海因里希.涅高兹（Heinrich Neuhaus 1888-1964），乌克兰著名钢琴家,1902年首次登台,1904年到德国旅行演奏,后到维也纳音乐学院从戈多夫斯基学琴,回国后,1915年在彼得堡音乐学院毕业,从1922年起一直在莫斯科音乐学院任钢琴教授。他的儿子斯塔尼斯拉夫·涅高兹(Stanislav Neuhaus,1927- ),1964年接替其父在莫斯科音乐学院任教,其录制的斯克里亚宾和肖邦的作品亦获好评. 涅高兹是举世公认的俄罗斯钢琴学派的创始人和卓越的音乐教育家。他以学识渊博、演 奏富有情感、诗意和独特的见解而著称于世。涅高兹擅长演奏舒曼、肖邦和斯克里亚宾的 钢琴作品，曾在一场音乐会上演奏德彪西的24首前奏曲而被后人广为传颂。特别是他在莫 斯科音乐学院任教的42年中，辛勤的耕耘，为前苏联乃至世界培养了一批著名的世界级钢琴家，里希...(展开全部)

For fans of Ann Patchett's Bel Canto, Annie Proulx's Accordion Crimes, Amanda Coplin's The Orchardist A tour-de-force about two women and the piano that inexorably ties their lives together through time and across continents, for better and for worse. In 1962, in the Soviet Union, eight-year-old Katya is bequeathed what will become the love of her life: a Blüthner piano, built ...(展开全部)

An exploration of why we play video games despite the fact that we are almost certain to feel unhappy when we fail at them. We may think of video games as being "fun," but in The Art of Failure, Jesper Juul claims that this is almost entirely mistaken. When we play video games, our facial expressions are rarely those of happiness or bliss. Instead, we frown, grimace, and shout ...(展开全部)

Summary An exploration of why we play video games despite the fact that we are almost certain to feel unhappy when we fail at them. We may think of video games as being "fun," but in The Art of Failure, Jesper Juul claims that this is almost entirely mistaken. When we play video games, our facial expressions are rarely those of happiness or bliss. Instead, we frown, grimace, an...(展开全部)

Summary An exploration of why we play video games despite the fact that we are almost certain to feel unhappy when we fail at them. We may think of video games as being "fun," but in The Art of Failure, Jesper Juul claims that this is almost entirely mistaken. When we play video games, our facial expressions are rarely those of happiness or bliss. Instead, we frown, grimace, an...(展开全部)

An exploration of why we play video games despite the fact that we are almost certain to feel unhappy when we fail at them. We may think of video games as being "fun," but in The Art of Failure, Jesper Juul claims that this is almost entirely mistaken. When we play video games, our facial expressions are rarely those of happiness or bliss. Instead, we frown, grimace, and shout ...(展开全部)

Among the world's instruments, the piano stands out as the most versatile, powerful, and misunderstood -- even by those who have spent much of their lives learning to play. In Piano Notes, a finalist for a 2003 National Book Critics Circle Award, Charles Rosen, one of the world's most talented pianists, distills a lifetime of wisdom and lore into an unforgettable tour of the ...(展开全部)

Among the world's instruments, the piano stands out as the most versatile, powerful, and misunderstood -- even by those who have spent much of their lives learning to play. In Piano Notes, a finalist for a 2003 National Book Critics Circle Award, Charles Rosen, one of the world's most talented pianists, distills a lifetime of wisdom and lore into an unforgettable tour of the ...(展开全部)

Every novelist's work contains an implicit vision of the history of the novel, an idea of what the novel is. I have tried to express here the idea of the novel that is inherent in my own novels. -- Milan Kundera Kundera brilliantly examines the work of such important and diverse figures as Rabelais, Cervantes, Sterne, Diderot, Flaubert, Tolstoy, and Musil. He is especially pe...(展开全部)

埃尔夫丽德·耶利内克，1946年10月20日生于奥地利的米尔茨楚施拉格一个有捷克犹太血统的家庭。自幼开始学习钢琴、管风琴和长笛，后进入维也纳音乐学院就读。1964年毕业后，进入维也纳大学学习戏剧和艺术史。1971年在维也纳大学获得管风琴硕士学位。70年代初，她辗转柏林、罗马等地。1974年与戈特弗里德·许恩斯贝格结婚，居住在慕尼黑和维也纳。耶利内克很早就开始写诗，1967年出版诗集《丽莎的影子》。1970年发表讽刺小说《宝贝，我们是诱饵》。此后写下了大量的小说、戏剧、散文和诗歌作品。代表作是带有自传成分的《钢琴教师》。主要作品有长篇小说《女情人们》(1975)、《钢琴教师》(1983)、《欲》(1989)、《死者的孩子们》(1995)、《贪婪》(2000)，戏剧《克拉拉S》(1981)、《城堡戏剧》(1985)、《在阿尔卑斯山上》(2002)、《死亡...(展开全部)