马丁·爱德华兹，作为英国“侦探俱乐部”现任主席、英国推理作家协会（CWA）的档案管理员，同时也是一名备受书迷喜爱的侦探小说家，其作品曾入围英国推理作家协会金匕首奖、英国犯罪小说奖等奖项。同时，他也是一位国际知名的侦探小说评论家，其作品《“谋杀”的黄金时代：英国侦探俱乐部之谜》甫一出版，便荣获埃德加·爱伦·坡奖（Edgar Award）、阿加莎·克里斯蒂奖（Agatha Award）、H.R.F.基亭奖（H.R.F.Keating Award）等重要奖项，入围安东尼奖（Anthony Awards）、英国推理作家协会金匕首奖（Gold Dagger Award）。他已经出版的作品包括著名的“湖区之谜”系列小说、关于利物浦律师哈利·德夫林的八部系列作品、两部非系列小说，以及五十余篇短篇小说；另外，他还著有八部非虚构类作品，并担任22本文集的编辑工作。

马丁·爱德华兹，作为英国“侦探俱乐部”现任主席、英国推理作家协会（CWA）的档案管理员，同时也是一名备受书迷喜爱的侦探小说家，其作品曾入围英国推理作家协会金匕首奖、英国犯罪小说奖等奖项。同时，他也是一位国际知名的侦探小说评论家，其作品《“谋杀”的黄金时代：英国侦探俱乐部之谜》甫一出版，便荣获埃德加·爱伦·坡奖（Edgar Award）、阿加莎·克里斯蒂奖（Agatha Award）、H.R.F.基亭奖（H.R.F.Keating Award）等重要奖项，入围安东尼奖（Anthony Awards）、英国推理作家协会金匕首奖（Gold Dagger Award）。他已经出版的作品包括著名的“湖区之谜”系列小说、关于利物浦律师哈利·德夫林的八部系列作品、两部非系列小说，以及五十余篇短篇小说；另外，他还著有八部非虚构类作品，并担任22本文集的编辑工作。

狄更斯(1812-1870)，继莎士比亚之后对于世界文学影响最大的作家之一。其高超、富有节奏感的叙事方式，生动记录社会现实(英国维多利亚时代)的能力以及作品中积极倡导的人道主义精神，都是狄更斯的标志性特色。代表作包括《匹克威克外传》(1837)、《雾都孤儿》(又名《奥列弗·退斯特》1838)、《老古玩店》(1841)、《马丁·瞿述伟》(1844)、《大卫·科波菲尔》(1850)、《艰难时世》(1854)、《双城记》(1859)、《远大前程》(1861)等。从1843年到1848年间，狄更斯几乎在每年圣诞节都发表一个与节日有关的中篇小说，其中《圣诞颂歌》具有极其特殊的地位：书中的情节和人物在西方家喻户晓，一百多年来积聚的“人气”使其成为狄更斯的小说中最深入人心的一部。文学评论家认为，《圣诞颂歌》的发表是狄更斯的创作生涯中的重大转折点；而社会学家则相信，...(展开全部)

One of the most terrifying stories of the twentieth century, Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” created a sensation when it was first published in The New Yorker in 1948. "Power and haunting," and "nights of unrest" were typical reader responses. Today it is considered a classic work of short fiction, a story remarkable for its combination of subtle suspense and pitch-perfect desc...(展开全部)

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Eca de Queiroz's sharply satirical work aimed to expose the hypocrisies of his age. In The Mandarin his lascivious anti-heroes Teodoro and Teodorico,are dragged from their narrow Lisbon lives into exotic encounters with Chinese mandarins, the Devil (in the guise of a dark-suited civil servant)and Jesus Christ Himself. This short novel is accompanied by the short stories Jose Ma...(展开全部)

Full of philosophical puzzles and supernatural surprises, these stories contain some of Borgesas most fully realized human characters. With uncanny insight he takes us inside the minds of an unrepentant Nazi, an imprisoned Mayan priest, fanatical Christian theologians, a woman plotting vengeance on her fatheras akiller, a and a man awaiting his assassin in a Buenos Aires guest ...(展开全部)

Nobel Laureate J. M. Coetzee reaffirms his place as one of the English language's most acclaimed authors with this fascinating examination of life, death and animals. These six stories by Nobel Prize-winner J. M. Coetzee show us, once more, a writer confronting moral and emotional quandaries, often with wry humour. In the lead story, 'The Pole', concert pianist Witold attempts ...(展开全部)

In this beautifully written and compulsively readable story of love and the mutability of human relationships, pianist Witold's infatuation with Beatriz will change them both. A Sunday Times, Daily Telegraph and Financial Times Book of the Year ‘Confirms Coetzee as one of the great writers of fiction’ Observer After his piano recital in Barcelona, Witold Walczykiewicz – white-h...(展开全部)

The Pole tells the story of Wittold Walccyzkiecz, a vigorous, white-haired pianist who becomes infatuated with Beatriz, a stylish patron of the arts, after she helps organize his Barcelona concert. Although Beatriz, who is married, is initially unimpressed by Wittold, she soon finds herself pursued and ineluctably swept into his world. As he sends her letters, extends countless...(展开全部)