'So it happens, therefore, that every element says something to someone' Inspired by the rhythms of the "Periodic Table", Primo Levi assesses his life in terms of the chemical elements he associates with his past. From his birth into an Italian Jewish family through his training as a chemist, to the pain and darkness of the Holocaust and its aftermath, Levi reflects on the diff...(展开全部)

迈克尔•翁达杰Michael Ondaatje（1943— ） 加拿大小说家、诗人。生于斯里兰卡，十一岁随母亲来到英国，十九岁移居加拿大，现居多伦多。迄今为止，翁达杰共出版了六部长篇小说、十余部诗集及非虚构作品。其中，《英国病人》（1992）获布克奖，后被改编成同名电影，大获成功；《菩萨凝视的岛屿》（2000）获吉尔奖和美第奇奖；《遥望》（2007）获加拿大总督文学奖。迈克尔•翁达杰的文字富于想象，兼具视觉和听觉效果，为诗歌和小说两个领域都注入了新的生机。

迈克尔•翁达杰Michael Ondaatje（1943— ） 加拿大小说家、诗人。生于斯里兰卡，十一岁随母亲来到英国，十九岁移居加拿大，现居多伦多。迄今为止，翁达杰共出版了六部长篇小说、十余部诗集及非虚构作品。其中，《英国病人》（1992）获布克奖，后被改编成同名电影，大获成功；《菩萨凝视的岛屿》（2000）获吉尔奖和美第奇奖；《遥望》（2007）获加拿大总督文学奖。迈克尔•翁达杰的文字富于想象，兼具视觉和听觉效果，为诗歌和小说两个领域都注入了新的生机。

In the early 1950s, an eleven-year-old boy in Colombo boards a ship bound for England. At mealtimes he is seated at the “cat’s table”—as far from the Captain’s Table as can be—with a ragtag group of “insignificant” adults and two other boys, Cassius and Ramadhin. As the ship makes its way across the Indian Ocean, through the Suez Canal, into the Mediterranean, the boys tumble f...(展开全部)

In his widely acclaimed new collection of stories, Julian Barnes addresses what is perhaps the most poignant aspect of the human condition: growing old. The characters in The Lemon Table are facing the ends of their lives–some with bitter regret, others with resignation, and others still with defiant rage. Their circumstances are just as varied as their responses. In 19th-c...(展开全部)

In his widely acclaimed new collection of stories, Julian Barnes addresses what is perhaps the most poignant aspect of the human condition: growing old. The characters in The Lemon Table are facing the ends of their lives–some with bitter regret, others with resignation, and others still with defiant rage. Their circumstances are just as varied as their responses. In 19th-c...(展开全部)

Today only about a thousand giant pandas survive in the wild. Dependent on a shrinking supply of bamboo on the one hand and threatened by human greed on the other, the panda is at extreme risk. Here, acclaimed naturalist George B. Schaller uses his evocative powers and the insight gained by four years in the forests of the Wolong and Tangjiahe panda reserves to document the pli...(展开全部)

Adults and children the world over have fallen in love with Beagle's timeless classic, The Last Unicorn. Now, in this historic publication, Beagle's richly inventive novel springs to life in beautifully rendered illustrations that perfectly evoke the mystery and magic of one of man's favorite myths.