The Museum of Unconditional Surrender -- by the renowned Yugoslavian writer Dubravka Ugresic -- begins in the Berlin Zoo, with the contents of Roland the Walrus's stomach displayed beside his pool (Roland died in August, 1961). These objects -- a cigarette lighter, lollipop sticks, a beer-bottle opener, etc. -- like the fictional pieces of the novel itself, are seemingly random...(展开全部)

The Museum of Unconditional Surrender -- by the renowned Yugoslavian writer Dubravka Ugresic -- begins in the Berlin Zoo, with the contents of Roland the Walrus's stomach displayed beside his pool (Roland died in August, 1961). These objects -- a cigarette lighter, lollipop sticks, a beer-bottle opener, etc. -- like the fictional pieces of the novel itself, are seemingly random...(展开全部)

杜布拉夫卡·乌格雷西奇（Dubravka Ugrešić，1949—2023），克罗地亚裔荷兰籍作家，出生于前南斯拉夫，在萨格勒布大学就读期间，主修俄语文学及比较文学，并开始文学创作，毕业后留校从事文学理论研究工作，于1981年开始发表文学作品。1991年，南斯拉夫内战爆发，杜布 拉夫卡因公开反对战争及民族主义，遭到国内舆论的猛烈攻击，于1993年被迫离开克罗地亚。此后，杜布拉夫卡先后在哈佛大学、哥伦比亚大学和柏林自由大学等多所大学任教。1996年定居荷兰阿姆斯特丹，从事小说创作、文化评论、翻译、文学研究及编辑出版等工作，致力于推动母语的开放性，维护文化的连续性。 著有《渡过意识之流》《谎言文化》《无条件投降博物馆》《多谢不阅》《疼痛部》《芭芭雅嘎下了一个蛋》《狐狸》等作品，已被翻译为三十多种语言，获南斯拉夫NIN奖、奥地利国家欧洲文学奖、纽斯塔特国...(展开全部)

War and madness cast shadows over the lands dragons once ruled. Geder Palliako's star is rising. He is a hero of Antea, protector to the crown prince, and darling of the court. But storms from his past are gathering, and with them, a war that will change everything. Cithrin bel Sarcour founded a powerful bank on stolen wealth, forged papers, and ready blades. Now every move she...(展开全部)

One man saved the British Royal Family in the first decades of the 20th century - he wasn't a prime minister or an archbishop of Canterbury. He was an almost unknown, and self-taught, speech therapist named Lionel Logue, whom one newspaper in the 1930s famously dubbed 'The Quack who saved a King'. Logue wasn't a British aristocrat or even an Englishman - he was a commoner and ...(展开全部)

All the King's Men is considered the finest novel ever written on American politics. Set in the 1930s, this book traces the rise and fall of Willie Stark, who resembles the real-life Huey 'Kingfish' Long of Louisiana. Stark begins his political career as an idealistic man of the people but soon becomes corrupted by success.

All the King's Men is considered the finest novel ever written on American politics. Set in the 1930s, this book traces the rise and fall of Willie Stark, who resembles the real-life Huey 'Kingfish' Long of Louisiana. Stark begins his political career as an idealistic man of the people but soon becomes corrupted by success.

A Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize Winner of the Kirkus Prize for Fiction • From a Recipient of the Windham-Campbell Prize for Fiction • A Finalist for the James Tait Black Prize for Fiction • A Finalist for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction • A Finalist for the Rathbones Folio Prize • Longlisted for an Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence • A New York Times Book Review Nota...(展开全部)