"Whether Alice Munro's The Beggar Maid is a collection of stories or a new kind of novel I'm not quite sure, but whatever it is, it's wonderful. The psychological precision...is a delight, and the startling twists -- the unexpected leaps in time, the transformation of familiar characters -- they make the book what books ought to be, a little wild, a little mysterious." -- John ...(展开全部)

"Whether Alice Munro's The Beggar Maid is a collection of stories or a new kind of novel I'm not quite sure, but whatever it is, it's wonderful. The psychological precision...is a delight, and the startling twists -- the unexpected leaps in time, the transformation of familiar characters -- they make the book what books ought to be, a little wild, a little mysterious." -- John ...(展开全部)

作者简介 威廉·梅克皮斯·萨克雷（William Makepeace Thackeray，1811-1863），著名的英国现实主义作家，与著名作家狄更斯并称维多利亚时代的代表作家。他的不朽之作《名利场》被认为是英国文学的一个里程碑，在英国文学史上一直占有非常重要的地位。 译者简介 顾均正（1902-1980），浙江嘉兴人，现代科普作家、文学翻译家。 1923年他考入商务印书馆编译所当编辑。1928年，到开明书店工作，历任编校部主任、编辑部主任。1953年调入中国青年出版社任副社长和副总编辑。 顾均正先生早年的创作以翻译为主，译有法布尔的《化学奇谈》、史蒂文森的《宝岛》（金银岛）、萨克雷的《玫瑰与指环》、安徒生的系列童话等世界名著。20世纪30年代后，他转向了科普创作，其作品富有生活气息，密切联系实际，风格独特，构思严谨，而且创作形式多样。主要作品有：...(展开全部)

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作者简介 威廉·梅克皮斯·萨克雷（William Makepeace Thackeray，1811-1863），著名的英国现实主义作家，与著名作家狄更斯并称维多利亚时代的代表作家。他的不朽之作《名利场》被认为是英国文学的一个里程碑，在英国文学史上一直占有非常重要的地位。 译者简介 顾均正（1902-1980），浙江嘉兴人，现代科普作家、文学翻译家。 1923年他考入商务印书馆编译所当编辑。1928年，到开明书店工作，历任编校部主任、编辑部主任。1953年调入中国青年出版社任副社长和副总编辑。 顾均正先生早年的创作以翻译为主，译有法布尔的《化学奇谈》、史蒂文森的《宝岛》（金银岛）、萨克雷的《玫瑰与指环》、安徒生的系列童话等世界名著。20世纪30年代后，他转向了科普创作，其作品富有生活气息，密切联系实际，风格独特，构思严谨，而且创作形式多样。主要作品有：...(展开全部)

One of the most remarkable women of the modern era, Josephine Bonaparte was born Rose de Tasher on her family's sugar plantation in Martinique. She embodied all the characteristics of a true Creole-sensuality, vivacity, and willfulness. Using diaries and letters, Andrea Stuart expertly re-creates Josephine's whirlwind of a life, which began with an isolated Caribbean childhood ...(展开全部)

One of the most remarkable women of the modern era, Josephine Bonaparte was born Rose de Tasher on her family's sugar plantation in Martinique. She embodied all the characteristics of a true Creole-sensuality, vivacity, and willfulness. Using diaries and letters, Andrea Stuart expertly re-creates Josephine's whirlwind of a life, which began with an isolated Caribbean childhood ...(展开全部)

This nightmarish account of prison life during the German occupation of France is dominated by the figure of the condemned murderer Harcamone, who takes root and bears unearthly blooms in the ecstatic and brooding imagination of his fellow prisoner Genet.

The author of The Satanic Verses returns with his most humorous and accessible novel yet. This is the story of Haroun, a 12-year-old boy whose father Rashid is the greatest storyteller in a city so sad that it has forgotten its name. When the gift of gab suddenly deserts Rashid, Haroun sets out on an adventure to rescue his print.

Haroun and the Sea of Stories is a 1990 children's book[1] by Salman Rushdie. It was Rushdie's first novel after The Satanic Verses. It is a phantasmagorical story set in a city so old and ruinous that it has forgotten its name. Haroun and the Sea of Stories is an allegory for several problems existing in society today, especially in India and the Indian subcontinent. It looks ...(展开全部)