In The Summer Book Tove Jansson distills the essence of the summer—its sunlight and storms—into twenty-two crystalline vignettes. This brief novel tells the story of Sophia, a six-year-old girl awakening to existence, and Sophia’s grandmother, nearing the end of hers, as they spend the summer on a tiny unspoiled island in the Gulf of Finland. The grandmother is unsentimental ...(展开全部)

In his new book, perhaps the most cogent expression of his mature thought, Jean Baudrillard turns detective in order to investigate a crime which he hopes may yet be solved: the murder of reality. To solve the crime would be to unravel the social and technological processes by which reality has quite simply vanished under the deadly glare of media real time. But Baudrillard is ...(展开全部)

In his new book, perhaps the most cogent expression of his mature thought, Jean Baudrillard turns detective in order to investigate a crime which he hopes may yet be solved: the murder of reality. To solve the crime would be to unravel the social and technological processes by which reality has quite simply vanished under the deadly glare of media real time. But Baudrillard is ...(展开全部)

An elderly artist and her six-year-old grand-daughter while away a summer together on a tiny island in the gulf of Finland. As the two learn to adjust to each other's fears, whims and yearnings, a fierce yet understated love emerges - one that encompasses not only the summer inhabitants but the very island itself. Written in a clear, unsentimental style, full of brusque humour,...(展开全部)

多丽丝•莱辛 英国著名作家，诺贝尔文学奖得主。囊括毛姆文学奖、英国皇家文学会荣誉奖等几十项文学大奖，被誉为继弗吉尼亚•伍尔芙之后英国最伟大的女作家。 1919年出生于波斯（现伊朗），英裔，年随父母迁居南非罗得西亚（现津巴布韦）。家境困窘，因眼疾辍学，16岁开始工作谋生，做过电话接线员、保姆、速记员等。1949年回到英国故乡，翌年以处女作《野草在歌唱》步入文坛，一举成名。自1952年起，五部曲系列小说《暴力的儿女们》的陆续发表，为她赢来世界声誉。1962年，代表作《金色笔记》问世，引起剧烈反响，堪称当代世界文学经典之作。1973年，里程碑力作《天黑前的夏天》隆重面市，以独到的眼光审视中年女性的精神危机，获得如潮好评，被《纽约时报》誉为“继马尔克斯的《百年孤独》之后最好的小说。” 1974年，又一部重磅作品《幸存者回忆录》以富于哲人气质的深邃和诗人的想象...(展开全部)

多丽丝•莱辛 英国著名作家，诺贝尔文学奖得主。囊括毛姆文学奖、英国皇家文学会荣誉奖等几十项文学大奖，被誉为继弗吉尼亚•伍尔芙之后英国最伟大的女作家。 1919年出生于波斯（现伊朗），英裔，年随父母迁居南非罗得西亚（现津巴布韦）。家境困窘，因眼疾辍学，16岁开始工作谋生，做过电话接线员、保姆、速记员等。1949年回到英国故乡，翌年以处女作《野草在歌唱》步入文坛，一举成名。自1952年起，五部曲系列小说《暴力的儿女们》的陆续发表，为她赢来世界声誉。1962年，代表作《金色笔记》问世，引起剧烈反响，堪称当代世界文学经典之作。1973年，里程碑力作《天黑前的夏天》隆重面市，以独到的眼光审视中年女性的精神危机，获得如潮好评，被《纽约时报》誉为“继马尔克斯的《百年孤独》之后最好的小说。” 1974年，又一部重磅作品《幸存者回忆录》以富于哲人气质的深邃和诗人的想象...(展开全部)

In Japanese folklore, a ghost that arise from the burial of a pregnant woman is an Ubume . The Summer of Ubume is the first of Japan's hugely popular Kyogokudo series, which has 9 titles and 4 spinoffs thus far. Akihiko "Kyogokudo" Chuzenji, the title's hero, is an exorcist with a twist: he doesn't blieve in ghosts. To circumnavigate his clients' inability to come to gri...(展开全部)

希莉·哈斯特维特（Siri Hustvedt, 1955- ），美国作家。她生于明尼苏达州的诺斯菲尔德，1978年搬到纽约，1986年在哥伦比亚大学获得英语文学博士学位。她共著有五部小说，即《一个美国人的悲哀》《着迷的莉莉·达尔》《眼罩》《我所热爱的东西》和《没有男人的夏天》，后两部作品均为国际畅销书。此外，她还出版了三部散文集和一部学术著作。她现在定居布鲁克林，她的丈夫保罗·奥斯特同为美国著名作家。

Out of the blue, your husband of thirty years asks you for a pause in your marriage to indulge his infatuation with a young Frenchwoman. Do you: a) assume it's a passing affair and play along b) angrily declare the marriage over c) crack up d) retreat to a safe haven and regroup? Mia Fredricksen cracks up first, then decamps for the summer to the prairie town of her childhood, ...(展开全部)

Out of the blue, your husband of thirty years asks you for a pause in your marriage to indulge his infatuation with a young Frenchwoman. Do you: a) assume it's a passing affair and play along b) angrily declare the marriage over c) crack up d) retreat to a safe haven and regroup? Mia Fredricksen cracks up first, then decamps for the summer to the prairie town of her childhood, ...(展开全部)