Cakes and Ale roused a storm of controversy when it was first published in 1930. It is both a wickedly satirical novel about contemporary literary poseurs and a skillfully crafted study of freedom. It is also the book for which Maugham wanted most to be remembered.

Cakes and Ale is a delicious satire of London literary society between the Wars. Social climber Alroy Kear is flattered when he is selected by Edward Driffield's wife to pen the official biography of her lionized novelist husband, and determined to write a bestseller. But then Kear discovers the great novelist's voluptuous muse (and unlikely first wife), Rosie. The lively, lov...(展开全部)

Cakes and Ale roused a storm of controversy when it was first published in 1930. It is both a wickedly satirical novel about contemporary literary poseurs and a skillfully crafted study of freedom. It is also the book for which Maugham wanted most to be remembered.

Cakes and Ale is a delicious satire of London literary society between the Wars. Social climber Alroy Kear is flattered when he is selected by Edward Driffield's wife to pen the official biography of her lionized novelist husband, and determined to write a bestseller. But then Kear discovers the great novelist's voluptuous muse (and unlikely first wife), Rosie. The lively, lov...(展开全部)

"The Art of the Ridiculous Sublime" is first of all the detailed reading of David Lynch's "Lost Highway", based on the premises of Lacanian psychoanalysis. Lynch's unique universe of the 'ridiculous sublime' is interpreted as a simultaneous playful staging and traversing of the fundamental ideological fantasies that sustain our late capitalist society. A master of reversals, Zi...(展开全部)

郑乐隽 剑桥大学数学博士，前英国谢菲尔德大学数学教授，现芝加哥艺术学院教授。自2007年以来，她在YouTube视频网站上的演讲视频浏览量已超过100万次。英国《卫报》将其评为“科学与自然”类作者新秀。已出版数学科普图书《超越无穷大》《逻辑的力量》，其中《超越无穷大》曾获得英国皇家学会科学图书奖提名。她还是一位举办过音乐会的钢琴家，会说法语、英语和广东话。她的人生目标是让世界摆脱对数学的恐惧。

郑乐隽 剑桥大学数学博士，前英国谢菲尔德大学数学教授，现芝加哥艺术学院教授。自2007年以来，她在YouTube视频网站上的演讲视频浏览量已超过100万次。英国《卫报》将其评为“科学与自然”类作者新秀。已出版数学科普图书《超越无穷大》《逻辑的力量》，其中《超越无穷大》曾获得英国皇家学会科学图书奖提名。她还是一位举办过音乐会的钢琴家，会说法语、英语和广东话。她的人生目标是让世界摆脱对数学的恐惧。

The world of fashion and design is inundated with a seemingly endless list of rules. Think of “Less is More,” “Form Follows Function,” “Keep it Simple,” “Dress Your Age,” and the list goes on and on. They’re familiar sayings that some designers consider to be valuable words of wisdom, which serve as a guiding line and source of inspiration. To others, these rules are mere restr...(展开全部)