The Hour of the Star, Clarice Lispector’s consummate final novel, may well be her masterpiece. Narrated by the cosmopolitan Rodrigo S.M., this brief, strange, and haunting tale is the story of Macabéa, one of life’s unfortunates. Living in the slums of Rio and eking out a poor living as a typist, Macabéa loves movies, Coca-Cola, and her rat of a boyfriend; she would like to be ...(展开全部)

克拉丽丝•李斯佩克朵Clarice Lispector 1920年12月10日出生于乌克兰的犹太家庭，出生不久即随父母移居巴西。她于1944年出版处女作《濒于狂野的心》，在巴西引起很大反响，之后陆续出版了小说《光》和《围困之城》，同时期完成《黑暗中的苹果》与短篇集《家庭纽带》的创作。20世纪60年代以降，克拉丽丝的写作才能获得公众承认，小说《黑暗中的苹果》获得卡门•多洛雷斯奖，儿童文学作品《爱思考的兔子奇事》获得卡伦加奖，并因其文学成就获得联邦大区文化基金会奖。1977年12月9日，克拉丽丝去世；次年，最后的作品《生命的吹息》出版。

克拉丽丝•李斯佩克朵Clarice Lispector 1920年12月10日出生于乌克兰的犹太家庭，出生不久即随父母移居巴西。她于1944年出版处女作《濒于狂野的心》，在巴西引起很大反响，之后陆续出版了小说《光》和《围困之城》，同时期完成《黑暗中的苹果》与短篇集《家庭纽带》的创作。20世纪60年代以降，克拉丽丝的写作才能获得公众承认，小说《黑暗中的苹果》获得卡门•多洛雷斯奖，儿童文学作品《爱思考的兔子奇事》获得卡伦加奖，并因其文学成就获得联邦大区文化基金会奖。1977年12月9日，克拉丽丝去世；次年，最后的作品《生命的吹息》出版。

The Hour of the Star, Clarice Lispector’s consummate final novel, may well be her masterpiece. Narrated by the cosmopolitan Rodrigo S.M., this brief, strange, and haunting tale is the story of Macabéa, one of life’s unfortunates. Living in the slums of Rio and eking out a poor living as a typist, Macabéa loves movies, Coca-Cola, and her rat of a boyfriend; she would like to be ...(展开全部)

三岛由纪夫（Mishima Youkio 1925-1970），日本小说家、剧作家。本名平冈公威，生于东京。1949年出版长篇小说《假面自白》，文坛地位确立。1970年11月25日写完《丰饶之海》第四卷《天上五衰》后自杀。一生创作40部中长篇小说、20部短篇小说集和18部剧本集。主要著作还有《禁色》、《潮骚》、《近代能乐集》、《金阁寺》和《萨德侯爵夫人》等。

The economy was booming. People had more money than they knew what to do with. And then the earthquake struck. For the characters in After the Quake, the Kobe earthquake is an echo from a past they buried long ago. Satsuki has spent thirty years hating one man: a lover who destroyed her chances of having children. Did her desire for revenge cause the earthquake? Junpei's estran...(展开全部)

Hercule Poirot is called on to investigate the murder of a brother and sister in this classic from the Queen of Mystery. When Cora Lansquenet is savagely murdered, the odd remark she made the day before at her brother's funeral becomes chillingly important: "It's been hushed up very nicely, hasn't it. ... But he was murdered, wasn't he?" Desperate to learn more about both death...(展开全部)

When Cora is savagely murdered with a hatchet, the extraordinary remark she made the previous day at her brother Richard's funeral suddenly takes on a chilling significance. At the reading of Richard's will, Cora was clearly heard to say: 'It's been hushed up very nicely, hasn't itBut he was murdered, wasn't he?' In desperation, the family solicitor turns to Hercule Poirot to u...(展开全部)

As the world races towards catastrophe, a crowd of Mayfair socialites parties its way to oblivion. At its centre is David, who idles away his sober moments researching a futile book until the beautiful Helen decides to save him, shattering his marriage and learning too late the depth of both David's indolence and his wife's undeclared love. But with finances about to crash and ...(展开全部)