在《時時刻刻》中，作者麥可·康寧漢，極具創意地以維吉尼亞·吳爾芙的生平與作品為背景，描述一群在愛與傳承、期望與絕望的衝突中掙扎的當代人物的故事。這本小說以回溯吳爾芙在一九四一年自殺的最後的日子開場，隨後發展至兩個現代美國婦女的故事，她們罔顧自己朋友、愛人、及家人的要求，試圖爭取自己的天空。 克勞麗莎是個住在紐約格林威治村的出版社編輯；我們見到她時，她正要為她朋友理察舉辦宴會而出門買花；理察是個纏綿病榻的詩人，剛榮獲一項重要的文學獎。蘿拉·布朗是二次大戰後住在加州的家庭主婦，她撫養她的獨子並在她窒悶的婚姻之外尋求生活的真諦。康寧漢藉著罕見的輕鬆與自信的筆觸，使這兩個女人的生活與維吉尼亞·吳爾芙的生活以一種出人意表並令心碎的方式，在替理察舉辦宴會期間融為一體。隨著小說在二十世紀各年代間跳躍，每一行都與康寧漢清晰、鏗鏘有力、熱情奔放的當代之聲起共鳴。作品熱...(展开全部)

在《時時刻刻》中，作者麥可·康寧漢，極具創意地以維吉尼亞·吳爾芙的生平與作品為背景，描述一群在愛與傳承、期望與絕望的衝突中掙扎的當代人物的故事。這本小說以回溯吳爾芙在一九四一年自殺的最後的日子開場，隨後發展至兩個現代美國婦女的故事，她們罔顧自己朋友、愛人、及家人的要求，試圖爭取自己的天空。 克勞麗莎是個住在紐約格林威治村的出版社編輯；我們見到她時，她正要為她朋友理察舉辦宴會而出門買花；理察是個纏綿病榻的詩人，剛榮獲一項重要的文學獎。蘿拉·布朗是二次大戰後住在加州的家庭主婦，她撫養她的獨子並在她窒悶的婚姻之外尋求生活的真諦。康寧漢藉著罕見的輕鬆與自信的筆觸，使這兩個女人的生活與維吉尼亞·吳爾芙的生活以一種出人意表並令心碎的方式，在替理察舉辦宴會期間融為一體。隨著小說在二十世紀各年代間跳躍，每一行都與康寧漢清晰、鏗鏘有力、熱情奔放的當代之聲起共鳴。作品熱...(展开全部)

In The Empty Space, groundbreaking director Peter Brook draws on a life in love with the stage to explore the issues facing any theatrical performance. Here he describes important developments in theatre from the last century, as well as smaller scale events, from productions by Stanislavsky to the rise of Method Acting, from Brecht’s revolutionary alienation technique to the f...(展开全部)

In The Empty Space, groundbreaking director Peter Brook draws on a life in love with the stage to explore the issues facing any theatrical performance. Here he describes important developments in theatre from the last century, as well as smaller scale events, from productions by Stanislavsky to the rise of Method Acting, from Brecht’s revolutionary alienation technique to the f...(展开全部)

當代偵探小說巨匠 傑佛瑞．迪佛 JEFFERY DEAVER 一九五○年出生於芝加哥郊區的傑佛瑞．迪佛，從小即嶄露寫作的天分，他在十一歲時便完成個人第一部小說，而後更以詩作、小說得過多項文學獎。他曾當過記者、民謠歌手；從密蘇里大學新聞系畢業後，一度為雜誌社撰稿；之後又進入福特翰大學就讀法律系，取得學位後，曾在華爾街工作數年，而也就是在這段漫長的通勤時日裡，他開始以自己所熱愛的偵探小說進行創作。 他至今已出版近二十本小說，作品被譯成二十五種以上語文版本。在他眾多的作品中，最受矚目的是讓他躋身暢銷作家之列的『神探萊姆』系列，其中《人骨拼圖》被環球影業公司改拍成電影，由丹佐．華盛頓和安吉莉娜．裘莉主演。 迪佛不僅是全美各大暢銷書榜的常客，亦曾獲『安東尼小說獎』提名、兩度獲選『艾勒里．昆恩讀書會』年度最佳短篇小說獎，以及五度獲美國偵探作家協會提名『艾德嘉獎』...(展开全部)

Featuring an international constellation of notable authors, this anthology explores and celebrates childhood with tales touching on abuse and rejection, loneliness and love, the joys of friendship and discovery, and the first confused inklings of adolescent love. Participants in the project include acclaimed and award-winning authors such as David Almond, Margaret Atwood, Andr...(展开全部)

Has a killer lain dormant for years only to strike again on New Year’s Eve? LAPD Detective Renée Ballard and Harry Bosch team up to find justice for an innocent victim in the new thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly. There’s chaos in Hollywood on New Year’s Eve. Working her graveyard shift, LAPD Detective Renée Ballard seeks shelter at the end of ...(展开全部)

I imagined lamplight, shadows, soft voices, clothes put away, the low sound of late news on the radio. And I thought as I crossed the bridge at Baggot Street to face the last stretch of my own journey home that no matter what I had done, I had not done that.' In the captivating stories that make up "The Empty Family", Colm Toibin delineates with a tender and unique sensibility ...(展开全部)

I imagined lamplight, shadows, soft voices, clothes put away, the low sound of late news on the radio. And I thought as I crossed the bridge at Baggot Street to face the last stretch of my own journey home that no matter what I had done, I had not done that.' In the captivating stories that make up "The Empty Family" Colm Toibin delineates with a tender and unique sensibility l...(展开全部)

From the internationally celebrated author of Brooklyn and The Master , and winner of the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, comes a stunning new book of fiction. In the captivating stories that make up The Empty Family , Colm Tóibín delineates with a tender and unique sensibility, lives of unspoken or unconscious longing, of individuals often willingly cast adrift...(展开全部)