连·戴顿（Len Deighton，1929—）,英国著名间谍小说作家，1929年生于英国伦敦，曾在英国皇家空军服役，毕业于皇家艺术学院。戴顿的母亲是一名兼职厨师，在他十一岁时，目睹了安娜·沃尔科夫被捕（她母亲的客户之一）。安娜·沃尔科夫是一名纳粹间谍，并被控窃取了丘吉尔和罗斯福之间的私人信件。戴顿日后说起此事时表示，正因为儿时这个不同寻常的经历，才使得他走上写作道路时，第一个想尝试的题材就是间谍小说。 戴顿还是一位插画师，他除了为纽约和伦敦的机构绘制广告插画外，还为200余本书籍及杂志设计封面。他的处女作《伊普克雷斯档案》在1962年一经面世便名声大噪。戴顿曾说，之所以在全是牛津剑桥毕业生的当权派之外选择一位工薪阶层间谍作为主角，是因为他在伦敦广告机构工作时，全体董事会成员中只有他一人没上过伊顿公学。 戴顿与他笔下冷静深沉、却有独一无二幽默感、出身...(展开全部)

蒂莫西·加顿艾什（Timothy Garton Ash）：当代西方最重要的政治写作者之一，牛津大学历史学教授、英国《卫报》专栏作家、中东欧当代史专家，著有《波兰革命》、《档案：一部个人史》、《事实即颠覆：无以名之的十年的政治写作》等。

This is the first comprehensive introduction to Benjamin's unfinished "Arcades Project" - one of the most significant cultural documents of the Weimar Republic and Nazi era. Walter Benjamin's unfinished "Arcades Project" has had a remarkable impact on present-day cultural theory, urban studies, cultural studies and literary interpretation. Originally designed as a panoramic stu...(展开全部)

This book analyses the development of Benjamin's concept of experience in his early writings showing that it emerges from an engagement with visual experience, and in particular the experience of colour.

In September 1940, Walter Benjamin committed suicide in Port Bou on the Spanish-French border when it appeared that he and his travelling partners would be denied passage into Spain in their attempt to escape the Nazis. In 2002, one of anthropology’s—and indeed today’s—most distinctive writers, Michael Taussig, visited Benjamin’s grave in Port Bou. The result is “Walter Benjami...(展开全部)

In September 1940, Walter Benjamin committed suicide in Port Bou on the Spanish-French border when it appeared that he and his travelling partners would be denied passage into Spain in their attempt to escape the Nazis. In 2002, one of anthropology's - and indeed today's - most distinctive writers, Michael Taussig, visited Benjamin's grave in Port Bou. The result is "Walter Ben...(展开全部)