1854. Part One of Five. English essayist and poet, Charles Lamb (pen name Elia), studied at Christ's Hospital where he formed a lifelong friendship with Samuel Taylor Coleridge. When he was twenty years old Lamb suffered a period of insanity. His sister, Mary Ann Lamb, had similar problems and in 1796 murdered her mother in a fit of madness. Mary was confined to an asylum but w...(展开全部)

芙洛儿·雅埃吉(Fleur Jaeggy，1940-)，1940年出生于瑞士苏黎士，是一位自我风格极其强烈的小说家。挚友英格博格·巴赫曼评价其“拥有对人对事那令人钦羡的敏锐目光，她身上夹杂着漫不经心的轻浮和真正的智慧”。她的代表作《管教的甜蜜岁月》于1989年首次出版，荣获意大利巴古塔奖等多项文学奖，版权已售至23个国家和地区。

芙洛儿·雅埃吉(Fleur Jaeggy，1940-)，1940年出生于瑞士苏黎士，是一位自我风格极其强烈的小说家。挚友英格博格·巴赫曼评价其“拥有对人对事那令人钦羡的敏锐目光，她身上夹杂着漫不经心的轻浮和真正的智慧”。她的代表作《管教的甜蜜岁月》于1989年首次出版，荣获意大利巴古塔奖等多项文学奖，版权已售至23个国家和地区。

A novel about obsessive love and madness set in postwar Switzerland, Fleur Jaeggy’s eerily beautiful novel begins innocently enough: “At fourteen I was a boarder in a school in the Appenzell.” But there is nothing innocent here. With the off-handed remorselessness of a young Eve, the narrator describes her potentially lethal designs to win the affections of Fréderique, the appa...(展开全部)

A novel about obsessive love and madness set in postwar Switzerland, Fleur Jaeggy’s eerily beautiful novel begins innocently enough: “At fourteen I was a boarder in a school in the Appenzell.” But there is nothing innocent here. With the off-handed remorselessness of a young Eve, the narrator describes her potentially lethal designs to win the affections of Fréderique, the appa...(展开全部)

A classic science fiction novel by one of the greatest writers of the genre, set in a future world where one man's dreams control the fate of humanity. In a future world racked by violence and environmental catastrophes, George Orr wakes up one day to discover that his dreams have the ability to alter reality. He seeks help from Dr. William Haber, a psychiatrist who immediately...(展开全部)

厄休拉·勒古恩（Ursula K. Le Guin，1929—2018） 在男性主导的科幻界，却有一位女性作家脱颖而出，与J.R.R.托尔金和C.S.路易斯并称为“幻想文学三巨头”，被誉为当之无愧的奇幻女王。她就是厄休拉·勒古恩。 勒古恩一生获奖无数：8次雨果奖、6次星 云奖、24次轨迹奖、美国科幻奇幻作家协会“大师”称号……村上春树、宫崎骏、阿特伍德、刘慈欣都是她的崇拜者。 勒古恩的科幻作品，以先锋大胆的社会实验和浓郁的东方道家思想著称。在《天钧》中，她以道家无为、均衡的思想，重述西方乌托邦主题，一梦一醒之间，乌托邦大厦拔地而起，又轰然倒塌，唯余温暖的人性，让人回味无穷。

George Orr is a mild and unremarkable man who finds the world a less than pleasant place to live: seven billion people jostle for living space and food. But George dreams dreams which do in fact change reality – and he has no means of controlling this extraordinary power. Psychiatrist Dr William Haber offers to help. At first sceptical of George’s powers, he comes to...(展开全部)

卡洛斯·鲁依兹·萨丰 Carlos Ruiz Zafón 1964年出生于西班牙巴塞罗那，从孩童时代起就沉迷于阅读，一心想要探索“创造故事”的奥秘。虽然30岁之后移居美国，但他始终对家乡这座历尽沧桑的文化古城拥有难以磨灭的感情。“风之影四部曲”正是献给巴塞罗那的纸上梦境。 · 2001年《风之影》诞生，这个哥特风格的故事在没有任何宣传的情况下，依靠口碑在西班牙引起巨大轰动，雄霸畅销书榜超过一年半。次年席卷欧美各国，斩获四项文学大奖，在世界范围引发“萨丰狂热”的文学现象。 · 《天使游戏》《天堂囚徒》的相继出版，又将小说剧情推向更高潮，直到2016年《灵魂迷宫》问世，这部历时15年的系列作品宣告完结，揭开了西班牙内战及佛朗哥独裁时期，一系列发生在巴塞罗那的黑暗传奇。自出版之时起，“风之影四部曲”始终位列西语文学榜前五名，并被翻译成40种语言，全球销量超...(展开全部)

'A writer of extraordinary strengths' Guardian Set in the mythical small city of Sparta, New York, this searing, vividly rendered exploration of the mysterious conjunction of erotic romance and tragic violence in late 20th-century America. When a young wife and mother named Zoe Kruller is found brutally murdered, the Sparta police target two primary suspects: her estranged hu...(展开全部)