Louise has had enough of her twin sister. Caroline is beautiful. Caroline is talented. Caroline is "better." Growing up on the small island of Rass in Chesapeake Bay, Caroline seems to do nothing but take from Louise: their parents' love, Louise's chances for an education, her dreams for the future. They have spent their lives entwined -- sleeping in the same room, eating at th...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 Esau have I hated . . . Sara Louise Bradshaw is sick and tired of her beautiful twin Caroline. Ever since they were born, Caroline has been the pretty one, the talented one, the better sister. Even now, Caroline seems to take everything: Louise's friends, their parents' love, her dreams for the future. For once in her life, Louise wants to be the special one. But...(展开全部)

I was proud of my sister, but that year, something began to rankle beneath the pride. Louise has had enough of her twin sister. Caroline is beautiful. Caroline is talented. Caroline is better. Growing up on the small island of Rass in Chesapeake Bay, Caroline seems to do nothing but take from Louise: their parents' love, Louise's chances for an education, her dreams for the f...(展开全部)

One of the late Shusaku Endo's finest works, The Samurai tells of the journey of some of the first Japanese to set foot on European soil and the resulting clash of cultures and politics.

One of the late Shusaku Endo's finest works, The Samurai tells of the journey of some of the first Japanese to set foot on European soil and the resulting clash of cultures and politics.

The winter of 1578, four years prior to the Honnnoji Incident. Araki Murashige has betrayed his ally Oda Nobunaga and holed himself up in Arioka Castle—but a string of strange incidents within the castle walls has him at his wits’ end. The desperate warlord’s only hope in solving these mysteries is imprisoned in the castle’s dungeon: a man named Kuroda Kanbei, one of Oda’s most...(展开全部)

三岛由纪夫，日本小说家，剧作家，记者，电影制作人，电影演员，是日本战后文学的大师之一，不仅在日本文坛拥有高度声誉，在西方世界也有崇高的评价，甚至有人誉称他为“日本的海明威”，曾二度入围诺贝尔文学奖，也是著作被翻译成英文等外国语版最多的当代作家。后为极端激进政治目的自杀谏世。

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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。