In this collection of acerbic essays, Ugresic dissects the nature of the contemporary book industry, which she argues is so infected with the need to create and promote literature that will appeal to the masses literally to everyone that if Thomas Mann were writing nowadays, his books wouldn't even be published in the U.S. because they're not sexy enough.A playful and biting cr...(展开全部)

In this collection of acerbic essays, Ugresic dissects the nature of the contemporary book industry, which she argues is so infected with the need to create and promote literature that will appeal to the masses literally to everyone that if Thomas Mann were writing nowadays, his books wouldn't even be published in the U.S. because they're not sexy enough.A playful and biting cr...(展开全部)

Thank You for Not Reading is a biting critique of book publishing: agents, subagents, and scouts, supermarket-like bookstores, Joan Collins, book fairs that have little to do with books, authors promoted because of sex appeal instead of merit, and editors trying to look like writers by having their photograph taken against a background of bookshelves. Nowadays, the best strateg...(展开全部)

Thank You for Not Reading is a biting critique of book publishing: agents, subagents, and scouts, supermarket-like bookstores, Joan Collins, book fairs that have little to do with books, authors promoted because of sex appeal instead of merit, and editors trying to look like writers by having their photograph taken against a background of bookshelves. Nowadays, the best strateg...(展开全部)

"Finkel, a journalist, follows the soldiers who serve in the Iraq War as they struggle to reintegrate into American society"-- Provided by publisher. " In The Good Soldiers, his bestselling account from the front lines of Baghdad, Finkel shadowed the men of the 2-16 Infantry Battalion as they carried out the infamous surge, a grueling fifteen-month tour that changed all of them...(展开全部)

"Finkel, a journalist, follows the soldiers who serve in the Iraq War as they struggle to reintegrate into American society"-- Provided by publisher. " In The Good Soldiers, his bestselling account from the front lines of Baghdad, Finkel shadowed the men of the 2-16 Infantry Battalion as they carried out the infamous surge, a grueling fifteen-month tour that changed all of them...(展开全部)

简介：爆改和原来内容无关纯属娱乐，有雷误入

苏珊・巴斯内特：英国沃里克大学(UniversityofWarwick)英国和比较文化研究中心教授。著作包括《翻译研究》(Translation Studies)、《比较文学浅论》(Comparative Literature：A Critical Introduction)以及与安德烈・勒菲弗尔合编的《翻译、历史与文化》(Translation, History and Culture)等。 安德烈・勒菲弗尔(1946-1996)：翻译研究领域世界一流的学术带头人。著述丰厚，包括：《诗歌翻译：七种策略和一个蓝图》(Translation Poetry：Seven Strategies and a Blueprint)、《翻译、重写以及对文学名声的操纵》(Translation，Rewriting and the Manipulation of ...(展开全部)