"Let it Come Down" tells the story of Dyar, a New York bank clerk who throws up his secure, humdrum job to find a reality abroad with which to identify himself, and his macabre experiences in the inferno of Tangiers.

保罗•鲍尔斯 美国传奇作家、翻译家、作曲家。一生只创作过四部长篇小说，却被视为20世纪美国极具代表性的作家，《时代》周刊称他为那个年代独一无二的作家。2002年，其作品由美国著名非营利性出版机构——美国文库收录出版，成为传世经典。 ◆鲍尔斯深受存在主义文学影响，曾翻译过萨特、博尔赫斯等作家的作品，美国评论界称：“没有哪位作家能像鲍尔斯那样对存在主义哲学作出这样全面的阐释。” ◆1929年，鲍尔斯辍学前往巴黎学习音乐创作，随后为田纳西•威廉斯等著名剧作家作曲，迅速成为美国当代著名作曲家之一。 ◆鲍尔斯一生游离于美国之外，视自己为旅人。1947年，他移居摩洛哥丹吉尔，直到去世。丹吉尔也因为鲍尔斯而吸引了众多文学家，成了一个时代的文学圣地。 · 译者简介 陆汉臻，资深英美文学译者。毕业于北京外国语大学，现任浙江越秀外国语学院教师，浙江省翻译协会理事。代表译...(展开全部)

In "Let It Come Down," Paul Bowles plots the doomed trajectory of Nelson Dyar, a New York bank teller who comes to Tangier in search of a different life and ends up giving in to his darkest impulses. Rich in descriptions of the corruption and decadence of the International Zone in the last days before Moroccan independence, Bowles's second novel is an alternately comic and horr...(展开全部)

When Ray turns up to visit his old university friends Charlie and Emily, he's given a special task: to be so much his useless self that he makes Charlie look good by comparison. But Ray has his own buried feelings to contend with. Decades earlier, he and Emily would listen to jazz when they were alone, and now, as Sarah Vaughan sings through the speakers, he struggles to contro...(展开全部)

In November of 1991 Robert Frank went to Beirut on a commission to photograph the city's devastated downtown in the aftermath of the Lebanese civil war (1975-1990). Much of the work he did there, together with that of five other photographers with whom he shared the assignment, was put together in Beirut City Centre by Editions du Cypres in 1992. Alongside that commissioned wor...(展开全部)

马克•怀德（Mark Waid） 美国漫画编剧、编辑。曾担任DC多种漫画的编辑，并为DC和漫威创作多部漫画。编剧作品包括《闪电侠》《美国队长》《正义联盟》等多部漫画，曾获艾斯纳奖和哈维奖。 亚历克斯•罗斯（Alex Ross） 美国知名漫画家、插画家。擅长超级写实主义风格，以《终结者：燃烧地球》出道，先后创作《惊奇》《天国降临》《正义》等漫画，并从事封面和海报绘画。 江业华 致力于美国漫画翻译与研究多年，著有《今夜拯救世界》《超人会不会飞》《生为传奇》等美漫专著，翻译《蝙蝠侠：第一年》《蝙蝠侠：黑暗骑士归来》等。

马克•怀德（Mark Waid） 美国漫画编剧、编辑。曾担任DC多种漫画的编辑，并为DC和漫威创作多部漫画。编剧作品包括《闪电侠》《美国队长》《正义联盟》等多部漫画，曾获艾斯纳奖和哈维奖。 亚历克斯•罗斯（Alex Ross） 美国知名漫画家、插画家。擅长超级写实主义风格，以《终结者：燃烧地球》出道，先后创作《惊奇》《天国降临》《正义》等漫画，并从事封面和海报绘画。 江业华 致力于美国漫画翻译与研究多年，著有《今夜拯救世界》《超人会不会飞》《生为传奇》等美漫专著，翻译《蝙蝠侠：第一年》《蝙蝠侠：黑暗骑士归来》等。

Kingdom Come is a four-issue comic book mini-series published in 1996 by DC Comics under their Elseworlds imprint. It was written by Alex Ross and Mark Waid and painted in gouache by Ross, who also developed the concept from an original idea. This Elseworlds story is set in a future that deals with a growing conflict between "traditional" superheroes, such as Superman, Wonder W...(展开全部)

60年代初，法比奥和乔万尼两兄弟在父亲去世后，驾着一辆菲亚特500踏上一段公路之旅。这段充满争执、沉默、回忆和邂逅的旅程，将他们带回了阔别已久的祖国意大利。零落的细节再次拼凑出往日父亲的形象，也让两兄弟最终理清他们之间错杂的关系。

Misogyny is a hot topic, yet it's often misunderstood. What is misogyny, exactly? Who deserves to be called a misogynist? How does misogyny contrast with sexism, and why is it prone to persist - or increase - even when sexist gender roles are waning? This book is an exploration of misogyny in public life and politics by the moral philosopher and writer Kate Manne. It argues tha...(展开全部)