新聞社勤務の良時の元に、妹の夫で同僚で友人でもある密が転がり込んできた。海外勤務を終え帰国した彼との同居は奇妙に心地よく…？

“在菲利斯尖刻、有趣的处女作中，辞退通知满天飞，背景是网络泡沫破灭时芝加哥一家广告公司的办公室。”小说以公司职员的第一人称复数“我们”来讲述故事，充分地传达出集体的急躁、唠叨、小气和热心。“我们脾气不好，薪水过高。世界上充斥着互联网资金，我们只是拿到我们应得的一份。我们认为标识设计跟产品性能和分销体系一样重要。酷毙了说的是我们的设计，小儿科说的是别的公司的设计——如果他们真的设计得很好，我们就会向它鞠躬，就像玛雅人向他们的神灵鞠躬一样。”菲利斯的同事们会用微小的、荒谬的反叛来寻开心。比如一位嘴巴闲不住的家伙，决定一天内说话时全引用《教父》里的台词。当一位助理问他对一个项目的意见时，他回答说：“只此一次，这次我让你问我的公事。”

“在菲利斯尖刻、有趣的处女作中，辞退通知满天飞，背景是网络泡沫破灭时芝加哥一家广告公司的办公室。”小说以公司职员的第一人称复数“我们”来讲述故事，充分地传达出集体的急躁、唠叨、小气和热心。“我们脾气不好，薪水过高。世界上充斥着互联网资金，我们只是拿到我们应得的一份。我们认为标识设计跟产品性能和分销体系一样重要。酷毙了说的是我们的设计，小儿科说的是别的公司的设计——如果他们真的设计得很好，我们就会向它鞠躬，就像玛雅人向他们的神灵鞠躬一样。”菲利斯的同事们会用微小的、荒谬的反叛来寻开心。比如一位嘴巴闲不住的家伙，决定一天内说话时全引用《教父》里的台词。当一位助理问他对一个项目的意见时，他回答说：“只此一次，这次我让你问我的公事。”

They spend their days - and too many of their nights - at work. Away from friends and family, they share a stretch of stained carpet with a group of strangers they call colleagues. There's Chris Yop, clinging to his ergonomic chair; Lynn Mason, the boss, whose breast cancer everyone pretends not to talk about; Carl Garbedian, secretly taking someone else's medication; Marcia Dw...(展开全部)

“You should be here; he’s simply magnificent.” These are the final words a biologist hears before his wife dies at the hands of Godzilla. The words haunt him as he studies the Kaiju (Japan’s giant monsters) on an island reserve, attempting to understand the beauty his wife saw. “The Return to Monsterland” opens Where We Go When All We Were Is Gone, a collection of twelve fabuli...(展开全部)

Fiction. Asian & Asian American Studies. "A combination of the mystical, magical, and marvelous, Sequoia Nagamatsu weaves a collection of bold, hysterical, and moving tales into an unforgettable debut. From shape- shifters, to star-makers, to babies made of snow, the characters in WHERE WE GO WHEN ALL WE WERE IS GONE form a community of longing, of the surreal, of wonder. What ...(展开全部)

In 2030, a grieving archeologist arrives in the Arctic Circle to continue the work of his recently deceased daughter at the Batagaika Crater, where researchers are studying long-buried secrets now revealed in melting permafrost, including the perfectly preserved remains of a girl who appears to have died of an ancient virus. Once unleashed, the Arctic plague will reshape life o...(展开全部)

Bouncy illustrations, innovative die cutting and popular rhymes make Books with Holes a must for every child. Available in three formats, suitable for babies, toddlers, pre-schoolers and the nursery or classroom.