Sam and Henny Pollit have too many children, too little money, and too much loathing for each other. As Sam uses the children's adoration to feed his own voracious ego, Henny watches in bleak despair, knowing the bitter reality that lies just below his mad visions. A chilling novel of family life, of the relations between parents and children, husbands and wives, The Man Who Lo...(展开全部)

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克莉斯蒂娜•斯台德（Christina Stead） 澳大利亚著名作家，1902年出生于澳洲，大部分时间旅居欧洲。作品的背景多设定在英、美等欧洲各国。1983年过世。她被推崇为二十世纪最重要的小说家之一，公认为澳大利亚最伟大的作家，著有十五本小说和大量短篇小说。曾获得帕特里克•怀特文学奖，并多次获诺贝尔奖提名。 《爱孩子的男人》是克莉斯蒂娜•斯台德最重要的代表作，本书带有自传色彩，某种程度上影射了现实生活中她与父亲紧绷的关系。淋漓尽致的描绘了一个有史以来最不堪入目的一个家庭，家庭成员之间的困难、挣扎，以及亲密和矛盾。

In their heyday on the vaudeville stages of the early twentieth century, Dora Chance and her twin sister, Nora--unacknowledged daughters of Sir Melchior Hazard, the greatest Shakespearean actor of his day--were known as the Lucky Chances, with private lives as colorful and erratic as their careers. But now, at age 75, Dora is typing up their life story, and it is a tale indeed ...(展开全部)

In their heyday on the vaudeville stages of the early twentieth century, Dora Chance and her twin sister, Nora--unacknowledged daughters of Sir Melchior Hazard, the greatest Shakespearean actor of his day--were known as the Lucky Chances, with private lives as colorful and erratic as their careers. But now, at age 75, Dora is typing up their life story, and it is a tale indeed ...(展开全部)

萨曼•鲁西迪（1947— ），英国著名作家。生于印度孟买一个穆斯林家庭，在英国接受教育。一九七五年他的第一部小说出版，第二部小说《午夜之子》为他赢得了国际声誉。之后他的一系列作品深入探讨了历史和哲学问题，被称为“后殖民文学教父”。 鲁西迪目前共出版长篇小说十部、短篇小说集三部，另有两部儿童作品、一部回忆录及十余部非小说作品。代表作《午夜之子》《羞耻》《摩尔人的最后叹息》《小丑萨利玛》《她脚下的土地》《佛罗伦萨的女巫》等。

Published for the first time in 1979 by Rizzoli, A Man is the passionate story of Alekos Panagulis, hero of the Greek Resistance and Fallaci’s partner. On May 1, 1976, Alexandros Panagulis, known as Alekos, the lonely hero of the Greek riot against tyranny and power, died tragically in a suspicious car crash. During his funeral, millions of people crowded the streets of Athens ...(展开全部)

From the acclaimed filmmaker, artist, and bestselling author of no one belongs here more than you, comes a spectacular debut novel that is so heartbreaking, so dirty, so tender, so funny, so Miranda July. Readers will be astonished. Here is Cheryl, a tightly-wound, vulnerable woman who lives alone, with a perpetual lump in her throat. She is haunted by a baby boy she met when s...(展开全部)

Auster, a man of diverse creative achievements, defies convenient labels with regard to genre and the divisions between literary fiction and the mainstream popular marketplace. Given his experiences with such multimedia endeavors as National Public Radio's Story Project, it's not surprising that Auster has a flair for dramatic narration when performing his own work. As he gives...(展开全部)