威廉·萨默塞特·毛姆（1874—1965），英国著名作家，被誉为“最会讲故事的作家”，整个英语世界最畅销的作家之一。毛姆是一位成功的多产作家，在长篇小说、短篇小说和戏剧领域里都有建树。不过毛姆本人对自己的评价却很谦虚：“我只不过是二流作家中排在前面的一个。” 毛姆最知名、最畅销的小说包括《人生的枷锁》《月亮和六便士》和《刀锋》等。除长篇外，毛姆还是一个出色的短篇小说家，他的短篇小说有一百多部。1946年，毛姆设立了萨默塞特·毛姆奖，奖励优秀的年轻作家，鼓励 并资助他们到各处旅游。1952年，牛津大学授予毛姆名誉博士学位。1954年，英王室授予他“荣誉侍从”称号。1965年12月16日毛姆在法国尼斯去逝。

Maugham found a parallel to the turmoil of our own times in the duplicity, intrigue and sensuality of the Italian Renaissance. Then and Now enters the world of Machiavelli, and covers three important months in the career of that crafty politician, worldly seducer and high priest of schemers.

The high-spirited correspondence between New York Times bestselling author Paul Auster and Nobel laureate J. M. Coetzee Although Paul Auster and J. M. Coetzee had been reading each other’s books for years, the two writers did not meet until February 2008. Not long after, Auster received a letter from Coetzee, suggesting they begin exchanging letters on a regular basis and,...(展开全部)

保罗·奥斯特： 小说家、诗人、剧作家、译者、电影导演，被视为美国当代最勇于创新的小说家之一。1947年出生于新泽西州的纽渥克市，从哥伦比亚大学毕业后曾在法国生活数年。 J.M.库切： 南非当代著名小说家，被评论界认为是当代南非最重要的作家之一。曾两度获得布克奖，并于2003年获得诺贝尔文学奖。 1940年出生于南非开普敦，现居澳大利亚。

The high-spirited correspondence between New York Times bestselling author Paul Auster and Nobel laureate J. M. Coetzee Although Paul Auster and J. M. Coetzee had been reading each other’s books for years, the two writers did not meet until February 2008. Not long after, Auster received a letter from Coetzee, suggesting they begin exchanging letters on a regular basis and,...(展开全部)

威廉·斯莫克（William Smock）美国著名设计师、插画师，现居加利福尼亚州伯克利市。

Architectural postmodernism had a significant impact on the broader development of postmodern thought: Utopia’s Ghost is a critical reconsideration of their relationship. Combining discourse analysis, historical reconstruction, and close readings of buildings, projects, and texts from the 1970s and 1980s, Reinhold Martin argues that retheorizing postmodern architecture gives us...(展开全部)

芭芭拉·莱曼 出生在美国芝加哥，曾就读于普瑞特艺术学院，现生活在纽约州奥尔巴尼。《小红书》和《又见小红书》的创作灵感来自她对地图的痴迷和探险的向往，对老塔楼、奇遇记和远方朋友的热爱。她为孩子们创作了许多的无字图画书。

#1 New York Times bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout continues the life of her beloved Olive Kitteridge, a character who has captured the imaginations of millions of readers. Prickly, wry, resistant to change yet ruthlessly honest and deeply empathetic, Olive Kitteridge is “a compelling life force” (San Francisco Chronicle). The New Yorker has said th...(展开全部)

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