On November 25, 1970, Japan's most renowned postwar novelist, Yukio Mishima, stunned the world by committing ritual suicide. Here, Marguerite Yourcenar, a brilliant reader of Mishima and a scholar with an eye for the cultural roles of fiction, unravels the author's life and politics: his affection for Western culture, his family and his homosexuality, his brilliant writings, an...(展开全部)

On November 25, 1970, Japan's most renowned postwar novelist, Yukio Mishima, stunned the world by committing ritual suicide. Here, Marguerite Yourcenar, a brilliant reader of Mishima and a scholar with an eye for the cultural roles of fiction, unravels the author's life and politics: his affection for Western culture, his family and his homosexuality, his brilliant writings, an...(展开全部)

Le 24 novembre 1970, Mishima prépare avec un soin minutieux sa mort. Il veut que son suicide obéisse en tous points aux rigueurs du rite exigé depuis des siècles par la tradition de son pays, le milieu dans lequel il a choisi de vivre religieusement, socialement, littérairement, politiquement : il s’ouvre le ventre avant de se faire décapiter par la main d’un ami. Mort à la foi...(展开全部)

Le 24 novembre 1970, Mishima prépare avec un soin minutieux sa mort. Il veut que son suicide obéisse en tous points aux rigueurs du rite exigé depuis des siècles par la tradition de son pays, le milieu dans lequel il a choisi de vivre religieusement, socialement, littérairement, politiquement : il s’ouvre le ventre avant de se faire décapiter par la main d’un ami. Mort à la foi...(展开全部)

Novelist, playwright, film actor, martial artist, and political commentator, Yukio Mishima (1925-1970) was arguably the most famous person in Japan at the time of his death. Henry Scott Stokes, one of Mishima's closest friends, was the only non-Japanese allowed to attend the trial of the men involved in Mishima's spectacular suicide. In this insightful and empathetic look at th...(展开全部)

Joe Simpson and his climbing partner, Simon Yates, had just reached the top of a 21,000-foot peak in the Andes when disaster struck. Simpson plunged off the vertical face of an ice ledge, breaking his leg. In the hours that followed, darkness fell and a blizzard raged as Yates tried to lower his friend to safety. Finally, Yates was forced to cut the rope, moments before he woul...(展开全部)

Joe Simpson and his climbing partner, Simon Yates, had just reached the top of a 21,000-foot peak in the Andes when disaster struck. Simpson plunged off the vertical face of an ice ledge, breaking his leg. In the hours that followed, darkness fell and a blizzard raged as Yates tried to lower his friend to safety. Finally, Yates was forced to cut the rope, moments before he woul...(展开全部)

An international bestseller with more than 300,000 copies sold in 17 countries, The Baby Void is an honest, personal account about emotions of loss and disappointment, laced with warmth and humor. One out of six couples experience problems with infertility, and while there are several medical and practical books on infertility and treatments, first-hand accounts of young women ...(展开全部)

作者简介 休•昂纳（Hugh Honour）：英国当代著名的艺术史家，1927年9月26日生于英格兰南部苏塞克斯郡海岸城镇伊斯特本，毕业于剑桥大学圣凯萨琳学院（St Catherine's College）。他与自己的终生合作伙伴约翰•弗莱明（John Fleming）合著的《世界艺术史》（A World History of Art, 1982）早已为许多中国读者所熟悉，该书以人类的文明发展为纵轴阐述艺术史的演变，被国际学术界认为是资料最新、阐述最为完整的艺术史通史。1972年，休•昂纳被推选为英国皇家文学院院士。

作者简介 休•昂纳（Hugh Honour）：英国当代著名的艺术史家，1927年9月26日生于英格兰南部苏塞克斯郡海岸城镇伊斯特本，毕业于剑桥大学圣凯萨琳学院（St Catherine's College）。他与自己的终生合作伙伴约翰•弗莱明（John Fleming）合著的《世界艺术史》（A World History of Art, 1982）早已为许多中国读者所熟悉，该书以人类的文明发展为纵轴阐述艺术史的演变，被国际学术界认为是资料最新、阐述最为完整的艺术史通史。1972年，休•昂纳被推选为英国皇家文学院院士。