For fans of Ann Patchett's Bel Canto, Annie Proulx's Accordion Crimes, Amanda Coplin's The Orchardist A tour-de-force about two women and the piano that inexorably ties their lives together through time and across continents, for better and for worse. In 1962, in the Soviet Union, eight-year-old Katya is bequeathed what will become the love of her life: a Blüthner piano, built ...(展开全部)

Fred Wallach had been shut away in a bare shed with no way out by window or door and yet he had disappeared. To David Mallin it was not an ideal case for their first as a partnership, but George Coe was enthusiastic. David quickly solved the mystery, revealilng the missing corpse. Unfortunately, he also uncovered another problem. The reaching of the end was a harrowing experien...(展开全部)

Fred Wallach had been shut away in a bare shed with no way out by window or door and yet he had disappeared. To David Mallin it was not an ideal case for their first as a partnership, but George Coe was enthusiastic. David quickly solved the mystery, revealilng the missing corpse. Unfortunately, he also uncovered another problem. The reaching of the end was a harrowing experien...(展开全部)

In his comprehensive guide to weighing reasons, Chris Tucker explains how to weigh reasons well, from daily choices to complex ethical puzzles. There are two central claims in the book. The first concerns the weights of reasons, namely Weight Pluralism, the idea that reasons have more than one weight value and these values are not always equal. A reason's justifying weight is h...(展开全部)

In his comprehensive guide to weighing reasons, Chris Tucker explains how to weigh reasons well, from daily choices to complex ethical puzzles. There are two central claims in the book. The first concerns the weights of reasons, namely Weight Pluralism, the idea that reasons have more than one weight value and these values are not always equal. A reason's justifying weight is h...(展开全部)

Max Delmarc, age 50, is a famous concert pianist with two problems: the first is a paralyzing stage fright for which the second, alcohol, is the only treatment. In this unparalleled comedy from the Prix Concourt-winning French novelist Jean Echenoz, we journey with Max, from the trials of his everyday life, through his untimely death, and on into the afterlife. After a brief st...(展开全部)

Among the world's instruments, the piano stands out as the most versatile, powerful, and misunderstood -- even by those who have spent much of their lives learning to play. In Piano Notes, a finalist for a 2003 National Book Critics Circle Award, Charles Rosen, one of the world's most talented pianists, distills a lifetime of wisdom and lore into an unforgettable tour of the ...(展开全部)

Among the world's instruments, the piano stands out as the most versatile, powerful, and misunderstood -- even by those who have spent much of their lives learning to play. In Piano Notes, a finalist for a 2003 National Book Critics Circle Award, Charles Rosen, one of the world's most talented pianists, distills a lifetime of wisdom and lore into an unforgettable tour of the ...(展开全部)

埃尔夫丽德·耶利内克，1946年10月20日生于奥地利的米尔茨楚施拉格一个有捷克犹太血统的家庭。自幼开始学习钢琴、管风琴和长笛，后进入维也纳音乐学院就读。1964年毕业后，进入维也纳大学学习戏剧和艺术史。1971年在维也纳大学获得管风琴硕士学位。70年代初，她辗转柏林、罗马等地。1974年与戈特弗里德·许恩斯贝格结婚，居住在慕尼黑和维也纳。耶利内克很早就开始写诗，1967年出版诗集《丽莎的影子》。1970年发表讽刺小说《宝贝，我们是诱饵》。此后写下了大量的小说、戏剧、散文和诗歌作品。代表作是带有自传成分的《钢琴教师》。主要作品有长篇小说《女情人们》(1975)、《钢琴教师》(1983)、《欲》(1989)、《死者的孩子们》(1995)、《贪婪》(2000)，戏剧《克拉拉S》(1981)、《城堡戏剧》(1985)、《在阿尔卑斯山上》(2002)、《死亡...(展开全部)

埃尔夫丽德·耶利内克，1946年10月20日生于奥地利的米尔茨楚施拉格一个有捷克犹太血统的家庭。自幼开始学习钢琴、管风琴和长笛，后进入维也纳音乐学院就读。1964年毕业后，进入维也纳大学学习戏剧和艺术史。1971年在维也纳大学获得管风琴硕士学位。70年代初，她辗转柏林、罗马等地。1974年与戈特弗里德·许恩斯贝格结婚，居住在慕尼黑和维也纳。耶利内克很早就开始写诗，1967年出版诗集《丽莎的影子》。1970年发表讽刺小说《宝贝，我们是诱饵》。此后写下了大量的小说、戏剧、散文和诗歌作品。代表作是带有自传成分的《钢琴教师》。主要作品有长篇小说《女情人们》(1975)、《钢琴教师》(1983)、《欲》(1989)、《死者的孩子们》(1995)、《贪婪》(2000)，戏剧《克拉拉S》(1981)、《城堡戏剧》(1985)、《在阿尔卑斯山上》(2002)、《死亡...(展开全部)