This brilliantly ironic novel about literature and writing, in Vila-Matas’s trademark witty and erudite style, is told in the form of a lecture delivered by a novelist clearly a version of the author himself. The “lecturer” tells of his two-year stint living in Marguerite Duras’s garret during the seventies, spending time with writers, intellectuals, and eccentrics, and trying ...(展开全部)

After reading A Moveable Feast, aspiring novelist Enrique Vila-Matas moves to Paris to be closer to his literary idol, Ernest Hemingway. Surrounded by the writers, artists and eccentrics of '70s Parisian café culture, he dresses in black, buys two pairs of reading glasses, and smokes a pipe like Sartre. Now, in later life, he reflects on his youth while giving a three-day lectu...(展开全部)

After reading A Moveable Feast, aspiring novelist Enrique Vila-Matas moves to Paris to be closer to his literary idol, Ernest Hemingway. Surrounded by the writers, artists and eccentrics of '70s Parisian café culture, he dresses in black, buys two pairs of reading glasses, and smokes a pipe like Sartre. Now, in later life, he reflects on his youth while giving a three-day lectu...(展开全部)

This brilliantly ironic novel about literature and writing, in Vila-Matas’s trademark witty and erudite style, is told in the form of a lecture delivered by a novelist clearly a version of the author himself. The “lecturer” tells of his two-year stint living in Marguerite Duras’s garret during the seventies, spending time with writers, intellectuals, and eccentrics, and trying ...(展开全部)

“题目借取于《诗经·卷耳》，原意是那些行军在外的男人只能依靠饮酒来摆脱思念亲人的痛苦。到了这本书里意思变为：只有把这件事写下来，才不至于永远地伤怀。十几个不同性格的人物依次走进小说之中，前后跨度为三十余年，或许还会再久一些。显然一桩命案的发生使第二十年成为本书时间的核心。整部长篇被肢解为五个不同文体的中篇。这样写可以由您所好来选择翻开此书先读哪一部。如果您对情节性强的故事感兴趣，小说的第四都将向您讲述三种让人心酸的爱情；结构纷杂叙述转换稍显频繁的第三部会给您带来领悟小说技巧和体验阅读快感的乐趣；要是您更偏爱侦探小说， 当然可以先去阅读第二部的一至十；第二部的1－10应该会给您一种伦理道德上的震撼；然而首先阅读第一部则基于一个不可剥夺的理由，因为这是您了解《维以不永伤》，全貌的入口。”

The ultimate rapid language-learning guide! For those who’ve despaired of ever learning a foreign language, here, finally, is a book that will make the words stick. At thirty years old, Gabriel Wyner speaks six languages fluently. He didn’t learn them in school -- who does? -- rather, he learned them in the past few years, working on his own and practicing on the subway, using...(展开全部)

"Norton is clearly a charmer, and Gethers tells his story with contagious affection....Will warm the heart of any confirmed cat-lover." THE WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD Before Peter Gethers met Norton, the publisher, screenwriter, and author was a confirmed cat-hater. Then everything changed. Peter opened his heart to the Scottish Fold kitten and their adventures to Paris, Fire I...(展开全部)

"Albert Einstein's groundbreaking scientific discoveries made possible the creation of the most terrible weapon the world had ever known. But he made another discovery that he chose to reveal to no one--to keep from human hands a power that dwarfed the atomic bomb." When twelve-year-old Daphne Marrity takes a videotape labeled "Pee-wee's Big Adventure" from her recently deceas...(展开全部)

MAKE PEACE WITH ANYONE is the first book that shows readers how to quickly resolve anything from a simple disagreement to a decades-long estrangement. In this book readers will learn: - How to end any family feud - How to deal with office tiffs - What to do when someone stops talking to you - What to say when you don't know what to say - How to deal with the teenage./parent con...(展开全部)