The Silk Manuscripts from Zidanku, Changsha (Hunan), are the only pre-Imperial Chinese manuscripts on silk found to-date. Dating to the turn from the 4th to the 3rd centuries BC (Late Warring States period), they contain several short texts concerning basic cosmological concepts, arranged in a diagrammatic arrangement and surrounded by pictorial illustrations. As such, they con...(展开全部)

A landmark work of fiction from one of Britain's most exciting new writers: The Harmony Silk Factory is a devastating love story set against the turmoil of mid-twentieth century Malaysia. Set in Malaysia in the 1930s and 40s, with the rumbling of the Second World War in the background and the Japanese about to invade, The Harmony Silk Factory is the story of four people: Johnn...(展开全部)

欧大旭。他生于台北，长成于马来西亚，先后受教于吉隆坡的一所天主教学校及英国剑桥大学。

Conrad, Maugham, and Burgess have shaped our perceptions of Malaysia. Now, with The Harmony Silk Factory, we have an authentic Malaysian voice that remaps this literary landscape. Through his examination of a mysterious and larger than life character-hero or traitor?-Tash Aw gives us an exquisitely written look into another culture at a moment of crisis.

罗伯特•N.斯宾格勒三世（Robert N. Spengler III） 德国马克斯-普朗克人类历史科学研究所古植物学实验室负责人，大众/梅隆基金会（ Volkswagen/Mellon Foundations）研究员，以及古代世界研究所的前访问研究学者。 陈阳 毕业于北京语言大学高级翻译学院，英语、法语自由译者、写作者。译有《法老的宝藏》《密室推理讲座》《一个孤独漫步者的遐想》《人间食粮》《人像：2005-2016》等十余部作品。 唐莉 德国马克斯-普朗克人类历史科学研究所考古学专业博士。

The foods we eat have a deep and often surprising past. From almonds and apples to tea and rice, many foods that we consume today have histories that can be traced out of prehistoric Central Asia along the tracks of the Silk Road to kitchens in Europe, America, China, and elsewhere in East Asia. The exchange of goods, ideas, cultural practices, and genes along these ancient rou...(展开全部)

The foods we eat have a deep and often surprising past. From almonds and apples to tea and rice, many foods that we consume today have histories that can be traced out of prehistoric Central Asia along the tracks of the Silk Road to kitchens in Europe, America, China, and elsewhere in East Asia. The exchange of goods, ideas, cultural practices, and genes along these ancient rou...(展开全部)

罗伯特•N.斯宾格勒三世（Robert N. Spengler III） 德国马克斯-普朗克人类历史科学研究所古植物学实验室负责人，大众/梅隆基金会（ Volkswagen/Mellon Foundations）研究员，以及古代世界研究所的前访问研究学者。 陈阳 毕业于北京语言大学高级翻译学院，英语、法语自由译者、写作者。译有《法老的宝藏》《密室推理讲座》《一个孤独漫步者的遐想》《人间食粮》《人像：2005-2016》等十余部作品。 唐莉 德国马克斯-普朗克人类历史科学研究所考古学专业博士。

爱德华·布鲁克-希钦（Edward Brooke-Hitching），英国作家、获奖纪录片导演，父亲是古董书商。毕业于英国埃克塞特大学电影学系，之后进入独立纪录片制作领域，是英国国家广播公司电视台知名节目《QI》的撰稿人，也是皇家地理学会的研究员。著有多本畅销书，包括《星空5500年》(The Sky Atlas)、《黄金地图》(The Golden Atlas)（入围“爱德华·斯坦福写作奖”短名单）、《世界奇幻地图》(The Phantom Atlas)。