Like it or not, the term postmodernism' seems to have lodged itself in our critical and theoretical discourses. We have a postmodern architecture, a postmodern dance, perhaps even a postmodern philosophy and a postmodern condition. But do we have a postmodernist fiction? In this trenchant and lively study Brian McHale undertakes to construct a version of postmodernist fiction w...(展开全部)

Sonic fiction is everywhere: in conversations about vernacular culture, in music videos, sound art compositions and on record sleeves, in everyday encounters with sonic experiences and in every single piece of writing about sound. Where one can find sounds one will also detect bits of fiction. In 1998 music critic, DJ and video essayist Kodwo Eshun proposed this concept in his ...(展开全部)

Ample collection of short stories, with essays, notes and questions for each.

Sonic fiction is everywhere: in conversations about vernacular culture, in music videos, sound art compositions and on record sleeves, in everyday encounters with sonic experiences and in every single piece of writing about sound. Where one can find sounds one will also detect bits of fiction. In 1998 music critic, DJ and video essayist Kodwo Eshun proposed this concept in his ...(展开全部)

Ample collection of short stories, with essays, notes and questions for each.

In Science Fiction and Extro-Science Fiction, Quentin Meillassoux addresses the problem of chaos and of the constancy of natural laws in the context of literature. With his usual argumentative rigor, he elucidates the distinction between science fiction, a genre in which science remains possible in spite of all the upheavals that may attend the world in which the tale takes pla...(展开全部)

In Science Fiction and Extro-Science Fiction, Quentin Meillassoux addresses the problem of chaos and of the constancy of natural laws in the context of literature. With his usual argumentative rigor, he elucidates the distinction between science fiction, a genre in which science remains possible in spite of all the upheavals that may attend the world in which the tale takes pla...(展开全部)

Some secrets are meant to be kept. No one has ever ventured deeper into space than the four astronauts of Shepherd-1. The aim of their mission: to witness the creation of the cosmos. Using the sun as a lens, they are to align a flock of probes in such a way that the moment of the Big Bang becomes visible. For astronomer Christine, this is a dream come true. So she is bitterly d...(展开全部)

20世纪初期，中国正经历着一场重大的社会文化变革，千年帝国分崩离析，民族面临着巨大的变革。现代化的边缘。在这样的背景下，一位来自北方的沉默寡言男子，在狂风暴雨中，踏上了前往南方城市的危险旅程。他怀着一个新生婴儿，寻找孩子的母亲和一座已不存在的城市。 这是一个关于两个人的故事：一个男人在回到抛弃他的女人的故乡后，获得了意想不到的成功；另一个男人在寻找的女人，却神秘失踪，踏上了充满波折的旅程。这是一个关于消失的工艺和古老的风俗的故事，关于暴力、爱情和友情。重要的是，这是一个关于变化和叙事本身的故事，充满了生动的人物和出人意料的转折——一个史诗般的故事，如时间本身般无情，又如经典的冒险故事般扣人心弦。 In the early 20th century, China is a land undergoing a momentous social and c...(展开全部)

此书由13个可独立成篇、亦相互关联的短小说构成，大部分以缅因州小镇中学数学女教师奥丽芙·基特里奇为主人公——有几篇她虽非中心人物，却也从旁出场。斯特鲁特不留情面，但暗怀同情地描写了她的半生。 书中的基特里奇太太现约60岁，一副暴脾气，谁也别想挡她的道。她动不动就发作，对外人如此，对家人同样——几乎将丈夫和儿子逼疯。她丈夫亨利是镇上的药剂师，性格温良。 在斯特鲁特女士笔下，基太太一辈子伤人，也一辈子受伤，有时被人伤，有时自伤。到头来她暗吞苦果，心生咒骂：“我真是个他妈的破烂老婆！他妈的。我们总是孤独的。孤独地出生，孤独地死去。” 路易莎·托马斯曾在《纽约时报》撰文，赞扬斯特鲁特技巧非凡，其人物虽性格复杂，有时不免令人厌恨，却往往让读者在阅读过程中与女主人公合二为一。托马斯女士说，读完此书，她体会到一个简单的道理：“我们需要尽力理解他人，即便不能忍受他们...(展开全部)