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)

【作者简介】 S. C. 格温（S. C. Gwynne）, 曾任《时代》杂志分社社长、驻外通讯员和高级编辑。他后来担任《得克萨斯月刊》的执行主编。他在普林斯顿大学主修历史，1974年毕业。他还在约翰斯·霍普金斯大学主修创意写作硕士课程，获得了研究生奖学金，并师从小说家约翰·巴特。他与妻子和女儿住在德克萨斯州的奥斯汀。 【译者简介】 卢树群 新闻编辑、战地记者，长期从事国际新闻采写、编译工作，曾驻阿富汗、缅甸。

【作者简介】 S. C. 格温（S. C. Gwynne）, 曾任《时代》杂志分社社长、驻外通讯员和高级编辑。他后来担任《得克萨斯月刊》的执行主编。他在普林斯顿大学主修历史，1974年毕业。他还在约翰斯·霍普金斯大学主修创意写作硕士课程，获得了研究生奖学金，并师从小说家约翰·巴特。他与妻子和女儿住在德克萨斯州的奥斯汀。 【译者简介】 卢树群 新闻编辑、战地记者，长期从事国际新闻采写、编译工作，曾驻阿富汗、缅甸。

The award-winning, bittersweet sci-fi tale of a mysterious tunnel, time travel, and young summer love that inspired an anime film. Don’t miss the manga adaptation and the light novel Wait For Me Yesterday in Spring (by the same creators), both also from Seven Seas! One summer morning before school, Kaoru hears an unsettling rumor—of a mysterious tunnel that can grant any wish t...(展开全部)

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)

The Ministry of Utmost Happiness takes us on an intimate journey of many years across the Indian subcontinent—from the cramped neighborhoods of Old Delhi and the roads of the new city to the mountains and valleys of Kashmir and beyond, where war is peace and peace is war. It is an aching love story and a decisive remonstration, a story told in a whisper, in a shout, through uns...(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)

Revolt and upheaval in medieval Britain by a brilliant new narrative historian, 'Summer of Blood' breaks new ground in its portrayal of the personalities and politics of the bloody days of June 1381. The Peasants' Revolt of 1381 is one of the most dramatic and bloody events in English history. Starting with village riots in the Essex countryside, chaos rapidly spread across mu...(展开全部)