In this exuberant novel, one of Italy's greatest living writers celebrates the art of storytelling and the spirit of work through weaving the mesmerizing t ales of an itinerant construction worker, Libertini Faussone, and a writer-chemist, the true and fictional Primo Levi.

'This is not a book for journalists. Civil servants, too, will feel uneasy while reading it, and as for lawyers, they will never sleep again. For it is about a man in his capacity as homo faber, a maker of things with his hands, and what has any of us ever made but words. I say it is 'about' the man who makes; truly, it is more a hymn of praise than a description, and not only ...(展开全部)

【作者简介】 普里莫·莱维，意大利犹太人，作家，化学家，奥斯维辛174517号囚犯。1919年，莱维出生于意大利都灵；1943年，他因参与反法西斯运动被捕，后被遣送至集中营。战争结束后，他回到故乡都灵生活。在此后的人生中，他从事工业化学这一行当30年，同时作为一位作家，写作了“奥斯维辛三部曲”（《这是不是个人》《休战》和《被淹没与被拯救的》），以及其他建基于其化学家身份和大屠杀幸存者经历的小说、散文和诗歌作品。1987年4月11日，莱维从他出生的房子坠落身亡。 作为奥斯维辛最重要的记录者和见证人，莱维的文字具有一种与其他受难者不同的特质，他秉持一种化学家的冷静与节制书写记忆，同时，又如菲利普·罗斯所说，“本该充满悼念情绪和无尽的绝望，相反却充满活力”。他的文字，让人们更理性地思考人性。 ··· 【译者简介】 杨晓琼，译作另有《想象共和国》。

Outside, the night is cold and wet. Inside, the White family sits and waits. Where is their visitor? There is a knock at the door. A man is standing outside in the dark. Their visitor has arrived. The visitor waits. He has been in India for many years. What has he got? He has brought the hand of a small, dead animal - a monkey's paw. Outside, in the dark, the visitor smiles and...(展开全部)

Outside, the night is cold and wet. Inside, the White family sits and waits. Where is their visitor? There is a knock at the door. A man is standing outside in the dark. Their visitor has arrived. The visitor waits. He has been in India for many years. What has he got? He has brought the hand of a small, dead animal - a monkey's paw. Outside, in the dark, the visitor smiles and...(展开全部)

The five little monkeys and Mama are eager to get a new car. The five little monkeys clean and paint their old car until it sparkles like new. But who will buy it? Perhaps those clever monkeys can convince their cranky crocodile neighbors that what they really need is . . . yes, a car Children will love predicting how the five little monkeys will deal with each new challenge, ...(展开全部)

As soon as they say good night to Mama, the five little monkeys begin to jump on their bed. But despite Mama's warnings, they fall off and hurt themselves. A sure-fire hit at story hour, this rhythmic romp is a counting lesson, too, as the five bouncy bed-jumpers bump their heads and get hauled off to the doctor one by one. Wonderful pencil and watercolour illustrations capture...(展开全部)