【生平简介】 高尔基（1868～1936）——全名：马克西姆·高尔基（Gorkey，Maksim） 前苏联作家。原名阿列克塞·马克西莫维奇·彼什科夫。1868年3月16日生于下诺夫哥罗德市一个木工家庭，1936年6月18日卒于莫斯科。 【文学创作】 1、早期生活与创作 高尔基4岁丧父，11岁起独立谋生，当过学徒、搬运工和面包师。1884年流落到喀山，19世纪80年代末90年代初两次漫游俄国各地，广泛了解民情；其间因参加秘密革命组织于1889年被捕，获释后行动仍受宪警监视。1892年发表处女作《马卡尔·楚德拉》，不久开始在地方报刊当编辑、记者。1898年出版两卷集《随笔和短篇小说》，从此蜚声俄国和欧洲文坛。他只上过2年学，完全靠自学成才。 早期创作多为短篇体裁。其中，《马卡尔·楚德拉》和《少女与死神》、《伊则吉尔老婆子》和《鹰之歌》等作品以黑暗与光明的...(展开全部)

A twisty, compelling new novel about one woman's complicated relationship with her mother-in-law that ends in death... From the moment Lucy met her husband’s mother, she knew she wasn’t the wife Diana had envisioned for her perfect son. Exquisitely polite, friendly, and always generous, Diana nonetheless kept Lucy at arm’s length despite her desperate attempts to win her over. ...(展开全部)

Mother Night is a daring challenge to our moral sense. American Howard W. Campbell, Jr., a spy during World War II, is now on trial in Israel as a Nazi war criminal. But is he really guilty? In this brilliant book rife with true gallows humor, Vonnegut turns black and white into a chilling shade of gray with a verdict that will haunt us all.

Mother Night is a daring challenge to our moral sense. American Howard W. Campbell, Jr., a spy during World War II, is now on trial in Israel as a Nazi war criminal. But is he really guilty? In this brilliant book rife with true gallows humor, Vonnegut turns black and white into a chilling shade of gray with a verdict that will haunt us all.

This classic companion to The World's Religions articulates the remarkable unity that underlies the world's religious traditions

This classic companion to The World's Religions articulates the remarkable unity that underlies the world's religious traditions

1928. The Mother is an unusual book, both in its story and its setting in a remote Sardinian hill village, half civilized and superstitious. But the chief interest lies in the psychological study of the two chief characters, and the action of the story takes place so rapidly (all within the space of two days) and the actual drama is so interwoven with the mental conflict, and a...(展开全部)

1928. The Mother is an unusual book, both in its story and its setting in a remote Sardinian hill village, half civilized and superstitious. But the chief interest lies in the psychological study of the two chief characters, and the action of the story takes place so rapidly (all within the space of two days) and the actual drama is so interwoven with the mental conflict, and a...(展开全部)

In the dawning light of a late-summer morning, the people of lower Manhattan stand hushed, staring up in disbelief at the Twin Towers. It is August 1974, and a mysterious tightrope walker is running, dancing, leaping between the towers, suspended a quarter mile above the ground. In the streets below, a slew of ordinary lives become extraordinary in bestselling novelist Colum Mc...(展开全部)

In the dawning light of a late-summer morning, the people of lower Manhattan stand hushed, staring up in disbelief at the Twin Towers. It is August 1974, and a mysterious tightrope walker is running, dancing, leaping between the towers, suspended a quarter mile above the ground. In the streets below, a slew of ordinary lives become extraordinary in bestselling novelist Colum Mc...(展开全部)