美国当地时间2017年4月10日，科尔森·怀特黑德凭借《地下铁道》成为二十一世纪唯一凭借同一部小说擒得美国国家图书奖和普利策奖的小说家，跻身福克纳、安•波特、马拉默德、厄普代克、沃克、普鲁之列！ 2016年8月，科尔森·怀特黑德构思长达16年的长篇小说《地下铁道》出版，入选奥普拉读书俱乐部推荐书目，被奥巴马列入夏季书单，11月获得美国国家图书奖，自此“地下铁道旋风”席卷全美，作品进入年底全部选书榜单。科尔森·怀特黑德被媒体誉为“美国在世作家中最出类拔萃的一个”。 科尔森·怀特黑德（Colson Whitehead，1969— ），生于纽约，在上东区长大，童年时期就立志成为作家。毕业于哈佛大学。获得过麦克阿瑟天才奖、古根海姆奖及怀丁作家奖。 他写过六部小说，两部非虚构作品。1999年发表处女作《直觉主义者》(The Intuiti onist)即引起广...(展开全部)

On a rainy day, Sylvester finds a magic pebble that can make wishes come true. But when a lion frightens him on his way home, Sylvester makes a wish that brings unexpected results. How Sylvester is eventually reunited with his loving family and restored to his true self makes a story that is beautifully tender and filled with magic. Illustrated with William Steig's glowing pic...(展开全部)

Sylvester the donkey finds a magic pebble and unthinkingly wishes himself a rock when frightened by a lion. Although safe from the lion, Sylvester cannot hold the pebble to wish himself into a donkey again. Caldecott Medal winner. Full-color illustrations.

On a rainy day, Sylvester finds a magic pebble that can make wishes come true. But when a lion frightens him on his way home, Sylvester makes a wish that brings unexpected results. How Sylvester is eventually reunited with his loving family and restored to his true self makes a story that is beautifully tender and filled with magic. Illustrated with William Steig's glowing pic...(展开全部)

Matthew J. Payne is assistant professor of history at Emory University.

The Turkestano-Siberian Railroad, or Turksib, was one of the great construction projects of the Soviet Union's First Five-Year Plan. As the major icon to ending the economic "backwardness" of the USSR's minority republics, it stood apart from similar efforts as one of the most potent metaphors for the creation of a unified socialist nation. Built between December 1926 and Janu...(展开全部)

The Turkestano-Siberian Railroad, or Turksib, was one of the great construction projects of the Soviet Union's First Five-Year Plan. As the major icon to ending the economic "backwardness" of the USSR's minority republics, it stood apart from similar efforts as one of the most potent metaphors for the creation of a unified socialist nation. Built between December 1926 and Janu...(展开全部)

Matthew J. Payne is assistant professor of history at Emory University.

In The Magic a great mystery from a sacred text is revealed, and with this knowledge Rhonda Byrne takes the reader on a life-changing journey for 28 days. Step by step, day-by-day, secret teachings, revelations, and scientific law are brought together to form 28 simple practices that open the reader's eyes to a new world, and lead them to a dream life.

Before Sartre, before Beckett, before Robbe-Grillet, Maurice Blanchot created the 'new novel, ' the ultimate post-modern fiction. Written between 1932 and 1940, Blanchot's first novel, here brilliantly translated by Robert Lamberton, contains all the remarkable aspects of his famous and perplexing invention, 'the ontological narrative'--a tale whose subject is the nature of bei...(展开全部)