The Elephant is a collection of devastating satirical sketches by a Polish writer, and it has been called everything from "a short marvel" to "a brilliant literary coup." Mrozek takes deadly aim at the bureaucrats in his own society and, with buoyant and delicious fantasy, makes the absurd seem real and the real absurd. More than a political commentator, as all good satirists h...(展开全部)

On a late November afternoon Saleh Omar arrives at Gatwick Airport from Zanzibar, a far away island in the Indian Ocean. With him he has a small bag in which there lies his most precious possession - a mahogany box containing incense. He used to own a furniture shop, have a house and be a husband and father, but now he is an asylum seeker from paradise; silence his only protect...(展开全部)

"Refugee", I said, pointing at my chest. "Asylum". When Saleh Omar arrives at Gatwick Airport late one afternoon, he has a badly faked passport and exhibits no knowledge of English beyond these two words. He was once a furniture shop owner, a husband, and a father. Now he has arrived in England seeking asylum from his native Zanzibar, using silence and claiming ignorance as his...(展开全部)

On a late November afternoon Saleh Omar arrives at Gatwick Airport from Zanzibar, a far away island in the Indian Ocean. With him he has a small bag in which there lies his most precious possession - a mahogany box containing incense. He used to own a furniture shop, have a house and be a husband and father, but now he is an asylum seeker from paradise; silence his only protect...(展开全部)

卡雷爾•恰佩克Karel Čapek 一八九○年一月九日生於奧匈帝國波西米亞地區的馬雷施瓦頓諾維采，一九三八年十二月二十五日卒於捷克布拉格，世界知名的捷克小說家、劇作家和評論家。 恰佩克早年在布拉格、柏林和巴黎攻讀哲學，一九一七年定居布拉格，從事新聞工作和文學創作。一九○七年到一九二○年代，他的很多作品是與畫家兼插畫家的哥哥約瑟夫聯名創作。早期的短篇小說包括《光淵》（Zářivé hlubiny，與喬瑟夫合作，1916）、《克拉克諾什山的花園》（與喬瑟夫合作，1918）和〈糗事〉（Trapné povídky，1921。收錄於《錢財及其他故事》〔Money and other stories〕）。恰佩克的「黑色烏托邦」作品反思了科技進步的危險，這一系列包括他的劇作《萬能機器人》（1920）、小說《製造逍遙法外》（1922）、《原子狂想》（1924）和...(展开全部)

玛格丽特·杜拉斯（Marguerite Duras，1914-1996）法国小说家、剧作家、电影导演，本名玛格丽特·多纳迪厄，出生于印度支那，在那里度过生命最初十八年的时光。炎热杂乱的殖民地，窘迫变迁的家境，忍耐偏执的母亲，放荡骄纵的大哥，温情落寞的“小哥哥”，如此种种影响了杜拉斯一生，在她日后创作中刻下深深的烙印。1932年后回法国定居，进入大学学习政治、法律等，曾在法国政府殖民部工作，参加过抵抗运动。1943年，以杜拉斯为笔名发表第一部小说《无耻之徒》，从此步入文坛。1950年的《抵挡太平洋的堤坝》广受好评，入围当年龚古尔文学奖，并被改编成电影。一生创作了大量小说、剧作和电影作品，以电影《广岛之恋》（1959年）和《印度之歌》（1975年）赢得国际声誉，以小说《情人》（1984年）获得当年龚古尔文学奖。 译者简介：王东亮，1980年考入北京大学西...(展开全部)

Sleeping by the Mississippi by Alec Soth is one of the defining publications in the photobook era. First published by Steidl in 2004, it was Soth's first book, sold through three editions, and established him as one of the leading lights of contemporary photographic practice. This MACK edition launches to coincide with the first exhibition in London dedicated to the series at B...(展开全部)

伊莱恩•斯卡利（Elaine Scarry）， 英美文学语言学教授，哈佛大学Walter M. Cabot美学教授，认知接受美学的倡导者，在当代文艺理论界有重要的影响力具有重大的影响。其论著颇丰，主要代表作有：《论美与正义》（On Beauty and Being Just，普林斯顿，1999）、《痛苦中的躯体》（The Body in Pain，1985）等。

Shortly before noon on October 28, 1728, General Yue Zhongqi, the most powerful military and civilian official in northwest China, was en route to his headquarters. Suddenly, out of the crowd, a stranger ran toward Yue and passed him an envelope-an envelope containing details of a treasonous plot to overthrow the Manchu government. This thrilling story of a conspiracy agains...(展开全部)

本书作品是埃里克·索斯沿着密西西比河的公路旅行中，拍下的美国有代表性但却常被忽视的“第三海岸”。索斯的大幅彩色作品极富描述性，拍摄的对象有人物、风景和房屋内部。主题是粗旷自然，细节却富纤细美感，全系列被孤独、渴求、幻想的气氛所包围。策展人安妮·威尔克斯·塔克写道，“索斯的作品涵盖了众多主题：疾病、生产、种族、罪恶、学习、艺术、音乐、死亡、宗教、救赎、政治，以及廉价的性。” 本书是摄影书时代具有定义性的画册之一。 BY假杂志