John Irving returns to the themes that established him as one of our most admired and beloved authors in this absorbing novel of fate and memory. In Avenue of Mysteries, Juan Diego—a fourteen-year-old boy, who was born and grew up in Mexico—has a thirteen-year-old sister. Her name is Lupe, and she thinks she sees what’s coming—specifically, her own future and her brother’s. Lup...(展开全部)

约翰•欧文John Irving 当代文坛无可争议的小说宗师，被公认为在世作家中数一数二的角色。他的作品在赢得文坛推崇的同时深受大众喜爱，被翻译成35种文字，世界各地的书店里几乎都能买到欧文的小说。评论界认为欧文是罕见的承袭了现实主义文学精髓的作家，将他誉为“狄更斯再世”。 ◆日本作家村上春树表示，欧文是自己的文学偶像。他曾将欧文作品译介到日本，采访过欧文，还与欧文在纽约中央公园一同慢跑。 ◆欧文作品三次入围美国国家图书奖，1980年凭借《盖普眼中的世界》摘得桂冠。 ◆欧文作品在好莱坞也炙手可热，先后有5部小说被改编成电影，他本人也是一名杰出编剧。1999年，欧文以《苹果酒屋的规则》拿下奥斯卡金像奖改编剧本奖。 ◆欧文代表作《苹果酒屋的规则》《独居的一年》和《第四只手》均登上过《纽约时报》畅销榜榜首，成为当年炙手可热的经典之作。 ◆欧文1942年生于...(展开全部)

出生于伊朗，从小在社会的底层与中层之间流动，满眼都是社会与人生的创痕，后在美国和瑞士接受高等教育，当代西方最有实力的小说作家。代表作《孔雀哀鸣》（Cry of the Peacock）、《信仰大道上的月光》（Moonlight on the Avenue of Faith）等问世，风行全球，令整个世界文坛大开眼界，一些评论家将之媲美于马尔克斯。曾负责为美国国防部研究伊朗政治，经常就伊朗犹太人历史和流亡主题发表演讲。目前，那海女士与家人居住在洛杉矶，并在南加州大学教授小说写作。

出生于纽约布鲁克林的威尔·艾斯纳（1917-2005）是世界殿堂级的漫画大师，他自 20 世纪 30 年代美国漫画产业开创以来就一直活跃在这个领域。他创作了《黑鹰》和《森林女王希娜》等作品。1940 年，他创作了漫画《闪灵侠》，这部漫画在《星期日报》连载了十二年，每期 16 页 ，其独特的视角及革新的手法使其创下了单周狂销 500 万份的记录。1978 年，艾斯纳创作了《与神的契约》，他大胆地用文学手法画漫画，开创了一种新的体裁：图像小说。自此，艾斯纳创作了近 20 部著名的图像小说，从而让他成为“图像小说之父”。 1988 年，美国漫画界深具影响力的奖项“艾斯纳奖”以他的名字命名。在他的创作生涯中，他获得了无数荣誉和重量级的奖项，包括由美国国家基金会颁发的犹太文化终身成就奖（2002），同时作为纽约视觉艺术学院的教师，他培养的许多学生也成为业界的中...(展开全部)

A revolutionary novel, "A Contract With God" re-creates the neighbourhood of Will Eisner's youth through a quartet of interwoven stories. Called "a masterpiece" by R. Crumb, "A Life Force" chronicles not only the Great Depression but also the rise of Nazism and the spread of socialist politics. In "Dropsie Avenue", Eisner traces the social trajectory of this mythic avenue over ...(展开全部)

The dramatic climax of the SEA OF FERTILITY, bringing together the dominant themes of the three previous novels; the decay of Japan's courtly tradition and samurai ideal, and the essence and value of Buddhist philosophy.

The dramatic climax of the SEA OF FERTILITY, bringing together the dominant themes of the three previous novels; the decay of Japan's courtly tradition and samurai ideal, and the essence and value of Buddhist philosophy.

The Angel of the Odd is a satirical short story by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in Columbian Magazine in 1844.The story follows a narrator who reads a story about a man who died because a needle sucked down his throat accidentally. He rages at the gullibility of humanity for believing a hoax like such odd stories. Just then, a strange-looking creature made of a keg and wine bottles appears. The creature announces that he is the Angel of the Odd and that he is responsible for the strange events. The man, unconvinced, drives the angel away and takes an alcohol-induced nap. Two hours later when he wakes up, He has missed an appointment to renew his fire insurance. Ironically, his house has caught fire and he escapes out a window using a ladder the crowd below has provided for him. The story is especially interesting as it was published only six months after Poe's own great hoax, "The Balloon-Hoax", which many believed to be true despite its elements of the odd.