novel, tr w/intro by William Weaver

Yes, Minister, and the equally successful sequel Yes, Prime Minister captured a niche in the political consciousness of the nation. First broadcast thirty years ago, the original writers of these classic series have reunited to create a bang up to date Yes, Prime Minister for the stage. Spin, blackberries, sexed-up dossiers, sleaze, global warming and a country on the brink of ...(展开全部)

桑顿·怀尔德（Thornton Wilder，1897年4月17日－1975年12月7日）出生于美国威斯康辛州麦迪逊，为美国小说家和剧作家，是唯一的一位用文学作品和戏剧作品获得双普利策奖的人。 1897年，怀尔德出生于美国威斯康辛州麦迪逊，父亲阿莫斯·帕克·怀尔德，是一位美国外交官，母亲伊莎贝拉·怀尔德·尼文。怀尔德的父亲被分配到清朝工作，任职美国驻香港与上海总领事，因此他的童年在清朝度过。1915，怀尔德从柏克莱高中毕业，1917，他考入耶鲁大学。第一次世界大战爆发后，怀尔德参加了美国军队，在军队中中服役8个月。1926年，怀尔德获得普林斯顿大学颁发的法国文学硕士学位，同年发表了他的处女作小说《奥秘》。

This beautiful new edition features an eye-opening Afterword written by Tappan Wilder that includes Thornton Wilder's unpublished notes and other illuminating photographs and documentary material. Our Town was first produced and published in 1938 to wide acclaim. This Pulitzer Prize–winning drama of life in the small village of Grover's Corners, an allegorical representation...(展开全部)

This beautiful new edition features an eyeopening Afterword written by Tappan Wilder that includes Thornton Wilder's unpublished notes and other illuminating photographs and documentary material.Our Town was first produced and published in 1938 to wide acclaim. This Pulitzer Prize-winning drama of life in the small village of Grover's Corners, an allegorical representation of a...(展开全部)

As this urgent, genre-defying book opens, a woman who has recently been elevated to prominence for her social media posts travels around the world to meet her adoring fans. She is overwhelmed by navigating the new language and etiquette of what she terms "the portal," where she grapples with an unshakable conviction that a vast chorus of voices is now dictating her thoughts. Wh...(展开全部)

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the New York Drama Critics Circle Award, the Drama Desk Award, the Outer Critics Circle Award, the Lucille Lortel Award, and the Oppenheimer Award Margaret Edson's powerfully imagined Pulitzer Prize-winning play examines what makes life worth living through her exploration of one of existence's unifying experiences--mortality--while she also probes...(展开全部)