An unruly bunch of bright, funny sixth-form boys in pursuit of sex, sport and a place at university. A maverick English teacher at odds with the young and shrewd supply teacher. A headmaster obsessed with results; a history teacher who thinks he's a fool. In Alan Bennett's new play, staff room rivalry and the anarchy of adolescence provoke insistent questions about history and ...(展开全部)

科尔森·怀特黑德 美国作家，自1999年发表处女作起便获奖无数，备受赞誉。 2016年凭借《地下铁道》获得美国国家图书奖，被媒体誉为“美国在世作家中最出类拔萃的一个”，并于翌年斩获普利策小说奖。 2019年登上《时代周刊》封面，获得了美国出版界的最高赞誉：“美国的叙事大师。” 2020年凭借《黑男孩》二度斩获普利策小说奖，横扫美国各大年度图书榜单，受到奥巴马、伊丽莎白·吉尔伯特、乔治·桑德斯等人的追捧，在全美掀起阅读热潮。

Duration: 06:46:08 In this bravura follow-up to the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning #1 New York Times bestseller The Underground Railroad , Colson Whitehead brilliantly dramatizes another strand of American history through the story of two boys sentenced to a hellish reform school in Jim Crow-era Florida. As the Civil Rights movement begins to reach the black enc...(展开全部)

Elwood Curtis has taken the words of Dr Martin Luther King to heart: he is as good as anyone. Abandoned by his parents, brought up by his loving, strict and clearsighted grandmother, Elwood is about to enroll in the local black college. But given the time and the place, one innocent mistake is enough to destroy his future, and so Elwood arrives at The Nickel Academy, which clai...(展开全部)

In this funny, nightmarish masterpiece of imaginative excess, grotesque characters engage in acts of violent one-upmanship, boundless riches mangle a corner of Africa into a Bacchanalian utopia, and technology, flesh and violence fuse with and undo each other. A fragmentary, freewheeling novel, it sees wild boys engage in vigorous, ritualistic sex and drug taking, as well as pr...(展开全部)

艾拉•莱文，美国当代著名小说家、剧作家。毕业于纽约大学，曾在美军通讯部队服役。出道作《死前之吻》（A Kiss Before Dying）大获成功，与翁贝托•埃科的《玫瑰的名字》、约瑟芬•铁衣的《时间的女儿》一起被誉为“西方三大现象级侦探小说”。一九六七年根据妻子怀孕经验写成《失婴记》（Rosemary’s Baby），被波兰大导演罗曼•波兰斯基搬上银幕，带给美国文坛与好莱坞影业难以抹灭的影响。一九七六的惊世之作《巴西来的男孩》（The Boys From Brazil）提前预告了世纪末崛起的高科技基因工程，兼具科幻与间谍两种类型小说特色。一九八○年以《死亡陷阱》（Death Trap）拿下“美国最佳剧作奖”。一九九七年出版《失婴记续集》（Son of Rosemary）后宣告封笔。莱文一生作品不多，除了九部剧作之外，他只创作了七部长篇小说，然而每一...(展开全部)

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布赖恩•博伊德，新西兰奥克兰大学英语系杰出教授，对美国、巴西、英国、希腊、爱尔兰、新西兰及俄罗斯的小说、戏剧、诗歌、散文以及从史诗到喜剧的翻译多有著述，成果在四大洲荣获多种奖励，并被译成12种文字。他最富盛名的学术成果包括《纳博科夫的<阿达>：意识之地》（1985,2001），两卷本传记《纳博科夫传：俄罗斯时期》（1990）、《纳博科夫传：美国时期》（1991），《纳博科夫的<微暗的火>：艺术发现的魅力》（1999），网站“阿达在线”，此外还编有八卷本的纳博科夫小说、回忆录、蝴蝶著述、诗歌翻译及诗集，最近的一卷是《微暗的火》（2011）。他对文学与进化论的研究也很著名，成果包括《论故事的起源：进化、认识与小说》（贝尔克纳普/哈佛，2009）以及合编的《进化、文学与电影读本》（2010）。 刘佳林，1965年11月生，上海交通大学人文学院中文系副教授，...(展开全部)

Starring Michael Caine and Brendan Fraser, The Quiet American is already gaining incredible buzz -- including a Golden Globe nomination for Caine (Best Actor, Drama). This enchanting film is directed by Phillip Noyce (Rabbit-Proof Fence; The Bone Collector; Clear and Present Danger) and is adapted from one of Graham Greene’s best-loved novels. Into the intrigue and violence of ...(展开全部)