"The most important... Russian novel of the 20th century." -"The New York Times Book Review" Considered Andrei Bely's masterpiece, "Petersburg," is a pioneering modernist novel, ranked in importance alongside "Ulysses, The Metamorphosis, " and "In Search of Lost Time," that captures Russia's capital during the short, turbulent period of the first socialist revolution in 1905...(展开全部)

Here is the long-awaited, authoritative, unabridged translation of Petersburg, the Chef d'oeuvre of Symbolist writer Andrei Bely. Nabokov has ranked Petersburg beside Joyce's Ulysses, Kafka's Metamorphosis, and Proust's la recherche du temps perdu as one of the four great works of prose fiction of the twentieth century.

Written in the 1830s and early 1840s, these comic stories tackle life behind the cold and elegant façade of the Imperial capital from the viewpoints of various characters, such as a collegiate assessor who one day finds that his nose has detached itself from his face and risen the ranks to become a state councillor (‘The Nose’), a painter and a lieutenant whose romantic pursuit...(展开全部)

In 1869, Dostoevsky was summoned from Germany to St. Petersburg by the sudden death of his stepson. Coetzee dares to imagine the life of Dostoevsky, whom we watch as he obsessively follows his stepson’s ghost, trying to ascertain whether he was a suicide or a murder victim, and whether he loved or despised his stepfather. The novel is at once a compelling mystery steeped in the...(展开全部)

雅克·勒高夫（Jacques Le Goff，1924－2014），法国历史学家，年鉴学派第三代代表人物之一，1972—1977年任法国社会科学高等学院院长。勒高夫专长中世纪史，尤其是12—13世纪。他认为中世纪本身是一个独立的文明，与希腊－罗马时代及现代有明显分别。勒高夫的著作有多种在中国翻译出版，如《圣路易》（2002）、《中世纪的知识分子》《钱袋与永生：中世纪的经济与宗教》《试谈另一个中世纪》（2014）等。

雅克·勒高夫（Jacques Le Goff，1924－2014），法国历史学家，年鉴学派第三代代表人物之一，1972—1977年任法国社会科学高等学院院长。勒高夫专长中世纪史，尤其是12—13世纪。他认为中世纪本身是一个独立的文明，与希腊－罗马时代及现代有明显分别。勒高夫的著作有多种在中国翻译出版，如《圣路易》（2002）、《中世纪的知识分子》《钱袋与永生：中世纪的经济与宗教》《试谈另一个中世纪》（2014）等。

With Saint Joan, Shaw reached the height of his fame as a dramatist. Fascinated by the story of Joan of Arc (canonized in 1920), but unhappy with "the whitewash which disfigures her beyond recognition," he presents a realistic Joan: proud, intolerant, naïve, foolhardy, always brave-a rebel who challenged the conventions and values of her day.

David M. Halperin, Professor of Literature, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

With Saint Joan, Shaw reached the height of his fame as a dramatist. Fascinated by the story of Joan of Arc (canonized in 1920), but unhappy with "the whitewash which disfigures her beyond recognition," he presents a realistic Joan: proud, intolerant, naïve, foolhardy, always brave-a rebel who challenged the conventions and values of her day.

The Man From St Petersburg is a dark tale of family secrets and political consequences. Ken Follett's masterful storytelling brings to life the danger of a world on the brink of war. A Secret Negotiation 1914. Tensions are rising as Europe finds itself caught in a web of alliances and dangerous warmongering. To help tip the balance in their favour Britain aims to draw Russia in...(展开全部)