The Book of Imaginary Beings is Borges’s whimsical compendium of more than one hundred of the "strange creatures conceived down through history by the human imagination." This unique contribution to fantasy literature ranges widely across the world’s mythologies and literatures to bring together the fantastical inventions drawn from the Kabbalah, Homer, Confucius,...(展开全部)

The Book of Imaginary Beings is Borges’s whimsical compendium of more than one hundred of the "strange creatures conceived down through history by the human imagination." This unique contribution to fantasy literature ranges widely across the world’s mythologies and literatures to bring together the fantastical inventions drawn from the Kabbalah, Homer, Confucius,...(展开全部)

From medieval bestiaries to Borges’s Book of Imaginary Beings, we’ve long been enchanted by extraordinary animals, be they terrifying three-headed dogs or asps impervious to a snake charmer’s song. But bestiaries are more than just zany zoology—they are artful attempts to convey broader beliefs about human beings and the natural order. Today, we no longer fear sea monsters or b...(展开全部)

The Book of Questions may be the only publication that challenges and changes the way readers view the world, without offering a single opinion of its own. Posing 265 questions, "The Book of Questions" is bound to provoke hours and hours of thought.

A cornerstone of Sartre’s philosophy, The Imaginary was first published in 1940. Sartre had become acquainted with the philosophy of Edmund Husserl in Berlin and was fascinated by his idea of the 'intentionality of consciousness' as a key to the puzzle of existence. Against this background, The Imaginary crystallized Sartre's worldview and artistic vision. The book is an ex...(展开全部)

An insider's view of court life and culture during the Renaissance, here is the handiwork of a 16th-century diplomat who was called upon to resolve the differences in a war of etiquette among the Italian nobility. The ultimate resource on aristocratic manners, it remains the most definitive account of life among the Renaissance nobility.

艾斯特哈兹·彼得（Esterházy Péter，1950－ ），当代匈牙利最著名的作家之一，被称为“匈牙利的乔伊斯”，多次获得诺贝尔文学奖提名，并获多项欧洲大奖，如德国书业和平奖、意大利格林扎纳·卡佛文学奖等、奥地利的马内斯·施佩贝尔文学奖，还包揽了匈牙利所有的文学奖项，包括共和国最高荣誉——科舒特奖章。艾斯特哈兹是欧洲最古老显赫的贵族姓氏之一，其历史可以追溯到12世纪，彼得却降生在这个大家族刚刚沦为平民的时候，对于小说家来讲“最理想的时候”。大学学习数学，曾是足球健将。1976年开始写作，已著书近30种，被译成20多种文字。主要作品有《天堂的和谐》《修订版》《心脏助动词》《匈牙利色情小读物》《赫拉巴尔之书》《一个女人》等。 余泽民，作家，文学翻译。1989年毕业于北京医科大学临床医学系，后在中国音乐学院攻读艺术心理学硕士学位。1991年赴匈牙利，...(展开全部)