The novel that set the stage for his modern classic, The Satanic Verses , Shame is Salman Rushdie’s phantasmagoric epic of an unnamed country that is “not quite Pakistan.” In this dazzling tale of an ongoing duel between the families of two men–one a celebrated wager of war, the other a debauched lover of pleasure–Rushdie brilliantly portrays a world caught between honor and...(展开全部)

作者介绍： 彼得·N.斯特恩斯（Peter N. Stearns），世界史顶尖学者，美国乔治梅森大学历史系教授、教务长，曾任教于哈佛大学、芝加哥大学、罗格斯大学和卡内基梅隆大学等。他创办并主编了《社会历史杂志》，曾担任AP世界史委员会的创始主席和美国历史协会教学副主席。撰写、编辑了130余种图书，包括《欧洲社会历史百科全书》《世界历史百科全书》《情感与社会变革》《1848年：欧洲革命浪潮》《世界历史上的西方文明》等。 译者介绍：聂永光，毕业于武汉大学世界史试验班，译有《黄金时代》等。

You just boarded a flight to New York. There are one hundred and forty-three other passengers onboard. What you don’t know is that thirty minutes before the flight your pilot’s family was kidnapped. For his family to live, everyone on your plane must die. The only way the family will survive is if the pilot follows his orders and crashes the plane. Enjoy the flight.

Omar Khayyam Shakil had three mothers who shared the symptoms of pregnancy, as they did everything else, inseparably. At their six breasts, Omar was warned against all feelings and nuances of shame. It was training which would prove useful when he left his mothers' fortress (via the dumb-waiter) to face his shameless future. . . . As captivating fairy-tale, devastating politica...(展开全部)

萨尔曼·拉什迪（Salman Rushdie），1947年生于印度孟买一个中产阶级家庭。祖父是一位乌尔都语诗人，父亲则是剑桥大学商业系的毕业生。14岁时，他被送到英国的格拉比学校读书。1964年他的父亲搬到巴基斯坦的卡拉奇居住，那时候正值印巴战争。拉什迪继续在剑桥大学三一学院求学，攻读历史。 复杂的宗教、文化和社会背景，注定了他对“历史”、“政治”、“流亡”、“移民”、“混杂”、“文化翻译”、“边缘写作”等问题的热切关注。 1981年，文学天赋出众的拉什迪凭借第二部小说《午夜之子》获得了当年英国文坛最高奖项“布克奖”，却因作品触怒了印度前总理英迪拉·甘地而被印度当局禁止在国内发行。此后，其小说《羞耻》又因中伤巴基斯坦前总统齐亚·哈克以及著名的布托家族，而导致该书不仅在巴基斯坦遭禁，他本人也被指控犯有诽谤罪。 1988年，拉什迪的小说《撒旦诗篇》出版，...(展开全部)

"My father tried to kill my mother one Sunday in June, in the early afternoon," begins Shame, the probing story of the twelve-year-old girl who will become the author herself, and the single traumatic memory that will echo and resonate throughout her life. With the emotionally rich voice of great fiction and the diamond-sharp analytical eye of a scientist, Annie Ernaux provides...(展开全部)

"My father tried to kill my mother one Sunday in June, in the early afternoon," begins Shame, the probing story of the twelve-year-old girl who will become the author herself, and the single traumatic memory that will echo and resonate throughout her life. With the emotionally rich voice of great fiction and the diamond-sharp analytical eye of a scientist, Annie Ernaux provides...(展开全部)

‘My father tried to kill my mother one Sunday in June, in the early afternoon.’ Thus begins Shame, the probing story of the twelve-year-old girl who will become the author herself, and the traumatic memory that will echo and resonate throughout her life. With the emotionally rich voice of great fiction and the analytical eye of a scientist, Annie Ernaux provides a powerful refl...(展开全部)

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An unforgettable cast of small-town characters copes with love and loss in this new work of fiction by #1 bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout.Winner of The Story Prize • A Washington Post and New York Times Notable Book • One of USA Today’s top 10 books of the yearRecalling Olive Kitteridge in its richness, structure, and co...(展开全部)