Relates the story of the author's grandparents and parents, who, though not famous, helped build the United States.

“When this book was first published it received some attention from the critics but none at all from the public. Nazism was finished in the bunker in Berlin and its death warrant signed on the bench at Nuremberg.” That’s Milton Mayer, writing in a foreword to the 1966 edition of They Thought They Were Free. He’s right about the critics: the book was a finalist for the National...(展开全部)

“When this book was first published it received some attention from the critics but none at all from the public. Nazism was finished in the bunker in Berlin and its death warrant signed on the bench at Nuremberg.” That’s Milton Mayer, writing in a foreword to the 1966 edition of They Thought They Were Free. He’s right about the critics: the book was a finalist for the National...(展开全部)

"Among the many books written on Germany after the collapse of Hitler's Thousand Year Reich, this book by Milton Mayer is one of the most readable and most enlightening."--Hans Kohn, "New York Times Book Review " "It is a fascinating story and a deeply moving one. And it is a story that should make people pause and think--think not only about the Germans, but also about themse...(展开全部)

Psychoanalysis is less merciful than Christianity. Where God the Father forgives our ignorance, psychoanalysis holds out no such hope. Ignorance is not a sufficient ground for forgiveness since it masks enjoyment; an enjoyment which erupts in those black holes in our symbolic universe that escape the Father's prohibition. Today, with the disintegration of state socialism, we a...(展开全部)

Psychoanalysis is less merciful than Christianity. Where God the Father forgives our ignorance, psychoanalysis holds out no such hope. Ignorance is not a sufficient ground for forgiveness since it masks enjoyment; an enjoyment which erupts in those black holes in our symbolic universe that escape the Father's prohibition. Today, with the disintegration of state socialism, we a...(展开全部)

A House Divided , the third volume of the trilogy that began with The Good Earth and Sons , is a powerful portrayal of China in the midst of revolution. Wang Yuan is caught between the opposing ideas of different generations. After 6 years abroad, Yuan returns to China in the middle of a peasant uprising. His counsin is a captain in the revolutionary army, his sis...(展开全部)

摄影师张晓说：这是个并不真实的世界，我喜欢他们。他们在某个时刻的状态已经超越了现实的自己，像是在梦游。我拍照片时很少和他们对话，只是眼神的交流，更多的时候是迅速按下快门，快门声伴随着刺眼的闪光灯直射过去，他们这才如梦初醒地诧异地看着我，等他们回过神来，我已经匆匆离开。因为他们的眼神很多是我所不敢面对的。我像是在逃避，正如逃避镜子中的我自己。

摄影师张晓说：这是个并不真实的世界，我喜欢他们。他们在某个时刻的状态已经超越了现实的自己，像是在梦游。我拍照片时很少和他们对话，只是眼神的交流，更多的时候是迅速按下快门，快门声伴随着刺眼的闪光灯直射过去，他们这才如梦初醒地诧异地看着我，等他们回过神来，我已经匆匆离开。因为他们的眼神很多是我所不敢面对的。我像是在逃避，正如逃避镜子中的我自己。

【作者】 E.M.齐奥朗（E. M. Cioran，1911—1995）， 法籍罗马尼亚裔哲学家，20世纪最负盛名的虚无主义者。 代表作有《解体概要》《在绝望之巅》《供词与放逐》《苦论》等。 【译者】 蔡羽婷，上海外国语大学文学学士，伦敦大学学院文学硕士， 芝加哥大学罗曼语语言文学专业博士在读。