Written by one of the most widely-studied of contemporary French writers, La Dernier Homme is an austere, intriguing work of nontraditional fiction that explores the distance between desire and its attainment. The story unfolds in the form of an interior monologue at once forbidding and compelling. In what seems to be a sanatorium near a mountain, from twhich the sea is visible...(展开全部)

威廉·斯雷特是一位受欢迎的、多产的儿童和青少年小说作家，他被认为是一位富有想象力的作家。他的作品常利用奇幻历险的科幻题材来探索兄弟姐妹或亲朋好友间的关系和情感成长。他创作了不少畅销书，如《楼梯上的房子》《星际猪》《第谷的绿色未来》等。其作品被美国图书馆协会、少年文学公会等多家出版机构推荐。 布莱尔·兰特，美国插画家和儿童书籍作家。曾凭借《丢饭团的笑婆子》获得凯迪克金奖，凭借《月亮生气了》《太阳和月亮为什么住在天上》两部作品获得凯迪克银奖。其作品《一个很长很长的名字》曾入选《纽约时报》“50年来50本佳儿童书籍”，被美国图书馆协会推荐。他善于运用各种形式，如丙烯、剪纸、彩铅、水墨等来表现民间故事。

Ever since its first publication in 1992, The End of History and the Last Man has provoked controversy and debate. Francis Fukuyama's prescient analysis of religious fundamentalism, politics, scientific progress, ethical codes, and war is as essential for a world fighting fundamentalist terrorists as it was for the end of the Cold War. Now updated with a new afterword, The E...(展开全部)

Ever since its first publication in 1992, The End of History and the Last Man has provoked controversy and debate. Francis Fukuyama's prescient analysis of religious fundamentalism, politics, scientific progress, ethical codes, and war is as essential for a world fighting fundamentalist terrorists as it was for the end of the Cold War. Now updated with a new afterword, The End ...(展开全部)

弗朗西斯•福山（Francis Fukuyama）：日裔美籍学者，哈佛大学政治学博士，现任美国斯坦福大学弗里曼•斯伯格里国际问题研究所奥利弗•诺梅里尼高级研究员，此前曾任教于约翰•霍普金斯大学尼兹高等国际研究院、乔治•梅森大学公共政策学院，曾任美国国务院政策企划局副局长、兰德公司研究员。著有《历史的终结与最后的人》、《信任》、《十字路口上的美国》、《政治秩序的起源》等。现居加利福尼亚。

Ever since its first publication in 1992, The End of History and the Last Man has provoked controversy and debate. Francis Fukuyama's prescient analysis of religious fundamentalism, politics, scientific progress, ethical codes, and war is as essential for a world fighting fundamentalist terrorists as it was for the end of the Cold War. Now updated with a new afterword, The End ...(展开全部)

Ever since its first publication in 1992, The End of History and the Last Man has provoked controversy and debate. Francis Fukuyama's prescient analysis of religious fundamentalism, politics, scientific progress, ethical codes, and war is as essential for a world fighting fundamentalist terrorists as it was for the end of the Cold War. Now updated with a new afterword, The E...(展开全部)

弗朗西斯•福山（Francis Fukuyama）：日裔美籍学者，哈佛大学政治学博士，现任美国斯坦福大学弗里曼•斯伯格里国际问题研究所奥利弗•诺梅里尼高级研究员，此前曾任教于约翰•霍普金斯大学尼兹高等国际研究院、乔治•梅森大学公共政策学院，曾任美国国务院政策企划局副局长、兰德公司研究员。著有《历史的终结与最后的人》、《信任》、《十字路口上的美国》、《政治秩序的起源》等。现居加利福尼亚。

Every building tells a story, but in the jungles of Mumbai, one building - and one man- stand on the borderline between India's past and its future. Ask any Bombaywallah about Vishram Society - Tower A of the Vishram Co-operative Housing Society - and you will be told that it has been pucca for some fifty years despite its location under the flight path and border of slums. But...(展开全部)

阿拉文德•阿迪加1974年出生于印度海港城市马德拉斯，后移居澳大利亚，求学于哥伦比亚大学与牛津大学。他在长篇小说处女作《白老虎》中，以一位印度班加罗尔的企业家给中国总理温家宝写信讲述自己人生故事的形式，反映了当今印度经济“奇迹”表相下的真实面貌，凭借独一无二的原创性获二○○八年曼布克奖。另外他还出版有短篇小说集《两次暗杀之间》。阿迪加曾任《时代周刊》驻印度通讯记者，并为《纽约客》、《格兰塔》、《金融时报》、《独立报》、《星期日泰晤士报》等媒体撰稿。现居印度。