著者简介 艾丽斯·沃克（Alice Walker，1944—） 美国非裔女作家、社会活动家，普利策奖得主。1983年，她的长篇小说《紫颜色》以其独特的叙事手法和感人肺腑的故事，赢得普利策奖、美国国家图书奖等多个奖项，她也因此成为首位获得普利策文学奖的非裔美国女性。沃克长期关注与女性、种族相关的社会议题，并笔耕不辍，对世界女性主义文学的发展产生了重要影响。 译者简介 闵晓萌 北京外国语大学英美文学博士，现任北京邮电大学人文学院讲师，译有《狄更斯幽默故事集》《拥有快乐的秘密》等。

When Alice Walker finished writing The Color Purple she realised that she needed to tell the story of Tashi, a minor character, who had "left Africa but had taken her wound with her to America". This is Tashi's story, told in her words and the voices of the people who loved her. This extraordinarily courageous and compelling novel explores the tragic consequences of Tashi's dec...(展开全部)

When Alice Walker finished writing The Color Purple she realised that she needed to tell the story of Tashi, a minor character, who had "left Africa but had taken her wound with her to America". This is Tashi's story, told in her words and the voices of the people who loved her. This extraordinarily courageous and compelling novel explores the tragic consequences of Tashi's dec...(展开全部)

著者简介 艾丽斯·沃克（Alice Walker，1944—） 美国非裔女作家、社会活动家，普利策奖得主。1983年，她的长篇小说《紫颜色》以其独特的叙事手法和感人肺腑的故事，赢得普利策奖、美国国家图书奖等多个奖项，她也因此成为首位获得普利策文学奖的非裔美国女性。沃克长期关注与女性、种族相关的社会议题，并笔耕不辍，对世界女性主义文学的发展产生了重要影响。 译者简介 闵晓萌 北京外国语大学英美文学博士，现任北京邮电大学人文学院讲师，译有《狄更斯幽默故事集》《拥有快乐的秘密》等。

"Possessing the Secret of Joy" is the story of Tashi, a tribal African woman who lives much of her adult life in North America. As a young woman, a misguided loyalty to the customs of her people led her to voluntarily submit to the tsunga's knife and be genitally mutilated (pharoanoically circumcised). Severely traumatized by this experience, she spends the rest of her life bat...(展开全部)

"Possessing the Secret of Joy" is the story of Tashi, a tribal African woman who lives much of her adult life in North America. As a young woman, a misguided loyalty to the customs of her people led her to voluntarily submit to the tsunga's knife and be genitally mutilated (pharoanoically circumcised). Severely traumatized by this experience, she spends the rest of her life bat...(展开全部)

The stunning "New York Times" bestseller, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "The Color Purple," reissued in a handsome new edition. From the author the "New York Times Book Review" calls "a lavishly gifted writer," this is the searing story of Tashi, a tribal African woman first glimpsed in "The Color Purple" whose fateful decision to submit to the tsunga's knife and be...(展开全部)

The stunning "New York Times" bestseller, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "The Color Purple," reissued in a handsome new edition. From the author the "New York Times Book Review" calls "a lavishly gifted writer," this is the searing story of Tashi, a tribal African woman first glimpsed in "The Color Purple" whose fateful decision to submit to the tsunga's knife and be...(展开全部)

艾力克‧康弗（Alex Comfort） （1920～2000）出生於英國倫敦，是性學研究的先驅者之一，也是位多才多藝的作家，出版了五十多本著作以及多項科學論文，但最為人熟知的還是《性愛聖經》。 康弗一生涉獵極廣，除了身為醫師、生物學家，也是積極的社會評論家，積極的和平運動者，曾協助推動卸除核能活動，信奉無政府主義，還曾因此入獄，與哲學家羅素（Bertrand Russell）被關在同一間囚室。 康弗在醫學界的成就十分卓越，他是抗老化研究的先鋒，曾領導倫敦大學的老化現象研究、擔任史丹佛大學神經醫學部講師與洛杉磯大學神經精神醫學中心客座教授，也是美國精神醫學協會會員。康弗於2000年三月去世，享年八十。 蘇珊‧薇蓮（Susan Quilliam） 英國性學家、人際關係心理學家、兩性作家。並於網路、報章雜誌、廣播節目開設性愛諮商專欄。著有《新性愛聖經》、...(展开全部)

史蒂夫·斯托加茨（Steven Strogatz） 现为康奈尔大学应用数学系名誉教授，是一位颇有声望的教师，也是世界上观点被引用最多的数学家之一。他经常担任美国国家公共广播电台“广播实验室”栏目的嘉宾，还为《纽约时报》撰写“数学的要素”在线专栏，奠定了本书的写作基础。