Hanif Kureishi's first novel, is a tour de force of comic invention, a bizarre, often hilarious, and totally original picture of the life of a young Pakistani growing up in 1970s Britain. Karim lives with his Mum and Dad in a suburb of south London and dreams of making his escape to the bright lights of the big city. But his father is no ordinary Dad, he is 'the buddha of subur...(展开全部)

Hanif Kureishi's first novel, is a tour de force of comic invention, a bizarre, often hilarious, and totally original picture of the life of a young Pakistani growing up in 1970s Britain. Karim lives with his Mum and Dad in a suburb of south London and dreams of making his escape to the bright lights of the big city. But his father is no ordinary Dad, he is 'the buddha of subur...(展开全部)

駐車場や住宅地、団地の中庭といったどこにでもある東京郊外の風景と、そこで今育っている子供たちを撮った64枚の写真。特別でも何でもない郊外の都市環境を、ひとつのフレームに収めた写真集。

The quintessential American suburbs, with their gracious single-family homes, large green lawns, and leaf-shaded streets, reflected not only residents' dreams but nightmares, not only hopes but fears: fear of others, of racial minorities and low-income groups, fear of themselves, fear of the market, and, above all, fear of change. These fears, and the restrictive covenants that...(展开全部)

罗伯特·M·福格尔森（Robert M. Fogelson），美国麻省理工学院历史学与城市研究教授。他撰有多部城市史和城市事务的著作，其中《下城》（Downtown）一书荣获2001年刘易斯·芒福德（Lewis Mumford）奖（美国城市和区域规划史最佳图书）与2002年城市史协会奖（北美城市史最佳图书）。

The majority of the world's population is now urban, and for most this will mean a life lived in the suburbs. City Suburbs considers contemporary Anglo-American suburbia, drawing on research in outer London it looks at life on the edge of a world city from the perspective of residents. Interpreted through Bourdieu's theory of practice it argues that the contemporary suburban li...(展开全部)