Colette began writing "Break of Day" in her early fifties, at Saint-Tropez on the Cote d'Azur, where she had bought a small house after the breakup of her second marriage. The novel's theme--the renunciation of love and the return to an independent existence supported and enriched by the beauty and peace of nature--grows out of Colette's own period of self-assessment in the mid...(展开全部)

A young cancer researcher ventures through the streets, slums, and subcultures of Francoist Madrid in this widely roving, linguistically inventive novel—a sort of Spanish Ulysses, but infused with the grotesquerie and dark comedy of Goya—available here in a new translation and with previously censored material restored. This novel of abortion and murder set in the squalor of th...(展开全部)

阿莱霍·卡彭铁尔（1904-1980），古巴著名小说家、新闻记者、音乐理论家、文学批评家、外交官，拉丁美洲文坛巨匠。他将超现实主义和本地化融为一体，全面地反映了拉美大陆的现状，对拉美文学的发展起过巨大的推动作用，被尊为拉丁美洲小说的先行者。 卡彭铁尔1904年生于瑞士洛桑，在哈瓦那度过童年后，去巴黎读中学，再回到古巴，在哈瓦那大学攻读音乐和建筑学，在文学、历史、哲学、音乐、建筑、绘画方面皆有颇高造诣，是拉丁美洲文学界少有的百科全书式作家。1927年，卡彭铁尔因反对马查多独裁统治而被捕，在短暂的坐牢期间，他开始写作第一部长篇小说《埃古-扬巴-奥》。出狱后，他被迫流亡法国十载。 1939年，卡彭铁尔回到古巴，执教于哈瓦那大学，后曾旅居于委内瑞拉、海地等国，1959年古巴革命胜利后再次回国，成为古巴文学艺术界的领军人物。他创作的长篇小说《消逝的足迹》、《人...(展开全部)

The spell of rain, gulls, a foggy morning, the excitement of sailing, the quiet of the night, the sudden terror of a hurricane, and the peace of a Maine island as a family packs up to leave are shown in poetic language and vibrant, evocative pictures.

The spell of rain, gulls, a foggy morning, the excitement of sailing, the quiet of the night, the sudden terror of a hurricane, and the peace of a Maine island as a family packs up to leave are shown in poetic language and vibrant, evocative pictures.

The spell of rain, gulls, a foggy morning, the excitement of sailing, the quiet of the night, the sudden terror of a hurricane, and the peace of a Maine island as a family packs up to leave are shown in poetic language and vibrant, evocative pictures. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

阿莱霍·卡彭铁尔（1904-1980），古巴著名小说家、新闻记者、音乐理论家、文学批评家、外交官，拉丁美洲文坛巨匠。他将超现实主义和本地化融为一体，全面地反映了拉美大陆的现状，对拉美文学的发展起过巨大的推动作用，被尊为拉丁美洲小说的先行者。 卡彭铁尔1904年生于瑞士洛桑，在哈瓦那度过童年后，去巴黎读中学，再回到古巴，在哈瓦那大学攻读音乐和建筑学，在文学、历史、哲学、音乐、建筑、绘画方面皆有颇高造诣，是拉丁美洲文学界少有的百科全书式作家。1927年，卡彭铁尔因反对马查多独裁统治而被捕，在短暂的坐牢期间，他开始写作第一部长篇小说《埃古-扬巴-奥》。出狱后，他被迫流亡法国十载。 1939年，卡彭铁尔回到古巴，执教于哈瓦那大学，后曾旅居于委内瑞拉、海地等国，1959年古巴革命胜利后再次回国，成为古巴文学艺术界的领军人物。他创作的长篇小说《消逝的足迹》、《人...(展开全部)

A young cancer researcher ventures through the streets, slums, and subcultures of Francoist Madrid in this widely roving, linguistically inventive novel—a sort of Spanish Ulysses, but infused with the grotesquerie and dark comedy of Goya—available here in a new translation and with previously censored material restored. This novel of abortion and murder set in the squalor of th...(展开全部)

The Light of Day was the basis for Jules Dassin’s classic film, Topkapi . When Arthur Abdel Simpson first spots Harper in the Athens airport, he recognizes him as a tourist unfamiliar with city and in need of a private driver. In other words, the perfect mark for Simpson’s brand of entrepreneurship. But Harper proves to be more the spider than the fly when he catches Simps...(展开全部)