become Cormac McCarthy’s masterpiece. A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind. It is cold enough to crack stones, and when the snow falls it is gray. The sky is dark. Their destination is the coast, although they don’t know what, if anything, awaits them ...(展开全部)

With a new introduction by Richard Ford "A deft, ironic, beautiful novel that deserves to be a classic." --William Styron From the moment of its publication in 1961, Revolutionary Road was hailed as a masterpiece of realistic fiction and as the most evocative portrayal of the opulent desolation of the American suburbs. It's the story of Frank and April Wheeler, a bright, beau...(展开全部)

Jude Farraday is a happily married, stay-at-home mom who puts everyone’s needs above her own. Her twins, Mia and Zach, are bright and happy teenagers. When Lexi Baill enters their lives, no one is more supportive than Jude. A former foster child with a dark past, Lexi quickly becomes Mia’s best friend. Then Zach falls in love with Lexi and the three become inseparable. But seni...(展开全部)

隨著電腦日趨微小化，線路如同紡紗、基盤則比紙張還要輕薄。於是，服飾進化成可隨身穿著的電腦。法克斯渴望能成為一流的服裝設計師，而在一間小裁縫店擔任學徒。但是，某日庫斯達師傅病倒，突然需要一筆龐大的醫藥費。此時一名自稱是他雙胞胎姊姊的少女出現在法克斯面前。情急之下，他們兩人聯手參加聯盟競賽「伸展擂台」，嘗試奪下冠軍，贏取巨額獎金…… ……

In the hopeful 1950s, Frank and April Wheeler appear to be a model couple: bright, beautiful, talented, with two young children and a starter home in the suburbs. Perhaps they married too young and started a family too early. Maybe Frank's job is dull. And April never saw herself as a housewife. Yet they have always lived on the assumption that greatness is only just around t...(展开全部)

With a new introduction by Richard Ford "A deft, ironic, beautiful novel that deserves to be a classic." --William Styron From the moment of its publication in 1961, Revolutionary Road was hailed as a masterpiece of realistic fiction and as the most evocative portrayal of the opulent desolation of the American suburbs. It's the story of Frank and April Wheeler, a bright, beau...(展开全部)