A writer comes one summer to Dunnet Landing, a Maine seacoast town, where she follows the lonely inhabitants of once-prosperous coastal towns. Here, lives are molded by the long Maine winters, rock-filled fields and strong resourceful women.

萨拉•奥恩•朱厄特（Sarah Orne Jewett，1849—1909），美国19 世纪后期知名女作家，历来被认为是美国乡土文学的代表人物，长期以来一直被忽视，如今被公认为美国大师，她的代表作《尖枞之乡》被誉为是与霍桑的《红字》、马克•吐温的《哈克贝利•费恩历险记》并列的美国小说中最重要、最经得起时间考验的三部小说之一。 译者简介： 路东平，兰州大学外国语学院副教授，文学硕士，硕士研究生导师，兰州大学翻译研究所所长，英国曼彻斯特大学访问学者。已发表学术论文二十余篇，出版编著一部、译著三部，主编教材一部。荣获2017 年兰州大学教学成果一等奖。

Sarah Orne Jewett's place in American letters was assured when this acclaimed collection of stories about her native state of Maine was first published in 1896. Her crisp style and skillful observation of people and places gives her work lasting appeal.

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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本书为公版书，为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品，供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。

本书为公版书，为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品，供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。

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)