This volume, winner while still in manuscript form of the Italo Calvino and PEN Renato Poggioli translation awards, gathers together diverse writings by long-neglected Jewish-Italian author Saba (1883-1957), whose short novel Ernesto is his only prose previously published in English. Stories, essays, mini-memoirs, letters and "shortcuts"--nuggets of literary observation--will i...(展开全部)

Umberto Saba’s reputation in Italy and Europe has steadily grown since his death in 1957, and today he is positioned alongside Eugenio Montale and Giuseppe Ungaretti as one of the three most important Italian poets of the first half of the twentieth century. Until now, however, English-language readers have had access to only a few examples of this poet’s work. This bilingual v...(展开全部)

The author of The Satanic Verses returns with his most humorous and accessible novel yet. This is the story of Haroun, a 12-year-old boy whose father Rashid is the greatest storyteller in a city so sad that it has forgotten its name. When the gift of gab suddenly deserts Rashid, Haroun sets out on an adventure to rescue his print.

Haroun and the Sea of Stories is a 1990 children's book[1] by Salman Rushdie. It was Rushdie's first novel after The Satanic Verses. It is a phantasmagorical story set in a city so old and ruinous that it has forgotten its name. Haroun and the Sea of Stories is an allegory for several problems existing in society today, especially in India and the Indian subcontinent. It looks ...(展开全部)

尤金・P・维格纳，著名物理学家，1902年生于匈牙利，1995年逝世于美国。他曾长期担任美国普林斯顿大学教授，并在第二次世界大战期间主持过曼哈顿计划中的一个重要项目。维格纳是1963年诺贝尔物理学奖获得者，还曾先后荣获费米奖、和平利用原子能奖等。 安德鲁・桑顿，美国自由作家。毕业于普林斯顿大学历史系，曾在史密森博物馆专门从事曼哈顿工程历史研究。

尤金・P・维格纳，著名物理学家，1902年生于匈牙利，1995年逝世于美国。他曾长期担任美国普林斯顿大学教授，并在第二次世界大战期间主持过曼哈顿计划中的一个重要项目。维格纳是1963年诺贝尔物理学奖获得者，还曾先后荣获费米奖、和平利用原子能奖等。 安德鲁・桑顿，美国自由作家。毕业于普林斯顿大学历史系，曾在史密森博物馆专门从事曼哈顿工程历史研究。

本书为公版书，为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品，供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。

本书为公版书，为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品，供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。

The volume includes: "Youth"; "The Secret Sharer"; "The Lagoon"; "An Outpost of Progress"; "Il Conde"; and, "The Duel". The intention is a range of settings - we move from the sea to the colonial world, the Far East and Africa to England and then the Continent.