With black-and-white illustrations throughout World-renowned Kenyan novelist, poet, playwright, and literary critic Ng˜ug˜ý wa Thiong’o gives us the second volume of his memoirs in the wake of his critically acclaimed Dreams in a Time of War. In the House of the Interpreter richly and poignantly evokes the author’s life and times at boarding school—the first secondary ed...(展开全部)

恩古吉•瓦•提安哥（1938— ），肯尼亚小说家、剧作家、政论家。恩古吉是非洲乃至世界文坛上知名度最高的作家之一，也是近年来诺贝尔文学奖的最热门候选人之一。1964年毕业于乌干达马赫雷雷大学，后入英国利兹大学续修文学。1967年回国，在内罗毕大学任教。1977年因抗议当局对英语的强制性教育而被政府逮捕，获释后与家人过着流亡的生活，直到肯尼亚独裁者阿拉普•莫伊下台才终于得以安全回国。

With black-and-white illustrations throughout World-renowned Kenyan novelist, poet, playwright, and literary critic Ng˜ug˜ý wa Thiong’o gives us the second volume of his memoirs in the wake of his critically acclaimed Dreams in a Time of War. In the House of the Interpreter richly and poignantly evokes the author’s life and times at boarding school—the first secondary ed...(展开全部)

“Lin makes the tropes of golden age locked-room crime fiction feel fresh in this taut and ingenious whodunit…” Publishers Weekly Honkaku meets Grand Guignol amidst a string of grisly and horrifying murders. The floor plan of the manor, specially built for entrepreneur Jingfu Bai, traces the Chinese character for rain. Shortly after construction is finished, Bai and his and his ...(展开全部)

In 1906, the young heir to the Omari family business climbs to the top of a Panorama and vanishes. In 1914, a fight between two mysterious figures on a bridge tragically ends with one falling to their death. In 1943, as war rages on, the once illustrious family has fallen. Both potential heirs have been drafted into war, and a string of strange and violent happenings has beset ...(展开全部)

恩古吉•瓦•提安哥（1938— ），肯尼亚小说家、剧作家、政论家。恩古吉是非洲乃至世界文坛上知名度最高的作家之一，也是近年来诺贝尔文学奖的最热门候选人之一。1964年毕业于乌干达马赫雷雷大学，后入英国利兹大学续修文学。1967年回国，在内罗毕大学任教。1977年因抗议当局对英语的强制性教育而被政府逮捕，获释后与家人过着流亡的生活，直到肯尼亚独裁者阿拉普•莫伊下台才终于得以安全回国。

恩古吉•瓦•提安哥（1938— ），肯尼亚小说家、剧作家、政论家。恩古吉是非洲乃至世界文坛上知名度最高的作家之一，也是近年来诺贝尔文学奖的最热门候选人之一。1964年毕业于乌干达马赫雷雷大学，后入英国利兹大学续修文学。1967年回国，在内罗毕大学任教。1977年因抗议当局对英语的强制性教育而被政府逮捕，获释后与家人过着流亡的生活，直到肯尼亚独裁者阿拉普•莫伊下台才终于得以安全回国。

恩古吉•瓦•提安哥（1938— ），肯尼亚小说家、剧作家、政论家。恩古吉是非洲乃至世界文坛上知名度最高的作家之一，也是近年来诺贝尔文学奖的最热门候选人之一。1964年毕业于乌干达马赫雷雷大学，后入英国利兹大学续修文学。1967年回国，在内罗毕大学任教。1977年因抗议当局对英语的强制性教育而被政府逮捕，获释后与家人过着流亡的生活，直到肯尼亚独裁者阿拉普•莫伊下台才终于得以安全回国。

Roger Ebert has been writing film reviews for the "Chicago Sun-Times" for over forty years. In fact, no critic alive has reviewed more movies than he has. Yet his essential writings have never been collected in a single volume - until now. With "Awake in the Dark", both fans and film buffs can finally bask in the best of Ebert's work. The reviews, interviews, and essays collect...(展开全部)