Recently voted the greatest fantasy of all time, after The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, Gene Wolfe's The Book of the New Sun is an extraordinary epic, set a million years in the future, on an Earth transformed in mysterious and wondrous ways, in a time when our present culture is no longer even a memory. Severian, the central character, is a torturer, exiled from his guild...(展开全部)

[美]吉恩•沃尔夫（Gene Wolfe, 1931— ）：美国著名幻想文学作家，文体大师。 青年时代的沃尔夫曾退学入伍，参加朝鲜战争，回国后当过工程师、杂志编辑，后专职从事写作。20世纪80年代初期，长篇史诗《新日之书》一出版便引起轰动，沃尔夫也一跃成为幻想文坛的巨星。 吉恩•沃尔夫是最重要的当代美国作家之一。他的作品以叙事的游戏性著称，充满了隐喻、典故和谜题，以此探讨命运、知觉、时间的本质等命题，被同行誉为“北美的博尔赫斯”。沃尔夫1996年获得世界奇幻奖终生成就奖，2012年获美国科幻奇幻作家协会“大师奖”。 除了四卷本《新日之书》，吉恩•沃尔夫的代表作品还有： 《刻耳柏洛斯的第五个头》（1972，中短篇集） 《和平》（1975，长篇小说） 《沃尔夫群岛故事集》（1983，中短篇集） 《战士》系列（1986—2006） 《长日之书》系列（199...(展开全部)

Recently voted the greatest fantasy of all time, after The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, Gene Wolfe's The Book of the New Sun is an extraordinary epic, set a million years in the future, on an Earth transformed in mysterious and wondrous ways, in a time when our present culture is no longer even a memory. Severian, the central character, is a torturer, exiled from his guil...(展开全部)

Recently voted the greatest fantasy of all time, after The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, Gene Wolfe's The Book of the New Sun is an extraordinary epic, set a million years in the future, on an Earth transformed in mysterious and wondrous ways, in a time when our present culture is no longer even a memory. Severian, the central character, is a torturer, exiled from his gui...(展开全部)

In 1957, Ryszard Kapuscinski arrived in Africa to witness the beginning of the end of colonial rule as the first African correspondent of Poland's state newspaper. From the early days of independence in Ghana to the ongoing ethnic genocide in Rwanda, Kapuscinski has crisscrossed vast distances pursuing the swift, and often violent, events that followed liberation. Kapuscinski h...(展开全部)

In 1957, Ryszard Kapuscinski arrived in Africa to witness the beginning of the end of colonial rule as the first African correspondent of Poland's state newspaper. From the early days of independence in Ghana to the ongoing ethnic genocide in Rwanda, Kapuscinski has crisscrossed vast distances pursuing the swift, and often violent, events that followed liberation. Kapuscinski h...(展开全部)

米歇尔•法柏（MICHEL FABER, 1960—） 英国文坛近来最受瞩目的小说家，被誉为狄更斯的接班人，幻想大师罗尔德•达尔与存在主义大师卡夫卡的混合体。他出生于荷兰海牙，在澳洲墨尔本大学主修古典英国文学，现长居苏格兰。法柏因不满英国追随美国加入伊拉克战争，拒绝参选英国最高文学奖布克奖。 1996年，小说集《雨必将落下》获伊恩·圣詹姆斯奖，短篇《鱼》获麦卡伦奖。1997年，《五十万英镑与一个奇迹》获尼尔·甘恩奖。2000年，长篇小说《皮囊之下》, 入围惠特布雷德首作奖短名单。同年，短篇小说《再见，娜塔莉亚》入选2008年版欧·亨利奖小说集。2014年，《异境之书》入围英国顶级科幻小说奖亚瑟.C.克拉克奖短名单，摘得2015苏格兰年度图书桂冠。 他的多部作品被改编成电影、剧集，其中，由斯嘉丽·约翰逊出演的《皮囊之下》入围威尼斯电影节金狮奖与英国电影...(展开全部)

From the author of the Finlandia Award-winning novel Troll: A Love Story, The Core of the Sun further cements Johanna Sinisalo’s reputation as a master of literary speculative fiction and of her country’s unique take on it, dubbed “Finnish weird.” Set in an alternative historical present, in a “eusistocracy”—an extreme welfare state—that holds public health and social stability...(展开全部)

In 1957, Ryszard Kapuscinski arrived in Africa to witness the beginning of the end of colonial rule as the first African correspondent of Poland's state newspaper. From the early days of independence in Ghana to the ongoing ethnic genocide in Rwanda, Kapuscinski has crisscrossed vast distances pursuing the swift, and often violent, events that followed liberation. Kapuscinski h...(展开全部)

Capt. I have already told you how I wandered over the whole earth. In the course of my journeying I came to Taprobane, and was compelled to go ashore at a place, where through fear of the inhabitants I remained in a wood. When I stepped out of this I found myself on a large plain immediately under the equator.