In this brilliant new work of history, Adam Hochschild follows a group of characters connected by blood ties, close friendships or personal enmities and shows how the war exposed the divisions between them. They include the brother and sister whose views on the war could not have been more diametrically opposed -- he a career soldier, she a committed pacifist; the politician wh...(展开全部)

In this brilliant new work of history, Adam Hochschild follows a group of characters connected by blood ties, close friendships or personal enmities and shows how the war exposed the divisions between them. They include the brother and sister whose views on the war could not have been more diametrically opposed he a career soldier, she a committed pacifist; the politician whos...(展开全部)

World War I stands as one of history's most senseless spasms of carnage, defying rational explanation.In a riveting, suspenseful narrative with haunting echoes for our own time, Adam Hochschild bringsit to life as never before. He focuses on thelong-ignored moral drama of the war's critics, alongside its generals and heroes. Thrown in jail for their opposition to the war were B...(展开全部)

World War I stands as one of history's most senseless spasms of carnage, defying rational explanation.In a riveting, suspenseful narrative with haunting echoes for our own time, Adam Hochschild bringsit to life as never before. He focuses on thelong-ignored moral drama of the war's critics, alongside its generals and heroes. Thrown in jail for their opposition to the war were B...(展开全部)

World War I stands as one of history's most senseless spasms of carnage, defying rational explanation.In a riveting, suspenseful narrative with haunting echoes for our own time, Adam Hochschild bringsit to life as never before. He focuses on thelong-ignored moral drama of the war's critics, alongside its generals and heroes. Thrown in jail for their opposition to the war were B...(展开全部)

约翰•斯卡尔齐（John Scalzi） 美国当红科幻作家，美国科幻与奇幻作家协会前会长。三次获得雨果奖，十次入围。2005年，他以《老人的战争》成名，获得2006年约翰•W.坎贝尔优秀新人奖。2013年，他凭借《红衫》包揽雨果奖、轨迹奖两项大奖。 斯卡尔齐深受罗伯特·海因莱因、奥森·斯科特·卡德等人的影响，题材多以惊险刺激的军事科幻为主，擅长运用对话推动情节发展，人物风格各异，语言辛辣幽默。其作品已被翻译成二十多种语言，深受各国读者的欢迎。 “老人的战争”六部曲是斯卡尔齐的代表作，该系列一共五次入围雨果奖、轨迹奖，并多次获得日本星云赏、以色列格芬奖等国际大奖。《万物的终结》是“老人的战争”六部曲的终结篇。历经十年创作的“老人的战争”六部曲以及“老屁帮”成员们的太空冒险故事在本书中迎来大结局。

This brilliantly ironic novel about literature and writing, in Vila-Matas’s trademark witty and erudite style, is told in the form of a lecture delivered by a novelist clearly a version of the author himself. The “lecturer” tells of his two-year stint living in Marguerite Duras’s garret during the seventies, spending time with writers, intellectuals, and eccentrics, and trying ...(展开全部)

After reading A Moveable Feast, aspiring novelist Enrique Vila-Matas moves to Paris to be closer to his literary idol, Ernest Hemingway. Surrounded by the writers, artists and eccentrics of '70s Parisian café culture, he dresses in black, buys two pairs of reading glasses, and smokes a pipe like Sartre. Now, in later life, he reflects on his youth while giving a three-day lectu...(展开全部)

After reading A Moveable Feast, aspiring novelist Enrique Vila-Matas moves to Paris to be closer to his literary idol, Ernest Hemingway. Surrounded by the writers, artists and eccentrics of '70s Parisian café culture, he dresses in black, buys two pairs of reading glasses, and smokes a pipe like Sartre. Now, in later life, he reflects on his youth while giving a three-day lectu...(展开全部)

This brilliantly ironic novel about literature and writing, in Vila-Matas’s trademark witty and erudite style, is told in the form of a lecture delivered by a novelist clearly a version of the author himself. The “lecturer” tells of his two-year stint living in Marguerite Duras’s garret during the seventies, spending time with writers, intellectuals, and eccentrics, and trying ...(展开全部)