Destined to be a modern classic from “an original and a canonical presence in Irish fiction” (Colm Tóibín), Small Things Like These is Claire Keegan’s landmark new novel, the tale of one man’s courage — and a remarkable portrait of love and family. It is 1985 in a small Irish town. During the weeks leading up to Christmas, Bill Furlong, a coal merchant and family man, who is fa...(展开全部)

It is 1985, in an Irish town. During the weeks leading up to Christmas, Bill Furlong, a coal and timber merchant, faces into his busiest season. As he does the rounds, he feels the past rising up to meet him - and encounters the complicit silences of a people controlled by the Church. The long-awaited new work from the author of Foster, Small Things Like These is an unforgettab...(展开全部)

克莱尔•吉根 （1968— ） 生于爱尔兰威克洛郡一个大家庭，是家中最小的孩子。十七岁时远赴美国路易斯安那州新奥尔良，在洛约拉大学主修英语和政治学，一九九二年回到爱尔兰，在威尔士加迪夫大学生活一年，获创意写作硕士学位，并在威尔士大学教授本科生。 故事发表于《纽约客》《格兰塔》《巴黎评论》和《美国最佳故事》。曾获得威廉•特雷弗奖、鲁尼爱尔兰文学奖、奥利弗•库克奖和二〇〇九年戴维•伯恩斯爱尔兰写作奖。其他奖项包括休•伦纳德奖学金、麦考利奖学金、马丁•希利奖、基尔肯尼奖和汤姆•加仑奖。两次获得弗朗西斯•麦克马纳斯奖，同时是温盖特奖学金获得者。都柏林圣三一学院和剑桥大学彭布罗克学院选择吉根作为二〇二一年布里纳•斯汤顿访问学者（Briena Staunton Visiting Fellow）。 二〇〇九年，小说《寄养》获得由美国作家理查德•福特担任评委的戴维...(展开全部)

‘The material contained in this volume was originally presented in the form of talks to students, teachers and parents in India, but its keen penetration and lucid simplicity will be deeply meaningful to thoughtful people everywhere, of all ages, and in every walk of life. Krishnamurti examines with characteristic objectivity and insight the expressions of what we are pleased t...(展开全部)

Destined to be a modern classic from “an original and a canonical presence in Irish fiction” (Colm Tóibín), Small Things Like These is Claire Keegan’s landmark new novel, the tale of one man’s courage — and a remarkable portrait of love and family. It is 1985 in a small Irish town. During the weeks leading up to Christmas, Bill Furlong, a coal merchant and family man, who is fa...(展开全部)

It is 1985, in an Irish town. During the weeks leading up to Christmas, Bill Furlong, a coal and timber merchant, faces into his busiest season. As he does the rounds, he feels the past rising up to meet him - and encounters the complicit silences of a people controlled by the Church. The long-awaited new work from the author of Foster, Small Things Like These is an unforgettab...(展开全部)

克莱尔•吉根 （1968— ） 生于爱尔兰威克洛郡一个大家庭，是家中最小的孩子。十七岁时远赴美国路易斯安那州新奥尔良，在洛约拉大学主修英语和政治学，一九九二年回到爱尔兰，在威尔士加迪夫大学生活一年，获创意写作硕士学位，并在威尔士大学教授本科生。 故事发表于《纽约客》《格兰塔》《巴黎评论》和《美国最佳故事》。曾获得威廉•特雷弗奖、鲁尼爱尔兰文学奖、奥利弗•库克奖和二〇〇九年戴维•伯恩斯爱尔兰写作奖。其他奖项包括休•伦纳德奖学金、麦考利奖学金、马丁•希利奖、基尔肯尼奖和汤姆•加仑奖。两次获得弗朗西斯•麦克马纳斯奖，同时是温盖特奖学金获得者。都柏林圣三一学院和剑桥大学彭布罗克学院选择吉根作为二〇二一年布里纳•斯汤顿访问学者（Briena Staunton Visiting Fellow）。 二〇〇九年，小说《寄养》获得由美国作家理查德•福特担任评委的戴维...(展开全部)

你从哪里来？又往何处去？生命是个伟大的谜，了解生命本身，比其他任何事情都重要。莫名的焦灼与恐惧，盘踞了我们的生活。我们既不自由，也不快活。我们渴望爱，但内心却变得越来越冷漠。这一切究竟是为什么？... 克里希那穆提以为，只有通过每个个体内心心灵的变化，社会才会有一个根本的变革，世界才会走向真正的和平；这种心灵的变化并不是一个逐渐的过程，而是在于片刻间所发生的觉悟；它的前提乃是智慧的获得；而这种智慧的获得则根本依赖于对自我的怀疑、批判与认识。 目录: 第一章 我们需要臬的教育 第二章 自由的问题 第三章 什么是自由什么是爱 第四章 倾听之道 第五章 富有创意的不满 第六章 圆满的人生 第七章 野心 第八章 有条理的思维 第九章 开放的心灵 第十章 内心的美 第十一章 服从和反叛 第十二章 天真的信心 第十三章 ...(展开全部)

Brief in the way a razor’s slice is brief, remarkable essays by a peerless stylist New Directions is proud to present Fleur Jaeggy’s strange and mesmerizing essays about the writers Thomas De Quincey, John Keats, and Marcel Schwob. A renowned stylist of hyper-brevity in fiction, Fleur Jaeggy proves herself an even more concise master of the essay form, albeit in a most peculiar...(展开全部)

This book is an invitation to think about why children chew pencils; why we talk to our cars, our refrigerators, our computers; rosary beads and worry beads; Cuban cigars; why we no longer wear hats that we can tip to one another and why we don't seem to long to; what has been described as bourgeois longing. It is an invitation to think about the fetishism of daily life in diff...(展开全部)