Follow the story of Beatrice in Volume One, "Lady Pokingham," where sordid adventures in the sexual underworld are commonplace, and virginal fantasies, flagellation, and Catholic guilt manifest themselves as streams of erotic poetry. In Volume Two, "La Rose d'Amour," a young man is influenced by his lusty young cousins, who invite him to join an illicit club of debauchery and b...(展开全部)

“There it lay, the great pearl, perfect as the moon.” Like his father and grandfather before him, Kino is a poor diver, gathering pearls from the gulf beds that once brought great wealth to the Kings of Spain and now provide Kino, Juana, and their infant son with meager subsistence. Then, on a day like any other, Kino emerges from the sea with a pearl as large as a sea gull's ...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 Today, nearly forty years after his death, Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck remains one of Americas greatest writers and cultural figures. Over the next year, his many works published as black-spine Penguin Classics for the first time and will feature eye-catching, newly commissioned art. Penguin Classics is proud to present these seminal works to a new generation ...(展开全部)

对于潜水员基诺来说，找到一颗瑰丽的珍珠意味着他贫困的家庭有望过上更好的生活。 梦想蒙蔽了他的双眼，让他看不到珍珠给引发的贪婪和灾祸。斯坦贝克的这部经典作品揭示了美国梦的荒谬——财富可以解决一切问题——以及我们是如何从纯真中堕落继而又重返纯真的。

对于潜水员基诺来说，找到一颗瑰丽的珍珠意味着他贫困的家庭有望过上更好的生活。 梦想蒙蔽了他的双眼，让他看不到珍珠给引发的贪婪和灾祸。斯坦贝克的这部经典作品揭示了美国梦的荒谬——财富可以解决一切问题——以及我们是如何从纯真中堕落继而又重返纯真的。

When an abandoned building is plagued by disappearances and drownings in guarded rooms, is a monster the only answer? Return to the world of impossible crime and match wits with the author once again in the chilling sequel to The Author is Dead. Beware of Dry Diver – the mysterious entity which can swim through walls, floors, any surface imaginable to kidnap its victims and dro...(展开全部)

塞尔日·布鲁梭罗是一位相当多产的侦探和科幻小说家，他生于1951年，从80年代起便以荒诞诡异的风格奠定了自己在法国文坛的独特地位。他的作品充盈着奔放不羁的想象力，游弋于现实于梦幻之间，成功地营造出波诡云谲、光怪陆离的艺术氛围，由此赢得了广大读者的喜爱，并荣膺多个文学奖项。 布鲁梭罗尤其擅长通过对真实生活的夸张变形，揭示出隐藏在现实背后的荒谬和悲哀。无论在《猎梦人》、《投弹手的一夜》，还是《与亡灵共舞》中，他都将这一风格展现得淋漓尽致。

History and fiction merge seamlessly in this luminous novel about artistic vision and sensual awakening. Girl with a Pearl Earring tells the story of sixteen-year-old Griet, whose life is transformed by her brief encounter with genius ... even as she herself is immortalized in canvas and oil.

这是一个美籍华人与命运抗争，生生不息，执着追过的传记故事。 米雪是出生在美国的第一代华人，从小饱尝“边缘人”的滋味，此后生活颇为周折。她的孩子罹患自闭症，全家无所适从；她的丈夫离开报酬丰厚的工作，家庭失去经济来源；她随丈夫在美国四处迁徙，漂泊不定；在人们纷纷移民美国的时候，他们全家迁往香港；她的事业蓬勃发展之时，却突然重返美国…… 悉心品味这个传记，您可以从平凡中看到不平凡，从许多人的身上看到奇妙的恩典。