A beautiful, moving collection of short stories, in many of which Updike revisits the haunts of his childhood from the vantage point of old age. In "Fiftieth" old friends reconnect at a class reunion, and one of them is left wondering, 'What does it mean: the enormity of having been children and now being old, living next to death.' In the story "The Full Glass" the protagonist...(展开全部)

John Updike’s first collection of new short fiction since the year 2000, My Father’s Tears finds the author in a valedictory mood as he mingles narratives of his native Pennsylvania with stories of New England suburbia and of foreign travel. “Personal Archaeology” considers life as a sequence of half-buried layers, and “The Full Glass” distills a lifetime’s happiness into on...(展开全部)

"Drinking a toast to the visible world, his impending disappearance from it be damned." That's how John Updike describes an elderly character in his remarkable final collection. He might have been talking about himself. In My Father's Tears, Updike revisits his people, places, and themes--Americans in suburbs, cities, and small towns grappling with faith and infidelity--in vivi...(展开全部)

The dramatic pictures record with brutal accuracy the panorama of everyday life crowded markets; stark, dusty landscapes; an execution wall a unique record that includes some of the most famous and powerful images by this great photographer.

After receiving a frantic letter from her newly-wed cousin begging for someone to save her from a mysterious doom, Noemí Taboada heads to High Place, a distant house in the Mexican countryside. She’s not sure what she will find—her cousin’s husband, a handsome Englishman, is a stranger, and Noemí knows little about the region. Noemí is also an unlikely rescuer: She’s a glamoro...(展开全部)

【作者简介】 帕特里西奥·普隆 Patricio Pron 1975年生于阿根廷罗萨里奥，著有长篇小说《春天的开始》《我们行走在梦中》《别为住在这条街上的人哭泣》《明天我们会有另外的名字》、短篇小说集《回家时带上一切》《室内植物的内心活动》等。作品屡获拉丁美洲及西班牙各大文学奖项。2010年，英国文学杂志《格兰塔》将其评选为22位杰出西班牙语新生代作家之一。2011年出版《我父母的灵魂在雨中升腾》。 【译者简介】 苑雨舒 外交学院外语系西班牙语教师，外交学院“一流学科高层次人才”学者，西班牙康普顿斯大学西语美洲文学博士。译有《中智建交五十年文选》《“一带一路”和拉丁美洲：新机遇与新挑战》（合译）等作品。

"Blending the humor, compassion, and absorbing family drama of first-rate memoir with expert science writing, [Sandeep Jauhar] has composed a can’t-miss introduction to what has been called The Age of Alzheimer’s." ―Sanjay Gupta, author of Keep Sharp and World War C A deeply affecting memoir of a father's descent into dementia, and a revelatory inquiry into why the human brain ...(展开全部)

桑迪普·乔哈，医学博士和物理学博士、长岛犹太医学中心心脏科主治医师、霍夫斯特拉─诺斯韦医学院副教授，专攻心脏衰竭，同时也是《纽约时报》专栏作家。曾以杰出的医学人文写作荣获南亚记者协会颁发的特别荣誉奖。文章常见于《新英格兰医学期刊》《纽约时报》《华尔街日报》《时代》杂志等媒体及专业期刊，已出版的著作包括《实习医师：一位医师的起点》和《成为医师：一位美国医师的幻灭》。

纳撒尼尔•拉胥梅耶，1969年12月2日出生。父亲于1995年过世时，他25岁。同年踏上探索父亲内心疯狂风暴之旅，写下处女作《当天使穿着黑衣出现》。曾与“国际安徒生大奖”得主澳洲插画大师罗伯•英潘（Robert Ingpen）合作绘本《破碎的鸟喙》（Broken Beaks）。他也是一位经常发表关于精神疾病和流浪问题、具有影响力的演讲家。

Sparks's 1996 debut novel, The Notebook, was a fast and easy read that sold millions upon millions of copies. Other bestselling love stories followed (Message in a Bottle; A Walk to Remember; The Guardian), but Sparks's fans have from the very beginning eagerly anticipated a sequel to the romantic tale of Allie and Noah Calhoun. The wait is now over. Attorney Wilson Lewis has b...(展开全部)