(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed) From the acclaimed translators of War and Peace , Crime and Punishment , and The Brothers Karamazov, a brilliant translation of Nikolai Gogol’s short fiction. Collected here are Gogol’s finest tales—stories that combine the wide-eyed, credulous imagination of the peasant with the sardonic social criticism of the city dweller—allowing readers...(展开全部)

Collected here are Gogol's finest tales - stories which combine the wide-eyed, credulous imagination of the peasant with the sardonic social criticism of the city dweller - allowing readers to experience anew the unmistakable genius of a writer who paved the way of Dostoevsky and Kakfa. All of Gogol's most memorable creations are here: the minor official who misplaces his nose,...(展开全部)

This reissue of Grace Paley's classic collection--a finalist for the National Book Award--demonstrates her rich use of language as well as her extraordinary insight into and compassion for her characters, moving from the hilarious to the tragic and back again. Whether writing about the love (and conflict) between parents and children or between husband and wife, or about the st...(展开全部)

A new edition of Sylvia Plath's Pulitzer Prize-winning Collected Poems , edited and with an introduction by Ted Hughes "By the time of her death, on 11 February, 1963, Sylvia Plath had written a large bulk of poetry. To my knowledge, she never scrapped any of her poetic efforts. With one or two exceptions, she brought every piece she worked on to some final form acceptable to h...(展开全部)

This reissue of Grace Paley's classic collection--a finalist for the National Book Award--demonstrates her rich use of language as well as her extraordinary insight into and compassion for her characters, moving from the hilarious to the tragic and back again. Whether writing about the love (and conflict) between parents and children or between husband and wife, or about the st...(展开全部)

This is the first collection of Robert Lowell's poetry which reveals a writer of unmistakeable brilliance who has a profound insight into the human condition.

¯ 作者简介 罗伯特·洛威尔 （Robert Lowell，1917—1977） 美国著名诗人、散文家、翻译家，自白派诗歌的创始人和代表，美国第六任桂冠诗人。1917年生于波士顿，1935年入哈佛大学，1937年转入肯庸学院，求学于新批评大师兰塞姆，开始致力于“形式工整而内容艰深”的诗歌创作，后转向自由诗体。代表作有诗集《威利爵爷的城堡》《生活研究》《海豚》等，文集《臭鼬的时光：罗伯特·洛威尔文集》等。获美国国家图书奖、普利策奖、美国国家书评人协会奖等多种文学大奖。影响了沃尔科特、希尼、米沃什、布罗茨基等诺贝尔文学奖得主，以及毕肖普、普拉斯、安妮·塞克斯顿、默温等在内的多位同代及后辈诗人。被誉为“他那一代z 好的美国诗人”“时代的诗人历史学家”。 ¯ 译者简介 程佳 暨南大学外国语学院教师、英国班戈大学R.S.托马斯研究中心访问学者，主要译著有“洛威...(展开全部)

A new edition of Sylvia Plath's Pulitzer Prize-winning Collected Poems , edited and with an introduction by Ted Hughes "By the time of her death, on 11 February, 1963, Sylvia Plath had written a large bulk of poetry. To my knowledge, she never scrapped any of her poetic efforts. With one or two exceptions, she brought every piece she worked on to some final form acceptable to h...(展开全部)

Book Description This work tells the story of 30 pilgrims who meet by chance at the Tabard Inn in Southwark, London, and journey together to the shrine of St Thomas Becket in Canterbury cathedral. To pass the time along the way, they tell stories to one another, shot through with cunning wit and dry humour. About this book: Geoffey Chaucer (c.1340-1400) was one of the finest ...(展开全部)

First published in 1856, five years after the appearance of Moby Dick, The Piazza Tales comprises six of Herman Melville's finest short stories. Included are two sea tales that encompass the essence of Melville's art: "Benito Cereno", an exhilarating account of mutiny and rescue aboard a disabled slave ship, which is a parable of man's struggle against the forces of evil, and...(展开全部)