Infamous for the murder of Maria Iribarne, the artist Juan Pablo Castel is now writing a detailed account of his relationship with the victim from his prison cell: obsessed from the first moment he saw her examining one of his paintings, Castel had become fixated on her over the next months and fantasized over how they might meet again. When he happened upon her one day, a rela...(展开全部)

Thirty years in the making, William Gass's second novel first appeared on the literary scene in 1995, at which time it was promptly hailed as an indisputable masterpiece. The story of a middle aged professor who, upon completion of his massive historical study, Guilt and Innocence in Hitler's Germany, finds himself writing a novel about his own life instead of the introduction ...(展开全部)

A classic novel from the mind of the storyteller who captures the imagination of readers from around the world, and across two generationsThe final exam for Dr. Matson's Advanced Survival class was meant to be just that: only a test. But something has gone terribly wrong...and now Rod Walker and his fellow students are stranded somewhere unknown in the universe, beyond contact ...(展开全部)

Thirty years in the making, William Gass's second novel first appeared on the literary scene in 1995, at which time it was promptly hailed as an indisputable masterpiece. The story of a middle aged professor who, upon completion of his massive historical study, Guilt and Innocence in Hitler's Germany, finds himself writing a novel about his own life instead of the introduction ...(展开全部)

A survey of the various ways--often unrecognized and overlooked--whereby Christianity has impacted the world, making the world a better place and enriching our everyday living.

Iris Murdoch's debut--a comic novel about work and love, wealth and fame Jake Donaghue, garrulous artist, meets Hugo Bellfounder, silent philosopher. Jake, hack writer and sponger, now penniless flat-hunter, seeks out an old girlfriend, Anna Quentin, and her glamorous actress sister, Sadie. He resumes acquaintance with the formidable Hugo, whose 'philosophy' he once presumptuou...(展开全部)

作者阿努克和刘易斯，一直致力于唤起每个人对环境保护的意识，他们的作品大都关注环境保护，简单而富有诗意语言、变幻的立体画面，用图画触动每个人内心对于自然、对于地球的关注与爱。

ロウランド伯爵邸に家庭教師として来たレイチェルは、そのひたむきさで徐々に生徒であるロウランド家の子供たちと心を通わせつつあった。ただ一人の心を除いては…。

Iris Murdoch's debut--a comic novel about work and love, wealth and fame Jake Donaghue, garrulous artist, meets Hugo Bellfounder, silent philosopher. Jake, hack writer and sponger, now penniless flat-hunter, seeks out an old girlfriend, Anna Quentin, and her glamorous actress sister, Sadie. He resumes acquaintance with the formidable Hugo, whose 'philosophy' he once presumptuou...(展开全部)

"An original and fresh tale, quite unlike anything else I have read from Africa. I enjoyed it very much."-Doris Lessing"A peculiarily African sensibility . . . a writer of fluid, fragmentary narratives. . . . Remarkable."-"New Statesman"A police inspector is investigating a strange murder-a case in which all the suspects are eager to claim responsibility for the act.Set in a fo...(展开全部)