The Thief's Journal is perhaps Jean Genet's most authentically autobiographical novel, personifying his quest for spiritual glory through the pursuit of evil. Writing in the intensely lyrical prose style that is his trademark, the man Jean Cocteau dubbed France's "Black Prince of Letters" here reconstructs his early adult years -- time he spent as a petty criminal and vagabond,...(展开全部)

The sea has been an endless source of fascination, at once both alluring and mysterious, a place of wonder and terror. The Sea Journal contains first-hand records by a great range of travellers of their encounters with strange creatures and new lands, full of dangers and delights, pleasures and perils. In this remarkable gathering of private journals, log books, letters and dia...(展开全部)

Paul Gauguin fled what he called "filthy Europe" in 1891 to what he hoped would be an unspoiled paradise, Tahiti. He painted 66 magnificent can vases during the first two years he spent there and kept notes from which he later wrote Noa Noa — a journal recording his thoughts and impressions of that time. Noa Noa — the most widely known of Gauguin's writings — is reproduced here...(展开全部)

梅·萨藤（May Sarton），美国著名诗人、小说家、日记体作家。出生于比利时，四岁时因一战爆发随父母移民美国。梅·萨藤继承了科学史作家父亲的勤奋严谨，和艺术家母亲的创造力，在近六十年的写作生涯里，创作了五十余部作品。曾在包括哈佛大学在内的多所高校任教，作品被美国各地 高校用作教材。1958年当选美国人文与科学院院士。 梅·萨藤写作半生，声誉正隆之际，选择隐居避世，侍弄花草，思考创作，以日记与自己对话。这些日记的出版将梅·萨藤的写作推至一个新的高度，为她赢得国际性声誉。其中以《独居日记》《海边小屋》为代表之作，《独居日记》更被认为是“现代女性自传的里程碑”。

保罗•奥斯特Paul Auster 1947年出生于新泽西州的纽瓦克市，集小说家、诗人、剧作家、译者、电影导演等多重身份于一身，被视为美国当代最勇于创新的小说家之一。 主要作品有小说《纽约三部曲》《幻影书》《在地图结束的地方》《密室中的旅行》《日落公园》以及回忆录《孤独及其所创造的》等。曾获法国美第奇文学奖、美国约翰•克林顿文学杰出贡献奖、西班牙阿斯图里亚斯王子文学奖，作品被翻译成30种文字，他也是每年冲击诺贝尔文学奖的有力人选之一。 编剧并导演的电影作品有《烟》《面有忧色》和《桥上的露露》，其中《烟》在1996年获得柏林电影节银熊奖和最佳编剧奖。 目前定居于纽约的布鲁克林区。

In this portrait of Ireland, seen through the eyes of a novelist and a stranger, Heinrich Boell offers an evocation of the lilt of the voices, the laughter of the children, the smell of the wet earth, and the warm, heady friendliness of the pubs. Travelling with his wife and children, Boell struggles with the intricacies of foreign exchange, eavesdrops on conversations aboard a...(展开全部)

克里希那穆提（Jiddu Krishnamurti，1895~1986），印度著名哲学家，是与20世纪60年代开始的“新时代运动”（New Age Movement，又称“东西文化合流运动”）紧密相关的思想大师，在东西方都有非常大的影响。他主张真理纯属个人了悟，一定要用自己的思考来照亮自己。他一生的教诲都在帮助人类从恐惧中彻底解脱，体会生活的真正乐趣。他的五十余本著作，全是由演讲和谈话集结而成，目前已被译成47种文字。 纪伯伦、萧伯纳、亨利·米勒、披头士乐队、卓别林、量子物理学家波恩等等20世界各领域的大师级人物，都曾坦言从克氏的话语中找到灵感的源泉。

In this portrait of Ireland, seen through the eyes of a novelist and a stranger, Heinrich Boell offers an evocation of the lilt of the voices, the laughter of the children, the smell of the wet earth, and the warm, heady friendliness of the pubs. Travelling with his wife and children, Boell struggles with the intricacies of foreign exchange, eavesdrops on conversations aboard a...(展开全部)

From the bestselling novelist and author of The Invention of Solitude, a moving and highly personal meditation on the body, time, and language itself "That is where the story begins, in your body, and everything will end in the body as well. Facing his sixty-third winter, internationally acclaimed novelist Paul Auster sits down to write a history of his body and its sensations—...(展开全部)

保罗•奥斯特Paul Auster 1947年出生于新泽西州的纽瓦克市，集小说家、诗人、剧作家、译者、电影导演等多重身份于一身，被视为美国当代最勇于创新的小说家之一。 主要作品有小说《纽约三部曲》《幻影书》《在地图结束的地方》《密室中的旅行》《日落公园》以及回忆录《孤独及其所创造的》等。曾获法国美第奇文学奖、美国约翰•克林顿文学杰出贡献奖、西班牙阿斯图里亚斯王子文学奖，作品被翻译成30种文字，他也是每年冲击诺贝尔文学奖的有力人选之一。 编剧并导演的电影作品有《烟》《面有忧色》和《桥上的露露》，其中《烟》在1996年获得柏林电影节银熊奖和最佳编剧奖。 目前定居于纽约的布鲁克林区。