In the emotional public debate about women and work, conventional wisdom holds that middle-class women "choose" whether or not to work, while working class "need" to work. Yet, despite the recent economic crisis, national trends show that middle-class women are more likely to work than working-class women. In this timely volume, Sarah Damaske debunks the myth that financial nee...(展开全部)

In the emotional public debate about women and work, conventional wisdom holds that middle-class women "choose" whether or not to work, while working class "need" to work. Yet, despite the recent economic crisis, national trends show that middle-class women are more likely to work than working-class women. In this timely volume, Sarah Damaske debunks the myth that financial nee...(展开全部)

A National Book Award finalist's devastating account of raising her children abroad with the help of Chinese and Indian women who are also working mothers, a compromise that leads her to examine the underbelly of cheap domestic labor--and to realize that the work of the household is where gender inequality begins When Megan Stack left her prestigious job as a foreign correspond...(展开全部)

From one of America's most brilliant critics and cultural commentators comes a long-awaited collection of penetrating autobiographical essays and a riveting short memoir, novelistic in style and ambition, about the pathos, comedy, and devastation of early love. Stanford professor and longtime contributor to the London Review of Books , the Atlantic , the New Republic , ...(展开全部)

From the bestselling author of Our Wives Under the Sea, a haunting, heart wrenching novel of three sisters navigating queer love and faith at the end of the world. There’s no way to bury a body in earth which is flooded It is a fact consigned to history along with almost everything else It’s been raining for a long time now, for so long that the lands have reshaped themselves. ...(展开全部)

The lights of a yacht on the French Riviera are reflected in the water and in the eyes of four hilariously mismatched lovers. Perhaps Coward's greatest comedy, Private Lives shimmers with wit, romance, desire and bittersweet truth.

Starred Review. Grade 7 Up–At 15, Thomas Peaceful, like many other English soldiers in World War I, is too young to fight, but he lies about his age. Now at the front in France with his older brother Charlie he stands a lonely nighttime vigil for reasons that are not explained until the book's end, watching the minutes tick by and reflecting on his past. Using first-person narr...(展开全部)

作者簡介 石田衣良 Ira Ishida 1960年生於東京，成蹊大學經濟系畢業。曾任職廣告公司，並以自由文案工作者活躍於業界。97年以《池袋西口公園》獲得《ALL讀物》第36屆推理小說新人獎。2001年的《娼年》及2002年的《骨音》分別為第126回及第128回直木賞候補作，2003年以《4TEEN》獲第 129 屆直木賞。作品題材廣泛，包括青少年犯罪小說、經濟犯罪懸疑小說、情慾小說、愛情小說等都是其創作領域。 譯者簡介 賴芯葳 東吳大學日文系畢業。自由譯者。譯有《貧困世代》、《想推薦給父母，自己也想住進去的幸福安養院》、《幸福到最後的希望飲食》。

好きな人とたくさん―。夜の街灯の下で。図書館の片隅で。入院中の病室で。異国の地で。最後のデートで。まぶたの裏で、なにものかに祈りながら。性がゆたかに満ちるとき、生は燦然とかがやく。だからセックスは素晴らしい。頭と心と身体が感じる最高の到達点を瑞々しく描いた、すべての男女に贈る感動の１２編。 ●夜あるく　●文字に溺れて　●蝶をつまむ　●絹婚式　●クレオパトラ　●ソウルの夜　●白い夢　●落葉焚　●最後の滴　●二階の夜　●ダガーナイフ　●純花（すみか）　【特別付録】セックスお悩み相談室Q&A

★★★直木賞、《池袋西口公園》作者石田衣良，獻給所有男女，描繪身心靈到達頂點的感動短篇★★★ 性愛，就像是身處黑暗時看到的一絲溫柔光亮。 而比起赤裸裸的視覺影像，鉛字更要好上數十倍。 文字不只是能觸動肉體的表面，更能自由來去內心深處；還能超越無法跨越的男女高牆。 若性愛只是單純的黏膜接觸，那實在沒什麼大不了。性愛最重要的就是，究竟能在那段時間裡，在內心與身體之間穿梭往返幾百次。 不論我們在人生中的哪個階段，不論我們身處何地，美好的性愛都像雨露滋養大地一般，飽滿我們的身心靈。 十二篇引領你走向溫柔感動的故事……夜晚的街燈下、圖書館的角落、住院時的病房、異國之地、最後一次約會時……在這同時，閉起眼向某個存在祈求著。當性愛盈滿之時，生命就會燦然閃爍，所以性愛才會如此美好。 〈夜間散步〉 在帶有涼意的夜裡散步是弘明與惠理子的祕密興趣，四面而來的微風吹起了體內...(展开全部)