艾丽丝•门罗（Alice Munro，1931— ） 加拿大女作家，当代短篇小说大师，2013年诺贝尔文学奖得主。少女时代即开始写作，37岁时出版第一部作品。她一生专注于中短篇小说创作，讲述小地方普通人特别是女性隐含悲剧的平常生活，以细腻透彻又波澜不惊的话语，洞见人性的幽微处。

Ten superb new stories by one of our most beloved and admired writers—the winner of the 2009 Man Booker International Prize. In the first story a young wife and mother receives release from the unbearable pain of losing her three children from a most surprising source. In another, a young woman, in the aftermath of an unusual and humiliating seduction, reacts in a clever if l...(展开全部)

A wife and mother, whose spirit has been crushed, finds release from her extraordinary pain in the most unlikely place. The young victim of a humiliating seduction (which involves reading Housman in the nude) finds an unusual way to get her own back and move on. An older woman, dying of cancer, weaves a poisonous story to save her life. Other stories of this title uncover the '...(展开全部)

A wife and mother, whose spirit has been crushed, finds release from her extraordinary pain in the most unlikely place. The young victim of a humiliating seduction (which involves reading Housman in the nude) finds an unusual way to get her own back and move on. An older woman, dying of cancer, weaves a poisonous story to save her life. Other stories of this title uncover the '...(展开全部)

艾丽丝•门罗（Alice Munro，1931— ） 加拿大女作家，当代短篇小说大师，2013年诺贝尔文学奖得主。少女时代即开始写作，37岁时出版第一部作品。她一生专注于中短篇小说创作，讲述小地方普通人特别是女性隐含悲剧的平常生活，以细腻透彻又波澜不惊的话语，洞见人性的幽微处。

Ten superb new stories by one of our most beloved and admired writers—the winner of the 2009 Man Booker International Prize. In the first story a young wife and mother receives release from the unbearable pain of losing her three children from a most surprising source. In another, a young woman, in the aftermath of an unusual and humiliating seduction, reacts in a clever if l...(展开全部)

杰克•凯鲁亚克（Jack Kerouac，1922-1969） 美国当代重要作家，其生活方式几乎成为一代人的理想，他的文学主张及风格，对二十世纪六七十年代以降美国主流文化观产生重要影响。凯鲁亚克出生于马萨诸塞州洛厄尔，父母为法裔美国人，他是家中幼子，以橄榄球奖学金入纽约哥伦比亚大学，结识艾伦•金斯伯格、威廉•巴勒斯和卢西恩•卡尔等“垮掉的一代”的重要人物。 凯鲁亚克大学二年级退学从事文学创作，1950年，第一部小说《镇与城》出版。1957年《在路上》问世后，他成为“垮掉的一代”代言人，跻身二十世纪最有争议的著名作家行列。

Ten superb new stories by one of our most beloved and admired writers—the winner of the 2009 Man Booker International Prize. In the first story a young wife and mother receives release from the unbearable pain of losing her three children from a most surprising source. In another, a young woman, in the aftermath of an unusual and humiliating seduction, reacts in a clever if l...(展开全部)

Ten superb new stories by one of our most beloved and admired writers—the winner of the 2009 Man Booker International Prize. In the first story a young wife and mother receives release from the unbearable pain of losing her three children from a most surprising source. In another, a young woman, in the aftermath of an unusual and humiliating seduction, reacts in a clever if l...(展开全部)

索尔•贝娄 Saul Bellow，1915-2005 美国犹太裔作家。生于加拿大魁北克省的拉辛，在蒙特利尔度过童年。1924年，举家迁至美国芝加哥。1933年，贝娄考入芝加哥大学。两年后，转入伊利诺伊州埃文斯顿的西北大学，获得社会学和人类学学士学位。同年，赴威斯康星大学攻读硕士学位。自1938年以来，当过编辑和记者，并于第二次世界大战期间在海上短期服过役外，他长期在芝加哥等几所大学执教。 索尔•贝娄是唯一一位凭借《奥吉•马奇历险记》《赫索格》《赛姆勒先生的行星》三次获得美国国家图书奖的作家。1975年，凭借小说《洪堡的礼物》获得普利策奖；1976年，获得诺贝尔文学奖。