[英]威廉·萨默塞特·毛姆 小说家，剧作家。现实主义文学代表人物。 毕业于伦敦圣托马斯医学院，后弃医从文。 在现实主义文学没落期坚持创作，并奠定文学史上经典地位。 倡导以无所偏袒的观察者角度写作，包容看待人性， 尽可能保持作品的客观性和真实性， 反对将小说当作"布道的讲坛"而交由读者自行判断。 1946年，设立萨黙塞特·毛姆奖，奖励优秀年轻作家。 1952年，牛津大学授予名誉博士学位。 1954年，英王室授予"荣誉侍从"称号。

[英]威廉·萨默塞特·毛姆 小说家，剧作家。现实主义文学代表人物。 毕业于伦敦圣托马斯医学院，后弃医从文。 在现实主义文学没落期坚持创作，并奠定文学史上经典地位。 倡导以无所偏袒的观察者角度写作，包容看待人性， 尽可能保持作品的客观性和真实性， 反对将小说当作"布道的讲坛"而交由读者自行判断。 1946年，设立萨黙塞特·毛姆奖，奖励优秀年轻作家。 1952年，牛津大学授予名誉博士学位。 1954年，英王室授予"荣誉侍从"称号。

I note that I’ve lived longer in the past, now, than I can expect to live in the future. I have more to remember than I have to look forward to. Memory fades, not much of the past stays, and I wouldn’t mind forgetting a lot more of it.

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)

这本毛姆的短篇故事集收录了他创作的6个发生在南太平洋小岛上的故事，奠定了他作为短篇小说家的地位。打开本书仿佛打开六罐不同风味的热带水果罐头，在浓郁的异国风情之下，渗透出不同的人生滋味。

South of No North is a collection of short stories written by Charles Bukowski that explore loneliness and struggles on the fringes of society.

Ryoko Kui, the master storyteller behind the beloved manga series Delicious in Dungeon, pens seven brand-new tales that will delight fantasy fans and manga devotees equally. Covering a broad range of themes and time periods, no two stories in this collection are alike!

In South of the Border, West of the Sun , the simple arc of a man's life--with its attendant rhythms of success and disappointment--becomes the exquisite literary terrain of Haruki Murakami's most haunting work. Born in 1951 in an affluent Tokyo suburb, Hajime-- beginning in Japanese--has arrived at middle age wanting for almost nothing. The postwar years have brought him a...(展开全部)

In South of the Border, West of the Sun , the simple arc of a man's life--with its attendant rhythms of success and disappointment--becomes the exquisite literary terrain of Haruki Murakami's most haunting work. Born in 1951 in an affluent Tokyo suburb, Hajime-- beginning in Japanese--has arrived at middle age wanting for almost nothing. The postwar years have brought him a...(展开全部)