Our contemporary horror stories are written in a world where there seems little faith, lost hope, and no salvation. All that remains is the fragmentary and occasionally lyrical testimony of the human being struggling to confront its lack of reason for being in the vast cosmos. This is the terrain of the horror genre. Eugene Thacker explores this situation in Tentacles Longer Th...(展开全部)

Editorial Reviews Amazon.com In the past decade Colm Tóibín has garnered international fame for his fiction, reporting, and travel writing. Now, in his new novel, The Story of Night, he breaks new emotional ground with the story of a gay man coming of age in Argentina during the Falklands War. Tóibín weds his two themes--the ongoing Argentinean struggle toward democracy and the...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 Set in a topsy-turvy world like a holiday revel, this comedy devises a romantic plot around separated twins, misplaced passions, and mistaken identity. Juxtaposed to it is the satirical story of a self-deluded steward who dreams of becoming “Count Malvolio” only to receive his comeuppance at the hands of the merrymakers he wishes to suppress. The two plots combine to ...(展开全部)

因为死亡是夜之魂； 那永恒的阴影， 所有生命都将坠入其中， 一切希望尽成虚妄。 ----------------------------------------------------------- “杀完一个红发男人，我抽身前往鲲音馆吃晚餐，点了牡蛎。” 一八五四年十月的一个寒夜，伦敦一条阴暗小巷中，一个无辜男人被夺去了生命。杀人者、书痴、学者爱德华·葛莱弗的爱恨情仇从这里拉开帷幕。 遗腹子葛莱弗自幼相信他命中注定会成就伟大事业。他十二岁生日那天，母亲交给他一盒金币，说是不愿透露姓名的朋友赠给他的礼物。在伊顿公学，他遭人陷害，被逐出校门。成年后，他终于发现自己真正的离奇身世，巨大的权势与财富在向他召唤。他要夺回应该属于他的一切！ 从维多利亚时代的伦敦，雾气弥漫的街巷深处那些妓院与鸦片馆，到英格兰乡间显赫的贵族豪宅，葛莱弗的故事充满背叛与欺骗、死亡与...(展开全部)

As a child and parent walk down the block to the bay and turn to walk back home, evening falls upon the neighborhood. As the walk begins, the squirrels are in the yards, the boys are mowing lawns, a neighbor is baking a pie, and someone is mailing a letter. When the child and parent turn to walk back home, the apple pie is down from the windowsill, the leaves are raked up, an...(展开全部)

Mother Night is a daring challenge to our moral sense. American Howard W. Campbell, Jr., a spy during World War II, is now on trial in Israel as a Nazi war criminal. But is he really guilty? In this brilliant book rife with true gallows humor, Vonnegut turns black and white into a chilling shade of gray with a verdict that will haunt us all.

'"night, Mother" is a taut and fluid drama that addresses different emotions and special relations. By one of America's most talented playwrights, this play won the Dramatists Guild's prestigious Hull-Warriner Award, four Tony nominations, the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, and the Pulitzer Prize in 1983. "'night, Mother "had its world premiere at the American Repertory Theater i...(展开全部)

Mother Night is a daring challenge to our moral sense. American Howard W. Campbell, Jr., a spy during World War II, is now on trial in Israel as a Nazi war criminal. But is he really guilty? In this brilliant book rife with true gallows humor, Vonnegut turns black and white into a chilling shade of gray with a verdict that will haunt us all.

From the bestselling author of A Lion in Paris comes this beautifully illustrated celebration of what makes each child unique. Through bold and sensitively observed portraits and a thought-provoking text, Beatrice Alemagna inspires children, and adults reading with them, to consider their own identity. Destined to become a classic, What Is a Child? is a must-have for every scho...(展开全部)