A controversial critique of an iconic philosopher. Gilles Deleuze was one of the most influential French philosophers of the last century. Michel Foucault famously suggested that the 20th century would be known as "Deleuzian." His powerful philosophy of desire, difference and "nomadic thought" seemed to hack away at all previous hierarchies in political and philosophical though...(展开全部)

The Kingdom of this World (Spanish: El Reino de este Mundo) is a novel by Cuban author Alejo Carpentier, first published in 1949. It tells the story of Haiti before, during, and after the Haitian Revolution. It is an important work in the development of magical realism.

阿莱霍·卡彭铁尔（1904—1980），古巴著名小说家、新闻记者、音乐理论家、文学批评家、外交官，拉丁美洲文坛巨匠，“文学爆炸”的先驱。他在《人间王国》的序言中首次提出“神奇现实”的概念，将超现实主义和本地化融为一体，全面地反映了拉美大陆的现状，对拉美文学的发展起到了巨大的推动作用，被马尔克斯、富恩特斯、略萨等一批大师尊为拉丁美洲小说的先行者。文学之外，他在历史、哲学、音乐、建筑、绘画等方面皆有颇高造诣，是一位难得的百科全书式作家。 1927年，卡彭铁尔因反对当时的古巴独裁统治而被捕，在短暂的坐牢期间开始写作第一部长篇小说《埃古-扬巴-奥》。1959年古巴革命胜利，卡彭铁尔结束流亡回到国内，成为古巴文学艺术界的领军人物。他创作的作品包括长篇小说《人间王国》《光明世纪》《消逝的足迹》，短篇小说集《时间之战》以及几部音乐、文学评论集等。由于他在文学事业上...(展开全部)

阿莱霍·卡彭铁尔（1904—1980），古巴著名小说家、新闻记者、音乐理论家、文学批评家、外交官，拉丁美洲文坛巨匠，“文学爆炸”的先驱。他在《人间王国》的序言中首次提出“神奇现实”的概念，将超现实主义和本地化融为一体，全面地反映了拉美大陆的现状，对拉美文学的发展起到了巨大的推动作用，被马尔克斯、富恩特斯、略萨等一批大师尊为拉丁美洲小说的先行者。文学之外，他在历史、哲学、音乐、建筑、绘画等方面皆有颇高造诣，是一位难得的百科全书式作家。 1927年，卡彭铁尔因反对当时的古巴独裁统治而被捕，在短暂的坐牢期间开始写作第一部长篇小说《埃古-扬巴-奥》。1959年古巴革命胜利，卡彭铁尔结束流亡回到国内，成为古巴文学艺术界的领军人物。他创作的作品包括长篇小说《人间王国》《光明世纪》《消逝的足迹》，短篇小说集《时间之战》以及几部音乐、文学评论集等。由于他在文学事业上...(展开全部)

Stephen Webb, author of WHERE IS EVERYBODY?, takes the interested amateur on a thrilling and enlightening tour of the amazing, even bizarre, new ideas of modern physics, including alternatives to the Big Bang, parallel universes, and an imaginary trip to the other side of the black hole.

Stephen Webb, author of WHERE IS EVERYBODY?, takes the interested amateur on a thrilling and enlightening tour of the amazing, even bizarre, new ideas of modern physics, including alternatives to the Big Bang, parallel universes, and an imaginary trip to the other side of the black hole.

"That rare person who looked like Marlene Dietrich and wrote like Virginia Woolf," Clarice Lispector is one of the most popular but least understood of Latin American writers. Now, after years of research on three continents, drawing on previously unknown manuscripts and dozens of interviews, Benjamin Moser demonstrates how Lispector's development as a writer was directly conne...(展开全部)