The provocative and mind-bending new novel from the bestselling author of Fight Club and Haunted. Rant takes the form of a (fictional) oral history of Buster “Rant” Casey, in which an assortment of friends, enemies, admirers, detractors, and relations have their say on this evil character, who may or may not be the most efficient serial killer of our time. Buster Casey was ev...(展开全部)

“Like most people I didn’t meet Rant Casey until after he was dead. That’s how it works for most celebrities: After they croak, their circle of friends just explodes.…” Rant is the mind-bending new novel from Chuck Palahniuk, the literary provocateur responsible for such books as the generation-defining classic Fight Club and the pedal-to-the-metal horrorfest Haunted....(展开全部)

莱格斯·麦克尼尔，《朋克》杂志创始人之一，Spin杂志高级编辑，纽约朋克文化圈传奇人物之一，有《另一个好莱坞》等著作多部。 吉里安·麦凯恩，圣马可教堂颂诗活动节目协调人，《颂诗活动通讯》编辑，著有《倾斜》等诗集。

This book brings together fascinating testimonies from thirty inhabitants of the 'Kommunalka,' the communal apartments that were the norm in housing in the cities of Russia during the whole history of the Soviet Union. The Kommunalka was perhaps the most important social experiment undertaken by the Soviet regime, having arguably as much if not more of an effect on the outlook ...(展开全部)

斯特兹·特克尔，美国口述史权威、著名作家、广播节目制作人。1966年，特克尔的第一本口述史著作《断街》出版，旋即成为畅销书，之后他一部部推出人们颇为关心的讨论话题，每部都在当时引起巨大反响，包括《艰难时代》《美国梦寻》《正义的战争》等，曾获普利策非虚构文学奖。

On April 26, 1986, the worst nuclear accident in history occurred in Chernobyl. Although this was one of the most devastating tragedies ever, until now, no book has appeared in English giving the inside story of what happened to the people living in Belarus, and the fear, anger, and uncertainty that they lived through. A journalist by trade, Svetlana Alexievich interviewed hund...(展开全部)

How do we talk about porn? Why it is that when we do talk about porn, we tend to retreat into the abstract? How do we have meaningful conversations about it with those closest to us? In Porn: An Oral History, her extraordinary second book, Polly Barton interrogates the absence of discussion around a topic that is ubiquitous and influences our daily lives. In her search for unde...(展开全部)

The Theory of Oral Composition presents a history of the field of oral-formulaic theory. Foley examines the roots of the theory in 19th-century philology and anthropology, documents the contributions of Milman Parry and Albert Lord, measures the effects of Lord's comparative extensions through the impact of The Singer of Tales, and considers important other contributions.

斯韦特兰娜·亚历山德罗夫娜·阿列克谢耶维奇 Svetlana Alexandravna Alexievich 白俄罗斯作家，1948年生于乌克兰，毕业于明斯克大学新闻学系，曾做过记者，作品以独特风格记录了第二次世界大战、阿富汗战争、苏联解体、切尔诺贝利事故等重大事件。 曾多次获奖，包括瑞典笔会奖（1996）、德国莱比锡图书奖（1998）、法国“世界见证人”奖（1999）、美国国家书评人奖（2005）、德国书业和平奖（2013）等。 获得2015年诺贝尔文学奖。目前其作品已在全世界被翻译成35种文字，并创作有21部纪录片脚本和3部戏剧（曾在法国、德国、保加利亚演出）。 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 【译者简介】 晴朗李寒：诗人，译者。1...(展开全部)

For more than three decades, Svetlana Alexievich has been the memory and conscience of the twentieth century. When the Swedish Academy awarded her the Nobel Prize, it cited her invention of “a new kind of literary genre,” describing her work as “a history of emotions . . . a history of the soul.” In The Unwomanly Face of War, Alexievich chronicles the experiences of the Soviet ...(展开全部)