In That Uncertain Feeling by Kingsley Amis, competition is stiff for the position of sub-librarian in Aberdarcy Library. For John Lewis, the situation is complicated by the attentions of daunting and desirable village socialite, Elizabeth Gruffyd-Williams, who is married to a member of the local Council. Pursuing an affair with her whilst keeping his job prospects alive is John...(展开全部)

A San Francisco Chronicle and Kirkus Best Book of the Year A gorgeously unique, fully illustrated exploration into the phenomenology of reading—how we visualize images from reading works of literature, from one of our very best book jacket designers, himself a passionate reader. What do we see when we read? Did Tolstoy really describe Anna Karenina? Did Melville ever really tel...(展开全部)

石黑一雄，日裔英国小说家，1954年生于日本长崎，与奈保尔、拉什迪并称为“英国文坛移民三雄”。石黑一雄的作品并不多，但几乎每部作品都获得重要的文学奖项：《远山淡影》获温尼弗雷德•霍尔比纪念奖，《浮世画家》获惠特布莱德年度最佳小说奖，《长日将尽》获布克奖，《无可慰藉》获切尔特纳姆文学艺术奖，《浮世画家》《我辈孤雏》和《莫失莫忘》均入围布克奖决选名单；1995年英女王授予石黑一雄文学领域的大英帝国勋章，1998年获法国文学艺术骑士勋章，2017年因“以其巨大的情感力量，发掘了隐藏在我们与世界的虚幻联系之下的深渊”而获诺贝尔文学奖。

石黑一雄，日裔英国小说家，1954年生于日本长崎，与奈保尔、拉什迪并称为“英国文坛移民三雄”。石黑一雄的作品并不多，但几乎每部作品都获得重要的文学奖项：《远山淡影》获温尼弗雷德•霍尔比纪念奖，《浮世画家》获惠特布莱德年度最佳小说奖，《长日将尽》获布克奖，《无可慰藉》获切尔特纳姆文学艺术奖，《浮世画家》《我辈孤雏》和《莫失莫忘》均入围布克奖决选名单；1995年英女王授予石黑一雄文学领域的大英帝国勋章，1998年获法国文学艺术骑士勋章，2017年因“以其巨大的情感力量，发掘了隐藏在我们与世界的虚幻联系之下的深渊”而获诺贝尔文学奖。

High-class call girls billed to Mastercard. A psychic 13-year-old dropout with a passion for Talking Heads. A hunky matinee idol doomed to play dentists and teachers. A one-armed beach-combing poet, an uptight hotel clerk and one very bemused narrator caught in the web of advanced capitalist mayhem. Combine this offbeat cast of characters with Murakami's idiosyncratic prose and...(展开全部)

This wildly propulsive novel by the acclaimed author of A Wild Sheep Chase focuses on a man searching for a former lover who vanished mysteriously from a seedy hotel. But each new clue to Kiki's whereabouts leads him deeper into a labryrinth of physical violence and metaphysical dread. "A world-class writer."--Washington Post Book World

High-class call girls billed to Mastercard. A psychic 13-year-old dropout with a passion for Talking Heads. A hunky matinee idol doomed to play dentists and teachers. A one-armed beach-combing poet, an uptight hotel clerk and one very bemused narrator caught in the web of advanced capitalist mayhem. Combine this offbeat cast of characters with Murakami's idiosyncratic prose and...(展开全部)

This wildly propulsive novel by the acclaimed author of A Wild Sheep Chase focuses on a man searching for a former lover who vanished mysteriously from a seedy hotel. But each new clue to Kiki's whereabouts leads him deeper into a labryrinth of physical violence and metaphysical dread. "A world-class writer."--Washington Post Book World

“You should be here; he’s simply magnificent.” These are the final words a biologist hears before his wife dies at the hands of Godzilla. The words haunt him as he studies the Kaiju (Japan’s giant monsters) on an island reserve, attempting to understand the beauty his wife saw. “The Return to Monsterland” opens Where We Go When All We Were Is Gone, a collection of twelve fabuli...(展开全部)

Fiction. Asian & Asian American Studies. "A combination of the mystical, magical, and marvelous, Sequoia Nagamatsu weaves a collection of bold, hysterical, and moving tales into an unforgettable debut. From shape- shifters, to star-makers, to babies made of snow, the characters in WHERE WE GO WHEN ALL WE WERE IS GONE form a community of longing, of the surreal, of wonder. What ...(展开全部)