Geoffrey Braithwaite is a retired doctor haunted by an obsession with the great French literary genius, Gustave Flaubert. As Geoffrey investigates the mystery of the stuffed parrot Flaubert borrowed from the Museum of Rouen to help research one of his novels, we learn an enormous amount about the writer’s work, family, lovers, thought processes, health and obsessions. But we al...(展开全部)

Which of two stuffed parrots was the inspiration for one of Flaubert's greatest stories? Why did the master keep changing the colour of Emma Bovary's eyes? And why should it matter so much to Geoffrey Braithwaite, a retired doctor haunted by a private secret? In "Flaubert's Parrot", Julian Barnes spins out a multiple mystery of obsession and betrayal (both scholarly and romanti...(展开全部)

Geoffrey Braithwaite is a retired doctor haunted by an obsession with the great French literary genius, Gustave Flaubert. As Geoffrey investigates the mystery of the stuffed parrot Flaubert borrowed from the Museum of Rouen to help research one of his novels, we learn an enormous amount about the writer’s work, family, lovers, thought processes, health and obsessions. But we al...(展开全部)

Which of two stuffed parrots was the inspiration for one of Flaubert's greatest stories? Why did the master keep changing the colour of Emma Bovary's eyes? And why should it matter so much to Geoffrey Braithwaite, a retired doctor haunted by a private secret? In "Flaubert's Parrot", Julian Barnes spins out a multiple mystery of obsession and betrayal (both scholarly and romanti...(展开全部)

利萨尔迪（1776—1827）一生写了大量诗歌、散文、小说，抨击贵族和 高级官员的专横统治，谴责教会对人民的愚弄，揭露社会流弊、维护妇女权 利，反对奴役黑人。其作品除代表作《癞皮鹦鹉》外，还有小说《悲伤的夜 晚与欢乐的白天》、《著名骑士堂卡特林·德·拉·法饮达的生平事迹》、 剧本《敏感的黑人》、《火枪手的独脚戏》、诗集《欢乐的时刻》等。

厄尔·德尔·比格斯（一八八四～一九三三），美国作家。一九一三年出版了第一部侦探推理小说《秃子旅店的七把钥匙》，旋即被改编为戏剧，在百老汇上演，令他未满三十岁便一举成名。不过，使比格斯名存侦探推理文学史且尤为人熟知的是他从一九二五年至一九三二年创作的六部以陈查理为主人公的侦探推理小说：《陈查理探案》、《没有上锁的房间》、《中国鹦鹉》、《幕布背后》、《黑骆驼》及《守护神》。陈查理这一美国作家笔下的华人侦探，曾多次被搬上银幕，广受欢迎。

成濑纯一：普通的相貌、普通的经历、普通的工作、普通的性格，典型的到哪里都随处可见的那种人。工作两年，不好不坏，性格懦弱……唯一比较拿手的就是画画，并在买画材的时候认识了在油画店工作的小惠，然后象普通人一样陷入热恋。本该充满着幸福与宁静的生活，却被始料不及的一宗抢劫事件打乱——为了救一名小女孩，成濑被抢劫犯用枪射杀！ 醒来后的成濑被告知由于发生了亿分之一的奇迹，医院用刚好死去的别人的右脑移植到他遭枪击，受到破坏的右脑，手术奇迹般地成功。苏醒过来后，虽说有医生的详细解说和安慰，但自己的大脑有一半是别人的，有别人存在于自己的脑中。带着这份疑问的成濑忐忑不安地回到阔别已久的工作岗位和爱人身边，可慢慢地，他发现自己的身心正逐步发生一些变化，于是他决定要调查捐赠者的生前事迹以及为何自己会越来越暴躁的真正原因……

东野圭吾，日本著名作家，1958年生于大阪，直木奖、推理作家协会奖、江户川乱步奖、本格推理小说大奖等日本重要文学奖项得主，出道20余年来作品逾60部。 早期作品多为精巧细致的本格推理，随着写作功底浸润日深，涉及领域也不断延伸，对社会现象的剖析日渐精微。后期笔锋越发老辣，文字鲜加雕琢，叙述简练凶狠，情节跌宕诡异，故事架构几至匪夷所思的地步，擅长从极不合理之处写出极合理的故事，功力之深令人瞠目骇然。

Our history is littered with heads. Over the centuries, they have decorated our churches, festooned our city walls and filled our museums; they have been props for artists and specimens for laboratory scientists, trophies for soldiers and items of barter. Today, as videos of decapitations circulate online and cryonicists promise that our heads may one day live on without our bo...(展开全部)