Common sense suggests that it is always preferable to have more options than fewer, and better to have more knowledge than less. This provocative book argues that, very often, common sense fails. Sometimes it is simply the case that less is more; people may benefit from being constrained in their options or from being ignorant. The three long essays that constitute this book re...(展开全部)

Common sense suggests that it is always preferable to have more options than fewer, and better to have more knowledge than less. This provocative book argues that, very often, common sense fails. Sometimes it is simply the case that less is more; people may benefit from being constrained in their options or from being ignorant. The three long essays that constitute this book re...(展开全部)

This revised volume follows the complete unabridged text as corrected in 1961. Contains the original foreword by the author and the historic court ruling to remove the federal ban. It also contains page references to the first American edition of 1934.

Written over a seven-year period, from 1914 to 1921, this book has survived bowdlerization, legal action and controversy. The novel dea ls with the events of one day in Dublin, 16th June 1904, now known as "Bloomsday". The principal characters are Stephen Dedalus, Leopold Bloom and his wife Molly. "Ulysses" has been labelled dirty, blasphemous and unreadable.In a famous 1933 co...(展开全部)

Leopold Bloom er ingen helt og især ingen romantisk helt. Vi følger ham, mens han går op til sin kone og giver hende morgenmad på sengen; Bloom er en tøffelhelt. Så beskrives han, i detaljer, i et nødvendigt ærinde til hjertehuset længst nede i haven. Denne mand er vor tids Ulysses (Odusseus). Joyce gav sin roman navn efter Homers helt, krigeren fra Troja, som krydser sig frem ...(展开全部)

詹姆斯·乔伊斯（James Joyce, 1882-1941）是20世纪西方富有独创性和影响很大的作家。生于爱尔兰首都都柏林。他一生颠沛流离，辗转于的里雅斯特、罗马、巴黎等地，多以教授英语和为报刊撰稿糊口，又饱受眼疾折磨，到晚年几乎完全失明；但他对文学矢志不渝，勤奋写作，终成一代巨匠。《尤利西斯》是他的代表作。

Written over a seven-year period, from 1914 to 1921, this book has survived bowdlerization, legal action and controversy. The novel dea ls with the events of one day in Dublin, 16th June 1904, now known as "Bloomsday". The principal characters are Stephen Dedalus, Leopold Bloom and his wife Molly. "Ulysses" has been labelled dirty, blasphemous and unreadable.In a famous 1933 co...(展开全部)

Leopold Bloom er ingen helt og især ingen romantisk helt. Vi følger ham, mens han går op til sin kone og giver hende morgenmad på sengen; Bloom er en tøffelhelt. Så beskrives han, i detaljer, i et nødvendigt ærinde til hjertehuset længst nede i haven. Denne mand er vor tids Ulysses (Odusseus). Joyce gav sin roman navn efter Homers helt, krigeren fra Troja, som krydser sig frem ...(展开全部)

This revised volume follows the complete unabridged text as corrected in 1961. Contains the original foreword by the author and the historic court ruling to remove the federal ban. It also contains page references to the first American edition of 1934.

Not since World War II has Japan faced a crisis like the one before it now. An apparently endless recession has weakened the foundations of the traditional family and severed the bond between Japan's corporations and employees. Unruly children turn classrooms into battlefields. Ultranationalist pride and xenophobia are celebrated in best-selling comic books and championed by...(展开全部)