Under the Cover follows the life trajectory of a single work of fiction from its initial inspiration to its reception by reviewers and readers. The subject is Jarrettsville, a historical novel by Cornelia Nixon, which was published in 2009 and based on an actual murder committed by an ancestor of Nixon's in the postbellum South. Clayton Childress takes you behind the scenes to ...(展开全部)

The Fourth Edition is again based on Robert Kimbrough's meticulously re-edited text. Missing words have been restored and the entire novel has been repunctuated in accordance with Conrad's style. The result is the first published version of Heart of Darkness that allows readers to hear Marlow's voice as Conrad heard it when he wrote the story. " Backgrounds and Contexts " pr...(展开全部)

The Fourth Edition is again based on Robert Kimbrough's meticulously re-edited text. Missing words have been restored and the entire novel has been repunctuated in accordance with Conrad's style. The result is the first published version of Heart of Darkness that allows readers to hear Marlow's voice as Conrad heard it when he wrote the story. " Backgrounds and Contexts " pr...(展开全部)

People of Darkness is a crime novel by American writer Tony Hillerman, the fourth in the Joe Leaphorn/Jim Chee Navajo Tribal Police series, first published in 1980. This is the first novel in the series to feature Officer Jim Chee. The story is set in New Mexico, where Jim Chee takes a position at the Crownpoint, NM office of the Navajo Tribal Police. New crimes center around a...(展开全部)

**WINNER OF THE 2012 INDEPENDENT FOREIGN FICTION PRIZE** A new novel from the award-winning, internationally acclaimed Israeli writer (“One of the greatest writers of the age” —The Guardian ), a haunting, heartbreaking story of love and loss. The ghetto in which the Jews have been confined is being liquidated by the Nazis, and eleven-year-old Hugo is brought by his mother ...(展开全部)

阿哈龙?阿佩尔菲尔德（Aharon Appelfeld，1932— ），以色列备受尊敬和多产的作家，著有各类小说及散文四十余部，享誉全世界。1983年他因在文学领域的突出贡献，获以色列国家“以色列奖”。他的作品不仅深受久经世事的中年读者的喜爱，而且受到年轻一代读者的热捧。代表作品有《奇迹年代》《爱，降临》《不朽的巴特法斯》《致灵魂》《直到黎明的曙光》《对话》《躲在树上的孩子们》等。

The ghetto in which the Jews have been confined is being liquidated by the Nazis, and eleven-year-old Hugo is brought by his mother to the local brothel, where one of the prostitutes has agreed to hide him. Mariana is a bitterly unhappy woman who hates what she has done with her life, and night after night Hugo sits in her closet and listens uncomprehendingly as she rages at th...(展开全部)

彼得·门德尔桑德（Peter Mendelsund） 世界知名书籍装帧设计师、作家、古典钢琴演奏家。毕业于美国哥伦比亚大学文学与哲学专业，是《大西洋月刊》的创意总监，曾担任美国克诺夫出版社艺术副总监、万神殿书局艺术总监。他操刀的封面有《情人》、卡夫卡作品系列、卡尔维诺作品系列等。 《纽约时报》称他为“如今活跃着的最顶尖的设计师”。《华尔街日报》称他的作品为“当代小说封面中最具辨识度与代表性的设计”。