田纳西•威廉斯（Tennessee Williams，1911—1983），美国二十世纪最伟大的剧作家之一，与尤金•奥尼尔、阿瑟•米勒并称为美国戏剧三大家，同时也是全世界范围内作品流传最广的美国文学大师之一——主要通过舞台剧演出，尤其是电影。他一生创作了六十余部戏剧、小说和诗歌作品，以心理深度、象征手法和南方哥特风格著称，1948年和1955年分别以《欲望号街车》和《热铁皮屋顶上的猫》两度赢得普利策奖和纽约戏剧评论奖，《玻璃动物园》和《鬣蜥之夜》也分别于1945年和1961年拿下纽约戏剧评论奖，1952年《玫瑰文身》获得托尼奖最佳戏剧奖，1979年荣获肯尼迪中心荣誉奖（终身成就奖）。 田纳西•威廉斯一生饱受抑郁症、酗酒与药物成瘾的困扰，但他将痛苦转化为创作动力，他说：“写作是我能想象的最根本的救赎之道。”他以诗意的语言、深刻的同理心与无畏的真相揭示，...(展开全部)

In this brilliantly perceptive novel, a middle aged professor living in California, is alienated from his students by differences in age and nationality, and from the rest of society by his homosexuality. Isherwood explores the depths of the human soul and its ability to triumph over loneliness, alienation and loss.

'The best prose writer in English' - Gore Vidal. Celebrated as a masterpiece from its first publication, "A Single Man" is the story of George Falconer, an English professor in suburban California left heartbroken after the death of his lover Jim. With devastating clarity and humour, Christopher Isherwood shows George's determination to carry on, evoking the unexpected pleasure...(展开全部)

When A Single Man was originally published, it shocked many by its frank, sympathetic, and moving portrayal of a gay man in midlife. George, the protagonist, is adjusting to life on his own after the sudden death of his partner, and determines to persist in the routines of his daily life: the course of A Single Man spans twenty-four hours in an ordinary day. An Englishman and a...(展开全部)

张翎，浙江温州人。1983年毕业于复旦大学外文系，1986年赴加拿大留学，。现定居于多伦多市。90年代开始写作，代表作有《流年物语》《余震》《金山》《雁过藻溪》等。小说曾多次获得包括中国华语传媒年度小说家奖，华侨华人文学奖评委会大奖，台湾时报开卷好书奖，香港《红楼梦》全球海外华文长篇小说专家推荐奖等两岸三地重大文学奖项。 根据其小说《余震》改编的电影《唐山大地震》，获得了包括亚太电影节最佳影片和中国电影百花奖最佳影片在内的多个奖项。小说被译成多国文字在国际发表。

在线阅读本书 Tree-ear, an orphan, lives under a bridge in Ch"ulp"o, a potters" village famed for delicate celadon ware. He has become fascinated with the potter"s craft; he wants nothing more than to watch master potter Min at work, and he dreams of making a pot of his own someday. When Min takes Tree-ear on as his helper, Tree-ear is elated — until he finds obstacles in his path: t...(展开全部)

When A Single Man was originally published, it shocked many by its frank, sympathetic, and moving portrayal of a gay man in midlife. George, the protagonist, is adjusting to life on his own after the sudden death of his partner, and determines to persist in the routines of his daily life: the course of A Single Man spans twenty-four hours in an ordinary day. An Englishman and a...(展开全部)

'The best prose writer in English' - Gore Vidal. Celebrated as a masterpiece from its first publication, "A Single Man" is the story of George Falconer, an English professor in suburban California left heartbroken after the death of his lover Jim. With devastating clarity and humour, Christopher Isherwood shows George's determination to carry on, evoking the unexpected pleasure...(展开全部)

A young American engineer sent to China to inspect the unruly Yangtze River travels up through the river's gorges searching for dam sites. Pulled on a junk hauled by forty-odd trackers, he is carried, too, into the settled, ancient way of life of the people of the Yangtze -- until the interplay of his life with theirs comes to a dramatic climax.

Alexsi Ivanovich Smirnov, an orphan and a thief, has been living by his wits and surviving below the ever-watchful eye of the Soviet system until his luck finally runs out. In 1936, at the age of 16, Alexsi is caught by the NKVD and transported to Moscow. There, in the notorious headquarters of the secret police, he is given a choice: be trained and inserted as a spy into Nazi ...(展开全部)