Western culture has endlessly represented the ways in which love miraculously erupts in people's lives, the mythical moment in which one knows someone is destined for us; the feverish waiting for a phone call or an email, the thrill that runs our spine at the mere thought of him or her. Yet, a culture that has so much to say about love is virtually silent on the no less mysteri...(展开全部)

Western culture has endlessly represented the ways in which love miraculously erupts in people's lives, the mythical moment in which one knows someone is destined for us; the feverish waiting for a phone call or an email, the thrill that runs our spine at the mere thought of him or her. Yet, a culture that has so much to say about love is virtually silent on the no less mysteri...(展开全部)

Western culture has endlessly represented the ways in which love miraculously erupts in people's lives – the mythical moment in which one knows someone is destined to us, the feverish waiting for a phone call or an email, the thrill that runs our spine at the mere thought of him or her. To be in love is to become an adept of Plato, to see through a person an idea, perfect and c...(展开全部)

Western culture has endlessly represented the ways in which love miraculously erupts in people's lives – the mythical moment in which one knows someone is destined to us, the feverish waiting for a phone call or an email, the thrill that runs our spine at the mere thought of him or her. To be in love is to become an adept of Plato, to see through a person an idea, perfect and c...(展开全部)

Translated by Ephraim Fischoff With a new Foreword by Ann Swidler

Translated by Ephraim Fischoff With a new Foreword by Ann Swidler

乔纳森·弗兰岑（Jonathan Franzen） 美国小说家、随笔作家。 1959年生于伊利诺伊州。1996年在《哈泼氏》杂志发表长篇随笔《偶尔做梦》，从此受到广泛关注。迄今为止，出版有小说《纠正》《自由》《纯洁》，回忆录《不舒适地带：个人史》，以及随笔集《如何独处》《地球尽头的尽头》等。凭借《纠正》获得普利策奖提名和美国国家图书奖。

乔纳森·弗兰岑（Jonathan Franzen） 美国小说家、随笔作家。 1959年生于伊利诺伊州。1996年在《哈泼氏》杂志发表长篇随笔《偶尔做梦》，从此受到广泛关注。迄今为止，出版有小说《纠正》《自由》《纯洁》，回忆录《不舒适地带：个人史》，以及随笔集《如何独处》《地球尽头的尽头》等。凭借《纠正》获得普利策奖提名和美国国家图书奖。

约翰·斯科特（John Scott），埃克塞特大学和哥本哈根大学的名誉教授，英国科学院院士、社会科学院院士和英国皇家艺术学会院士。主要著作有《公司、阶级和资本主义》（Corporations, Classes and Capitalism，1975）、《谁统治英国？》（Who Rules Britain?，1991）、《社会学理论》（Sociological Theory: Contemporary Debates，1995）、《权力》（Power，2001）和《社会理论：社会学的核心问题》（Social Theory: Central Issues in Sociology，2005）、《社会世界的概念化：社会学分析的原则》（Conceptualising the Social World: Principles of Sociological A...(展开全部)

约翰·斯科特（John Scott），埃克塞特大学和哥本哈根大学的名誉教授，英国科学院院士、社会科学院院士和英国皇家艺术学会院士。主要著作有《公司、阶级和资本主义》（Corporations, Classes and Capitalism，1975）、《谁统治英国？》（Who Rules Britain?，1991）、《社会学理论》（Sociological Theory: Contemporary Debates，1995）、《权力》（Power，2001）和《社会理论：社会学的核心问题》（Social Theory: Central Issues in Sociology，2005）、《社会世界的概念化：社会学分析的原则》（Conceptualising the Social World: Principles of Sociological A...(展开全部)