爱丽丝·普罗文森（1918年8月—）和马丁·普罗文森（1916年7月10日—1987年3月27日）是美国著名童书作家兼插画家的“双子组合”。这对夫妻各自的早年经历有惊人的相似之处：都出生于芝加哥的伊利诺斯，12岁时都搬到加利福尼亚，后来都获得芝加哥艺术学院的奖学金，又都进入加利福尼亚大学读书，尽管是在不同的校区。大学毕业后，爱丽丝进入以创作《啄木鸟伍迪》闻名的沃特·蓝兹工作室工作，马丁则去了这家工作室的竞争对手沃特·迪士尼工作室，在那里，他与人合作了《小象丹波》、《幻想曲》和《木偶奇遇记》。 1943年，马丁为创作有关美国军事训练的电影，被派到沃特·蓝兹工作室工作，因此与爱丽丝结识，两人于1944年在华盛顿喜结连理并定居。在那里，他们合作了与二战相关的作品。二战结束后，他们搬到纽约，朋友帮他们找到了一份工作：为《炉边民歌》绘插图。1952年，马丁设计...(展开全部)

爱丽丝·普罗文森（1918年8月—）和马丁·普罗文森（1916年7月10日—1987年3月27日）是美国著名童书作家兼插画家的“双子组合”。这对夫妻各自的早年经历有惊人的相似之处：都出生于芝加哥的伊利诺斯，12岁时都搬到加利福尼亚，后来都获得芝加哥艺术学院的奖学金，又都进入加利福尼亚大学读书，尽管是在不同的校区。大学毕业后，爱丽丝进入以创作《啄木鸟伍迪》闻名的沃特·蓝兹工作室工作，马丁则去了这家工作室的竞争对手沃特·迪士尼工作室，在那里，他与人合作了《小象丹波》、《幻想曲》和《木偶奇遇记》。 1943年，马丁为创作有关美国军事训练的电影，被派到沃特·蓝兹工作室工作，因此与爱丽丝结识，两人于1944年在华盛顿喜结连理并定居。在那里，他们合作了与二战相关的作品。二战结束后，他们搬到纽约，朋友帮他们找到了一份工作：为《炉边民歌》绘插图。1952年，马丁设计...(展开全部)

From one of the most daring voices in European fiction, this is a story of the twentieth century traced through the various possible lives of one woman. She is a baby who barely suffocates in the cradle. Or perhaps not? She lives to become as an adult and dies beloved. Or dies betrayed. Or perhaps not? Her memory is honoured. Or she is forgotten by everyone. Moving from a small...(展开全部)

The End of Days, by acclaimed German writer Jenny Erpenbeck, consists essentially of five “books,” each leading to a different death of an unnamed woman protagonist. How could it all have gone differently? the narrator asks in the intermezzos between. The first chapter begins with the death of a baby in the early twentieth-century Hapsburg Empire. In the next chapter, the same ...(展开全部)

The End of Days, a brilliant novel of contingency and fate, by the acclaimed German writer Jenny Erpenbeck, consists essentially of five “books,” each leading to a different death of the same unnamed woman protagonist. How could it all have gone differently? the narrator asks in the intermezzos. The first chapter begins with the death of a baby in the early twentieth-century Ha...(展开全部)

"She is among the greatest Italian authors of recent years."-"Corriere della Sera" "Ferrante dissects the personal microcosm so well, and with awesome lucidity and precision shows us the meanderings of a woman's mind, the suffering that accompanies being abandoned, and the awful rumbling of time passing."-"El Mundo" "Elena Ferrante has given us a startlingly beautiful novel of ...(展开全部)

"She is among the greatest Italian authors of recent years."-"Corriere della Sera" "Ferrante dissects the personal microcosm so well, and with awesome lucidity and precision shows us the meanderings of a woman's mind, the suffering that accompanies being abandoned, and the awful rumbling of time passing."-"El Mundo" "Elena Ferrante has given us a startlingly beautiful novel of ...(展开全部)

The End of Days, by acclaimed German writer Jenny Erpenbeck, consists essentially of five “books,” each leading to a different death of an unnamed woman protagonist. How could it all have gone differently? the narrator asks in the intermezzos between. The first chapter begins with the death of a baby in the early twentieth-century Hapsburg Empire. In the next chapter, the same ...(展开全部)

The End of Days, a brilliant novel of contingency and fate, by the acclaimed German writer Jenny Erpenbeck, consists essentially of five “books,” each leading to a different death of the same unnamed woman protagonist. How could it all have gone differently? the narrator asks in the intermezzos. The first chapter begins with the death of a baby in the early twentieth-century Ha...(展开全部)

From one of the most daring voices in European fiction, this is a story of the twentieth century traced through the various possible lives of one woman. She is a baby who barely suffocates in the cradle. Or perhaps not? She lives to become as an adult and dies beloved. Or dies betrayed. Or perhaps not? Her memory is honoured. Or she is forgotten by everyone. Moving from a small...(展开全部)