One of the most celebrated writers of our time gives us his first cycle of short fiction: five brilliantly etched, interconnected stories in which music is a vivid and essential character. A once-popular singer, desperate to make a comeback, turning from the one certainty in his life . . . A man whose unerring taste in music is the only thing his closest friends value in him ....(展开全部)

石黑一雄，日裔英国小说家，1954年生于日本长崎。1989年获得“布克奖”，与奈保尔、拉什迪并称“英国文坛移民三雄”。

One of the most celebrated writers of our time gives us his first cycle of short fiction: five brilliantly etched, interconnected stories in which music is a vivid and essential character. A once-popular singer, desperate to make a comeback, turning from the one certainty in his life . . . A man whose unerring taste in music is the only thing his closest friends value in him ....(展开全部)

石黑一雄，日裔英国小说家，1954年生于日本长崎。1989年获得“布克奖”，与奈保尔、拉什迪并称“英国文坛移民三雄”。

石黑一雄，日裔英国小说家，1954年生于日本长崎。1989年获得“布克奖”，与奈保尔、拉什迪并称“英国文坛移民三雄”。

Roth's award-winning first book instantly established its author's reputation as a writer of explosive wit, merciless insight, and a fierce compassion for even the most self-deluding of his characters. Goodbye, Columbus is the story of Neil Klugman and pretty, spirited Brenda Patimkin, he of poor Newark, she of suburban Short Hills, who meet one summer break and dive into an af...(展开全部)

一九九七年，菲利普•罗斯凭《美国牧歌》获得普利策奖。一九九八年，他荣获白宫颁发的美国国家艺术奖章，并于二〇〇二年获得美国艺术与人文学院最高奖——小说金奖，之前获奖者包括约翰•多斯•帕索斯、威廉•福克纳、索尔•贝娄等。他曾分别两度获得美国国家图书奖、美国笔会/福克纳奖和美国书评协会奖。 二〇〇五年，《反美阴谋》一书荣获二〇〇三至二〇〇四年度美国历史学家协会奖，被该协会誉为“一部反映美国主题的历史小说杰作”，并被《纽约时报•书评周刊》、《旧金山纪事报》、《波士顿环球报》、《芝加哥太阳时报》、《洛杉矶时报•书评周刊》、《华盛顿邮报•书评世界》、《时代》周刊、《新闻周刊》等许多报刊评选为年度好书。在英国，《反美阴谋》荣获W.H.史密斯年度好书奖，菲利普•罗斯是该奖设立四十六年来第一位两度获奖的作家。 二〇〇五年，罗斯成为第三位在世时被收入“美国文库”出版作品...(展开全部)

Each generation of therapists can boast of only a few writers like Deborah Luepnitz, whose sympathy and wit shine through a fine, luminous prose. In Schopenhauer's Porcupines she recounts five true stories from her practice, stories of patients who range from the super-rich to the homeless and who grapple with panic attacks, psychosomatic illness, marital despair, and sexual ...(展开全部)

The Asimov/Silverberg novel "Nightfall" is organized in 3 parts, "One Twilight", "Two Nightfall" and "Three Daybreak". The text of Asimov's novelette "Nightfall", from Astounding September 1941, is included within the "Two Nightfall" part of the book, from the beginning of Section 20 to the end of Section 27. The book is made up of 44 sections; the 8 Sections from 20 to 27 incl...(展开全部)

John Connolly, bestselling author of five brilliantly scary mystery novels, now turns his pen to the short story to give us a dozen chilling tales of the supernatural. In this macabre collection, echoing masters of the genre from M R James to Stephen King, Connolly delves into our darkest fears - lost lovers, missing children, subterranean creatures and predatory demons. Framin...(展开全部)