Skin, Steven Connor argues, has never been more visible. "The Book of Skin explores the multiple functions of the skin in the cultures of the West. In this vividly illustrated book, Connor draws on evidence from a variety of sources including literary and other forms of public and private writing, especially medical texts, as well as painting, photography, and film, folklore an...(展开全部)

"The Skin of the Sky" is the story of Lorenzo de Tena, a Mexican astronomer born in the 1930s. The illegitimate son of a wealthy Mexico City businessman and a poor, but intelligent, peasant woman, Lorenzo is introduced to science (pasteurization and the wonders of flight) by his mother, beginning his lifelong passion.When his mother dies, Lorenzo and his siblings are taken to l...(展开全部)

“It is a shameful thing to win a war.” The reliably unorthodox Curzio Malaparte’s own service as an Italian liaison officer with the Allies during the invasion of Italy was the basis for this searing and surreal novel, in which the contradictions inherent in any attempt to simultaneously conquer and liberate a people beset the triumphant but ingenuous American forces as they ma...(展开全部)

库尔齐奥▪马拉巴特（1898-1957） Curzio Malaparte 意大利作家、记者、外交官。因其代表作《完蛋》（1944）、《皮》（1949）等获得国际声誉。1951年导演电影《被禁止的基督》，提名戛纳电影节金棕榈奖，获柏林电影节柏林市特别奖。

库尔齐奥▪马拉巴特（1898-1957） Curzio Malaparte 意大利作家、记者、外交官。因其代表作《完蛋》（1944）、《皮》（1949）等获得国际声誉。1951年导演电影《被禁止的基督》，提名戛纳电影节金棕榈奖，获柏林电影节柏林市特别奖。

“It is a shameful thing to win a war.” The reliably unorthodox Curzio Malaparte’s own service as an Italian liaison officer with the Allies during the invasion of Italy was the basis for this searing and surreal novel, in which the contradictions inherent in any attempt to simultaneously conquer and liberate a people beset the triumphant but ingenuous American forces as they ma...(展开全部)

Life under Brazil’s brutal “cordial racism” comes painfully alive in this novel of fathers and sons. How do you become the protagonist of your own life? For Pedro, it means searching for his murdered father in the objects he left behind―an archeology of affections. Investigating and retracing his family’s trajectory through the streets of the city of Porto Alegre and the morass...(展开全部)

When his grandfather dies, a boy named Jay travels south with his family to the property he left them, a once flourishing farm that has fallen into disrepair. The trees are diseased, the fields parched from months of drought. Still, Jay’s father, Jack, sends him out to work the land, or whatever land is left. Over the course of these hot, dense days, Jay finds himself drawn to ...(展开全部)