The quintessential novel of the Lost Generation, The Sun Also Rises is one of Ernest Hemingway's masterpieces and a classic example of his spare but powerful writing style. A poignant look at the disillusionment and angst of the post-World War I generation, the novel introduces two of Hemingway's most unforgettable characters: Jake Barnes and Lady Brett Ashley. The story foll...(展开全部)

The Sun Also Rises was Ernest Hemingway's first big novel, and immediately established Hemingway as one of the great prose stylists, and one of the preeminent writers of his time. It is also the book that encapsulates the angst of the post-World War I generation, known as the Lost Generation. This poignantly beautiful story of a group of American and English expatriates in Pa...(展开全部)

The Sun Also Rises was Ernest Hemingway's first big novel, and immediately established Hemingway as one of the great prose stylists, and one of the preeminent writers of his time. It is also the book that encapsulates the angst of the post-World War I generation, known as the Lost Generation. This poignantly beautiful story of a group of American and English expatriates in Pa...(展开全部)

In this classic novel by the best-selling author of The Lover, erotic intrigue masks a chillingly deceptive form of madness. Elisabeth Alione is convalescing in a hotel in rural France when she meets two men and another woman. The sophisticated dalliance among the four serves to obscure an underlying violence, which, when the curtain of civilization is drawn aside, reveals in h...(展开全部)

If the consumer economy had a sex, it would be female. If the business world had a sex, it would be male. And therein lies the pickle. Women are the engine of the global economy, driving 80 percent of consumer spending in the United States alone. They hold the purse strings, and when they’ve got a tight grip on them as they do now, companies must be shrewder than ever to wi...(展开全部)

It's been three years since the devastating accident . . . three years since Mia walked out of Adam's life forever. Now living on opposite coasts, Mia is Juilliard's rising star and Adam is LA tabloid fodder, thanks to his new rock star status and celebrity girlfriend. When Adam gets stuck in New York by himself, chance brings the couple together again, for one last night. As...(展开全部)

弗兰纳里•奥康纳（1925-1964），美国南方文学代表人物，与麦卡勒斯齐名的美国天才女作家，美国国家图书奖六十年唯一最佳小说奖得主，被公认为是继福克纳之后美国南方最杰出的作家，在世界文坛中影响巨大。 奥康纳出生于美国佐治亚州，1945 年毕业于佐治亚州女子学院，原本打算成为一位职业政治漫画家的她，在获得了州立大学提供的研究生奖学金之后，进入了著名的依阿华大学作家培训班，从此也将事业的重心转向了文学作品的创作。1946年，奥康纳在《音调》杂志上发表了人生的第一个短篇小说——《天竺葵》，并因此获得了莱因哈特（Rinehart）奖学金，之后她的创作便一发不可收拾，在一年之内写下了《理发师》《野猫》《警察》《火鸡》《火车》等多部短篇小说，并于1948年开始创作被后世奉为经典的长篇小说——《智血》。1950年，因被确诊患上红斑狼疮，奥康纳只得回到家乡农场静养...(展开全部)

弗兰纳里•奥康纳（1925-1964），美国南方文学代表人物，与麦卡勒斯齐名的美国天才女作家，美国国家图书奖六十年唯一最佳小说奖得主，被公认为是继福克纳之后美国南方最杰出的作家，在世界文坛中影响巨大。 奥康纳出生于美国佐治亚州，1945 年毕业于佐治亚州女子学院，原本打算成为一位职业政治漫画家的她，在获得了州立大学提供的研究生奖学金之后，进入了著名的依阿华大学作家培训班，从此也将事业的重心转向了文学作品的创作。1946年，奥康纳在《音调》杂志上发表了人生的第一个短篇小说——《天竺葵》，并因此获得了莱因哈特（Rinehart）奖学金，之后她的创作便一发不可收拾，在一年之内写下了《理发师》《野猫》《警察》《火鸡》《火车》等多部短篇小说，并于1948年开始创作被后世奉为经典的长篇小说——《智血》。1950年，因被确诊患上红斑狼疮，奥康纳只得回到家乡农场静养...(展开全部)

约翰·迪克森·卡尔，和阿加莎·克里斯蒂、埃勒里·奎因并称“黄金时代三大家”，独以密室题材构思见长，一生设计出五十余种不同类型的密室，被誉为“密室之王”。 一九三三年，卡尔出版基甸·菲尔博士系列首部作品《女巫角》。第二年，他以笔名卡特·迪克森发表《瘟疫庄谋杀案》，亨利·梅里维尔爵士登场。这两个系列成为卡尔最具代表性的作品。三十年代是卡尔创作生涯最多产的时期，其中《三口棺材》《扭曲的铰链》（旧译《歪曲的枢纽》）和《犹大之窗》被后世评论家归入“卡尔的经典代表作”。特别是一九三五年出版的《三口棺材》以经典的“密室讲义”和“双重密室”成为推理史上不可能犯罪小说的巅峰之作，至今仍难以超越。 卡尔笔下的密室第一神探基甸·菲尔博士，是一个胖胖的字典编纂者，走路要拄两根拐杖，喜欢穿斗篷，抽着海泡石烟斗，个性相当和蔼可亲。他有着敏锐的观察力，善于分析罪犯的心理，出场代表...(展开全部)

Here is a deftly written thriller that is also a "deep and moody" (NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW) journey through the dark side of Japan's consumer-crazed society. Ordinary people plunge into insurmountable personal debt and fall prey to dangerous webs of underground creditors-so dangerous, in fact, that murder may be the only way out. A beautiful young woman vanishes, and the det...(展开全部)