The beloved New York Times bestselling author reflects on home, family, friendships and writing in this deeply personal collection of essays. "Any story that starts will also end." As a writer, Ann Patchett knows what the outcome of her fiction will be. Life, however, often takes turns we do not see coming. Patchett ponders this truth in these wise essays that afford a fresh an...(展开全部)

The beloved New York Times bestselling author reflects on home, family, friendships and writing in this deeply personal collection of essays. "Any story that starts will also end." As a writer, Ann Patchett knows what the outcome of her fiction will be. Life, however, often takes turns we do not see coming. Patchett ponders this truth in these wise essays that afford a fresh an...(展开全部)

塩が世界を埋め尽くす塩害の時代。塩は着々と街を飲み込み、社会を崩壊させようとしていた。その崩壊寸前の東京で暮らす男と少女。男の名は秋庭、少女の名は真奈。静かに暮らす二人の前を、さまざまな人々が行き過ぎる。あるときは穏やかに、あるときは烈しく、あるときは浅ましく。それを見送りながら、二人の中で何かが変わり始めていた。そして―「世界とか、救ってみたいと思わない?」。そそのかすように囁く男が、二人に運命を連れてくる。第10回電撃ゲーム小説大賞・大賞受賞作。圧倒的な筆力で贈るSFラブ・ファンタジー。

This first book-length study of gender relations in the Lower Yangzi region during the High Qing era (c. 1683-1839) challenges enduring late-nineteenth-century perspectives that emphasized the oppression and subjugation of Chinese women. Placing women at the center of the High Qing era shows how gender relations shaped the economic, political, social, and cultural changes of th...(展开全部)

This first book-length study of gender relations in the Lower Yangzi region during the High Qing era (c. 1683-1839) challenges enduring late-nineteenth-century perspectives that emphasized the oppression and subjugation of Chinese women. Placing women at the center of the High Qing era shows how gender relations shaped the economic, political, social, and cultural changes of th...(展开全部)

曼素恩获密歇根大学文学士学位、斯坦福大学哲学博士学位。现任戴维斯加州大学历史学教授兼历史系主任。1999―2000年任亚洲研究会主任。其第二部著作《缀珍录》曾获亚洲研究会Levenson（利文森）奖。另与程玉溪联合主编了忡国历史上的性别书写》（伯克利：加利福尼亚大学出版社，2001）、目前正在撰写《张家才女外传》。

曼素恩获密歇根大学文学士学位、斯坦福大学哲学博士学位。现任戴维斯加州大学历史学教授兼历史系主任。1999―2000年任亚洲研究会主任。其第二部著作《缀珍录》曾获亚洲研究会Levenson（利文森）奖。另与程玉溪联合主编了忡国历史上的性别书写》（伯克利：加利福尼亚大学出版社，2001）、目前正在撰写《张家才女外传》。

Scott Pilgrim's life is so awesome. He's 23 years old, in a rock band, "between jobs," and dating a cute high school girl. Everything's fantastic until a seriously mind-blowing, dangerously fashionable, rollerblading delivery girl named Ramona Flowers starts cruising through his dreams and sailing by him at parties. But the path to Ms Flowers isn't covered in rose petals. Ramon...(展开全部)