May Sarton's sixty-sixth year, 1978-79, was a difficult time: a cherished relationship came to an end, she had a mastectomy, she fought against depression. How her friendships, her love of the natural world, and her growing audience of readers brought her back is this journal's story. "Sarton's 'art of making exquisite distinctions' and her vulnerability as a human being are he...(展开全部)

This lavish, illustrated journal describes Beatrix Potter’s life as a young woman in Victorian England as she struggles to achieve independence and to find artistic success and romantic love. Using witty, observant commentary taken from Beatrix’s own diaries, the journal features a wealth of watercolor paintings, sketches, photographs, letters and period memorabilia to recreate...(展开全部)

Every word of this book is true. A nurse in 1913 fell in love with a man called John Smith, except he was a visitor from another world. She fell in love with a man from the stars. And she wrote it all down.

After well over a decade’s absence, Yoichi Yamashita journeys back to his hometown to attend his father’s funeral. As the relatives gather and the stories flow alongside the drinks, Yoichi’s childhood starts to resurface. The spring afternoon playing on the floor of his father’s barber shop, the fire that ravaged the city and his family home, his parents’ divorce and a new ‘mot...(展开全部)

保罗•奥斯特Paul Auster 1947年出生于新泽西州的纽瓦克市，集小说家、诗人、剧作家、译者、电影导演等多重身份于一身，被视为美国当代最勇于创新的小说家之一。 主要作品有小说《纽约三部曲》《幻影书》《在地图结束的地方》《密室中的旅行》《日落公园》以及回忆录《孤独及其所创造的》等。曾获法国美第奇文学奖、美国约翰•克林顿文学杰出贡献奖、西班牙阿斯图里亚斯王子文学奖，作品被翻译成30种文字，他也是每年冲击诺贝尔文学奖的有力人选之一。 编剧并导演的电影作品有《烟》《面有忧色》和《桥上的露露》，其中《烟》在1996年获得柏林电影节银熊奖和最佳编剧奖。 目前定居于纽约的布鲁克林区。

In this portrait of Ireland, seen through the eyes of a novelist and a stranger, Heinrich Boell offers an evocation of the lilt of the voices, the laughter of the children, the smell of the wet earth, and the warm, heady friendliness of the pubs. Travelling with his wife and children, Boell struggles with the intricacies of foreign exchange, eavesdrops on conversations aboard a...(展开全部)

Our existence is increasingly lived at a distance. As we move from flesh to image, we are in danger of losing touch with each other and ourselves. How can we combine the physical with the virtual, our embodied experience with our global connectivity? How can we come back to our senses? Richard Kearney offers a timely call for the cultivation of the basic human need to touch and...(展开全部)

---作者简介--- 安妮·埃尔诺，法国当代著名作家。1940年出生出生于法国利勒博纳，在诺曼底的伊沃托度过青年时代。持有现代文学国家教师资格证，曾在安纳西、蓬图瓦兹和国家远程教育中心教书。她住在瓦兹谷地区的塞尔吉。2022 年获诺贝尔文学奖。 ---译者简介--- 高方，南京大学法语系教授、博士生导师，中国翻译协会理事、中国外国文学学会理事、中国外国文学学会法国文学研究会副会长。研究方向为翻译学、比较文学和法语文学。代表著作有《中国现代文学在法国的译介研究》《勒克莱齐奥小说研究》等，译作有《奥尼恰》《灵魂兄弟》《地理批评：真实、虚构、空间》等。

---作者简介--- 安妮·埃尔诺，法国当代著名作家。1940年出生出生于法国利勒博纳，在诺曼底的伊沃托度过青年时代。持有现代文学国家教师资格证，曾在安纳西、蓬图瓦兹和国家远程教育中心教书。她住在瓦兹谷地区的塞尔吉。2022 年获诺贝尔文学奖。 ---译者简介--- 高方，南京大学法语系教授、博士生导师，中国翻译协会理事、中国外国文学学会理事、中国外国文学学会法国文学研究会副会长。研究方向为翻译学、比较文学和法语文学。代表著作有《中国现代文学在法国的译介研究》《勒克莱齐奥小说研究》等，译作有《奥尼恰》《灵魂兄弟》《地理批评：真实、虚构、空间》等。