Peace is an illusion . . . For a decade, peace has reigned in interstellar space. A tripartite agreement between the Colonial Union, the Earth, and the alien Conclave has kept the forces of war at bay. But there is a new force that threatens the hard-maintained peace: The Consu, the most advanced intelligent species humans have ever met, are on the cusp of a species-defining ci...(展开全部)

A novel of awesome beauty and power by the Hungarian master, Laszlo Krasznahorkai. Winner of a 2005 PEN Translation Fund Award. "War and War," Laszlo Krasznahorkai's second novel in English from New Directions, begins at a point of danger: on a dark train platform Korim is on the verge of being attacked by thuggish teenagers and robbed; and from here, we are carried along by th...(展开全部)

Winner of the 2015 Man Booker International Prize War & War begins at a point of danger: on a dark train platform Korim is on the verge of being attacked and robbed by thuggish teenagers. From here, we are carried along by the insistent voice of this nervous clerk. Desperate, at times almost mad, but also keenly empathic, Korim has discovered in a small Hungarian town's archive...(展开全部)

Continuing the story begun in DAY OF THE DRAGON, WELL OF ETERNITY is the tale of the maverick mage Rhonin and his dragon ally Krasus as they are propelled through time into their world's dangerous and mysterious past.

Continuing the story begun in DAY OF THE DRAGON, WELL OF ETERNITY is the tale of the maverick mage Rhonin and his dragon ally Krasus as they are propelled through time into their world's dangerous and mysterious past.

In his War Books Cyril Falls expresses uncertainty whether this book should be classed as fiction or reminiscence, eventually plumping for the former but based on personal experiences. The Times Literary Supplement of the day comments that he [Renn] recorded his impressions with that extreme simplicity which is one of the highest forms of literary art. The author is the central...(展开全部)

路德维希 • 雷恩（Ludwig Renn），原名阿诺尔德 • 维特 • 冯 • 格尔瑟瑙，1889年出生，1979年逝世，德国作家。曾是德国贵族，代表作有纪实小说《战争》和《战后》，后用成名作《战争》里的主人公名字作为自己的笔名。 西班牙内战时期，曾任国际第11纵队参谋长和台尔曼营营长。1939~1947年流亡墨西哥。1947年回国，任人类学教授、德累斯顿文化研究院院长和萨克森文化联盟主席等职。1950年迁居柏林，成为职业作家。

War - in the mind of the fragile Bea B., in the infinite icy landscape she journeys through, in Vietnam, in 10,000 years of human history. The war of the title is not merely a war of arms but a generalised state of violence permeating every atom of Le Clezio's creation. Bea B. searches for clues for the origin of the evil. Under her searching gaze the most everyday objects - ad...(展开全部)

路德维希 • 雷恩（Ludwig Renn），原名阿诺尔德 • 维特 • 冯 • 格尔瑟瑙，1889年出生，1979年逝世，德国作家。曾是德国贵族，代表作有纪实小说《战争》和《战后》，后用成名作《战争》里的主人公名字作为自己的笔名。 西班牙内战时期，曾任国际第11纵队参谋长和台尔曼营营长。1939~1947年流亡墨西哥。1947年回国，任人类学教授、德累斯顿文化研究院院长和萨克森文化联盟主席等职。1950年迁居柏林，成为职业作家。

In his War Books Cyril Falls expresses uncertainty whether this book should be classed as fiction or reminiscence, eventually plumping for the former but based on personal experiences. The Times Literary Supplement of the day comments that he [Renn] recorded his impressions with that extreme simplicity which is one of the highest forms of literary art. The author is the central...(展开全部)