塞尔日·布鲁梭罗是一位相当多产的侦探和科幻小说家，他生于1951年，从80年代起便以荒诞诡异的风格奠定了自己在法国文坛的独特地位。他的作品充盈着奔放不羁的想象力，游弋于现实于梦幻之间，成功地营造出波诡云谲、光怪陆离的艺术氛围，由此赢得了广大读者的喜爱，并荣膺多个文学奖项。 布鲁梭罗尤其擅长通过对真实生活的夸张变形，揭示出隐藏在现实背后的荒谬和悲哀。无论在《猎梦人》、《投弹手的一夜》，还是《与亡灵共舞》中，他都将这一风格展现得淋漓尽致。

The Sea, the Sea is a tale of the strange obsessions that haunt a self-satisfied playwright and director as he begins to write his memoirs. Played out against a vividly rendered landscape and filled with allusions to myth and magic, Murdoch's novel exposes the jumble of motivations that drive her characters - the human vanity, jealousy, and lack of compassion behind the disguis...(展开全部)

The Sea, the Sea is a tale of the strange obsessions that haunt a self-satisfied playwright and director as he begins to write his memoirs. Played out against a vividly rendered landscape and filled with allusions to myth and magic, Murdoch's novel exposes the jumble of motivations that drive her characters - the human vanity, jealousy, and lack of compassion behind the disguis...(展开全部)

Charles Arrowby, leading light of England's theatrical set, retires from glittering London to an isolated home by the sea. He plans to write a memoir about his great love affair with Clement Makin, his mentor, both professionally and personally, and amuse himself with Lizzie, an actress he has strung along for many years. None of his plans work out, and his memoir evolves into ...(展开全部)

""I am Catalina, Princess of Spain, daughter of the two greatest monarchs the world has ever known...and I will be Queen of England.""Thus, bestselling author Philippa Gregory introduces one of her most unforgettable heroines: Katherine of Aragon. Known to history as the Queen who was pushed off her throne by Anne Boleyn, here is a Katherine the world has forgotten: the enchant...(展开全部)

""I am Catalina, Princess of Spain, daughter of the two greatest monarchs the world has ever known...and I will be Queen of England.""Thus, bestselling author Philippa Gregory introduces one of her most unforgettable heroines: Katherine of Aragon. Known to history as the Queen who was pushed off her throne by Anne Boleyn, here is a Katherine the world has forgotten: the enchant...(展开全部)

Although mammals and birds are widely regarded to be the smartest creatures on earth, it has lately become clear that a very distant branch of the tree of life has also sprouted higher intelligence: the cephalopods, consisting of the squid, the cuttlefish, and above all the octopus. In captivity, octopuses have been known to keep tabs on individual human keepers, raid neighbori...(展开全部)

Although mammals and birds are widely regarded to be the smartest creatures on earth, it has lately become clear that a very distant branch of the tree of life has also sprouted higher intelligence: the cephalopods, consisting of the squid, the cuttlefish, and above all the octopus. In captivity, octopuses have been known to keep tabs on individual human keepers, raid neighbori...(展开全部)

尼克·卡特，本名克雷格·戴维森，目前居住于加拿大多伦多。他以本名克雷格·戴维森出版的第一本文学小说《锈与骨》在2012年被改编为电影，由法国著名女星玛丽昂·歌迪亚主演，颇受佳评，入围第65届戛纳国际电影节主竞赛单元。以尼克•卡特之名出版的恐怖惊悚小说《军团》得到了业内和读者的双重好评，随后，他又出版了《军团》姊妹篇《深渊》。

In this luminous new novel about love, loss, and the unpredictable power of memory, John Banville introduces us to Max Morden, a middle-aged Irishman who has gone back to the seaside town where he spent his summer holidays as a child to cope with the recent loss of his wife. It is also a return to the place where he met the Graces, the well-heeled family with whom he experience...(展开全部)