A unique and personal portrait of the beloved, legendary Swiss writer, finally in English After a nervous breakdown in 1929, Robert Walser spent the remaining twenty-seven years of his life in mental asylums, closed off from the rest of the world in almost complete anonymity. While at the Herisau sanitarium, instead of writing, Walser practiced another favorite activity: walkin...(展开全部)

Carl Seeligs Aufzeichnungen seiner Wanderungen mit Robert Walser haben in der Literatur nicht ihresgleichen. Sie entwerfen das Porträt eines Verstummten, eines Dichters, der, wie Hölderlin, »taktvoll« genug war, dem Leben zu entsagen. Nach seinem 50.Geburtstag hörte Walser mit Schreiben auf und gab sich mit dem Leben eines Irrenhauspatienten zufrieden. Carl Seelig, der ihm und ...(展开全部)

In this book, we accompany Umberto Eco as he explores the intricacies of fictional form and method. Using examples ranging from fairy tales and Flaubert, Poe and Mickey Spillane, Eco draws us in by means of a novelist's techniques, making us his collaborators in the creation of his text and in the investigation of some of fiction's most basic mechanisms.

"Come stroll with me through the leafy glades of narrative..." With Umberto Eco as companion and guide, who could resist such an invitation? In this exhilarating book, we accompany him as he explores the intricacies of fictional form and method. Eco draws us in by means of a novelist's techniques, making us his collaborators in the creation of his text and in the investigation ...(展开全部)

One of the first things I was told when I arrived in Kabul was never to walk... When Indian journalist Taran Khan arrived in Kabul in 2006, she imagined it as a homecoming – a return to the land from where her Pashtun forebears hailed. Falling in with poets, doctors and other journalists, she began exploring the city on foot and discovered a Kabul quite different from the one s...(展开全部)

"Come stroll with me through the leafy glades of narrative..." With Umberto Eco as companion and guide, who could resist such an invitation? In this exhilarating book, we accompany him as he explores the intricacies of fictional form and method. Eco draws us in by means of a novelist's techniques, making us his collaborators in the creation of his text and in the investigation ...(展开全部)

In this book, we accompany Umberto Eco as he explores the intricacies of fictional form and method. Using examples ranging from fairy tales and Flaubert, Poe and Mickey Spillane, Eco draws us in by means of a novelist's techniques, making us his collaborators in the creation of his text and in the investigation of some of fiction's most basic mechanisms.

罗伯特·海因莱因（1907-1988），美国最有影响力的科幻作家。他因高超的叙述技巧、精巧的科幻构思、极具时代感的激进思想，以及对美国历史与文化的独特科幻化阐释，赢得了无数读者的喜爱，被誉为“美国现代科幻小说之父”。他同时也是世界科幻“三巨头”之一，其作品被译成数十种语言，在世界范围内广泛流传，是最受中国、日本以及俄罗斯读者欢迎的美国科幻作家之一。 海因莱因一生著作颇丰，多次获得各种科幻大奖，是第一位被美国科幻与奇幻作家协会授予“科幻大师”殊荣的科幻作家，其代表作包括《傀儡主人》《双星》《星船伞兵》《异乡异客》《严厉的月亮》《时间足够你爱》等。

One of the first things I was told when I arrived in Kabul was never to walk... When Indian journalist Taran Khan arrived in Kabul in 2006, she imagined it as a homecoming – a return to the land from where her Pashtun forebears hailed. Falling in with poets, doctors and other journalists, she began exploring the city on foot and discovered a Kabul quite different from the one s...(展开全部)

Written by one of the foremost experts in the field, Algebraic Combinatorics is a unique undergraduate textbook that will prepare the next generation of pure and applied mathematicians. The combination of the author's extensive knowledge of combinatorics and classical and practical tools from algebra will inspire motivated students to delve deeply into the fascinating interplay...(展开全部)