米歇尔•法柏（MICHEL FABER, 1960—） 英国文坛近来最受瞩目的非典型欧系小说家，被誉为“惊悚大师”和狄更斯的接班人，幻想大师罗尔德•达尔与存在主义大师卡夫卡的混合体。他出生于荷兰海牙，后随父母移居澳洲，在澳洲墨尔本大学主修古代，中古世纪和现代英国文学。1993年，他搬到苏格兰高地的一座旧农场定居，那里便是本书的背景。 米歇尔•法柏曾赢得多项文学奖项，其中包括—— 惠特贝瑞奖（Whitbread Award）； 尼尔•刚恩奖（Neil Gunn Prize）； 杨•圣詹姆斯奖（Ian St James Award）； 苏格兰艺术协会奖（Scottish Arts Council Award）； 苏格兰十字年度最佳小说奖（Saltire First Book of the Year Award）。 他的作品中，《绛红与雪白的花瓣》（The...(展开全部)

Hailed as "original and unsettling, an Animal Farm for the new century" (The Wall Street Journal), this first novel lingers long after the last page has been turned. Described as a "fascinating psychological thriller" (The Baltimore Sun), this entrancing novel introduces Isserley, a female driver who picks up hitchhikers with big muscles. She, herself, is tiny-like a kid peerin...(展开全部)

Skin, Steven Connor argues, has never been more visible. "The Book of Skin explores the multiple functions of the skin in the cultures of the West. In this vividly illustrated book, Connor draws on evidence from a variety of sources including literary and other forms of public and private writing, especially medical texts, as well as painting, photography, and film, folklore an...(展开全部)

"The Skin of the Sky" is the story of Lorenzo de Tena, a Mexican astronomer born in the 1930s. The illegitimate son of a wealthy Mexico City businessman and a poor, but intelligent, peasant woman, Lorenzo is introduced to science (pasteurization and the wonders of flight) by his mother, beginning his lifelong passion.When his mother dies, Lorenzo and his siblings are taken to l...(展开全部)

“It is a shameful thing to win a war.” The reliably unorthodox Curzio Malaparte’s own service as an Italian liaison officer with the Allies during the invasion of Italy was the basis for this searing and surreal novel, in which the contradictions inherent in any attempt to simultaneously conquer and liberate a people beset the triumphant but ingenuous American forces as they ma...(展开全部)

库尔齐奥▪马拉巴特（1898-1957） Curzio Malaparte 意大利作家、记者、外交官。因其代表作《完蛋》（1944）、《皮》（1949）等获得国际声誉。1951年导演电影《被禁止的基督》，提名戛纳电影节金棕榈奖，获柏林电影节柏林市特别奖。

库尔齐奥▪马拉巴特（1898-1957） Curzio Malaparte 意大利作家、记者、外交官。因其代表作《完蛋》（1944）、《皮》（1949）等获得国际声誉。1951年导演电影《被禁止的基督》，提名戛纳电影节金棕榈奖，获柏林电影节柏林市特别奖。

“It is a shameful thing to win a war.” The reliably unorthodox Curzio Malaparte’s own service as an Italian liaison officer with the Allies during the invasion of Italy was the basis for this searing and surreal novel, in which the contradictions inherent in any attempt to simultaneously conquer and liberate a people beset the triumphant but ingenuous American forces as they ma...(展开全部)